My newfound experience with two writing platforms — MEDIUM It’s been about a year since I joined Medium and started to write. Happy anniversary to me! What is it about this thing that writers do that is so appealing and even addicting? Could it be the therapeutic aspect of the craft? …

A collection of public domain emojis to copy and paste into your articles and stories — Public domain emojis, free to copy and paste in your documents. Thanks to Graham D. Cooke and Jan Sebastian for doing the hard work of collecting the emojis. I’m just copying and pasting to pass along to you! COPY AND PASTE TO YOUR OWN DRAFT: Jan Sebastian’s collection from Emoji…

100 FOLLOWERS PLEASE! I’ve always loved to write so I’m here and I need 100 followers so that I can move forward. Sooooo will you help me? I promise to follow you back! Here on Medium, I’ve started writing short analogies of the conflict that’s in our brains when we struggle with repressed…

A comparison of two platforms for communication — Facebook Messenger and Discord — Do you remember the days when you were together in a conference room with co-workers? The donuts and coffee, the banter, the camaraderie? Used to be the norm, now not so much. Our world has shifted from one of personal interactions to virtual chat and video rooms. And there are…

Elegant Literature Offers New Writers the Opportunity to Submit Short Fiction and Earn Money — EARNINGS ON MEDIUM I consider myself a new writer because I’ve not published any of my work outside of Medium. I wouldn’t consider myself a full-time writer because I don’t spend the majority of my time writing. I write because I want to, not because I need the money. …

A niche is a place, activity or vocation where you fit in. Have you found where you fit in on Medium? — It’s been missing for thirty-three years. I lost it back when I stopped paying attention. Suppose that’s my fault, really. Should have watched and focused more on it than on the thrill of the moment. …

A resource to find newsletters and guest writing spots for fiction writers on Medium — Last updated 06–27–2022 — Where to Write and Publish FICTION on Medium If it’s difficult to find a home for your fiction masterpieces, look no further, this may become the ultimate resource…medium.com LIST OF FICTION NEWSLETTERS 1. EXPOSURE a newsletter created by Justiss Goode, a prolific writer. If you write fiction, Justiss provides resources and valuable information about where and how to publish.

This is my response to Jann Christoph von der Pütten’s challenge to write about my writing space. Original June challenge was from New Writers Welcome. — Writing can be daunting, haunting, flaunting Reading can be knowing, glowing, flowing, There is a time for writing and a time for reading, But what is the space that’s needed for succeeding? I need quiet like an old library filled with books And light enough to help these old eyes take…

How does anyone get any writing done when there is so much to read? Where’s the balance? — JENGA — BALANCING AND BUILDING — NOT EASY FOR STICKY FINGERS I once owned the famous block balancing game of JENGA but wasn’t all that great at it so off it went into the yard sale bags. Maybe I forgot to wash my hands before playing! It was interesting to know that someone invented the game from an idea. Who would…

July 2022–Our Family of Ten Publications features Ten Writers, one from each part of the family — July has come and gone, just like a flash, here, then not here anymore. Seems the months don’t stop moving, faster and faster, more elusive as we get older. Did you know that Are You Out There has a family? A rather large family, indeed. …

Two Kings, One Kingdom, King David and King Graham — Once upon a time there was a kingdom and it was called Medium. Part of the trouble with the Medium kingdom was that it didn’t have just one king, but two. You would think that these kings would be rivals for the land, but turns out that they’re actually pretty…

Are You Out There Publication — Are You Out There is a new publication with a new newsletter. There’s so much growth already and it seems like a lot of writers want to be a part of this exciting new pub. Here’s a little bit about us: Are You Out There publishes more than Life, Poetry…

My first month on Medium — December was my first month on the Medium Partner Program and I made $5.79! Celebration was definitely in order because I earned something! That meant that somebody was reading what I wrote. Somebody was clapping for me. Somebody liked my thoughts! As I went through the month of December, I…

United we stand, divided we fall — I was inspired recently by a show of support that happened on the Facebook group New Writers Welcome. The leader of the group, Robert Ralph posted a message about a new writer that was struggling to reach 100 followers by the deadline. He asked that the readers help her out…

My first few weeks on Medium I’ve been writing all my life but I’ve only been writing on Medium for three weeks. And it’s been frustrating, to say the least. Now I’m not saying that Medium itself or even the writers on Medium are frustrating. …

My biggest lesson learned was that if I ask for help I’ll get help — PART 1 BIGGEST LESSON LEARNED IN 2021 I was in a really bad place mentally and emotionally for most of 2021. Deep depression and anxiety led me to think so poorly of myself and my circumstances that I thought that it would be best if I was no longer a part of…

Count Me In —

The number of stories I’ve written each month and a few stats — This is a summary of how I’m doing with writing. I started out last November and wrote several articles, one being that I wasn’t concerned about stats or monetary gain. I’m still not concerned about those things However, I do want to summarize some things just to satisfy my insatiable…

Starting your own and subscribing to others — Newsletters on Substack If you like to read, are curious, bored, or all of the above, Substack is a great place to find a wide variety of newsletters. Some are free to subscribers and some have a monthly subscription fee. …