Wouldn't It Be Nice...

If people cared?

When I scroll through the stats for this newsletter I see a discouraging trend. Engagement worth writing home about only seems to happen when there’s a giveaway or when someone dies.

We can do better for each other.

I don’t know how many newsletters you’re subscribed to but I wonder if they’re all just boring AF or if just mine is?

The truth is that I have no idea what to send out in these newsletters because rarely do they attract anything but crickets. Is that because I have nothing to offer except when there’s a book giveaway? Or is it just because we’ve all become so complacent that we think, “Meh…someone else will talk to her.”

The MWC Hashtag

How many of you have entered the Medium writing contest?

And of those who have entered, how many of you are wondering exactly which kinds of stories might win?

Personally, I don’t even care how my stories do because I’m just totally curious. The suspense is killing me!

I have scrolled through a billion entries and seen the crowd's response to many of them. I’ll laugh if a story with one clap wins…because there are entries with one clap and I think everyone secretly assumes that high engagement or popular writers are pegged for winners.

On That Note…

If you have written any submissions for any of the #MWC tags, feel free to link-drop in the comments below. I’d like to see my competition.

And if you feel inclined, I’ve created a list of my submissions. I wrote for the Death, Re-entry, and Work tags. If I can squeeze in my Space story before the deadline I will.

Best of luck to you all!!

Kristi