Correspondence with a Hero

[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?

Comments

[redrunner.livejournal.com]

That reply letter is very sweet.

Fan Mail

[goodall.livejournal.com]

See if you can keep the correspondence going. Sometimes heroes write back to those who understand them. This is what happened between Amira and me. She does not always answer right away, but I know she is reading my email and she told me to keep sending it even if she doesn't respond right away.

If you don't write to your first love, you will regret it. However he chooses to take it is his problem. The main thing is that you put your feelings out there, because you want him to know how you feel, no matter what.