Thanks for job well done

[pegkerr]

I sent off a copy of Swans with a letter to Jacob Reitan, a columnist for Lavender, the local gay periodical. He writes the column "Faith in Action," and I've been quite interested in his observations and thoughts about spiritual/religious issues in the gay community. He was certainly covering territory that I found myself exploring while writing Swans. So, geek-like, I sent him a mash note and my book saying, hey, I think your writing is cool. Bravo.

Tell me about an occasion when you've reached out to say, "Way to go, job well done" to a person you don't even know.

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[bookshop.livejournal.com]

That's wonderful.

When the mayor of that little town in New York decided to hold gay weddings last year, I sent him an email letting him know how much I appreciated what he was doing.

Incidentally, at my job today, one of the students I tutor decided she wanted to read fairy tales, and so I gave her a bunch of different ones and she wound up choosing The Six Swans. During the course of our discussion about it afterwards I told her about The Wild Swans and the ways in which the fairytale had been updated. It was a really interesting conversation, and I think she enjoyed hearing about the book. :)