Best Email Lately

[EUOL]

Got this bit of mail through the brandonsanderson.com site:

I have just completed Elantris, and I enjoyed it thoroughly.  One of the reasons I liked it so much is because I am currently undergoing chemotherapy for breast cancer and feel like an Elantrian in every way.  My hair all fell out and my skin is blotchy and dry and wrinkled.  I am 38 and I feel like Im 70.  I wish I could convey to you how much your book meant to me.  It  was very uplifting and I feel like I will "complete my tranformation" after chemo is finished in January.  I can't wait to share it with some of my breast cancer friends.  Thank you for a truly enjoyable read during possibly the worst time of my life.

All I can say is wow.  

[Nessa]

Yeah, no kidding, "Wow." What a great email. Isn't it nice to know how much your writing can touch people?

[Spriggan]

You're that much closer to being on Opera.

[Chimera]

Elantris the Opera--that could be interesting.  

Good thing I've learned Spriggan Speak and can translate that as "Oprah."  

[EUOL]

Yeah.  It's a real shame I can't sing....

[Tage]

Nice, that's a really awesome email.

[stacer]

That's got to be a great feeling, knowing you've touched someone in a deep way, beyond just enjoying your book. That's what I love about stories, actually--that when you find one that you really resonate with, there are multiple layers of enjoyment.

[Faster Master St. Pastor]

Yeah, that is totally cool. It reminded me of when my dad went through chemo when he got stomach cancer.

[Shrain]

How cool, indeed! You know, I'd never thought about the Shaod like that before. It made me think of leprosy a lot and how it would've been to live with that horrible disease. It's so awesome how Elantris has all these various depths to it that one might not immediately discover.

[Peter Ahlstrom]

Cool.

(The email. Not horrible diseases with horrible treatments.)

[The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers]

Freaky cool. THat's exactly what I want to do with my literature. I hide behind a veil of literary snobbery as well as fantasy snobbery, but I really just want to touch people. And you've done it. YOu've officially filled all the goals I had for myself, EUOL. Now I have to kill you and steal your identity.

[Shrain]

Pssst, e, I know a guy who knows a guy who can help with all your identity cloning needs...

[Parker]

Couldn't resist this movie reference:

Jack Black in School of Rock as Dewey Finn:  Your kids have all really touched me, and I'm pretty sure that I've touched them.

But seriously, it's a cool email.  Warm fuzzies all over.

[Pink Bunkadoo]

Wow.  So are you writing back?

[Shrain]

Good question. (I hope he did!) Though that would be hard to write a thank you to, um, do justice to that thank you. Huh, that sounds kind of weird. *shrug* Still, I wondered that, too.