Hey, I'm new to Skritter and loving it so far for learning how to write Japanese characters. (I've tried standard workbooks before and the step by step stroke ordering of Skritter has worked wonders for me). However, recently I've been worried that I may end up getting really good at writing and recognizing characters at the expense of my reading ability. For example, it's great to know a character but if I have no idea how to use it in context what's the point? Do any of you guys know of a good way to keep up with Japanese reading ability in conjunction with Skritter?

I took a quick look at your account, however it must be another account that you were Skrittering on before (I was going to recommend not studying individual characters if that were the case, and instead study words). If you are reading a book or using a textbook or learning from the script of a movie or wherever you are getting your source material, add those *words* to Skritter and not the individual characters. It's a much better idea to learn Japanese (and kanji) by studying actual words opposed to individual characters out of context for a number of reasons, your reading ability will actually be a little better than your writing ability, just from studying words and how to write them- you won't always recall character writings in the beginning, and recognition comes first. You can also study sentences on Skritter as well.