SOCIAL MEDIA AND MEDIUM DON’T MIX

I am starting out as a book and blog writer, and although, I have recently found a comfort zone on Medium, I am terrified to share the articles/blogs that I write! I only share my writings with people who I trust, that will not throw backlash and comments at me like gasoline on a bonfire.

Why is that? I made the decision to write “publicly” about 6 months ago, to sharpen my skills, vent out some frustrations, and to share experiences. I have over 1000 people on my Facebook page, and a bunch on my Instagram account, but I feel that “sharing” my writings will cause such a judgmental blood bath, that it just isn’t worth the extra “claps” or votes, or followers on Medium itself. I have also signed up as a paid member recently, and although I know that in order to earn any money, or new followers, its probably best to share my articles, but I just cannot bring myself to do so.

A strange thing happened a couple weeks back, that freaked me right out!I have been writing and quietly stashing my Medium work for the past months and have sent links to a couple trustworthy people, knowing full well that they could then access my other articles as they are “public”. I had written an article lately, about my daughter and my boyfriend and their toxic relationship, as well as some random ones about cancer, writing books and a few others.

On this day, a couple weeks ago, I decided to send a text message to a person I hadn’t reached out to for about 7 years. I hadn’t heard from him, and something came up in my world…