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My Favorite Author

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Swap Coordinator:Artistic (contact)
Swap categories: Books  Letters & Writing 
Number of people in swap:8
Location:Other
Type:None
Last day to signup/drop:April 24, 2008
Date items must be sent by:May 4, 2008
Number of swap partners:1
Description:

This swap is all about sharing with a fellow reader your love of your favorite author.

I know it'll be difficult, but narrow it to one writer. You don't need to wait for partners to be assigned to start putting your package together.

What you'll prepare and send:

1) a letter explaining why the writer is your favorite and how you were introduced to his/her work.

2) a biography of the author

You may have to do a bit of research here. The bio can include, but isn't limited to: news clips, interviews, Web sites about, biographies written about the author, etc. The idea here is to tell your partner a little about the writer's life. (No need to write a dissertation, a page or so will do, unless you're inspired to do more.)

3) A list of all of the writer's publications

4) A copy (new or gently used) of one of the author's books.

For those so inclined, you can include in your swap package anything else that seems appropriate (bookmarks, author-related items, etc.) The minimum to send are the four items listed above.

No special requests. This is about being introduced to an author that someone else loves and why. This INTERNATIONAL a swap is for members of the Book Lovers United group on Swap-bot. If you're a member of the group with a 4.5 rating or higher, you're welcome to join. Any or all others, please contact me first.

Discussion

thatzghetto 04/ 7/2008 #

I love this idea but I'm going to have to wait and see how my swaps go the next few weeks before signing up. I got a little crazy with the group swaps for awhile. :)

Chamsie 04/ 8/2008 #

I also will wait a bit longer as I'm not sure whether I can find an English translation of my favourite author...

Artistic 04/ 8/2008 #

That's fine, TG and C. Hope to eventually see you both in the swap.

anwyn 04/ 9/2008 #

this is a great swap and like the other have got a bit crazy on the swap front so will have to wait and see how it all pans out.

karenvan2 04/10/2008 #

This sounds terrific, but the time to do it is a bit short, for me anyway. I hope you'll repeat it in a few months with more lead time! Karen

sharone 04/12/2008 #

Ditto, I would love to see this swap happening again in a couple of months - I'm a bit snowed under!

Baccarita 04/18/2008 #

Same here, the time between is too short for me, but love the idea... hope you'll repeat it soon :)

Artistic 05/ 4/2008 #

A package is en route to my partner. enjoy!

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