Snail Mail
Who doesn’t love snail mail? I know I do. The anticipation. The excitement. Knowing there could be an envelope with a surprise inside is enough to make me giddy, at least for a small moment during the day.
At our townhouse, our mailbox is a ways down the street, so after work, I hook the dogs up to their leashes and take them for a walk. Sure, the walk is lovely and I adore getting the dogs outside, but really, let’s be honest, it’s all an excuse to go check the mail.
At the conference I went to in February, Kirby Larson had the most wonderful, supportive idea: Mail Happys! She said that she would exchange addresses with fellow writers and they would randomly send postcards to one other as a way to support and lift each other up.
This idea has been following me for the past months and now I’m turning to you all: If I started a snail mail campaign with fun, sweet, supportive postcards, would you be interested in receiving one?
What a cute, sweet idea! I just wish postage wouldn’t keep going up so much! 😛
No kidding! At least postcards are cheaper 😉
This is an awesome idea!!!
Oh good! I’m glad I’m not the only one who thinks so 🙂
I love sending and receiving nice mail. I’d be in!
Good! Thanks, Theresa! Now all I have to do is figure out how this would work…Hmm… 🙂
Yup! Love the idea. I already have idea what type of post cards I could make and send you!!!
How many dogs do you have? I have a St Bernard. Our walks are… adventures. I don not take her with me to get the mail because a cat lives on the way and… she doesn’t do well with temptation like that.
I have two shelter dogs. My girls aren’t real good with temptation either but I keep them on harnesses so they don’t have much of a choice. Haha!
Now I want to know what kind of postcard you’re thinking of!
I think this is a very sweet idea!
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This is such a great idea! I’d love to be part of it 🙂
And I’d love to have you be apart of it 😉
That sounds like a fun idea.
I’m glad you think so!
I think it’s a very cool idea!! 🙂
Good 🙂
Fun idea! I’m bad about remembering to put things in the mail, but I do love to open the box and find something special, just for me. 🙂
Haha, I’m the same way!
I love this idea! I set a goal every year to send more snail mail, and I always manage to NOT reach my goal. Maybe something like this would get my butt in gear!
Me too! I always want to send more letters, but it just takes extra time and email is way easier. Haha.
Sounds like fun! Everybody likes opening their mailbox and finding something other than bills and junk mail.
I completely agree.
It’s sort of like pen-pals for writers. A nice idea. No telling where it could lead.
Ah! I love that name. Pen-pals for writers. Perfect 🙂
It sounds like a fun idea. I miss the days when I wrote and received real letters and postcards instead of impersonal e-mails.
I know what you mean. I do, too.
Heck yes! I want in on this. 🙂 I love getting letters–aside from packages I order from online stores, all I ever get nowadays is junk mail and bills. I would love getting and sending letters from/to other writers! That sounds like so much fun!
Aha! I love your response! I really need to figure out the logistics of how this would work. Hmm. Thanks, Rachel 🙂
Sounds like a great idea, but it seems like you might be in for a lot of work. I can imagine buying a ton of postcards whenever I go somewhere different and then slowly sending them out over time.
That’s true, Ken. There might be a lot of work involved, but I think it’d be worth it 🙂 And it would be cool to use postcards from different locations.
What a sweet idea! I love when I receive thank you cards or post cards in the mail.
Me too 🙂
Wonderful idea! I actually am part of a letter writing circle – old fashioned anonymous letters/musings on life/rants/encouragements show up in the mail from time to time. When we feel up to it or have something we want to say, we just pop the letters to nameless addresses on our list. It sort of helps you feel like you’re still part of a community, even if you may never know the person’s name; you’re still hearing from their heart. 🙂
Ohhh- that’s such a great way to do it! Thanks, Lora!!
How about doing something like a phone tree? You send the first postcard and the person you send to sends to someone else. They’d need to contact you to get the name and address of the next person on the list. A Flat Stanley kind of flavor would be to chronicle the progress of the supportive snail mail. Like a map with dots indicating which cities have participated. I guess I’m creating a different kind of work for you in proposing these bells and whistles, but it sure would be fun to see who is participating and it would save you postage $.
Hmm, interesting idea, Kim!
I was literally thinking today, “I miss handwritten correspondence” (maybe cuz I’m reading Grave Mercies, which I’m going to recommend to you in response to your current blog post) and I was like “didn’t someone mention doing a writing ring?” Yay it was my own beta!
Hahaha, I’m glad you stopped by this post! I miss handwritten correspondence, too. Adding Grave Mercies now. Thanks 🙂
Letter writing is dying. So this is such a neat idea especially since it will also be a way to support fellow writers. 🙂