I will be publishing almost daily on a variety of topics
I have had a Medium account for the past several years, but I didn’t start writing my own Medium stories until last year. I attempted to write three times a week regularly, but I didn’t always succeed.
For a while, there were a few months when I published just a few or even no stories. Part of the reason was because I had three separate but related companies and a podcast, and I had a lot of client work that kept me very busy.
I finally completely retired in September 2020, and that gave me some breathing room. Starting in 2021, I am now planning to publish five days a week and to spread my stories among my three publications, and also occasionally as a guest on other publications.
Mondays: Shorter, personal essays about me, my family, and my general personal beliefs, visions, and values, usually as a guest writer for other publications.
Tuesdays: The Pam’s Passions Publication will feature, at least for 2021, a series of political and civics informational stories. I am a Black Liberal Boomer, but I am also a retired educator, and as a history and government teacher, I taught the Constitution, Article-by-Article, and Amendment-by-Amendment to my students for decades. In this Tuesday series, I will give my own opinions about politics this year, and I will also teach the contents of the Constitution in a non-political, non-partisan way. Recent events have shown that there is a serious lack of civics knowledge in this country.
Wednesdays Through the Detroit Ink Publishing Publication (named after my independent publishing company), I will continue to post informative articles about book writing, editing, book marketing, and publishing, particularly for independent authors.
Thursdays The publication named after my third company, Your Business Your Brand Creatively (YB2C), has stories focused on branding and marketing for creative and solo professionals. Those activities are often completed differently from those of large marketing companies.
Fridays On Fridays, I will return to my Pam’s Passions Publication to write about other causes I believe in, my other “passions” of history and culture — locally, nationally, and internationally, and stories about my hometown of Detroit and my beautiful state of Michigan.
Some “Medium gurus” believe Medium authors should concentrate on only one niche or one general topic. However, I’ve never been a “one thing only” person. I have lots of interests, expertise, and experiences, and I want to use my voice on Medium to discuss as much as possible on all of the topics and issues that interest me.
Meanwhile, even though I am retired, I have started another venture in partnership with my husband. He is a writer, an author, a journalist, a musician, and a communications specialist. We are opening a group for creative and solo professionals called the TeamOwens313 Global Creative Community. We are looking to launch near the end of January.
The Community will include free and paid membership offerings and will include articles, podcasts, training, products, services, and forums. We are very excited about this.
To find out more about the Community and to become a member, sign up for our email list here.
I also invite you to join the #1 Facebook Group for Creative and Solo Professionals, YB2C Premium. Get ideas for branding and marketing your small business and network with other entrepreneurs and solopreneurs like yourself.