In July 2013, I served as the “editor-in-residence” for the Codex Writing Group, which meant basically I was asking a month-long AMA (“Ask Me Anything”) interview. With Codex’s permission, I’m re-posting the Q&As here on my blog. The questions were all provided by members of Codex.

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How do you feel about authors interacting with readers that leave comments on their stories? (Assuming they’re not flying off the handle if there’s a negative comment.) I’m always unsure if I should be replying or interacting with people that comment on my stories since I don’t see many other authors do it.

I think it’s generally fine. Readers seem to really like interacting with authors, so it’s always a cool thing for them to trade comments with authors directly. I think maybe you wouldn’t want to reply to every comment or anything, but I think it’s generally fine to pop by and just say something like “Thanks for all the kind words” or something of the sort. And I think it’s certainly fine to respond if readers leave comments that have questions or are looking for clarification (if you feel like explicating something that you may have wanted left vague in the text).

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