Lost in Words

  I’ve noticed something recently about ChatGPT that is decidedly strange. My relationship with it has changed, and not because of me. The ...

  An idea crossed my mind. Writers often move through life with a slightly different perspective from everyone else. It is not necessar...

  We live in a world that often treats retirement as the end of productivity. We step away from the world of work, close the door, and are e...

    When Amazon first launched in 1995, it described itself as “the world’s biggest bookshop”. In 2026, that description is not far from th...

  Hands In The Dirt — Notes From A Vegetable Garden , publication date, 2026. Gardening and growing food, like writing, is a passion of min...

  Have you ever said, or heard, the words, “… last night I was burning the midnight oil ”? Burning the midnight oi l, or to burn the midn...

  We have all been there. You try something new. You plan it carefully and put in all the effort. And then it fails. So, it’s back to the dr...

It has been around six months since I left Medium (you can find out why in this six part series —  The Truth About Medium) . I no longer po...

  Every writer is told, sooner or later, to find their authentic voice . That we should try to write true to the person that we are. For me,...

I was reading an article recently about the average life span. It informed me that, on average, we have about 4000 weeks of life . From birt...

  A writer rarely enters a room without quietly taking notes. Not with pen and paper; that would be too obvious, but with something far more...

  I recently caught a winter cold , which turned into an infection ,  or it came with it, just before Christmas. It was just a cold, or so I...

I never used to check my writing with an AI detector before joining Medium . And even when I first published on the platform, I didn’t chec...

Whatever happened to storytelling ? It’s a question I’ve found myself asking quite a lot lately. I read that people want real stories, the ...

Writing for pennies, I wait and dream, Writing for pennies, is not what it seems. Writing for pennies, just you and me, Writing for pennies,...

  This post covers my earnings at Medium for 2024-25.  2024 earnings from the time I joined the Medium Partner Program to the end of Decembe...

In 2022, I wrote a book called Son of My Father. I remember the moment the title came to me. I was pacing around my home, thinking — search...

One of Medium ’s biggest attractions for writers is the chance to earn money right away. You join the Medium Partner Program ( MPP ), write...

Medium tends not to release too many details of stats relating to the platform. The details provided here are based on finding numbers acros...

So, I decided to try writing on Medium as a member of the MPP, just to see if things improved. And they did — a little. My first decision wa...