Letters that Don’t Require a Forever Stamp

Dear Laurie Halse Anderson,

As if I weren’t intimidated enough after reading Speak and Twisted, thank you for straight up paralyzing me by writing Wintergirls. I mean, seriously, you wrote a whole cafeteria scene by kind-of-sort-of describing all the characters as fish. But it totally wasn’t forced or cheesy. Just weird. So, yeah, thanks.

P.S. I Love You

Dear Book-That-Should-Already-Have-Been-Done,

Since you won’t write yourself, please please please tell me what I can do to finish you. At this point, I would be 100% willing to sacrifice a goat, go without a limb, or donate ten cents a day to a sham TV charity in Africa. Whatever it takes. Aside from not procrastinating, because I mean, really? Let’s be reasonable…

Dear People Who Commented or Emailed Me About My Blogging Absence,

I would like to wrap you in a big, giant bear hug. And not of the virtual variety, either. Honestly, it means a lot and I love hearing from y’all. Always know that you can email me directly if you want to talk or tell me how your writing is going. Life really got in the way this past semester and not in a good, so-much-is-happening sort of way. I’m really hoping to get my writing legs back and get everything in order.

xoxo

Dear 2009,

You were not awesome.

Love,

Me

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