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15560664 No.15560664 [Reply] [Original]

Have you ever written to a famous author?

What did you say? And what did they say if they responded ?

>> No.15560679
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>>15560664
I wrote to David Berman

>> No.15560695

>>15560664
I wrote something out for Jordan Peterson once that I had planned on saying to him when in public when he came to my city but I ended up not going

>> No.15560704

>>15560679
That is the worst handwriting I've ever seen.

>> No.15560720

>>15560704
It says
>Clay,
>When I was younger I sent some of my first songs to a hero of mine, Kramer at Shimmy Disc. I did not blow him away, but I didn’t stop either. Turns out I had to write those first songs of mine (of which I was so impressed) to get to the good ones capable of meaning something to others. Keep going, it’s going to take a while. DCB

>> No.15560724

>>15560679
His dad is so cool

>> No.15560725
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I've written to a few.

I wrote to Gene Wolfe once. But he never got back to me. I'm pretty sure he got the letter, but he was very old and very busy. I called his literary agency once, and they mentioned that he was just so busy, and he didn't get around as fast as he used to do. So I never heard from him before he died.

I also wrote to Dana Gioia, who's a poet. He's still quite alive and spry, and he's quite kind, too. He sent me a packet full of his essays and poems, and we've been in regular email contact since. I'm a writer and a poet myself, and I've gotten several things published, so his guidance has been very helpful and useful for me in my budding career.

Finally, I did once write to Harold Bloom using his Yale email address. He sent me a one-line reply which he used to plug his new book on Falstaff.

>> No.15560742

>>15560720
How did you find his contact info?
I'm happy for you to hear his letters and his push. Do you still write songs?