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66 responses

  1. calpoet Avatar

    I love this idea…If you could use any other letter writers, please let me know.

    Fred Moramarco

  2. Elizabmills Avatar
    Elizabmills

    Me too! The letters and the writing may they open doors.

  3. JenniferKoski Avatar
    JenniferKoski

    Brilliant. Can’t wait for my first letter.

  4. JennRaff Avatar
    JennRaff

    Fantastic idea.

  5. I’m excited to see how this develops. Can’t wait to get the first epistle.

  6. JosephAhearne Avatar
    JosephAhearne

    This is very exciting. I really hope the authors offer return addresses. At least half the fun of getting letters is writing back and letting the ideas brew and evolve.

  7. subjectivedes Avatar
    subjectivedes

    Looking forward to it. Thank you for not stopping.

  8. I feel that someone should tweet about this, using the Tweet By Mail thing, if it’s still around. This is innovative!

  9. fvelasqu Avatar
    fvelasqu

    awesome!!!

  10. MikeCohen Avatar
    MikeCohen

    Beautiful idea. Thank you.

  11. susannaht Avatar
    susannaht

    This is wonderful Stephen. I plan to write back. xx

  12. mmargaretr Avatar
    mmargaretr

    I hope we can write letters too.

  13. amherman Avatar
    amherman

    i agree with joe – return address. i’m a notorious letter writer/package-sender. dirty words for these virtual times.

  14. CheshireGrin Avatar
    CheshireGrin

    Rock’n’roll. Thank you! xo

  15. ElizabethW Avatar
    ElizabethW

    I can’t wait! I signed up today… will I miss the first one? (say no! say no!)

  16. h2oetry Avatar

    This is great

  17. rubbber Avatar

    Start waitin’ for my first letter! Brilliant idea.

  18. Can’t wait!

  19. Just signed up!
    (Would have been nice to have PayPal option…)
    Sorry about the negative tone, but I have to ask: How does one cancel the subscription if one chooses to do so?

  20. Super-easy. There’s a link in your email, or you come back here and login, or just send us a note to isaac AT therumpus.net.

  21. I love to write personal letters, notes and responses. Unfortunately, I don’t get many letters in the mail. I’m so looking forward to receiving yours! Brilliant idea!

  22. just signed up. very excited to read my first letter. i wonder how soon it will come. will it arrive the same time each month?

  23. They come three to four times a month.

  24. This is a very neat idea, just signed up. When can I start expecting letters? Sorry to be chomping at the bit, I guess the dang ol’ interwebs has me conditioned for instant gratification, just wondering.

  25. davidhopkins Avatar
    davidhopkins

    Looking forward to my first letter. Great idea.

  26. mflores422 Avatar
    mflores422

    All signed up – very cool idea, can’t wait to see how it works out!

  27. cmelaugh Avatar

    Just signed up…waiting for the first letter with baited breath!

  28. ditto!!

  29. grace1498 Avatar
    grace1498

    Fantastic! Looking forward to something in the mail besides credit card offers, Geico ads and bills!!!

  30. Can’t wait to receive the first letter. I miss letters! Cheers!

  31. PamelaArts Avatar
    PamelaArts

    Being a mail artist, I get (and send) tons of letters all the time so this seems like fun.

  32. luxehours Avatar
    luxehours

    Thank you.

  33. The Loving Avatar
    The Loving

    Saving the Post Office…one letter at a time.

  34. Rexwoman Avatar

    I would also like to buy a subscription for a friend. This would go to her mailing address (not billing address). Is this possible? This would be a gift. Do I need to create a new account?

  35. sdalzell Avatar

    Cannot wait!! What a kick-arse idea! Thank you!! 🙂

  36. Who would have thought we’d arrive at a point in time where we pay to get letters. I love this idea. Thank you.

  37. Wonderful Idea! I’m looking forward to my letters!

  38. samazing Avatar

    Now maybe I’ll read my mail!

  39. pogorose Avatar

    Love the idea. Looking forward to my first letter.

  40. I just subscribed for my 11 yr old daughter because she wants to be a writer and I pray this will positively influence her. One question…are the letters g rated?

  41. I would say most letters are g rated, but we can’t dictate that to our authors.

  42. muzikmistic Avatar
    muzikmistic

    I am pretty sure this has been addressed but now I can’t find your answer. I just signed up, is there a way to get the letters that have already gone out?

  43. vernedwards Avatar
    vernedwards

    Looking forward to it. We’ll see…

  44. IreneAdler Avatar
    IreneAdler

    My stacks of stationery just breathed a congratulating sigh. Just the idea of anticipating a letter makes me giddy with delight!

  45. stampboy Avatar

    Looking forward to first letter. Would I have saved anything by subscribing for a year? I have been corresponding for years, longhand and word processed. If you need a correspondent please contact me. Erik Blomstedt

  46. JCPJordan Avatar
    JCPJordan

    I also wanted to ask about the idea of a gift subscription (my billing address, my friend’s mailing address)…is that an option?

  47. This is a great idea. Thanks to PUREWOW for notifying me about this. I have been writing to friends these past years and though some of them were motivated to write me back, most would respond by emails. (not exactly the form of response I wanted). Anyhow, I can’t wait to see how this pans out and if it’s fun, I will probably buy subscriptions to the friends I corresponded to who’s written me back a real letter. Thanks!

  48. I’m standing at the mailbox.

  49. Lakelady106 Avatar
    Lakelady106

    How much nicer than getting bills or begging letters in the mail. I’m a writer myself. Will you correspond with me? Or is it a one-way street.
    And I wonder, am I allowed to quote from your letters?

  50. dairnsthree5 Avatar
    dairnsthree5

    I am so happy that you have started this…..when I was young I had many pen pals and loved it….bringing back this format is incredible. So looking forward to beginning this.
    Thank you
    Jackie Brown

  51. beadedjan Avatar
    beadedjan

    I’m excited to have stumbled upon this and can’t wait to recive my first letter. There’s nothing like receiving a letter in the mail from a friend. I’m wondering, is there a way to purchase a subscription for a friend–a gift subscription?
    Thanks.
    beadedjan

  52. Sara Young Avatar
    Sara Young

    I’m skeptical.

  53. JudyRobertson Avatar
    JudyRobertson

    So much fun! It’s especially great when I am “computer free”! Can’t wait for my first letter! Brilliant!

  54. yanill_loves Avatar
    yanill_loves

    Just subscribed I am so excited for t

  55. Jerrold Avatar

    Found my way here from Richard Nordquist’s newsletter. It is exciting to think of the possibility of something in my mailbox other than wasted trees.

  56. Lisbeth Salender Avatar
    Lisbeth Salender

    I am looking forward to my first letter… I do write, but I like to cut up the world even more… collage and cut and paste… so, any return addresses may get responses in color… black and white is so yesterday…
    Thanks for a great idea…

  57. This is brilliant!!! And I am so excited to get me first letter! If you guys are searching for more authors I would gladly volunteer! What a great, new and interesting way to build a community!

  58. My little guy loves getting mail. Every trip to the mail box he’ll ask, is there something for me? Now, I will be able to say, yes! that much more. It’s nice that letters will be from people whose work we have read. I’m an ELA teacher, this is the kind of thing as a teacher we drool over for students. Naturally, as a parent, I’m all over it.

  59. Marlene Avatar

    I can’t wait to receive my first letter. My friend Bunny told me about this and it sounds like such a great 19th century idea. Love it.

  60. Thanks, Stephen! Got it for my eight-year-old.

  61. Now I have a reason to check my mailbox! Awesome.

  62. Can’t wait to see what this is all about!

  63. Please, please send me Mathew’s letter for the week!!!!
    Loved his first one.

  64. craigdicht Avatar
    craigdicht

    I hope my registration for Letters for Kids worked properly. It’s confusing because I changed my user information to my child’s name, so I don’t know if that means my daughter is going to receive adult letters. I would be more comfortable if there was a separate field clearly specifying the request for children letters. Thanks!

  65. Deb Nies Avatar
    Deb Nies

    VERY excited for my daughter to receive these author letters! To her authors are (way) cooler than Justin Bieber…and she’s 14! YEA!!! Thank you for this incredibly fun gig.

  66. Jess Taylor Avatar
    Jess Taylor

    I’m thrilled at any endeavor to keep the art of letter writing alive. I’ve been writing letters to friends and family since I could first shape the curves of my pen on paper.

    Cheers mates! Thank you.

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