I was participating as the "book of the month" in a local book club when an enthusiastic lady came up to me afterward and whispered, "Do you still have all the love letters Jeremiah wrote to Charity? I loved reading them!"
I replied the letters were made up, by me, and fictional. She looked so sad and disappointed but inside of my mind I was doing a "YES, this is what creative writing is all about!" What a wonderful tribute and one instance I will never forget!