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So, I just got paid from Medium: $.01. Actually, it is down from a previous month when I made $.04. So, I am not as popular now as I was previously. It is obvious that I am not making much money from this platform, but that is OK with me.
I know there are many here on Medium that use the platform to make a living and some write about it regularly: “This Month I Made So Much Money on Medium, I Just Bought France.” You know the stories. However, I am using Medium to develop my writing and even help me to market better.
I am a niche writer. Most of my published work is of that type and that includes three self-published books. My byline appeared in several magazines and I was even a regular writer for one of them for several years when I was in college. I then spent decades in my current career path which involved a lot of writing, just not the published kind. Medium is helping me expand out of that niche.
My niche is Catholic issues because Catholic ministry is my career path, but in the United States that media venue is horrible. It is either angry: “It is about time people understand that Hell is real and they will go there,” or it is saccharine: “Every morning I wake up and thank God that the sun is so wonderful.” I write neither. I write from a point of view that is more rooted in the style of such fringe but important…
