Yes! It is very much supposed to be something fun. So we need to stop apologizing and enjoy it for what it is! See, I didn’t even have the trigger. That’s what was so scary about it, to be honest.

Thank you lovely. <3

It is, perhaps, good if you know you’re going to take a break to mention it so readers don’t worry about you. They do. I was surprised last year, when I was in and out a bit with ilness, to find how many people were paying attention to changes in my post frequency. Often, though, people aren’t planning to stop posting – they just do. It’s fine. Take the time you need and come back when you’re ready.

On the getting a few pages into a comic and realizing you can’t remember what you’ve read – I’m not sure that isn’t just how I’ve been reading all my life! I work in a bookshop where a big part of the job is knowing about books and what’s in them. Most of the people I work with can do that but me, not so much. When someone asks me what I’m reading it is completely normal for me to be literally unable to remember the title, the author’s name or anything about the characters or plot beyond the page I’m reading – even when I’m sitting there with the book in my hand. I have always been like that – I have to look at the book and see a few words of description before it comes back to me.

Of course, then it does come back. I just need a trigger. It would be terrifying if the trigger stopped firing. Anyway, keep on keeping on. It’s all we can do and probably all we need to do!