I try to reply to everyone who replies to my posts. It's always a huge ego boost to get an email in your inbox.

It's the ones where--for instance--you get someone who replies to something you really put some heart and soul into--with "Fuck you, die bitch". Or, for insance, this one, where ohajiki was rejected from a Saiyuki story archive because something she wrote "wasn't up to par".

And don't worry about just starting out. Everyone's bad when they start (I was writing major mary sues when I first started), but practice makes perfect. you just have to get into your niche. You'll find it. ^_____^