The woman who wrote about how much she earned for the YouTube video wrote two other articles that didn't do nearly so well. She happened to be in a unique position to write about something practically nobody else can and in which a lot of people are interested.
My most popular story so far has been about The Seven Sutherland Sisters. I attribute its success in large part to the freakishly fascinating photo attached. The story itself is pretty fascinating, so once I attracted their attention enough to take a peek, most of the readers were hooked. You never know what's really going to appeal to people. My second most popular story is about Roman vomitoria. Go figure.
I was eleven when I got glasses. I had gone though Grade School without being able to read the blackboard or recognize other people's faces at a distance of more than a few feet. I never learned basic Math, I never learned to pick up social cues from people's faces at a young age when my nervous system was malleable. I really wonder what was going on in my parents' and teachers' minds when they heard me say, 'I can't see the blackboard,' when I got in trouble for my poor grades.
But I also remember vividly my stunned excitement when I got the glasses and ran around saying, 'Everything has got edges!'
The noise overhead? It was an airplane!
Where the pale blue of the sky met the dark blue of the sea? There was a sharp line there!
The grainy golden surface under my bare feet? There were seashells lying on it!
Well, I don't use Medium, thank God, to earn a living. (I'm retired) I use it to publish poetry...to send it out to those who love the art form as much as I do. Of course, an extra $6000 would be lovely - not sure I have any knowledge/experience about anything that would attract that kind of following but I'm open to the Muse's prompt!
The woman who wrote about how much she earned for the YouTube video wrote two other articles that didn't do nearly so well. She happened to be in a unique position to write about something practically nobody else can and in which a lot of people are interested.
My most popular story so far has been about The Seven Sutherland Sisters. I attribute its success in large part to the freakishly fascinating photo attached. The story itself is pretty fascinating, so once I attracted their attention enough to take a peek, most of the readers were hooked. You never know what's really going to appeal to people. My second most popular story is about Roman vomitoria. Go figure.
I was eleven when I got glasses. I had gone though Grade School without being able to read the blackboard or recognize other people's faces at a distance of more than a few feet. I never learned basic Math, I never learned to pick up social cues from people's faces at a young age when my nervous system was malleable. I really wonder what was going on in my parents' and teachers' minds when they heard me say, 'I can't see the blackboard,' when I got in trouble for my poor grades.
But I also remember vividly my stunned excitement when I got the glasses and ran around saying, 'Everything has got edges!'
The noise overhead? It was an airplane!
Where the pale blue of the sky met the dark blue of the sea? There was a sharp line there!
The grainy golden surface under my bare feet? There were seashells lying on it!
Well, I don't use Medium, thank God, to earn a living. (I'm retired) I use it to publish poetry...to send it out to those who love the art form as much as I do. Of course, an extra $6000 would be lovely - not sure I have any knowledge/experience about anything that would attract that kind of following but I'm open to the Muse's prompt!