Gracia Kleijnen

Building a Writing Empire ✒️

Gracia Kleijnen
Gracia Kleijnen

Sep 5

10 stories

30-Day Challenge

Aug 20

Round #2: 30 Articles, 30 Pubs, 30 Days

Here we go again

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Illustrated character wearing a camouflaged shirt, face marked with green survival stripes, their hands on a red old school typewriter. At the top center “30–30–30”.

Jun 28

Other Medium Writers Are Your Colleagues, Not Competitors

A subtle reminder to myself and an anonymous declaration of admiration to the writer who I used to envy

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Two illustrated characters pointing at one another and showing each other love. Text: “you’re awesome!”, “No, you’re awesome!”, “You are more!”, “Nah, you!”
Feedium

Jun 30

Wondering Why Your First and Only Article Hasn’t Made $1000 Yet?

Think about this: If you sit behind the steering wheel of a car for the first time, will you know how to drive?

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Two illustrative characters typing away behind a laptop. On the left: “(Some) new writers be like…”. Inside text bubble: “Yes! I just finished and published my first ever article on Medium!”. On the right: “(Some) new writers also be like…”. Inside the text bubble: “What the? Why didn’t I make $1000 yet? I wrote 1 article! I thought this was a place to get richt fast!” While throwing arms in the air
Feedium

Jul 10

I Reached Another Medium Milestone

How I got to 1000 people who clicked or tapped that follow button.

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Oct 25, 2020

57 Stories and 3 Months of Consistent Writing in the Medium Partner Program

A deep dive into my Medium stats and earnings.

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Photo of old school khaki-colored typewriter surrounded by small plants.

Nov 8, 2020

How I Set Up My Writing Habit

And wrote for 14 weeks straight like I meant it (so far).

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Image of white female at a table, holding a pen, ready to go into writers flow. “Content fuel framework” book on het notebook

Dec 4, 2020

Medium Income and Progress Report November 2020: $30.77

A breakdown of my humble November earnings and stats.

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Rectangular screenshot of Medium earnings email on top of faded laid-out dollar bill background.

Apr 21

How the Pandemic Helped me Find Writing Again

I was looking for a mental escape.

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An illustrative figure showing the virus the middle finger. A rectangular comic screen on the right shows a happier figure behind a Banana laptop writing on Medium

Mar 6

Why I Currently Don’t Want To Write Under a Pen Name

It prevents me from censoring myself.

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White woman with brown eyes and hair standing in the shade. Her face is half covered by leaves hanging from a tree. Only one of her eyes is shown. Through the blurry leaves you can see she’s holding up her hand and pushing leaves out of her face. It seems as though the photo was made on a sunny day.

Mar 3

How Much My Very First Medium Article With 52K Views Made

Not as much as you’d think. Let’s take a closer look to see why.

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Woman with short hair and red lipstick wearing a silky lilac dress and a leopard print overcoat. She’s standing in front of a light pink background. Money is raining around her. 100 euro nots to be exact. She’s smiling and standing in a celebratory pose.

Gracia Kleijnen

Writing my way to progress. Topics: personal growth, life lessons, tooling & (failed) ventures. Owner: Google Sheets Geeks pub. https://bit.ly/GraciaWrites

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