Good · 6:20am May 30th, 2013
Guys, I'm starting to suspect that people... REAL PEOPLE... actually like my writing.
... What?
Okay, so it's basically a confirmed suspicion at this point, considering that one of the most critical comment I've received on Syncopation tells me that my sense of humor isn't universal. (Honestly, I'm surprised that it took that long to hear it.) However, it never really hit until I saw that some people had put my silly little scribbles onto their personal Fimfic pages (I don't know what to call them. Mine has pictures of my man crushes on it. Note to self: Add Neil Patrick Harris to list of man crushes.) and when I checked up on one of my favorite stories Awkward, But Worth It and realized that Syncopation had only a few fewer views and more favorites. My upbringing (which involved constant reminders from my family to stay humble no matter what happens) and the rather dismissive attitude I've developed towards what I've achieved is clashing with... well, I guess I'd call it my success.
So what's the problem?
... I'm not sure.
But I felt like I had to say something about it, something that kind of acknowledges that I can do some rather good things. And that it's okay to acknowledge that. (Wow... I should write a letter to Princess Celestia about that. Actually, Twilight already has!
... Dear whatever-being-doesn't-offend-the-reader, I need to re-watch Boast Busters.)
And I know that my problems seem trivial (I have a tendency to see most of my problems as trivial), but I'm new to the whole Posting Stories To The Internet business. Maybe I'll get over it. But I probably won't. I will always, in some way, feel like I could do something more and that my stories aren't "good enough" no matter how much flattery I receive in the comments.
But that's okay.
I'll keep writing, readers will come and go, my keyboard will probably die slowly, and I will argue with myself over the quality of my work, even with all of the comments assuring me that my scribbles are NOT scribbles and I should really stop calling them scribbles.
And that's okay, because I'll have another chapter out within the week.
(Seriously though, keep the comments coming; I enjoy inflating my ego).
Hahahahaha, you made me giggle.
No your stories aren't scribbles! They start out as scribbles and become the epicness you call scribbles. Hahahaha depends on your preference to your own work (yours is fairly well... awesome) (new chapter this week? YAY! 
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Man, I want to see the day when Syncopation becomes more popular than An Island, Two Mares and a Bottle of Rum. Then I can say, "Damn, this guy - I've been with him from the beginning - this guy really can write, and does so damn well." Well, I can say it right now, though, but I know your story deserves much more popularity.