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To my subscribers
A fond farewell
It makes me cringe, having “subscribers”. I never wanted people to follow my work, but I would be lying if I said that your interaction with it had no positive effect on me and the past one and a half years interacting with the community here has been more good than bad. I have however had less and less to do with the site, especially reading and commenting on others’ work in the past 6 months. This is particularly unfair to all of you who routinely read and comment on my posted work. I apologize for that.
I came to Medium to see if my years-long poetry writing could earn me a small side income. You see, I am a miser. Our household income is adequate, but to earn it, I work long hours and am often away for long periods of time. Combine these absences with a generally abrasive and sullen personality and you can imagine what a delight I am as a person for my spouse and daughter when I am home.
With Medium I wanted to try and save money for small, but meaningful experiences with family, and, at the outset, I was pleasantly surprised by what one could earn each month with constant publishing and interaction. Since my account was swept up in last March’s large-scale ban of accounts it seems as if my earnings have been decimated. And although my work never saw large-scale popularity, watching piece after piece be read and commented on by the…
