This is spot on. I'm a 350 follower, fairly new to medium and I've got a few 'friends' on here now. We write the same stuff and bounce ideas. The publications thing I'm not sure of. Is it worth it? I had some stuff on publications like PS I love you, and The Creative Café. It made little difference to earnings to be honest. I think I prefer to go my own way, as Fleetwood Mac said.