Where Have All the Writers Gone?

There’s still an opportunity here…

Anyone…anyone? Taken in Central London about two years ago (credit: Monica Ray)

Things have gotten so pear-shaped on Medium, that in its efforts to rid the platform of scam artists, it ended up penalizing a whole load of writers who loved to…write.

Those of us who didn’t write for the money are still here, lurking in the background like the woman in the photo above.

I started a newsletter on Substack called ‘Monica in NYC’, so you’ll find me there on a casual basis, but I miss the writers who I used to interact with regularly here.

I can’t even remember their handles anymore — it’s been that long. I used to love reading their pieces and leaving comments to find out more.

This is still a space to bare our unadulterated thoughts and I’m grateful for that.

I aim to write about Travel and Food in general, but I might try some copywriting practice as well. If I’m paying for this space, I might as well use it, right?

On that note, I encourage others who are also paying their membership to use this space to try different things. If you normally write fiction, try your hand at nonfiction on a subject you’re expert at, and vice-versa.

Write poetry if you normally don’t. Share a recipe if you normally write about philosophy. Why not?

As I said before, I’ve forgotten many of my writer friends’ Medium usenames. But I’ll tag the ones I remember in the hope that I can encourage you to write again…

Katie Michaelson Adrienne Beaumont Ella Read DJ Hopkins Vidya Sury, Collecting Smiles Sandy Maximus Henry India Holden💖 Shanti C K Claire Elizabeth Levesque A A McRae CJ McRae Marcus CKB