For the Love of Letters A 21st-Century Guide to the Art of Letter Writing

FOR THE LOVE OF LETTERS is a much-needed contemporary guide to letter-writing, with tips on how to write all different types of notes: love letters, thank-you letters, apology letters, sympathy letters, goodbye letters, cover letters, break-up letters...even erotic letters. In highly engaging prose, the author addresses her twenty- and thirty-something peers by taking them--via charming anecdotes and real-life examples--through the entire process: why to write a letter, how to start, what to say, when an e-mail is OK and when it's not, and provides eminently useful pointers such as why it's crucial to be specific. All the letters are REAL -- some by the author, some to the author, and some by luminaries like James Joyce, Susan B. Anthony, Edgar Allen Poe, and Abraham Lincoln. Moving stories demonstrate the power of letter-writing and show how it can enhance our relationships. For anyone who has ever trembled at the idea of sitting down and putting pen to paper -- or finger tips to keyboard -- FOR THE LOVE OF LETTERS will leave you well-equipped for the task. Table of Contents Introduction I: Yes, There's Still a Need for Letters Introduction II: Letter Writing and the Internet Chapter 1: Letters as Gifts Love Letters Erotic Letters Chapter 2: Letter Therapy ~ Goodbye Letters ~ Flaming Tongue Letters Chapter 3: Return to Sender: Letters that are Hard to Write and Harder to Receive ~ Break-up Letters ~ Unauthorized Love Letters Chapter 4: Letters of Gratitude ~ Thank You Letters Chapter 5: Hard to Say, Even in a Letter ~ Apology letters ~ Sympathy letters Chapter 6: Letters of Change ~ Letters Requesting Acts ofAmnesty ~ Letters to the Editor Chapter 7: If We Must, We Must ~ Business Letters ~ Recommendation Letters Chapter 8: Signing Off: The Perfect EndingO'Shea, Samara is the author of 'For the Love of Letters A 21st-Century Guide to the Art of Letter Writing', published 2007 under ISBN 9780061215308 and ISBN 0061215309.