10 Ways to Help Your Favorite Introverted Author

Day 4-Starry Eyed

May 14, 2025

The Introvert Dilemma

As we noted on Day 1, many of your favorite authors are, quite possibly, introverts.

The writing—or writing-drawing—they do is a quiet activity, often done in solitude.

When (happy day!) they get their books published, everything changes. The world is noisy, and they’re asked to step into the fray. This effort can be quite tiring and deplete their ability to create more of what you loved from them in the first place.

What can you do to help your favorite introverted author out? This little series gives you ideas to try.

Ten ways, ten days.

Day 4: Starry Eyed

If you loved your favorite introverted author’s work, consider posting a review on Amazon and Goodreads.

Reviews do help sell books.

And while your author probably doesn’t write just to sell books, it doesn’t hurt for them to see book sales and realize somebody out there really does want more of their work.

We counsel our authors to try to get at least 5 reviews to start, as this seems to be a threshold number. (Some even place the threshold at 1!) But, can you imagine how hard it is for an introverted author to reach out and ask for reviews? (Very hard. We know.)

Review Tips

• Share how the book hit you emotionally, for instance, “It broke my heart” or “I felt so encouraged”

• Share how the book affected you physically, for instance “It took my breath away” or “I just about fell out of my chair”

• Use the present tense, which is more powerful in driving action… so instead of saying, “I loved this book,” say, “I love this book!”

• If there’s something you didn’t like, you might consider addressing it by noting who the book would be best for (or not). For instance, in this review of a profound book on line breaks in poetry, L.L. Barkat chooses not criticize the book for being slow-going. Instead, she notes that it would not be best for students who are needing to read at a fast pace for a course. Who would it be best for? Those who have the “mental stamina, the philosophical bent, and the luxury of time to read and appreciate.”

• Use some of your favorite quotes in the review, to give potential readers a taste of what the experience could be like

• Does the author have other books? Consider referring to them, and say how this book adds to the author’s body of work or takes a new direction.

Do you find book reviewing to be challenging? Tell us why in the comments.

(And consult this useful guide especially for how to review poetry, from our author and reviewer

Glynn Young

Final Tip

When you post your review, be sure to tell your (introverted) author, so they can see and share your review (if they’re not feeling too tired or overwhelmed. 🙂)

That’s it for Day 4: Starry Eyed.

See you soon for Day 5!