Allison, I think content-wise it's a perfect letter. As a former English teacher and, at one point in my life a copy editor, I took the liberty of making some changes that I sent to you offlist. Cindy --- Allison Mervis <allisonfm@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I hope it's not too corny! Here goes! Let me know > what you think! > > Dear Mrs. Small, > My name is Allison Mervis, and I am a junior at > Chatham College in Pittsburgh, PA majoring in > English and music. I cannot begin to tell you how > much I enjoy your work! I am totally blind, and when > I read your novels, I feel as though I have been > taken to a world where I can see everything thanks > to your detention to detail. I have read roughly 20 > of your books within the last two years and can't > wait to read more! Many of your books have been > scanned and uploaded to bookshare.org, a non-profit > legal electronic book site which makes many popular > books available to the blind. The books are > generally contributed by bookshare's users, as well > as a vast number of sighted volunteers. The > collection now consists of nearly 23000 books > varying in subject matter. However, it takes a long > time to scan these books by hand. My purpose in > writing to you is not only to praise your work, but > to ask if you might please consider contributing > some of your novels to bookshare in an electronic > format to insure faster publication to the site, and > ultimately, faster exposure to our readers. Any > donations that you would make to bookshare would be > completely tax deductible. If you are at all > interested, please contact Jane Simchuk. She handles > donations. Her email address is > jane@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > I realize that you are most likely very busy, but > please write back if you get the chance. Thank you > for reading this, and thank you for being a > wonderful author! > Sincerely, > Allison Mervis ____________________________________________________ Yahoo! Sports Rekindle the Rivalries. Sign up for Fantasy Football http://football.fantasysports.yahoo.com