I was about to send a note to Eloisa James, author of a remaindered book that I liked (Paris in Love; but, its not actually about that), when I found that a) Eloise James is the pen name of Mary Bly, who teaches at Fordham University, and who has degrees from Oxford, Harvard, and Yale, and b) Mary Bly is a very well known author, both under her pen name for her exceedingly popular historical romances, as well as under her own name for historical research. Which led me to the conclusion that she certainly does not need my "hey, I liked your book" note. Might not even notice it.
And for some reason, that irritates me.
2 comments:
Write her a fan letter anyway. I'm sure she'll get a kick out of it. When I was a teenager, I wrote a letter to Jessemyn West, one of my favorite writers, about how much I enjoyed her books. She wrote me back a lovely personal note and said that actually very few people trouble to write and that she really enjoyed my letter. I think I still have her note. Somewhere. And I'm not a famous writer, but when readers email me saying that they enjoyed one of my essays, it totally makes my day.
Hmmm.....okay, what the heck....
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