The Author and Readers as I See Them

After the outburst, let me chat with everyone for a few words.

I had been saving these up for a long time, and finally let them all burst out at once. I could have written more, but I had already exploded with over twenty thousand words before the Mid-Autumn Festival, so I ran out.

As for reader comments: because of the habit I've cultivated over all these years, I basically read them all, and I often reply as well.

It's always been that way.

In the earlier years, I'd play around, fool around, and argue with everyone in the book reviews. It felt perfectly normal.

But with my last three books, I realized things had changed.

Simply put, what happened was this: readers could curse at the author, but the author wasn't allowed to talk back.

I don't know when it became like this.

You say you can't keep reading? Then pick another book, okay? But a few days later, you come back and say again that you can't keep reading.

You say it's filler. Then tell me where the filler is, right? You can't just call it filler for no reason because you wanted to see me show off but I wrote a battle instead, or because you wanted a battle but I wrote about picking up girls. You didn't see what you wanted to see, so you only skimmed through the chapter. Then you said: "Filler."

How is that acceptable?

In my heart, authors and readers are equals. First of all, everyone read this book and posted comments. As the author, I should read them and respond. That's interaction.

But if you curse at me, I won't accept it. We can discuss how you think these plot points should have been handled, but if you come out of