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Have you ever heard of Medium ? It's like a more grown up Thought Catalog. This is my profile there. And this is my first article published there.  I Urge You to Have a Life Outside Your Day Job Well, it's a new place where you could share your story. You could sign up and share a story. The number of minutes that your readers will take in reading your whole story will be displayed on top. I'm not sure what the effect of this is. Short stories call for more readers? I have been invited to a similar start up before, but I have buried writing a contribution in my to-do list. Anyway, I think Medium is going places. For one, I have read a Medium article on my Facebook feed and it was shared on 9Gag. It's a funny piece you should read it. 10 Tricks to Appear Smart During Meetings Here are the things which I find adorbs on Medium: The fonts The fact that the only available formats are the minimalistic ones The huge picture heading for yo...

High school made me love writing more. Maybe because of our Technical Writing Class which encourages us to write some features and freelance papers. I had my first online journal when I was eleven on MS Word. I had the bulky HP computer then. Too bad I haven't learned the art of back upping files back then. Reading my old journal entries would have made me smile or would force me to squirm. My major writing influences would be: love-centered topics - Sweet Valley Kids and Sweet Valley High; inspirational effect on my writing - Chicken Soup for the Soul; dramatic, dark touches on my articles - Lynne Ewing; magazine columnish style of writing - Candy Magazine, a local publication in our country and uber girly tone in my write-ups - a lot of chic lits. I stopped reading for a while now since I have a busy schedule, school work, and a the likes. I couldn't even finish the single book that I've purchased months ago from a book sale as I am always busy with work and blogging. I m...