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Since Traffic Has Slowed, I Hit Refresh
It’s a ghost town around here these days.
Many have become inactive or quit.
I’ve noticed a surge in subscribers from Medium to my Substack, Yana’s World.
People ask if I’m a freelance writer. No.
Why would I want to do that and have to constantly justify my income, unlike a lawyer who says, “I'm a lawyer,” and everyone nods? Also, I’m not interested in questions like, “What’s the point of writing when AI can do the job for you?”
I write not because of the money — although I’m grateful for it — but for the intangible rewards: my love of writing, the therapy it provides, and the friendships I’ve built.
With things slowing down here, I’ve been focused on restarting the romance novella I shelved a year ago. It’s something I’ve always wanted to do.
That’s my writing whys. What’s yours?
