Congrats!!! You deserve it!!!! And it's so true that we all have only one life, and no one can judge us to pursue our passion, no matter how silly or poor it sounds.

Medium was my first online social platform when I decided to be a writer. Before that, I was a ghost on FB and didn't use Twitter, Instagram, or TikTok. I was just a countryside junior high school teacher.

To be honest, I still don't believe I can achieve anything significant in this writing field. I just love writing and learning to be better, so I could have some supporters donate to me.

But, your support makes me keep writing and learning how to be better and ignoring any negative voice nagging in my ears every day. I feel like you're my mentor-long-legs.

Congrats to you again, once you publish a book, please notify everyone of your book's name and pen name! And one more kudo to you is you have a full-time job, but still read and write after work persistently.