If you don’t want to lose views and get into other sorts of troubles — Over the years, I’ve made a lot of mistakes on Medium. Which, looking back and assessing via interpolations and extrapolations of various instances, I have come to correlate and somewhat make sense of. If you’re serious about Medium and want to build an audience and make money here, consider yourself…

I have a list! — Some worthy options for your 2023 resolutions are as below. You don’t need all of them, of course, so pick your poison carefully. Good luck! 😃 I will finally finish my (horror) novel I have learned, from personal experience, that sometimes a story is just a short blurb, and nothing more. So, even if you cannot write…

It’s for everyone struggling with conflicted emotions, relationships, toxic codependencies, and much, much more — I fell in love with this writer whose full name I won’t say — but let’s call him M — because he’s a genius wordsmith. …

I’ll sit back, chill, and have fun instead, and see where this goes — I loved Medium more when I wasn’t trying to make money from it. Backstory: In June this year, I decided to go hard on Medium and see if I could make at least $500 from this platform in seven months. …

Thursday happens to be Thanksgiving, and while I don’t have plans for eating Turkey or spending the day with family or friends, I still want to take the day off. I mean, why not, right? And so, I’m sending this newsletter today instead of tomorrow. A day early, I know…

+ 5 ways to monetize your creative pursuits with an email list — If not for my email list, I wouldn’t be a six-figure blogger and creator today. I crossed the coveted $5k+ per month in my second year of blogging and became a six-figure earner in my third year, all thanks to my awesome subscribers. Email lists are where the money’s at…

And also… books! LOL — Update: In less than 48 hours after writing this story, my top-writer status in “Books” disappeared rather dramatically, LOL. Question: What does it take to be a top writer on Medium? Answer: Whodafuq knows??? A funny thing happened today. I went to update my about page and noticed that I’ve…

A confession — Just to clarify my title, making money writing, especially for online writers, has a lot to do with speed. On Medium, the popular advice from the big earners is to write and publish a lot — three to five stories per week to start off, at least until you know…

The trouble of being honest but contrarian — I often come across a situation that I absolutely hate: Having to be honest against preconceived ideas. You know, the kind of honesty where you’re trying to be real and helpful, but you know that your audience will not appreciate it? It’s not just the harsh reality of things, but…