Truth or Dare? You Want 💲 or Fame?

This country is now another step closer to a Social dictatorship. — Back on May 1, 2020, the Canadian government under Justin Trudeau’s leadership announced by an Order-in-Council (OIC), they would be making drastic changes to “banning” what they inaccurately deemed “assault rifles.” Now, on the news, those that — legally — own handguns in Canada and are licensed shooting enthusiasts at…

Consider this a challenge, if you will; or, simply a statement in knowledge learning. Why would I do such a thing? Because writers are not dumb and neither are they as readers. Disclaimer: I have no idea whether anyone else on Medium has already chosen to “market” or entice others…

Gold stars, bonuses and how new writers can get themselves introduced across the platform. — What’s with the Big Gold Star on our profiles? I don’t know …! Really, I don’t. I noticed it too, earlier in the day on Tuesday. Figured it was just one more thing to do with the latest Medium system update. Ya know the one, don’t ya? That update that saw a number of us lose a bunch of…

I’m thankful, feeling blessed & as usual, like paying it forward; no matter the circumstance, even during times of hardship. — So, from whence do you receive inspiration or decide upon which topics you will write? Are you selecting from an assigned writing topic list? Do you ‘fall victim’ to any number of challenges or prompts issued by the myriad number of Medium publications and writers. Earlier, I was reading a…

By reading others’ writing while also writing too. — So, for my regulars, you will likely know I’m not about to talk money, i.e. last month's MPP stat’ earnings. I don’t talk money unless it’s in private and amongst friends whom are sharing research. However, what I can tell you is: research, with verbal and visual confirmation with specific…

Not for the faint of heart, these words you shall see. Trigger warning for those with sensitive eyes and thoughts, who might laugh so hard they might go pee. —

Too many questions, never enough time; so packing all my answers into this short nursery rhyme. — This is where it’s at, said this funky cat; If you’re publishing, and not out fishing; Ensure you’re wearing your right hat, to know where things are at; Says not just me but the Medium and Google experts with high standing. Let me take this aside for the moment, not…

In reply to an inquiring mind … what on earth is SEO? — Yes, there is a resemblance between Medium Topic Tags and what some define as Search Engine Optimization (SEO) keywords. However, the similarity ends there. Medium has its predefined Topic Tags for specific purposes. Medium’s specific purposes for Topic Tags are for sorting, i.e. curating, writing by Topic and categorizing writing even…

They hate me; really, they must! — A new update effects all Medium members platform wide. You now have the capability within the Medium platform for an integrated third party Tipping Jar which will display at the end after you complete your story. However, this same day, due to the Medium system update which introduced this new integrated Tipping Jar feature — select Edit Profile and…