tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27643523.post4505084557430930792..comments2024-03-20T23:54:23.673-07:00Comments on The Great Raven: Getting In Touch With Well Known Writers In The Days After Snail MailSue Bursztynskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09362273418897882971noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27643523.post-47929686263393060732014-10-26T12:19:25.505-07:002014-10-26T12:19:25.505-07:00Dear me! Some people don't get it that whateve...Dear me! Some people don't get it that whatever money they're making is because people pay to read their books. That WAS rude. If she had had any sense she would have said, "Look, I'd love to answer all your questions, but if I do that I won't have time to write you more books, will I? So here is a page of 'frequently asked questions'."<br /><br />And you know what? Charlie Higson did something like that, but left a comments section just in case, and when I said, "oh, we do want more books, of course, but if you'd consider answering a few questions fr one of my students..." he listened.<br /> I think some shy people really don't want to do anything but write. Years ago, they could have got away with it. But public appearance is now part of the deal. Readers want to meet their heroes. Sue Bursztynskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09362273418897882971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27643523.post-79239242783706146912014-10-26T07:26:17.693-07:002014-10-26T07:26:17.693-07:00sadly some authors are.... one even posted on her ...sadly some authors are.... one even posted on her page that we had to stop bothering her with stupid questiosn etc ( don't remember all teh message but believe me it was rude and so , so not deserved)<br /><br />^^ but we can be glad it's a minoritymikihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02841065155860721811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27643523.post-77094112825305805742014-10-26T01:53:45.722-07:002014-10-26T01:53:45.722-07:00Thanks, miki! It's not the authors who are tha...Thanks, miki! It's not the authors who are that rude, it's the agents. But they make themselves unavailable except through their agents. The one I mentioned whose agent wrote to tell us to go away actually passed on my email to the agent - I had managed to get it through a friend of hers who hadn't thought she would mind. Maybe it was in her contract. I don't know. But it was rude. My email was courteous. The agent's wasn't. <br /><br />Sue Bursztynskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09362273418897882971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27643523.post-87603328522902904442014-10-26T01:46:37.821-07:002014-10-26T01:46:37.821-07:00that's something i don't agree with as wel...that's something i don't agree with as well.... the minimum is a short reply "sorry, i received your inquiry but i'm too busy at the moment"<br /><br /> but no reply? or rude one that's teh thing that could make me stop reading an author all together after all if i'm not worth a few minutes of his/her time then he isn't worth my money!<br /><br />Thankfully there are still a lot that are kind and open to their readers ( like you!) we often forget the power of a small answer, a small hello can have on a reader<br /><br /> i do hope your students will get an answermikihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02841065155860721811noreply@blogger.com