How to Write Glowing Fan Mail
Posted October 29th, 2008 by Howard TaylerJust got this today:
Sir,
I just finished Teraport Wars, savoring it slowly, only a few pages a day, during breaks at work. It was an act of willpower greater than any I’ve ever attempted in my life before.
If Leonardo Da Vinci were alive today, he’d come to you for genius lessons.
Truly and without hyperbole it was the best work I have been privileged to read since The Tub of Happiness.
Thank you,
C.W.
That, ladies and gentlemen, is how to write glowing fan-mail for the cartoonist. And now if you’ll excuse me, I need to go bask in the effulgent rays of my own brilliance some more. Winter is coming, and I want to maintain a decent tan.
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October 29th, 2008 at 8:09 pm
That guy’s got nothing on most of us. I only read a single strip a day! I’d agree that you’re brilliant, but right now I’m getting a little bit tired of reading about a wrinkles, and would like to get back to the hurting people and breaking things, please :p
October 30th, 2008 at 12:55 am
I follow a simple policy in writing letters to authors: If I were the
one receiving the missive, would my first thought be “Oh, I *ain’t*
believin’ this”? If Yes — rewrite. :)
As for lingering over and savoring books… Not. Going. To. Happen. :)
October 30th, 2008 at 5:06 am
I’ve got to keep two story lines clear in my head as I read the daily online strip and my newly acquired set of four books (currently on the second book). The quality of the books is excellent ( I should know, I work for a book bindery ) and online strips will never replace a good, hands on book.
As for the wrinkles, bring ‘em on. Those of us who are fiftyish get it.
October 30th, 2008 at 11:44 am
Howard, the man is right (not in his restricting himself to small doses, the other thing) why do you think we keep coming here and throwing money at you when you push the books?
And as one have no restraint (and a nack for disturbing the wife’s sleep with a lit reading lamp through the night) would say: When is the next book coming out, already?? Huh?? When???
October 30th, 2008 at 1:28 pm
Yes, you’re brilliant – you’re one of many to quit a good paying job for doing what you love.
Yes, we love you because of the stories. While not as grammatically correct as Piers Anthony’s books (after all, he was an English teacher), they’re still wonderful stories.
I just want to insert a dose of reality in a warning: don’t let that ego of yours get *too* big –or Sandra may come after you with her claws to pop it. I’m sure she’s better at that than I am.
; >
October 30th, 2008 at 8:13 pm
Very good. I have to read really hard to find the distinctive Howard Tayler touch to that letter;-)
Kidding.
It was good. A pleasure to reread the old stuff and see the new stuff.
October 31st, 2008 at 12:34 pm
Hahahah. Is someone channeling Petey here?
November 3rd, 2008 at 7:27 am
Shoot dang, that glowing praise was somethin’, alright. You sure it wasn’t radioactive or what? Maybe you better take it easy on that basking before your hair falls out.
Oh. Dang. Too late!