Why I Comment on Reviews

There's a question I get once in a while, and it's "Why do you comment on all your reviews and ratings?" I guess it's kind of become my shtick - for better or for worse. (Hopefully for the better!)

I can promise that there's nothing sinister about my motives. The reason I do it goes back to a conversation about author trolls I was having with someone on this site, and that person said something like, "Why do people get so focused on one-star ratings? It's not like they go out and personally thank all their positive reviewers."

I thought that person had a point. Authors do sometimes take their positive reviews for granted. Because of entitlement, I guess? I don't know. But it was a good idea.

Long story short, that's why I thank my reviewers. It helps keep everything in perspective, and reminds me that behind every one of those cute little avatars is a person who, for whatever reason, decided to take a chance on me. I used to do one- and two-star ratings too, but I guess that made some people uncomfortable, so I stopped (because, like I said, nothing sinister here - except when I have caffeine. Then I get a little scary. But more like "Oh noez!" scary than "OH NO SHE DIDN'T" scary). But I still am grateful for all feedback, and whenever I see a new rating on Goodreads I am always super excited that somebody took the time to read and rate my book.

Bottom line is:

You guys are awesome. <3