talktooloose

One of my LJ interests is a science fiction writer named Maureen F. McHugh whom few have heard of. I stumbled across her rather downscale webpage about a month ago and, yesterday, decided to drop her a note:

Subject: Small Fannish Genuflection

I came across your humble web-page and just wanted to say that I have enjoyed all your novels tremendously. The clarity and grace of your prose and the unique structuring of your novels appeal to me greatly. Furthermore, you are a writer who is not afraid of sadness and you remove the stigma from that rich emotion.

I love the voyages of discovery that your characters make -- from Zhang's unexpected discovery of his talents to Janna's equally unexpected travels through geography, technology and gender.

It saddens me that more people don't know your books and I recommend them whenever I can.

Best wishes,

TTL
Toronto, Canada

Well! She just wrote back!

TTL

Thank you so much. It matters a great deal to me when someone sends me a note. Often it feels as if I have spent a year or two or more on a book and then it goes out into the world and I don't know what happens. So I treasure when a voice comes back out of the wide world and says, 'I hear you.'

Maureen

Now, do I have the guts to write to my first love?