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Gaming Those ‘Al-Gore-Rhythms’ on Medium

I really want to know how you feel about this

Photo by Yoann Boyer on Unsplash

I’d like to do something here that might not be accepted, and I’d like to know what you think about it. Fair warning: I’ll probably do it even if everyone advises me against it, because I’ve gotta be me, no matter what the “Al-Gore-Rhythms”* demand.

I started writing on Medium a couple of years ago and gave it up when it seemed like I wasn’t gaining any traction. The threat to drop me from the members marketing program if I couldn’t get at least 100 followers nudged me into trying it again, this time with a paid membership so I could really dig in and interact with the community.

I decided I’d post at least six times a week for three months and see how far that would get me. By that time, I thought, I’d be able to see whether it’s possible for me to make even a modest amount of money on this platform.

Getting rich has never been my goal, but writing is what I do and I need to earn some money one way or another. I currently write genre novels under pen names and do a fair amount of freelance copywriting, SEO and editing/proofing. None of these things is enough to make a living.

My most-read article on Medium so far has been Hedge Funds Are Destroying…