The Roar of the Crowd

Something made me curious about the number of readings I've given: not the number of readings I've hosted, which is a whole different issue, but the number of times I've gotten up in public to read my own or a friend's work. I used to absolutely dread getting up in front of strangers, my little story quaking in my hand, and try to make my voice work while people stared at me. Reading in ...

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