Post by Mia on Jan 23, 2020 14:57:15 GMT
A new year, new hope, and new members! Hello and welcome.
This forum may not have been created if I hadn't come across LetterMo (in 2012), and then InCoWriMo started a year later. However, I did not start this forum then, but in 2015. Through both of these February challenges, I have found nice penfriends. I know not everyone written to / received from, will yield long-term penfriendship. So, a huge thank you to both of those sites.
With both those challenges wanting participants to write & send a letter/postcard every (postal) day, it can seem a bit much for some people new to the whole idea of snail mail. February is a time used by many to reach out to new people. So, this year, I've started February Letters. No challenge other than at least one letter to someone you've not corresponded postally before, plus a challenge a day to include a specific word/drawing/technique in your snail mail. I realise it can seem a bit artificial, but sometimes first letters can be that way too. Same could be said about "Five Questions, Answer by Snail Mail" but I see it as a starting point.
Enjoy the rest of this month, and February, and beyond!
A couple of reminders:
While it is nice to share pictures of incoming/outgoing mail (here, Instagram or elsewhere), please please obscure the other person's address (in the UK, a postcode is nearly the same as showing the street name) - show your own address at your own risk, but please do not share that of others without their permission.
Be careful also when using the quote button to reply, please do not quote someone else's postal address. I do see this still happening on other forums/comment sites.
This forum may not have been created if I hadn't come across LetterMo (in 2012), and then InCoWriMo started a year later. However, I did not start this forum then, but in 2015. Through both of these February challenges, I have found nice penfriends. I know not everyone written to / received from, will yield long-term penfriendship. So, a huge thank you to both of those sites.
With both those challenges wanting participants to write & send a letter/postcard every (postal) day, it can seem a bit much for some people new to the whole idea of snail mail. February is a time used by many to reach out to new people. So, this year, I've started February Letters. No challenge other than at least one letter to someone you've not corresponded postally before, plus a challenge a day to include a specific word/drawing/technique in your snail mail. I realise it can seem a bit artificial, but sometimes first letters can be that way too. Same could be said about "Five Questions, Answer by Snail Mail" but I see it as a starting point.
Enjoy the rest of this month, and February, and beyond!
A couple of reminders:
While it is nice to share pictures of incoming/outgoing mail (here, Instagram or elsewhere), please please obscure the other person's address (in the UK, a postcode is nearly the same as showing the street name) - show your own address at your own risk, but please do not share that of others without their permission.
Be careful also when using the quote button to reply, please do not quote someone else's postal address. I do see this still happening on other forums/comment sites.