Thanks, Linda Caroll , for your words. As for your publication suggestion, I used to have a publication where I published my stuff but then Medium rolled out the Partner Program. But back then stories in publications could not be locked so I quit the publication and published most of my stories independently so that I could lock them into the Partner Program. I’ve been slowly taking all the stories out of that publication so that I could lock them and then Medium changed the rules and allowed locked stories in publications. So I have been thinking about starting a new publication for my stories but that is a lot of work and I have precious little time to spare. Plus I would be starting from scratch and it would take a long time to build up enough followers to make it worthwhile. And I have well over a thousand stories and articles and essays on Medium and the thought of moving them to a new publication is not a pleasant thought. But I may do that some day. The idea of being able to email notifications of new stories is appealing but then again I publish almost every single day and I’m not sure my followers want me clogging up their email. So for now I will just continue doing what I’m doing. The numbers are inching upward and occasionally other publications deem my blabbering as worthy of publication so it’s getting better. Soon I’ll be able to not only pay for my internet access but maybe also my electric bill. And someday I’ll be able to pay my rent. That is when I’ll throw a big ass party.