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I signed into my Meek site briefly today and saw this comment. It’s so confusing/ hilarious that I am sharing it with you (I’m not naming names, and please don’t find/ reply to it on the site, I’m not calling anything but the comment out)

Okay I’m going to give you some more advice author to author: Don’t apologize for your story. It makes readers think you’re uncomfortable with what you have done; that you don’t believe your own work has merit. If you don’t think your work could stand on its own without you defending it, you shouldn’t have done it. You’ve wasted everyone’s time with your dishonest story.

I suspect that you’re only nervous about the idea of someone somewhere not liking the comic, which is understandable. But the story is your baby, you can’t ever not be proud of it. If your baby bites someone in the balls, you don’t apologize, you tell them she’s got a wonderfully strong bite. And if people complain about your baby is running around naked for a full chapter you tell people that a) they’re prudes, b) it’s none of their damn business and they can just stay away if they don’t approve and c) they should try having a baby themselves before telling you how it’s done.

And by the way, it’s always good to push the limits in chapter 1. Get in as much nudity, gore and foul language as you’re ever going to, and then the more squeamish readers will have a chance to drop out before they’re invested in the story. It’s good storytelling. Engaging plot, easy to read, very well drawn. It’s a decent comic that may well turn out to be great. I only wish you had never said sorry.

There is just so much wrong with this type of thinking that I don’t even know where to start. Creep out your readers so they will leave?? You can’t criticize something if you can’t make it yourself?? what???

Actually, I know where to start: they think that I’ve ever apologized for my writing.