Mortimus on Writing and Books

Fun Fan Mail

One of the great things about being an author is the fan mail. 

Here’s a fun letter that arrived recently.  Here’s the text:

“Dear Mortimus Clay,

The book The Purloined Boy is a great, fun filled book.  It has superior word choice, such as imbeciles, conspiracy, hefted and apprehend.  I understood the story line perfectly.

I think my favorite part was when Zephyr allowed Trevor to escape from where the bogeys took him.  This book made me keep reading because I wanted to find out if Trevor would ever escape from his captors.  This was aninteresting book because I like reading about mysteries.  My favorite character was Trevor, because he likes to figure things out, just like me.

I am planning to recommend this book to some of my classmates; I look forward to discussing the book with them when they complete it.

I can’t wait until your next book comes out.  Can you please tell me when you publish it? 

Sincerely, K. H. – Mrs. Brennan’s 5th grader, M. Elementary School”    

Thanks K. H. — I’m looking forward to meeting you.  I believe arrangements are being made for Morty to visit your school.  I’m told there are about 150 -200 of your classmates that I’ll be with!

Morty