I have given up trying to decipher my Medium earnings. I’m bringing in monthly about the same as I did under the clapping system, just enough for a nice dinner at Pizza Hut, if we stop and pick it up ourselves instead of delivery. I have noticed that my older posts are bringing in that sweet cash now, so much that I’m hoping to add cheesy bread to our order.

Mark Starlin and Roy I’ve tried to think of ideas that would increase my earnings without sacrificing my creative integrity but I just can’t cross the line into erotica. I can’t think of enough euphemisms for body parts for one thing, and for another I’m afraid I’d cross over into horror and have the characters tear each other limb from limb by the end of the story. It would probably be a buzz kill for the reader.

I know there were many famous writers who wrote smut under pen names just to bring in some cash, but I think I couldn’t stop giggling and cringing long enough to type.

I’ve studied this gem, published in 1978 and rescued from our local thrift shop. The plot is interesting and involves a great deal of spanking. (Will those characters never learn?!) What really got to me was the adverbs, there’s a tremendous amount. In fact, if you took out everything that ends in “ly” half the book would disappear.

Perhaps Mo Solo and I could collaborate on a hot tale for the middle aged set- something that involves arthritis rub and careful positioning.