> Can you imagine other great authors doing the same — even with a form letter? This isn't so hard to believe. I have emailed and gotten a response from severa

> Can you imagine other great authors doing the same — even with a form letter? This isn't so hard to believe. I have emailed and gotten a response from several people who are fairly famous within a niche that I'm interested in but am a lay person at. I think folks would be surprised at how receptive many semi-famous people are to a thoughtful question or comment related to their work. Once you get to a certain level of celebrity this all goes out the window and not every message will get a response, but sometimes you get a neat message back.