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own posts).</p><p id="218c" type="7">Increasing the number of stories read and comments made has increased my weekly earnings to $28 last week.</p><h1 id="abeb">How Medium Changed My Mind About Poetry</h1><figure id="bec8"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/1*szoJGwJYJgPizXgs2ctDLA.jpeg"><figcaption>Image Created by Author with Bing Image Creator</figcaption></figure><p id="5b9d">Attending my real-life writing meeting focusing on my friend’s poetry collection turned my mind to poetry this week.</p><p id="b25c">One of the things that surprised me about Medium was the amount of poetry here.</p><ul><li>I always considered poetry to be a limited, niche occupation. Even though I’m a poet.</li><li>I always considered poetry to be niche, even though there are hundreds of online and real-life poetry journals.</li><li>I always considered poetry to be niche, even though, there are dozens of science fiction and fantasy poetry journals.</li><li>I always considered poetry to be niche, even though the writing club I attend has three poets.</li><li>I always considered poetry to be niche, even though I have published hundreds of poems in paying publications.</li></ul><p id="8fe9">I thought that poetry was a minority event, something that not many people did.</p><p id="9c8f">It wasn’t until I came to Medium and saw all the poetry, that I began to publish and republish my poetry here and got so many readers and fantastic feedback.</p><p id="a699" type="7">That I began to think that poetry isn’t niche after all.</p><p id="83fd" type="7">That’s quite the mindset change.</p><p id="9a65">Here are a couple of my most viewed poems on Medium.</p><p id="e2af">This poem was <b>boosted</b> and has earned me$ 35.</p><div id="247d" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/the-last-daddy-daughter-day-1a9ddd940055"> <div> <div> <h2>The Last Daddy-Daughter Day</h2>

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WEEKLY REVIEW ENDING 14TH JANUARY 2023

How Medium Changed My Mind About Poetry: A Week in the Life of a Science Fiction Writer

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A quiet week getting back to normal after the holidays: including a health weekend: 8/10

Medium followers 1429 Weekly increase 133
Medium Earnings so far this month $48 Weekly increase $28
Medium Responses: 1558 increase 257
Got a free pass for me and a guest for the gym and swimming pool, so I am having a healthy week. (UK readers: A free Nuffield Gym Pass if you have a free M&S Sparks account: link below).
Attended a special meeting of my local writing club, reviewing my friends’ excellent poetry collection in a historic pub, dating back to the 17th Century.

What I Did and Didn’t Get Done

Forgot about my 1000 Words a Day or Not Challenge (need to get back to that).
Two runs and attended a local running group.
Wrote fiction on 2 days.
Medium on 7 days
Took part in the Be Open Reading Club and JF Danskin Coffee Break Reads for science fiction and fantasy short fiction.

What I Published On Medium

I only published two stories on Medium this week. I’ve read some other authors mentioning that when they step away from Medium they continue to get a lot of views.

And with 50 stories, I had enough to continue this experiment.

I was busy reading and commenting for the Be Open Reading Club and the Coffee Chat Club. I made around 40 comments a day (includes about 15 reply comments to comment on my own posts).

Increasing the number of stories read and comments made has increased my weekly earnings to $28 last week.

How Medium Changed My Mind About Poetry

Attending my real-life writing meeting focusing on my friend’s poetry collection turned my mind to poetry this week.

One of the things that surprised me about Medium was the amount of poetry here.

I always considered poetry to be a limited, niche occupation. Even though I’m a poet.
I always considered poetry to be niche, even though there are hundreds of online and real-life poetry journals.
I always considered poetry to be niche, even though, there are dozens of science fiction and fantasy poetry journals.
I always considered poetry to be niche, even though the writing club I attend has three poets.
I always considered poetry to be niche, even though I have published hundreds of poems in paying publications.

I thought that poetry was a minority event, something that not many people did.

It wasn’t until I came to Medium and saw all the poetry, that I began to publish and republish my poetry here and got so many readers and fantastic feedback.

That I began to think that poetry isn’t niche after all.

That’s quite the mindset change.

Here are a couple of my most viewed poems on Medium.

This poem was boosted and has earned me $35.

The Last Daddy-Daughter Day

Take a Trip to the Circus If You Dare

medium.com

This poem was not boosted, but I have tried to promote it in various ways and has earned me $10.

Serpent in Your Mind

This Creature Names You: Imposter in Your Own Mind.

deborahwalker-90363.medium.com

For my UK friends who are interested in the free pass for Nuffield Gyms for customers with M&S sparks app/card. This 7-day free trial is live between 11th January 2024 until 11th February 2024 (inclusive).