Call me a fan, but I may be not

I’m your biggest fan
I’ll follow you until you love me ~~ Lady GaGa (Paparazzi)

Happy second week everyone … I hope that everyone in the US is keeping warm. At the same time I hope everyone in Australia is staying cool – hot hot hot days coming our way !

Anyway – we’re staying with the subject of fan letters, but this time we’re reversing the situation, asking about us writing fan letters.

Unlike Jeff, my mind is not as good when it comes to remembering things, but I’ve written a few in my lifetime. LOL. I’m not sure why or what made me do it.

One of the first letters I wrote was to a German singer called Jurgen Marcus at a very tender age … Six? Seven? I’m pretty sure it was him. But I still can remember receiving a reply. It was probably a standard reply, but nonetheless, I was stoked!

Another letter I wrote was to Steve Askew. Kajagoogoo had just broken up and he’d started a new band – “Smalltown Elephants”. I had heard a few songs, had his address and wrote how much I enjoyed his new material. He wrote back (handwritten!) and thanked me for my letter and told me about any future plans the band had at that stage. Unfortunately, that letter got lost in transfer while moving to the other end of the world. I really appreciated Steve taking his time to reply.

Then there are comments I’ve received. One was a comment in regards to a review I wrote for a Jill Shalvis book. Jill left a simple comment thanking me, but considering she’s one of my favourite authors, it meant a lot to me.

I also received a reply from Cherry Adair. I reviewed her book (“only” 3 stars) and because blogger made her life difficult that day, she went through a bit of effort to email me. I loved her reply and I can’t wait to hopefully meet her next year at the RWAus Conference in Sydney. She sounds like a real “fun” person! Kudos to Cherry!

Bottom line, there have been more fan letters written than received.

What about you all? Ever written a fan letter?

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