Ghostletters

Join us in conversations between fictional and historical characters!

Consider this: Sherlock Holmes dropping a quick note to Marie Antoinette.  Or Spiderman asking a hobbit for career advice.  Or your favorite teacher from high school gossiping with a Japanese samurai.  Or some other unlikely pairing involved in some deep philosophical debate.   Or develop your original fictional characters through stories and conversations.

Each member portrays one or more historical, fictional or original characters, through email posts to the group or through storytelling of the narrative kind. For writers this is a unique opportunity to explore characterization. For anyone creative this is an opportunity to have some bona fide fun!

We have been around since 1995 and have boasted some redoubtable writers in our membership.. and we have had a hoot, pure and simple.

One writer said, "Ghostletters has really helped me develop  my characters."  

Another member said, "This is a blast!"

The only limit is your imagination.  And this is a "hobby" group for all.  No charge.  We all just want to meet you.

How to Get Started

Just choose a historical figure or an existing fictional one or your own original creation.  To be sure you don't use a character someone already on Ghostletters is using, drop a note to our administrator (who is himself a fictional character) at the address below and say whom you want to join as.

Then click on the icon just below this to join.

Click to join ghostletters

Important Message for Parents and Teachers: While most of the posts on this list are innocuous, some are quite mature in theme and content. This list is not recommended for children (other than fictional ones, of course.)

Meet some of the people already here on our wiki!

Tools for writers including online discussion, workshops, sites, reference, etext archives and how to get published can be found at 

Ghostletters Tools for Writers

Questions, contact, etc.

Master Timothy Bernersley 
Executive Director 
"Spiritual Telegraph"* Compact 
The Chancery 
Lawrencium, Christenlande

See also Letters, Letter Writing and Other Intimate Discourse, by Wendy Russ, a site lovingly constructed to honor the art.