Hi, Friends. I’m Moving to Substack
Here’s why.
Hello friends, It’s that time, and I’m here to say my goodbyes. It’s no secret that I’ve been disappointed in my ‘career’ here at Medium. Having upwards of 1600 followers is nice, and a good number of my followers are dear friends and strong supporters, but I’m not happy here. That’s the bottom line.
I thought I could fit in but I can’t. That’s not on Medium, it’s on me. I don’t care about claps or quantity or algorithms or search engines or curation or prompts or contests or the amount of money anyone makes here. And the longer I’m here the more jarring the popularity of all of those things has become.
I’ve given this a lot of thought, using my journal as a sounding board, asking it what I’ll have to do in order to make my writing life a better place. For me. I thought about another blog, but there’s the old algorithms thing again, the hope for some attention among millions of blogs looking for the same thing, and the irritation of setting the damn thing up.
I thought about dropping the whole idea of freebie writing, concentrating instead on working to build up paying venues. I’m working to do that, too, but there’s always that part of sending something off and waiting until eternity or beyond to hear from someone who sees me as simply another transom-tosser who can just damn well wait.