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That's some quality reading advice from a Publishing Spot alum. 

It's always easy to be loud and silly at a public reading--you can read with inflection, you can throw candy or you can sing a song.  But that's not always the best tack. What if you tried to be quiet and intimate? 

Over at Ecstatic Days, author Michelle Richmond has an inspiring story about how she managed to connect with an audience at a small reading. Check it out:

"Because of the small group I decided to forgo the formality of the podium and sound system and do the reading sitting down. It happened that the person sitting closest to me was motorcycle man, and I quickly realized how awkward it is to read to another grown-up face to face, so close one’s knees could almost touch. It’s very intimate, uncomfortably so, more like a date than a reading."

If you are looking for more advice about public readings, follow these links. Our special guest Rachel Shukert once taught us How To Love Public Readings and DeLauné Michel taught us How To Read Your Novel Out Loud.