Write to Chuck and here's what you may get in return.

omfg. that made me wet myself just thinking about it. i can't. i can't!! I'M NOT WORTHY!!

Ooo, I started writing him a letter just the other day. I'm so excited now! I want crazy random cool stuff!

ditto insomniac.. i would love to write, but i have no idea where to start. the whole letter wouldnt be me saying what i wanted, it would be me trying to avoid making an ass of myself.
but i will try..one day when i am secure and confident enough in my ability to not be an annoying, enraptured fan.

BTW, one thing I forgot to mention (besides the fact that there was also a tiny, miniature bottle of bubbles that looks like a champagne bottle) was that chuck told me to "keep the stuff i really like and give the rest away." So, the personalized stuff I'll keep. I'll ease into the concept of giving away the random shit sometime soon

Really though, I didn;'t write that letter to chuck because I expected to get back a box of cool shit. I just wanted to ask him some questions about writing. And he answered him. If you ever read this forum Chuck, thanks man. You're great to your fans.

well, i am not new to the fan-letter conundrum. you see, i am a longtime member of the NIN cult. i'm not as rabid a fan as i used to be (which isn't saying much), but now every once in a while i'll kind of slide back into obsession again when everything else turns to complete bullshit...as has generally been the case lately. So usually after a week or so of listening to CDs without interruption, watching videos, surfing websites, and hunting down and/or purchasing more memorabilia, I get the urge to write Trent a letter saying that the rest of music may be shit, as he so frequently laments in interviews, but there are some of us "consumers" out here who like being thought of as a number about as much as he does, and that we same tend to pretty much live for music as good as his.

These epistles in their various forms rarely make it on to paper and when they do, they are never sent (although one has gotten as far as being put in a stamped, addressed envelope) for the following reasons: he damn well knows all that already; plus my precious missive would probably end up in the hands of a cruel, insensitive and most likely sexually frustrated female publicist who, with a smirk I can vividly picture, would simply drop it in the trash; plus my letter may actually end up being so stupid as to inspire, on reflection, the wish that it would end in the wastebasket of aformentioned publicist, but it would instead find its way to the hands of Trent, who would read my unworthy driveling with bemusedly raised eyebrows and then direct said publicist to, after throwing it away, send me one of those terrible form letters and fake-autographed pictures; and finally the thought that ultimately my anxieties over publicists and wastebaskets are extremely unhealthy and ultimately stalker-eque.

my local landfill is brimming, now, with balled-up paper with his name on it. i'm not even gonna go there w/ chuck if i can help it.

Kitty, I know that I probably could never change your mind on a topic like this, but I find your writing to be very intelligent (I mean, hell, it's the only way I know you), so I doubt that anything you could produce and send would immediately be thrown away or laughed at unless it was policy, which I doubt it is. If you really want to say something to Trent, just to let him know that you support him and his ideas, I think you should.

well, thanks for the vote of confidence, rent boy, but i was hanging about in the write to sonck thread and mirkah's "letter" to him was so stupid, and she meant it that way, but it occurred to me reading that letter that you don't write letters like that if you know a person? you know? it's bound to make them uncomfortable, and it only distances them from you when they read it, because you're so clearly writing as a *fan* and not as a person, per se.

i don't know. i'm fucked up, and sometimes that's just all there is to it.

I don't know, Kitty. Trent, like Chuck, seems like the kind of guy that would consider his fans people. Especially if he came across a letter that stood out from the everyday, like I'm sure yours would. It wouldn't be just a "Dude, I fuckin' love your music!" letter. It sounds like it would be more of a "I understand and appreciate what you say" letter, which I know I would certainly love to receive about my work. I say just do it. You won't ever know what he might say unless you try.

I finally posted my letter yesterday! Hurrah!

Yes. Yes he will. And welcome to the fold.

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by madameslow [/i]
[B]you can send stuff via his agent:
Edward Hibbert
Donadio and Olson, Inc.
121 W. 27th St. Suite 704
New York, N.Y. 10001 [/B][/QUOTE]
Time to start readin' before you post, big guy.

I read only one other post on this thread, the first one. I too wrote to Chuck, and I too received an orange t-shirt saying I am Adam's T-shirt, then signed. I asked about Amy Hempel, which you all should read... totally cool author. So he sent me a copy of her book At the Gates of the Animal Kingodm, and he signed it. In it were seeds too, radish seeds. A little plush cell phone, a santa hat... all of which the first guy who posted received. I also got a little bear holding a box which contained a ring, and I got a little bottle of champagne bubbles. oh ya and a nice letter.
I'm looking forward to chuck's next tour, and I hope to make it to one of his signings. I don't know what to say either, but I'm sure it will come to me, and I'm not worried about making a fool of my self. Cause hey, he is still just a guy, and he seems to love having fans.

spacen, you STILL need to read before you post. in the above post, rents was talking to anubis. not you.

Everything's cool when your Chuck-Palah-Niuk! [IMG]http://www.rvdfanpage.com/BlahImages/Smilies/rvd.gif[/IMG]

How long did it take you guys to get a response?

I'm going to write to Chuck. He has changed my life and I would like to thank him for it. Even though I did take a bottle of estrogen and punched myself in the face while having sex with a dead model that collected large rocks that she stacked around plastic flowers in my front yard overlooking Portland.

He's an absolute brilliant artist who has inspired a generation of what seemed to be lost souls in inordinately baggy pants and faded Creed t-shirts. Maybe more people will start reading instead of watching. I can't stand it when people run out of shit to talk about and use television as a backup.

"Seen that episode of American Idol last night?"
"[i]Shut the hell up[/i]"

But of course I just say, "No, I haven't".

Thanks Chuck. I hope you read my letter.

[QUOTE]I'm going to write to Chuck. He has changed my life and I would like to thank him for it. Even though I did take a bottle of estrogen and punched myself in the face while having sex with a dead model that collected large rocks that she stacked around plastic flowers in my front yard overlooking Portland.[/QUOTE]

pepper, i think that your post, verbatim, should be your letter.

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by spacen jason [/i]
[B] So he sent me a copy of her book At the Gates of the Animal Kingodm, and he signed it. In it were seeds too, radish seeds. [/B][/QUOTE]

I was sitting here reading Tumble Home by Hempel and now I know why he did that. An eerie awe-inspiring guy he is indeed.

Hey BadSal,

Go to one of his readings and get a book signed. You should meet him. You just hand him a book and say I really like your work, my favorite is "...".He'll see the terror on your face and put you at ease with a joke. I've seen it over and over. He's a very warm, funny guy and he really cares about his fans.

I went to two readings back to back and at the second one I didn't get a book signed but he beckoned me up and said "You again! Are you stalking me?"

I said: "No, well maybe" (LAME). The cool thing is he just laughed and asked how I could stand to hear all the same anecdotes over again.

I'm going to be in Klamath, OR in July so I may just go to one of those readings.

I won't take up alot of space here. Chuck wrote to me within 3 weeks and sent a ton of really cool things as well as a letter with some important advice. I just sent him two short stories of mine maybe 2 weeks ago, which means he will take a while to get back to me, as he has alot of things to read. Chuck fuckin rocks and I will break anyone's legs that he ever needs.

[QUOTE]Go to one of his readings and get a book signed. You should meet him. You just hand him a book and say I really like your work, my favorite is "...".He'll see the terror on your face and put you at ease with a joke. I've seen it over and over. He's a very warm, funny guy and he really cares about his fans. [/QUOTE]

agreed. i met him at a reading in boston, and he was the same way. even if you look at the pics in the gallery on this site you can see that when he's with fans he's always goofing around and seems to be having a blast.

man....i live in israel, i will never get the chance to see him in person...
bay the way (i'm a newbie, so sorry..), what's with the red letters?

red letters? whaaaaa??

[color=red]Yea. Whaaaaa??[/color]

words like "yes", "no", "and", and other words are marked in red on this thread, way?

Not in my world....

???

Jordie
(now totally confused)

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Dani [/i]
[B]words like "yes", "no", "and", and other words are marked in red on this thread, way? [/B][/QUOTE]

Did you find this thread using the search function? If so all keywords in your search will show up in red.

yeah, i think that's it, well...never mind, it's gone now....thank's.

YOUR STORY INSPIRES US ALL.
I WILL BE WRITING 2 HIM SOON

Perhaps he'll accept this finger.

why not your ear?

It's just for fun. Things he finds in his house and decides to put in, I guess.

I got my package from Chuck the other day. Unfortunately, I haven't got to open it- as i'm elsewhere in Europe. But, I couldn't take the suspense any longer and phoned my mother and asked her to open it. I got two signed books, which were personalised in their signings. The books were Invisible Monsters and Fugitives and Refugees. I also got a teddybear, which is red and white-holding a present; inside that is lots of girly jewellery, rings etc. He also put in a santa's hat and more jewellery and soaps. His letter was also lovely. I've probably missed out a lot of details, but I thought I should say all this anyway.

Thank you Chuck!

Thats so great! Any chance you would post tidbits from the letter?

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by insomnomaniac [/i]
[B]why not your ear? [/B][/QUOTE]

"Someone sent him a severed finger in the mail. But that was in the sixties" Scott Martinaeu to Britta Nilsson talking about the reclusive novelist Bill Gray.
---------------------------------Mao II, Don DeLillo

Allegedly an allusion to J. D. Salinger's private life and the kind of shit he suffered from his fans. (See Mark David Chapman or maybe John Hinkley Jr.)

The ear was to a love, the finger, perhaps even the middle one, to an Icon. That's why not my ear.

yes mirkah. He sent about five rings, so all us chuck girls should have one... Captain Planet!

I wrote to Chuck about 3 weeks ago, and recieved a package the other day. He wrote a very nice letter back to me, which answered all of the questions that I asked....he also sent some bubbles, a plush keychain, and autographed pack of seeds (which I think I will frame), a "party popper", some fake vomit, a backgamman (sic?) set, a soap basket, and best of all, an autograped copy of diary, saying "To Derek, never accept the first draft...ever".

I thought that it was really cool that he would take the time to send a lengthy letter...and also take the effort to purchase, and send out all of the neat little things. Since he mentioned that I should give away most of it...I gave my mother the soap, my niece the keychain, my nephew the bubble, and a friend who is a big Chuck fan, the party popper. I think I will hang on to the rest of it

I wrote to J.D. Salinger and got a plastic bag full of what I think is his fecal matter and note that says fuck off. Leave me alone.

Thank god Chuck isn't like that hermit.

I started writing a letter to Chuck today. I'm not to great of a writer and I feel like everything I try to write is nothing original and he's heard it all before. It couldn't be the wrost thing he's ever read so maybe I will send it at some point.

is this for real? You ALL got a package? Does he do this personally to each fan who writes a letter or what? Does he have people to do this for him? It would seem like he would be constantly replying to fans and putting together packages if he did this for everyone. Maybe you're just the special ones.

I'm new to Chuck's books. I like him, but he hasn't changed my life.

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Maddetchke Malorkus [/i]
[B]is this for real? You ALL got a package? Does he do this personally to each fan who writes a letter or what? Does he have people to do this for him? It would seem like he would be constantly replying to fans and putting together packages if he did this for everyone. Maybe you're just the special ones.

I'm new to Chuck's books. I like him, but he hasn't changed my life. [/B][/QUOTE]

Look at the thread directly above this one. It will answer all those questions and more

[b]How To Contact Chuck - Updated Policy
[/b]

[i]since everyone else has told their stories...[/i]

I wrote him in late May, early June, and mostly forgot about it afterwards.

Early July, I went to get the mail one day and found a number of packages / large bubble mailers that I'd been expecting, along with one medium sized box with an address that i couldn't make any sort of connection to.

I brought it inside and did the whole "shake it, examine it, make sure that it's not anthrax" thing, then set it aside while I opened the things I'd been expecting.

When I opened it, the first thing I saw was some orange fabric, and I thought to myself, "hey, i've got a shirt that color." I pulled back a corner and saw some black markings on it and I about freaked as I realized what it was.

All in all, my package had an orange "survivor" style shirt with a signature and the words "my favorite author!" beside a arrow pointing to the neck, a Jesus nightlight, some rubber vomit, a rubber duckie with a green bib on it, some sunflower seeds (we're moving soon and they'll be planted outside my bedroom window), and an autographed copy of F&R tucked inside a santa hat.

The letter he'd included, though, was the part that really pushed me over the edge. I'd heard about the packages, but I hadn't realized that he really took the time to respond to what people told him. As timing had it, the day that the package showed up, my mother was in the hospital, and after months of almost nothing but Not Good Shit Happening, I was seriously at the end of my rope. I was lower than I'd been in years and was seriously in need of something to yank me up. Times like that, I think all of us have things we need to hear from someone. Doesn't matter who, just need to hear them. As it was...all of those things I needed to hear were right there in black and white, coming from the living person I probably most admire.

I told him as much when I saw him this weekend, and much to my horror, i started to tear up (I do *not* cry in front of other people). What'd he do? He got up and gave me a freaking hug! (*That* almost made me pass out, and I was thankfull to be sitting in the seat nearest to the table.)

Before I'd gotten to the weepy-weepy of it, he'd asked if I was excited when I got the package and I told him (honestly) that I wasn't able to sit still for about two hours because I was so knocked out over it. He gave a big smile and said "See, THAT'S why I do it!"

Class act, that guy. All the way.

I wrote him about a month ago and I sent him my ARC of Diary...I can't wait until I recieve the package back from him...it's gonna be so cool...But he's on tour right now...any idea if he still does the fan mail thing when he's on tour?

i wrote to chuck about a month ago, and last friday i got a package from him, with a coll letter wherein he answered all my questions, and then there was some othre random shite in the box. a book-on-tape of Diary. a neon green wig. a party popper. a red teddybear holding a box, with a necklace inside, that said to kate from chucky p, keep dragging friends to books". a package of forget me not seeds. a little pink basket of soap. a pack of gumballs.
it was amazing. i couldnt sleep that night. partly from excitement, partly because i spent most of that time listening to the diary tapes.
then on thursday, yesterday, chuck was in boston, and i had once again managed to drag a bunch of my friends to the reading, as mentioned in the necklace, which i remembered to wera that day. well, not drag, really. more like listening to them ask nervously every single day if i'm sure we have tickets. which we did, thankfully. i finish lullaby at 1 AM the night before. after some technical difficulties with trains, we finally get to the theater. and just in time, because we manage to get 3rd row seats. its gonna be a while before this starts so we talk to the kids sitting behind us, and theyre some cool shiznit. sorry, i just had to use the word shiznit. anyway, so we're talking to these kids, and then simultanously i notice i guy stand at the podium and start to intorduce chuck, and i notice chuck come in quietly from the back and sit in the row right behind us. and thus it begins.
the reading was great. Guts is simultaneously one of the most disturbing yet amazing things i've ever heard. nobody passed out. the stories about snake of fire, and the shotgun shell definitely remind me of people that i know. the Q and A was pretty good. one of my friends got a necklace/rosary thing, since thats what chuck said they turned out to be.
after the reading, we joined in the mad stampede across the street to get in line for the signing. we thought we did ok, got a place right in front of the bookstore. thats is, until we saw that the line stretched all the way the inside of the store. the people at the bookstore were cool. they brought around little baskets of candy, and for some reason, little jars of what i think was hand cream. a few of my group went off to bring us some food. several times, random people would stop and ask us what this all was about. i was given the task of explaining what diary was about, and we were all tempted to tell them what Guts was. eventually the line started moving and we found ourselves inside the store. i saw a copy of fugitives and refugees and decided to get one. how could i not?
then came the time of doubt, frantic searches for train schedules, and panicked, pleading phone calls to parents, everyone trying to make sure they'd be able to stay long enough to meet chuck. finally it all worked out, and we were more than half way there. my friends were talking to random people, fellow chuck fans. i felt sorry for anyone who wasnt there for the signing. we start getting close, very close now. we have out little post-it notes that make sure chuck will spell out name right.
if you're still reading, congradulations. you've made it to the fun part.
according to our plan, the girl we met at the reading, she goes first. then opne of my friends tries to jump in from way behinmd us, but chuck tells him to wait his turn. it my turn now. he signs my copy of fight club . then he sees my necklace. he says, "oh, you're the one that wrote that letter about meeting those people at the reading last year." * . this is the sound of my jaw dropping to the floor. he remembered my letter, he remembered me. in my copy of fugitives and refugees, he writes "to kate, nice necklace". i ask if i can get a photo with him, and he says sure, and another friend is there, with my camera already prepared. then its his turn, and he tells chuck about this short movie he made, a preview of the choke movie, as chuck signs his books, his fight club DVD, and his tyler durden jacket. there was someting in the pocket, and chuck asked "is that a needle? or a carrot?" it turned out to be my pen... another friend, his girlfriend wanted to go with us but couldnt. so he called her on his cellphone, and handed it to chuck. and chuck talked to her for a bit. it was great. i had wated to get a photo of chuck wearing the green wig he sent me, but sadly, we had managed to lose the wig inall this excitement.
still, it was amazing.

post the photo.