Comments on: Love Notes to Authors

By: Nikki Loftin

Nikki Loftin — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 04:08:30 +0000

Lisa, You’re made of awesome. I never even thought of writing love letters until this year.
But tonight I gushed fangirl style at Lisa Graff, author of The Thing About Georgie. A kind of, in-person love letter.

By: Lisa Iriarte

Lisa Iriarte — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 22:33:36 +0000

Heh, you’ve stumbled upon my secret. I’ve written several love letters to authors, almost all of whom have responded, many more enthusiastically and generously than I would have imagined.

I’ve written to Linnea Sinclair, Tanya Huff, Debra Doyle and James McDonald, Ann Aguirre, and others. Linnea and I became very good friends. She has helped me immensely with my writing career. Tanya and I met at WorldCon and she offered some wonderful agent-hunting advice. Debra and James invited me and my husband to their hotel room for beer and cookies, where we discussed writing well into the night at ReaderCon. The next day, they dedicated a live reading to us, their fans. Ann Aguirre took me and my husband out to lunch when we met at WorldCon.

Authors really appreciate being appreciated. Readers need to appreciate them more.

Lisa Iriarte

By: Nikki Loftin

Nikki Loftin — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 12:50:54 +0000

Hmmm. Who ARE your favorite authors, Super Fab Agent of Awesomeness? Who COULD they be?

By: Nikki Loftin

Nikki Loftin — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 12:49:36 +0000

Yay, Lori!
Don’t mock my girl-novel lovefest. You’re just jealous. “Don’t you wish your novel was HOT like mine? Don’t you wish your romance was a FREAK like mine? Dontcha? dontcha dontcha dontcha…”
(Um, if you don’t listen to popular music, that’s not gonna make any sense.)
Glad to hear you’re going to send those letters.

By: Lori W.

Lori W. — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 06:58:08 +0000

O.K., honey your repressed desire to write in a certain money-making genre has found its release! Now, you are smoking virtual cigarettes after making love to novels. I am DYING laughing over here. Your book is in for some serious love from me when it comes out. Your blog makes me laugh like no other.

I have written 3 author love letters. I should actually send them, huh? Carolyn See talks about this in her writing advice book (the whole lonely writers life and need for letters). So, alright authors, I’ll get off my lazy bum and do it.

By: suzie townsend

suzie townsend — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 04:06:20 +0000

I’m definitely going to write all my favorite authors a love letter for Valentine’s Day I’ll keep you posted on whether they write back.

By: Nikki Loftin

Nikki Loftin — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 22:51:00 +0000

So, what book/author would you pick, Vonna?

By: Nikki Loftin

Nikki Loftin — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 22:50:34 +0000

I’ll loan it, but you’ll want to buy it after, I promise. It’s v. good.
Love ya!

By: shelli cornelison

shelli cornelison — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 21:19:36 +0000

You’ll be getting those fan letters of your own someday soon, Nikki. I love Betsy Lerner’s book you referenced. It’s a great one. I haven’t read Nan’s book yet because no lovely writer friend has loaned it to me yet.

By: Vonna Carter

Vonna Carter — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:39:52 +0000

Until I wrote my first MG novel and let a few kids read it, it had never occurred to me that an author would want to hear from me. But the the enthusiasm the kids showed for my story shook me up. Why had I never complimented an author whose book I loved? I’ll work on fixing that negligence.