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I recall once that I emailed someone who wrote a paper I liked very much congratulating them on the excellent paper. I didn't get a response until probably arou
by btrettel 5y ago
I recall once that I emailed someone who wrote a paper I liked very much congratulating them on the excellent paper. I didn't get a response until probably around a month later. They thanked me, said that my email made them very happy, and apologized for the delay, saying something along the lines of "Your email was so positive that I didn't know what to say in response."
- dhosek 5y agoI make a point of sending complimentary emails whenever I read a story or poem I really enjoy. As a writer of fiction and poetry, I know that most of the time, there's no indication that anybody ever reads our stuff, so it's always nice to find out that someone does.
- jay3ss 5y agoWhat genre of fiction do you typically write? Anything publicly available?
- dhosek 5y agoPretty much realistic fiction. Most of it is online. A complete list is available (with links when possible) at https://www.dahosek.com/publications/ https://www.dahosek.com/publications/ One of the stories, “Bartholomew L. Bartholomew” even made it to the front page of HN.
- jay3ss 5y agoThanks for sharing. I used to enjoy writing but could never find the motivation to put pen to paper and instead read other's stories. I look forward to reading some of your work
- Agentlien 5y agoI do the same whenever I read an article or blog I really enjoy. I often get responses indicating that it's appreciated. There's one excellent blog I used to follow when it was active a few years ago. It has a few posts I keep sending people links to. I realised a few months ago that I had missed the last post. Turns out it was very relevant to my current job and that the author and I now work in the same niche (graphics performance for Nintendo Switch). So I sent him a mail thanking him for the blog and saying how much I appreciate it. He replied and we had a nice back and forth.