meh...

[julesjones]

Just been cleaning out the spam trap for the first time in a couple of months, and found what looked at first glance like a piece of fanmail from two months back, which made me feel guilty. On second glance, I felt less guilty because it's giving me vibes of form letter. *Targeted* form letter, but -- feels to me like he's got a short list of small press authors and has sent the same couple of questions to several people. Now, if I'd actually seen it when it first arrived, I'd have answered it anyway (perfectly sane writer chit-chat type questions), but at this late date I'm debating whether to do so. Potential for rudeness if I've mis-read the situation, but really, if it is a mailshot of sorts, then there's probably little point by now.

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[fiona-glass.livejournal.com]

I get this sort of stuff from time to time, and it usually does turn out to be spam. Quite often they have a listings website and want you to post a link to it - that's the *real* reason they're contacing authors. ;)

[julesjones]

Oh, I got one of those as well recently -- very up front about "I am a science fiction author, so are you, we should support each other, I have put you on my Very Important Link Page and would like you to do the same for me." Tried to make himself sound like a Big Name Author without actually explicitly saying so. I checked, and yes, it was either self-published or vanity published. :-)

This one -- I'm not really reading link exchange off it. It's an odd one.