{"id":2425,"date":"2007-07-16T03:59:00","date_gmt":"2007-07-16T03:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/?p=2425"},"modified":"2018-11-20T05:26:58","modified_gmt":"2018-11-20T05:26:58","slug":"tell-author-you-care-day-monday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/?p=2425","title":{"rendered":"Tell An Author You Care Day! – Monday!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Imagine meeting an author, and telling them how much you loved their book. They’re surprised. You think they’re just being gracious, but nope — they haven’t heard.

<\/a>Much of the work people do anywhere doesn’t get gold stars and smiley stickers. And writers — well, we get impertinent questions from our reading group, and pithy notes from our agents. We get the Writer-Hating Bus<\/a>, we get told by our parents about their friends children who just had their first child or are researching diseases at the Center for Disease Control in Atlanta or just married a physicist who works at the Livermore labs, and we wonder if we’d really be better off just cleaning the house and getting A Real Job. While writing is awesome, it is also sometimes a tiring, solitary and bizarre profession in which you spend more time talking to imaginary friends than not. When we were in school we were always encouraged to write letters to authors — so why not now, as (alleged) adults? July 16th is Tell An Author You Care Day<\/i>, as awesomely instituted by Emily Beeson @ Whimsy<\/i><\/a> Blog. It’s a day of paying forward the pleasure someone’s work has given you. It ‘s a day of small effort with the potential to make a major difference.<\/p>\n

All that’s required is to:<\/b><\/p>\n

1. Write a letter or email to a favorite author. I think JK Rowling and Stephenie Meyer recieve plenty of fan letters. Think of an author you love who may need a little boost.<\/p>\n

2. Write a positive review on Amazon and, if you want to, link to it in your blog.<\/p>\n

3. Buy a book by a favorite author and give it to someone who will enjoy it.<\/p>\n

4. Profile an author in your blog. I’m not talking just another review. Tell us a little about the author and mention at least one of his\/her books that you love.<\/p>\n

Scotland is five hours ahead of us… maybe I’ll drop Our Jane<\/a> a note before I go to bed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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