Do you love to go to book fests and fairs and meet your favorite authors? I know I do. Now that I’ve been editing for some years, I’ve actually been fortunate enough to hang out with authors whose work I admire.

One of those is Sarah Loudin Thomas, the author of about the sort of things authors like to hear. “As an author,” she writes, “I hear lots of comments and questions over and over again.” So if you meet Sarah—or any author whose work you admire—here are some (ahem) conversation starters:

1 I love books!
2 I love your books.
3 Do you have a card or flyer?

There are many more suggestions here, all of them good.

(I should add that Sarah and I had a little email conversation about a project she was working on years ago. Just a little … but we kept in touch. Later her I met her at a writers’ conference and we had a great chat over breakfast. She’s friendly and personable—no conversation starters were needed.)

Have a great weekend!

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