When I read Carolyn See's Making a Literary Life I was struck by her advice to write letters to people as a way of building your connections to the universe (I am totally paraphrasing that.) I started writing letters, but didn't manage to make the habit stick. When I was a kid my Mom got a letter from my grandmother every week (often with a packet of green KoolAid in it because we couldn't get that where we lived and it was a favorite). It definitely made getting the letters out of the mail box more worthwhile when there was the potential for something more fun than bills and advertising.
I am going to sign up for this challenge. I have already thought of several people I want to write to. If you would like to be on my correspondence list for February please email me your mailing address.
Oh, I forgot about Carolyn See's recommendation for letter writing! Must read her book again.
ReplyDeleteGlad I could share this project, I just love the idea of people all focusing on letter writing at the same time :)
I met Carolyn and found her and her book and her advice quite inspirational. I followed her recommendation and wrote to a few authors - her included - and then I petered out. When I heard The Descendants was being adapted, I wrote to Kaui Hart Hemmings to congratulate her and got a lovely response back. You've inspired me to give it a go again but instead of A Month of Letters, I think I will have to do A Letter a Month :)
ReplyDeleteThis sounds like such fun! Wish I had stopped by earlier. Next time maybe! I guess the Post Office needs all the help we can give them too!
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