Pennies from Heaven?

 My latest Medium story:

 ROMANCING THE DRIVE-IN MOVIE.

 (Image from Grease_cinemaparadiso.jpg.)

I admire the writing of Jon Gluck, who has written evocatively about fly-fishing (and the nature around it, one of my favorite topics) for The New York Times and other publications. My own husband, Dan, writes for the Times--as a freelancer--but generally about health, science or social reform. 

So Dan and I write about different things and I don't send pitches to his assigning editors. I also never liked the idea of riding on his coattails. 

I've written for the Times, but back in the nineties, when I was assigned two short "At the Nation's Table" (regional restaurant) pieces. Great fun--one was about The Cranberry Tiger ice cream shop in Belfast, Maine--it closed its doors since, sadly--and the other about the biscuit-loving Loveless Cafe in Nashville, where I traveled with Dan on a business trip. I also placed two "Metropolitan Diary" vignettes, like the one above. I would love to write for the paper again, and have been emailing ideas to an editor. No luck yet.

I saw through the Instagram feed of Jon's wife, the lovely Didi, who is my editor at The Plum, that his work also appears on Medium. He has a big role there, too.

So I have been trying my hand at the publishing platform after Jon and I had a phone chat.

You can track your earnings closely, and although I have hundreds of views, that pales in the face of thousands of views. I think I have earned 32 cents since I started last week, no joke. I think earnings pivot partly on the number of claps you get (the applause icon at the bottom of the piece) and more importantly, on how long readers spend, on average, reading your piece. It's an intriguing business model, with no advertising. Medium subscribers (including me, who subscribed after reading Jon Gluck's work there), pay $5 monthly or $50 annually. 

A colleague, a successful magazine editor and book author, said she has made about $100 monthly on Medium. (You provide your bank account numbers for direct deposits, and also submit a W9 tax form.)

All this to say that the link above is to my latest Medium post. Thanks for reading.

Good night.

TCOY

1. Slept late! It was Dan's turn to rise at 6:40 for Punchy's schoolday. Yay.
2. Talked to Sis, saw Moey when she stopped by to have dinner out with Figgy for their August birthdays. 
3. Ate healthfully.