http://letterlover.gather.com Recent Articles on Gather by Samara O'Shea en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 Sun, 03 Jan 2010 10:42:36 GMT 2010-01-03T10:42:36Z en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 http://www.gather.com/images/header/logo_gather.gif http://www.gather.com/ http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977403154 I started keeping a journal when I was fifteen. At the time I did it because it felt right. I had no idea what mental medicine it really was. It wasn't until after college that I looked back, read . . . Mon, 21 Jul 2008 15:14:37 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977403154 Samara O'Shea 2008-07-21T15:14:37Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977397784 This has now happened to me enough times that it's worthy of a write-up. Someone will ask me the innocent question, "What's your book about?" and, though I could wax poetic about it . . . Mon, 14 Jul 2008 19:34:49 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977397784 Samara O'Shea 2008-07-14T19:34:49Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977391872 The point I am about to make is reiterated before me as the word "blogger" is underlined in red in my Microsoft Word document. Spell check has no idea what a blogger is, and, for a long time, . . . Mon, 07 Jul 2008 16:31:50 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977391872 Samara O'Shea 2008-07-07T16:31:50Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977386867 The publishing of a notorious diary is an act that celebrates the collected chapters of an extraordinary life. Sometimes the author is aware of the publication while other times they are tragically unable . . . Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:14:38 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977386867 Samara O'Shea 2008-07-01T15:14:38Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977231638 I just finished the final edits on my second book? Note to Self: On Keeping a Journal and Other Dangerous Pursuits ?which is due out in July. There were a few sections that my editor and I decided weren't . . . Wed, 16 Jan 2008 22:16:33 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977231638 Samara O'Shea 2008-01-16T22:16:33Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977130745 Hello friends, I hope everyone is well. I wrote a letter yesterday, under the guidance of Amnesty International (amnestyusa.org), to President Bush with regards to the horrific human rights violations . . . Fri, 28 Sep 2007 15:58:02 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977130745 Samara O'Shea 2007-09-28T15:58:02Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977109825 I was at once both surprised and delighted when I learned of this epistolary phenomenon — letters to Juliet. How it began is difficult to say; the important thing is that it did. People from all . . . Fri, 07 Sep 2007 20:03:00 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977109825 Samara O'Shea 2007-09-07T20:03:00Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977099809 In an arguably morbid conversation, my sister and I were discussing our funerals the other day. The two of us are pretty irreverent when it comes to death—this, naturally, drives my parents mad—and . . . Tue, 28 Aug 2007 16:27:20 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977099809 Samara O'Shea 2007-08-28T16:27:20Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977091540 My first book caught me completely off guard. I had spent my senior year of college and first few years as a young professional dreaming of, outlining, and eventually writing a novel. If someone had told . . . Mon, 20 Aug 2007 14:19:06 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977091540 Samara O'Shea 2007-08-20T14:19:06Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977089172 The following is an excerpt from Introduction, Part One of The Love of Letters. To learn more about the book, please visit the Collins.gather.com group!    The art of general letter-writing . . . Fri, 17 Aug 2007 18:12:19 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977089172 Samara O'Shea 2007-08-17T18:12:19Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977078453 My publicist sent me an e-mail the other day, and I noticed an addendum to her standard signature at the bottom. It was a note written in green accompanied by the image of a small pine tree that said, . . . Tue, 07 Aug 2007 13:41:02 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977078453 Samara O'Shea 2007-08-07T13:41:02Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977072392 Regarding the article In the ’60s, a Future Candidate Poured Her Heart Out in Letters by Mark Leibovich (July 29): Thank you for the glimpse into the collegiate dalliances and uncertainties of Hillary . . . Tue, 31 Jul 2007 23:36:22 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977072392 Samara O'Shea 2007-07-31T23:36:22Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977071192 You have got to be kidding me, I thought. I had made it to the final editing stages without a bruise or scratch to speak of and now this. My editor was explaining to me the finer points of intellectual . . . Mon, 30 Jul 2007 17:53:47 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977071192 Samara O'Shea 2007-07-30T17:53:47Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977071156 Dearest Reader, I hope this finds you well. I write you with the hopes that you haven’t received a letter in a while and appreciate the old-fashioned form of communication and expression. If I had . . . Mon, 30 Jul 2007 17:18:56 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977071156 Samara O'Shea 2007-07-30T17:18:56Z