...you are at a dinner party and you are seated next to Mr. BigTime Literary Agent. Your friend has placed you there because he knows you are an aspiring writer. You have had a few minor short stories published and you are working on your first novel, which is months away from being completed. Now let's say you are not the most smooth and charming person in the world, sometimes even a wee bit shy.
How do you handle this? Do you mention the fact you write? Pitch your incomplete book? Ask for advice? Smile and nod and freeze up? What?
How do you handle this? Do you mention the fact you write? Pitch your incomplete book? Ask for advice? Smile and nod and freeze up? What?