Each year, four seasons. — Warren Brown talked about writing a variation on the four seasons. Immediately, two ideas, not to say two clichés, came to my mind. The 4 seasons of Vivaldi that we listened to for hours on the phone, a bad version to make us wait… And the 4 seasons pizza. 4 Seasons Pizza Feel free to play a classic.medium.com Music…

I never thought I’d get here! — Celebrating 413 stories (381 replies), 100.35K views, 2.42K fans, 73.08K reads, 78.03K claps, 1236 followers, about $30 a month on Medium (2022), Distribution ratio 21.55 %. That’s it, we’re there! I admit it today at the beginning I had so many doubts. But I am very determined and I met…

Am I creative enough? — Celebrating 374 Stories (347 Responses), 76.31K views, 2.16K fans, 51.34K Reads, 69.33K Claps, 1170 Followers, about $20 a month on Medium ($45 on January 22!). Of course, the interesting milestone will be after 1 year… I can, however, already learn from the time spent on Medium. I have one disappointment: I don’t have enough time to start writing fiction. Since it’s outside my comfort zone, I would need more time to produce something.

A writer is born? — Milestone Celebration of 340 Stories (306 Responses), 50.19K Views, 1.98K Fans, 30.11K Reads, 65.68K Claps, 1089 Followers, about $20 per month on Medium. 9 months is a symbol. The time of pregnancy. Some will say that “the mountain gave birth to a mouse”, perhaps …. I like to read articles that explain how to write a story in 10 minutes and compose 5 stories a day. Or others that detail how to make…

Wow! I can’t believe it! — Milestone Celebration of 280 Stories (264 Responses), 25.03K Views, 1.61K Fans, 17.53K Reads, 53.6K Claps, 1040 Followers, about $15 per month on Medium. At first, I didn’t think I could maintain my presence for so long. My results are modest, but they are important to me. Medium has become my laboratory where I can experiment with different things and exchange with different people that I probably wouldn’t have met elsewhere.

Will I be able to go further? — Freely inspired by Warren Brown Milestone Celebration of 211 Stories (187 responses), 10.05K Views, 1.14k Fans, 6.70K Reads, 40K Claps, 870Followers, $33 in 5 Months on Medium. I find these results magical, surprising, great. But I am exhausted! Indeed, writing for Medium takes me a lot of time. If you knew how much time I spend just choosing a picture! And this activity is only a hobby in my life. This is not…

Will I be able to keep up? — Milestone Celebration of 182 Stories (172 responses), 5.02K Views, 957 Fans, 2.35K Reads, 34K Claps, 778 Followers, $20 in 4.5 Months on Medium. These results make me still humble and proud. And they make me laugh too as I realize that I learn so much but understand nothing. The money is growing, a real fortune…in pennies! But the challenge is not here, it is an indicator.

What’s the next step? — Milestone Celebration of 100 Articles, 1000 Views, 453 Fans, 400 Reads, 16.0K Claps, 381 Followers, $4 in 3 Months on Medium. These results make me humble and proud. I published my first story on March, 24th. But you know the first stories are in the “testing phase”… It got serious, if ever, in April. Definitively, my money will come from my main activity. That’s fine. I try to publish once a…

My annual financial report. — I have read here and there that it is no longer desirable to read one more story about earnings with Medium. But for me, it’s about noting a step and also giving an honest opinion. I’ll tell you right now: I didn’t make a fortune with Medium. But that wasn’t…

More about me? Are you serious? — Hi, I’m happy to be here! My name is Ed? Ed-iT? Whatever! Am I a troll? An avatar? A group of writers? A bot? Well, no! I am a real human person… But what is my gender? My mother tongue? How old am I? What do I do in life? …

You will find here the stories distributed in the “Marketing” category. — Are these the best stories? I’m not sure. What will be the impact? I don’t know yet. Sometimes strange things happen. Today I published a story about affiliate marketing. When I tried to select the publication where I usually publish articles on this theme …. …

I still don’t understand how it works! — In the beginning, since there is always a beginning, my stories have very few views or reads. The first text “chosen for further distribution” was the recipe for the lemon mousse! Lemon Mousse A fresh sweetnessmedium.com What a surprise! Because it did not correspond to anything I had read. Reading time? Style? Originality???? And bam! On…

I am a top writer on the topic of Food! — Wow! I had to pinch myself. The brain has a hard time understanding when there is too much information in the same sentence: 1. “Top writer”. Who? Me? So I’m a writer? A storyteller? 2. “Food” did I write stories about food? Yes, probably. Absolutely. …

I am already the winner! — I attended the Medium Writing Challenge. But I am disappointed and frustrated because I did not have the time to work as I would have liked. As we often read here or there, we should aim at experience and action more than perfection, and I’m so far from it anyway. …