Contacting practitioners

I have been meaning to get in touch with a number of practitioners in the industry for a while now, I think I was putting it off because I find the idea quite daunting. I had a few ideas how to get started and had some suggestions from the tutors. I made a book based on Neil Gaiman who is very active on social media and it was suggested to me to contact him via twitter. I have been trying to find the best way to showcase my book as it is a concertina it is three and a half metres long. I decided to use Tumblr as I could create post of high quality images that group all of the pages of the book together. I have tweeted Neil Gaiman with a link to the Tumblr page and have also sent an email to Chris Haughton who has been a huge inspiration on my practice and that book in particular. I was hoping to find an alternative way to contact him other than email but I couldn't find one that I thought would be better. I know that there will be lots of demands on the practitioners I have tried to contact and that their time will be precious to them. I am not holding out too much hope but I wanted to aim high. I am not going to be put off if I don't get any reply from them I am going to keep trying to contact practitioners that I believe could help inform my practice.

Chris Haughton mentions on the contact page of his website that he shares interviews and videos on his blog, including interviews that are based around getting into illustration. I have had a quick look and the questions he is asked mirror some of the questions I would have asked. I am going to have another read through the full interview and try to filter out the information that relates to me and how I could use it to move forward.