After posting about favorite books, I've often shot out a quick email to the author, or more likely, the author's publicist, just to let them know I blogged about their book. I didn't think much of it, more of a courtesy, really.
And then they wrote back. Almost all of them that I've reached out to have taken the time to respond. I don't know why, but I never expected a personal response.
Author Paul Watkins thanked me for my kind words and let me know that he's been writing under a pseudonym, Sam Eastland, for several years. I immediately downloaded Eye of the Red Tsar, a historical Russian murder mystery, and I look forward to reading it next.
Author Mark Mills responded and let me know that his book House of the Hanged will be available in the US early next year. I can't wait. No, really...I'm searching the internet for it tonight.
Author Jaimy Gordon [Lord of Misrule] wished me luck in my writing and author Erik Larson [In the Garden of Beasts] took time to let me know that he's now reading a thriller, The Informationalist.
I know better than to think that I'm now on a first name basis with any of these great authors, but these are some of my literary heroes. And they are gracious. And classy. How cool is that?
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