(in alphabetical order)
Arrogance
Bad social networker (irrational dislike of Facebook)/ bad self-promoter
Commits to things then immediately regrets committing to things
Devotes time to thinking of people who I’m quite sure rarely think of me
Easily flattered
Envy
Frizz
General snobbishness
Holds grudges
Inability to orally synopsize my books when asked
Imagines insults that may or may not have been intended/given
Impatient
Inconsistent e-mailer
Lacks sufficient gratitude
Looks in mirror more than is necessary
Natural facial expression is, or so I’ve been told, hostile
Nosy
Occasional bouts of excessive self-googling
Occasionally begrudges other’s successes
Occasionally spiteful
Over-thinks everything
Pathological avoidance of telephone calls & candid photographs
Slow suitcase packer
Sharper tongued than I mean to be
Suspicious of newfangled things to a fault
Swears a lot
Tendency to imagine that somewhere, everyone else is having a better time than me
Tendency to imagine the worst case scenario all the time
Tendency to turn small problems into large ones
Very small toenail on my baby toe
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(Last weekend at the Printers Row Book Festival in Chicago, the marvelous Julie Anne Peters asked me what my flaws were. I believe I failed to answer sufficiently.)
(This could just as well be classified under Wednesday Narcissism, of course.)
