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I’m Back … Are You Still Here?
Is the door still open?
I can’t believe it’s been six months — I did renew my annual Partner Membership when it came due; I just haven’t made the time the past few months to stay connected. I’ve missed you, Medium Community.
This past winter, I meandered down a path that took me away from my Medium community. To be honest, it started a few months before, when a lot of game-playing seemed to be taking place within Medium leadership; and we, the writers, were their sacrifical pawns. I didn’t like it. I had paid my Partner Membership as an annual subscription, so I wasn’t literally thinking about action or inaction each month. However, I did notice that with over 700 stories published on the Medium platform, I was on target to not even earn my membership “dues” that I paid. And it didn’t feel right.
Around that same time, so many people I knew in the writing community — and in other communities — were talking more often about Substack and how it’s growing. I was curious and started taking a look, thinking maybe I would do both. I have loved this Medium community. I have missed you.
At that same time, in early January, I had set a goal for myself to publish a book that had nothing at all to do with my writings within Medium. My book, now published (and even reaching Amazon Best Seller status for a week…
