[aisle] Question about contacting authors

[Nichole Folkman]

I would say that from following authors on Twitter the feeling I get is
that they LOVE to hear from students, but HATE when it's a requirement for
a class or assignment. For instance, a teacher telling a student that they
have to ask specific questions or that the author MUST respond because the
kid's grade depends on it.  Anyone else active on Twitter get the same
feeling?

But besides that, I would say go for it! Reaching out to authors is a
really fun experience!


On Tue, Mar 16, 2021 at 2:37 PM Jill Bennin via AISLE <
aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> Good afternoon,
> One of the English teachers in my building (she teaches junior high) was
> wondering about policies for contacting authors or poets, she sent me the
> following questions, and said I could reach out to all of you.  Thanks for
> any help you can provide!
>
> One of my students has found that the poet he is researching has a web
> page that says you can reach out to him by email.
>
> Any experience with doing this that I should know or consider?
>
>
> --
> Jill Bennin
> Library Media Specialist - Sherrard CUSD #200
> email: benninj at sherrard.us
>
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