1. The book absolutely needs readers' letters too.
2. Include a few columns where you screwed up with some lousy advice (not hard to find), and much better advice was forthcoming from readers
3. Some meta-comments would be great - about the Big Themes from advice seekers (I screwed up my life 20 years ago/my parent hates me/my best friend eloped with my husband/etc)
4. Some meta comments about giving advice.
You definitely need more material than just original letter + your reply.
Much of the initial coverage about Fort Hood turned out to be wrong. Is there anything wrong with that?
The accountability imposed by another country for the CIA's kidnapping and torture reveals much about our own.
Fox News' morning show plays to type, talking about whether Muslims in the Army should face "special debriefings"
The survivor and author is upset about comparisons some on the right are making to genocide
Once seen as a lunatic fringe, reactionary anti-women groups are courting respectability
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