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Aug 20, 2023Liked by Kelly Eden

I also started writing on Medium again after learning about the new changes! I'm also inspired to wrjte more personal stories now that I feel the platform might support them. I'm exvited to see where it goes :)

My medium link: https://medium.com/@mynahmarie

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Hi Kelly. Having read your article I went in and meandered around Medium and actually posted a couple of my short stories there, and so far lots of views!!! So, thank you. My profile is: medium.com/@rosygee345

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That's fantastic!!

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I've been encouraged by the changes, as well. So far nothing as impressive as what your piece has earned, but I'm seeing sligthtly better results that I had been.

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What's your Medium profile, Amanda?

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Thanks for asking! Here I am: https://medium.com/@amandakayoaks

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You write for Age of Empathy! Love that publication.

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Aug 23, 2023·edited Aug 23, 2023

Hi Kelly. Wow, that's phenomenal - congratulations! Is that the essay you posted in a previous newsletter as earning $170.00 (at that point in time)?

I wrote my 1st personal essay in at least a year here about the pleasures of reading poetry at a live event. I'm a bit sad it hasn't been boosted (yet?), but it still did quite welll without it:

https://medium.com/p/5d6ec9c034af

If I could earn with poetry at least what a literary journal pays me (minimum fee tends to be 10 USD) for a poem, I'd give poetry a shot again on Medium. Some of my older poems there have recently earnt with 1 or 2 views what they used to earn in a month - so maybe I'll do it! :) I'll be sure to check out your essays.

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Here's my profile, in case you want to read what I do: https://medium.com/@dkperlmutter

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I’m hopeful my personal stories about sexuality start paying more than pennies. You can find them on https://medium.com/@belledujourney

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The new changes are great. It has made me hopeful that finally my real life stories will find a home in someone's life.

My Medium Profile is https://loveunites.medium.com/

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After a few months of not publishing anything (I had been in the hospital and it was difficult to get back to normal), I published two stories last week. I hope it's a new start for me. https://wordsmeanthings.medium.com/

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Congrats for that article! I'd also like to read it.

Unfortunately, the referral program is being discontinued, though

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It is, sadly. But not until Sept 1.

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