Inside and outside the workplace, a writer – ever the introverted, quiet type – must deal with the difficult matter of attention and its two methods of delivery: giving and receiving.

“Attention: the regarding of someone or something as interesting or important.” https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/attention

Attention then, clearly, is ever sought after, not just by writers but by all members of the animal kingdom.

However, there is a fatal third factor to take into account alongsi...