Solid truth and good advice. I hope folks read it.

Congrats on going viral. It's exhilarating. I had one do that last year, but it took 6 months to reach your 1-month total. No bonuses for me yet, but my last story on religion looks like it might have some legs, so there's still hope for that. Either way, we write. It's what we do.

I'd hoped to make a lot more contacts in my MFA program, but COVID blocked most of the usual travel (like AWP, though I did make Portland in 2019), and all the visiting writers had to do their visits online.