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Do you write to authors if you love a book?
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Yes. Not every author but when I read a book I can’t put down or impacts me I will write. It also depends if there is contact information as some authors may have a website but have no contact information. In this case I will just leave a review. It is so much easier to sent a message to an author now. Back in the late 90’s I did write letter to an American Author via his publisher. I was so excited when I received a reply from him and we wrote a couple of letters. That was Gilbert Morris. I still have his replies and photos he shared.
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Wow, Jenny. A letter back from Gilbert Morris! How very exciting. I never would have dreamed that was possible. Fast forward a few decades to this century. I’ve subscribed to a few online newsletters and get a monthly email drop into my inbox. I’ve received a couple of brief emails from a few authors after I’ve sent them a response that something that inspired me. I took a road trip to meet my favourite Tasmanian author after we corresponded by email for a while. And I used Facebook messenger to contact a NZ author when I saw a prayer request in a group. We exchanged messages for a while.
So no letters from me, but emails and messages – and I’ll leave a review
Yes I was so excited he sent a list of all his books at that stage and 2 photos and his home address on the letter. ( I wrote via the publisher). I did write to a couple other authors via the publisher one was returned unopened. I have written to authors via email and become friends with several. groups on places like goodreads you can get to know authors. (we wont mention in the 80’s I wrote to several Days of our Lives stars).
No, I haven’t ever written to an author. It hasn’t ever crossed my mind to do so.
I think the main reason I first thought of it was I had written to some actors (Robert Colby was the first) and was so excited when I got a reply. But Gilbert Morris’s series set in the civil war had such an impact. in the second letter he said he thought Jenny would be a good name to use in the House of Winslow series. The authors I contacted via websites etc were before FB and Goodreads were really a thing.