Everything is possible

Dropping in here to say that I always feel a bit hurt when the author doesn't bother to reply, myself. I know some authors who do that and appear really aloof, like they don't give a shit about their readers, and it's never a good thing. That's why I make a point of responding to each and every comment on my fics (unless it's some obvious flame/troll/spam thing, of course, in which case I delete it). Every single comment from the flaily OMG ones to the detailed analyses is important, and that way, I also get the chance to thank the reader for dropping by and telling me that the story entertained them for a while. I know people are too scared to comment at times, especially if they've read something with such sparkling prose that it makes them feel like they can't even string a decent sentence together in comparison, but seriously, even a loud squeeing "OMG!" is fantastic. Especially if you write in tiny fandoms the way I do--each comment is worth its weight in gold (and I actually value my small fandom comments and kudos way more than the ones in, say, Doctor Who, because they are so much rarer).