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My Highest-Earning Story In October 2022
October 2022 wasn’t the highest-earning month here on Medium — even for me, and I’ve never passed $8.00.
Still, I got over $5.00!
AND because the UK economy tanked, I actually got paid slightly more than I usually do, when the money converted from dollars to pounds (£). The economy tanking sucks, obviously, but small mercies, and all that.
But the thing that’s really got a smile on my face this month on Medium is that my highest-earning story is my very own piece of short fiction, called ‘Girl, Alone’:
…Girl, Alone earned me over $1.00 all on its lonesome!
If you’re interested, this is a slightly weird sci-fi/dystopia-ish short story about a woman living in isolation, in a world where you can only go outside on certain days, and the environment has basically collapsed. (Which… make of that what you will!)
It means so much to me that people seem to like this story!
Honestly, it makes so much difference that someone — anyone — is actually reading what I write — especially this one. My heart’s in fiction, y’know? And I’m kinda proud of this one.
I wrote a lot less here on Medium in October than I have in some previous months.
I’m trying to get the balance between what I can do without exhausting myself, and the progress I want to make with earnings, metrics, etc.
The pace I was working at in October was a little more comfortable, considering I’ve got a lot of other stuff that I’ve gotta get done in a day, y’know?
I’m not saying I’ll never publish every day again, but that’s not my aim at the moment — my time…
