That's a good therapy you're using!
Now as for how I started...
I love the Lord of the Rings books, films, music, actors, everything... For years it's been my huge passion and what I love the most! I love all the actors/actresses of the trilogy; I can't get enough of watching their interviews in the Extended Editions and they are like role models to me and I esteem them as much as friends!
When I was doing the usual thing of getting lost in LotR fansites and saw a list of addresses and that actors actually answered fanmail - something I wasn't aware of - I decided I would share with my idols how much I admire them.
I started slowly and got 4 autographs, not only from LotR. For months I forgot about fanmail and then this year, when I received a Gandalf drawing made especially for me from John Howe, I got back to fanmail determined to dedicate my time to it!
So now that my beginner phase has gone by, I'm striving to write to all LotR and Lost actors and also the actors I really like
![Verry Happy :D](./images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif)