Dear Mr. Klein,
I sincerely hope that you are the person reading this instead of your secretary or editor. (Not that I don't value them as well, but my task is to contact you. In the hopes that you are in fact you, I will carry on.) I am a junior in high school, and I am in an AP English class of students that have been assigned the task of blogging about op-ed writers. I chose you for no other reason than that you seemed the most notable writer at Time according to Google. Although I have received Time at my house for a few months now, I had not been an avid reader or your column until I chose you as the subject of my blog. Before I continue, I must say that you are indeed an excellent writer, even if there are weeks that I do not agree with you. You very obviously deserve respect for the success you have in your career.
Our most recent blog post was supposed to be about the claim and concession presented in one of our writer's articles. I chose "A Careless Man: What the Bush Memoir Reveals." I am also supposed to ask you if you can refer any other material to me that is related in any way to this article. Thanks in advance if you choose to help me! And if not, thanks for writing. If you didn't write, I would not have anything to comment on.
Before I send this e-mail that you may never respond to, I would like to make this e-mail memorable to you. I have a friend in my class who is writing about your colleague, Joel Stein. During her search to find a way to contact Mr. Stein, she came across an article he had written stating that he did not want to be contacted by readers. She e-mailed him anyway, and I hope that he decides to break his own rule and reply. If you and Mr. Stein are ever having a conversation, I would greatly appreciate if you could mention to him to reply to the junior girl who is blogging about him. I know my friend would appreciate it! Thanks again for reading this far into an e-mail that I am sure is one of many!
Awaiting your reply,
Juliana Schott
P.S. Here is a link to my blog about you if you are at all interested in reading what I have to say!
http://julianaschott.blogspot.com/
Writing to Joe Klein was an experience that I wish I could have savored more. As is apparent by the time that I am posting this, I am an avid procrastinator. Therefore, I am unable to post a reply from Joe Klein at present.
As I sat formulating my e-mail, I was a bit nervous about what this highly prestigious writer for a national magazine would think. Thankfully, I consider myself pretty good at not worrying about what others think of me, and I can guarantee that I will not lose any sleep worrying about a total stranger's opinion of me. I do hope that Joe will take a few moments of his time from Time (punny, right?) to glance at my blog. I would be honored to have such an important writer read my humble ramblings. If you are reading right now, Mr. Klein, thank you! You have no idea what this means to me!
I'm getting flustered just thinking about the possibility of him actually reading this.
Needless to say, I am a bit skeptical that he will reply to me or even read my e-mail and have it register in his mind. My idea to make a shout out at the end to my fellow op-ed blogger came to me out of nowhere, and I think it may make all the difference in the hopes of a reply. (At least that is what I am telling myself.) And yes, I realize I seemed like a bit of a suck up in the e-mail, but I doubt a bit of ego-boosting will hurt my chances of getting a reply. On the contrary, I hope that it puts Joe in a good enough mood to reply to a random junior in high school who is writing a blog about him!
So, fingers crossed, dear minimal amount of readers! Hopefully the next time I open my e-mail account, I will be greeted by a reply from Joe Klein!
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