I'll add my thanks for the shout out. I came to Medium with a particular self publishing project in mind, made some progress on that but have stayed for the community. Writers gotta write, and I was spending time on my newspaper's comment section, fun enough but no place to publish. I don't need the income, unlike some others here, but I love to have at least a couple of readers. I occasionally get a good conversation going, hard to find at any time or venue, and occasionally can give tips on writing and presentation...basically all profit;)