Odds are you are now that author’s favourite reader and they have you specifically in mind when they write because they’re looking forward to your reaction to it 😀
At least, that’s how it goes for me.
I’m one of those “creepy, stalker, comments on every chapter” readers, and I have NEVER had an author complain. And why wouldn’t I comment on every chapter? If I like it enough to read it, I have something to say about it, even if it’s just “incoherent screaming” or a keyboard smash because I am so overwhelmed with emotion. My comments do get repetitive—I mean, there are only so many ways to say “this chapter ruined my life, AGAIN”, but I want the writer to know that I read it and enjoyed it and it moved me my cold, black heart.
As an author, I’m blessed with a few of those readers, and I would go to the ends of the universe to aid them if they needed me.
Dude, I absolutely think about regular commenters when I’m writing. And believe me, I recognize all the usernames that recur more than once or twice. I don’t care about or even consider repetitiveness in comments – I’m just thrilled to establish and maintain relationships with readers. Like … it’s the highest compliment that I not only A) made you come back for more but B) moved you enough to tell me about it all over again.
what the fuck kind of mindset is that? “I feel like a stalker”?!??!!?!?!? Authors are posting every day BEGGING for feedback, for “I liked this” comments, for a hint that they have readers who are enjoying their work. I see authors getting so discouraged, thinking nobody likes what they write, nobody cares, giving up on long running series. I see people just not doing long series fanfic because the comments dry up, the returns are so low, they have no indication people are reading what they write. I see people write 40k epics that take them months, and get like 5 comments on the last chapter. It’s horrible.
Who put that shitty, shitty idea in your head, that giving consistent feedback and praise to a writer somehow makes you a bad person?!?!?!?!?!
The happiest thing for me is when I see a string of kudos or comments that are all from the same person. Because that means that someone sat down, read one of my fics, and liked it so much that they read everything else I wrote.
There is a writer, I love every work she has written so far and I comment or leave kudos every chapter/work that she had published. Is that too much? I’m feeling like a stalker.
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