In which I received a letter from Terry Pratchett.

[dogofthefuture]

As I mentioned on my Facebook a few weeks ago, I received a personal letter from one of my favorite authors, Terry Pratchett. It wasn't a very long letter, but it was long enough to be clear that he'd read what I wrote (which also wasn't over-long, merely one page), and responded in kind

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[alivicwil]

what a fab paragraph :)

Go, you!

[ajax]

Jealous! I've only ever gotten replies from Piers Anthony. (Which, to be fair, was a bit more impressive at the time than it is now. And to be even fairer, is also the only author I've ever written to. Twice.)

--- Ajax.

[manda_x]

That is just delightful. I can't remember, did I ever mention that in high school I wrote a letter to Steven Brust? In English class one of our assignments was to write a ballad based on something we'd read, so I wrote about Vlad Taltos. And Brust did write back, which impressed me greatly, though it wasn't anything terribly more personal than some appreciation that I'd liked his work. Still, it's a pretty great feeling to be personally in touch with someone you admire.