Welcome to Open Book Blog Hop. You can find us every Monday talking about the writing life. I hope you'll check out all the posts: you'll find the links at the bottom of this post.
Write a letter to your readers.
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Dear Readers,
Thank you! It means so much to me that you have been willing to spend time and money engaging with my imaginary friends and me. While I love writing, and would probably still write at some level even if no one ever read it, having an audience is very motivating and keeps me going when I struggle.
That writer-reader connection is magic--reaching across space and time and finding someone who picks up what you're putting down? (or when I'm the reader--finding someone who articulate the truths of my heart and lifts me out of my woes with wonderful stories and imaginative characters) Wowzers. Powerful stuff.
I hope you're enjoying the ride! You're already doing me a favor by giving my work a chance, but if you're up to help even further, I can always use more reviews for my books and that even-more-valuable word of mouth recommendation to your reading friends. Making any kind of living from art is difficult, so anything that increases visibility of my work is a boon.
In the meantime, I'm working hard to bring you lots of new things to read and I hope you'll enjoy them when I get them out there in the world. You rock!
Love,
Samantha
I still find it amazing that what I write can resonate with someone halfway around the world, who I've never met.
ReplyDeleteSadly, we may never know most of the people who read our boos. They are represented by numbers in a computer somewhere, but it would be nice to be able to put a face to the statistic.
ReplyDeleteReviews may be as rare as angel dust, but when one arrives it's a real bonus.
ReplyDeleteA great letter! All we want is to share. I hope we all find our people.
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