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I enjoy dipping shrimp in cocktail sauce, but I wouldn't want to cause your membership to dip. So . . . ignore me, everyone. Joshua is the most serious bookster (and shrimpster) you've ever met. Hey, why is everyone laughing at that?
My condolences to you and your husband, Sam.
I've been accepted as a writer by the Medium publication "Curiosity Never Killed the Writer." (What a name!) I've submitted my first story to them, so we'll see how that goes. They have a much larger following than Lit Up, 35K vs 6.7K, so I'm hoping this will give me a boost. I'll let you know what happens once I have a sense of it.
He tells shrimp jokes, too. Little ones. ;-)
Thanks, folks! I'm currently ahead by 2. Still a few hours to go, though.
I haven't bothered asking for votes for quite some time, but this is a low-vote week for everyone so I have a shot at winning if I get just a couple more. If you could, before 8:00 PM EST tonight (Thursday, 1/3/2019), visit this page and vote for my little racing story. Thanks!
From December's LitUp writing prompt: Christmas Future. The prompt was to write a flash fiction story about one or more of the ghosts from A Christmas Carol.
Alexis wrote: "Happy Holidays everyone!I am sick, alone and haven’t eaten anything worthwhile in 3 days.
Still, for some reason, reasonably happy.
2018 has been good to me (minus the whole world going to shit of..."
Get better, and try eating something worthwhile if you can.
Another one for all you stargazers: What the Eye Doesn't See: The huge, invisible wonders of the night sky
Or, since it's science fiction, have it be Arcturan pickle relish, which everyone knows is so light that even a helium balloon would have trouble staying afloat in it.;-)
Magnus wrote: "actually, I do have one more question. If you've mentioned this before I didn't see it, but apologise for the oversight. How long are your articles typically, what's the average word count?Thanks"
Erm . . . I don't know for sure. I expect most of them are under 1,000 words. Medium puts an estimated reading time on them. A lot of mine fall into the 4 - 5 minute range, although some of my short stories are shorter than that. I don't worry too much about length. I let the material be as long as needed for what I want to say . . . edited, of course, to keep things from bogging down.
Alicya wrote: "Dale wrote: "My first Medium story appeared in late February this year, so I've been publishing there for ten months now. Medium has changed some of its tools since then and I've discovered a few t..."You've very welcome!
Magnus wrote: "many thanks, Dale. Terrific stuff"You're quite welcome!
Carole wrote: "Dale wrote: "Carole wrote: "Wow, that was terrific Dale. You really cleared up so many of my questions. I think you are absolutely right in everything you say. I slowed adding followers and basical..."I know what you mean. I sometimes have to force myself to take extra time to make sure what I'm doing is the best I can make it. When I don't, I usually regret it. :-P
Sam (Rescue Dog Mom, Writer, Hugger) wrote: "Thank you for taking the time to share your experience with the different parts of Medium, Dale. Hugs"My pleasure!
Jessica wrote: "I'm inspired to go and see what this is all about, I've not heard of Medium. Many thanks for the info, Dale. :)"You're quite welcome. A number of us are active there by now, so feel free to ask any questions you have and someone will certainly know the answer.
