GruviaFanatic

Quick Rant: I am concerned for my story Mundane Life. 
          	
          	I see new Wattpad users commenting in my book about how they are a manga/comic artist, and although I want to be respectful and welcoming to new readers-- I get the feeling that they are not actually readers of my book. The comment follows the same narrative; telling me that my story is good and inspiring, and they want ME to reach out to them. I don't know what to feel about this because I received the same comment 4 times from 4 different new Wattpad accounts. 
          	
          	I did some searching, I looked up the Instagram accounts that they left on the comment just to check if it's real. And it is, the thing is, they do COMMISSIONS. I have nothing against artist who do COMMISSIONS. I do believe that if you are good at something, you have the choice to MONITIZE it or not, and if you do-- then there is nothing wrong with earning from your talent. 
          	
          	But I choose to write for FREE, my story is FREE to be read by people who share the same passion and love that I have for these characters. So please, if you're a reader of mine, you feel inspired of what is transpiring within the story and you want to make a profitable art from it, go ahead. 
          	
          	My only wish for you (if you are this person) is to be truthful, there is no need for a chatgpt generated comment to attract me and do commissions with you. I can sense that there is different purpose as to why you approached my book. My story is free, and I want it to remain free until I finish it. But if you genuinely enjoy my book, welcome to the community! You are FREE to sail with us on our Damirae ship!

fnafdemon

@GruviaFanatic Oh, I heard about them. I honestly had to be wary, cause like... I think this has been going on on my end ever since it started, like, almost a year ago. But I ain't falling for nothing, cause I got so many frequent readers and friends that support my book no matter what. 
          	  
          	  And I hope it goes for you as well.
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GruviaFanatic

@fnafdemon hi fellow Author, honestly they are so persistent and annoying, I have received more comments like that and I searched their profiles on Instagram… and based on what I have seen… they are real, real scammers. 
          	  
          	  They are stealing other people’s art and claiming as their own just so they can post it on their profile. They pretend that they drew it by putting descriptions written by Chatgpt. And when you do ask for a commission, I’m afraid you will be paying them for an art made by A.I. which you don’t have to pay for and can also get for free
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fnafdemon

@GruviaFanatic I may not be a reader of your fanfic, but I have been having the same issues, too. I literally had a comment on my fanfic that just got made not even a day ago, and they had you as the first follow. I dunno if they were real or not, but I'm still keeping my eye on them.
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GruviaFanatic

Quick Rant: I am concerned for my story Mundane Life. 
          
          I see new Wattpad users commenting in my book about how they are a manga/comic artist, and although I want to be respectful and welcoming to new readers-- I get the feeling that they are not actually readers of my book. The comment follows the same narrative; telling me that my story is good and inspiring, and they want ME to reach out to them. I don't know what to feel about this because I received the same comment 4 times from 4 different new Wattpad accounts. 
          
          I did some searching, I looked up the Instagram accounts that they left on the comment just to check if it's real. And it is, the thing is, they do COMMISSIONS. I have nothing against artist who do COMMISSIONS. I do believe that if you are good at something, you have the choice to MONITIZE it or not, and if you do-- then there is nothing wrong with earning from your talent. 
          
          But I choose to write for FREE, my story is FREE to be read by people who share the same passion and love that I have for these characters. So please, if you're a reader of mine, you feel inspired of what is transpiring within the story and you want to make a profitable art from it, go ahead. 
          
          My only wish for you (if you are this person) is to be truthful, there is no need for a chatgpt generated comment to attract me and do commissions with you. I can sense that there is different purpose as to why you approached my book. My story is free, and I want it to remain free until I finish it. But if you genuinely enjoy my book, welcome to the community! You are FREE to sail with us on our Damirae ship!

fnafdemon

@GruviaFanatic Oh, I heard about them. I honestly had to be wary, cause like... I think this has been going on on my end ever since it started, like, almost a year ago. But I ain't falling for nothing, cause I got so many frequent readers and friends that support my book no matter what. 
            
            And I hope it goes for you as well.
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GruviaFanatic

@fnafdemon hi fellow Author, honestly they are so persistent and annoying, I have received more comments like that and I searched their profiles on Instagram… and based on what I have seen… they are real, real scammers. 
            
            They are stealing other people’s art and claiming as their own just so they can post it on their profile. They pretend that they drew it by putting descriptions written by Chatgpt. And when you do ask for a commission, I’m afraid you will be paying them for an art made by A.I. which you don’t have to pay for and can also get for free
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fnafdemon

@GruviaFanatic I may not be a reader of your fanfic, but I have been having the same issues, too. I literally had a comment on my fanfic that just got made not even a day ago, and they had you as the first follow. I dunno if they were real or not, but I'm still keeping my eye on them.
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GruviaFanatic

To my Mundane Life readers, I have a bit of a sad news. I am currently experiencing a bug with the Wattpad app. The first thing that was brought to my attention was that a few of my readers were not able to get a notification on the last update. My revisions are not getting saved, and now the app is crashing on me, I can’t open my book and make the new chapter. 
          
          I will try and get some help from Wattpad tech support on this problem, and hopefully it will be resolved as soon as possible. 
          
          I hope you understand, thank you so much!

GruviaFanatic

@AnihaTovias thank you for sticking with me until now ❤️ unfortunately a number of authors are experiencing the problem with the app and the wattpad help informed me that they are still investigating the cause with the developers. I’ll do my best that I can to update as soon as the situation clears up.
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AnihaTovias

@GruviaFanatic I hope it can be resolved soon. I'll still be checking regularly and sharing this wonderful fic so more people can read it. Thanks for coming back.
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sandradaffodils422

@GruviaFanatic oooohhh that makes sense. I am using my phone now to read wattpad. I bought a new laptop so I will read it from there now on anyway I hope the problem get fixed!
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hgks1234

Please  can you make another story of Damirea .A Mafia one where Damian is the Boss ruthless,cunning ,possessive and Raven is innocent ,shy, sweet ,soft
          Please  Create a story like this

GruviaFanatic

@hgks1234 Hi! A Mafia theme for Damian and Raven, to be honest I do want to integrate that theme for Damian and Raven going through the book Mundane Life. It's something that will kinda be present in the future chapters with a grown and mature Damian and Raven. So I hope that you stick for a while and join me in their adventures in Mundane Life and discover where the story takes them ;)
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sandradaffodils422

HEY ROSE!!! I AM ALIVE!! Its been so long. I am so sorry I didn't come here often I was busy trying to achieve my dreams and goals and now I succeeded! I am in japan and I will start with animation college in tokyo I was also battling my depression, anxiety and ADHD ...still am...so I completely stopped drawing continously. But I really missed this fic so I came back and spend re reading again from top till the recent! I STILL LOVE AND ADORE IT! I hope u were doing well too!

sandradaffodils422

ROSSSSE I MISSED YOU TOO! Also I do have a damirae fanart I did. U can use that. I will drawing a lot of damirae fanarts cause its gonna be their anniversary  https://www.tumblr.com/sandradaffodils/742293452399706112/happy-valentines-day-missed-me-damirae?source=share
            
            If you at this link then u can see or take them.
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GruviaFanatic

I have to say… I really missed you! I am so happy to hear that, I think everyone has been busy too but you can always come back for something familiar. I will also do my best to write more chapters for all of you! Good luck in your endeavors!!
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