December 7th is National Letter Writing Day, and author Amy Daughters, is trying to encourage people to re-discover the art of letter writing.
In her book, Dear Dana: That time I went crazy and wrote all 580 of my Facebook friends a handwritten letter, Amy chronicles how when she found out her old friend Dana's son was battling childhood cancer for the second time through Facebook, the pair started to write weekly letters. After he sadly passed away, Amy and Dana continued to write letters. Amy decided to reconnect with every one of her Facebook friends by writing them a handwritten letter.
As her New Year's resolution this year, Amy wanted to do more than write a note on their Facebook 'wall.' She has been sending birthday cards to all of her Facebook friends. She has 620 Facebook friends and mails an average of 17 personalized letters a week.
Below are some of the topics that Amy can talk about:
- Lost Art of Letter Writing – The deliberateness of a letter, honest, believable and genuine, more than Social Media could ever be. Bringing back the beautiful connection of a handwritten letter.
- How can we teach our younger generation to value a pen & stationery?
- The evolution of friendships and connections due to social media.
Thank you in advance! Please let me know if I can connect you with Amy.
Best,
Rebekah
A native Houstonian and a graduate of The Texas Tech University, Amy W. Daughters has been a freelance writer for more than a decade — mostly covering college football and sometimes talking about her feelings. Her debut novel, You Cannot Mess This Up: A True Story That Never Happened (She Writes Press, 2019), was selected as the Silver Winner for Humor in the 2019 Foreword INDIES and the Overall Winner for Humor/Comedy in the 2020 Next Generation Indie Awards. An amateur historian, hack golfer, charlatan fashion model, and regular on the ribbon dancing circuit, Amy — a proud former resident of Blackwell, England, and Dayton, Ohio currently lives in Tomball, Texas, a suburb of Houston. She is married to a foxy computer person, Willie, and is the lucky mother of two amazing sons, Will and Matthew.
