It's silly, right? And yet, I honestly think that's half the reason I've been so awful about replying to comments on my fic the last few years. Well, that and trying to think of ways to say "Thanks, glad you liked," eleventy times.

Yay, not alone! *fistpump*

You too?! Man, we writers are as neurotic as they say, huh?

*clings* So glad I'm not the only one.

YES. But there are only so many ways to say "thank you!"

Good to know I'm not alone!

And the longer you leave it, the worse it gets. I'm trying to force myself into answering every comment on my latest because I still get all crazy when I realize I have oodles of unanswered comments on 2-year-old fic posts.

"Thank you for the dinner plate; we love to cook and eat our friends."

It would MAKE MY DAY to get this thank-you note from a wedding gift.

*g* But somehow that makes it harder too, because if someone already likes you, you don't want to write something stupid in response to their (lovely and articulate and thoughtful) comment and have them go, "I guess that story was a fluke!" I know, it's dumb.

Yeah, that does make sense. I think it worsens when I've left a particular post/story for too long and I wind up with this ridiculous backlog of unanswered comments, or -- even more so -- when I run out of steam somewhere during the comments and leave half unanswered. And the months roll by and then I think it's way too late to answer them now, but I still feel bad about it and -- well. You see how I'm crazy.

Ah, and now you commented by commenting on how you didn't comment. *g*

Thanks!

*nods* For me, it is a bit harder to answer comments sometimes when they're mostly positive.

Good to know it's apparently not just me!