Here I am at the edge

  A high risk scam for no reward I had to block a young lady on Facebook  for trying to get me to sign up for  Bitmain ; one reason I didn't is she couldn't understand I have no spare money, the other is the company has been involved in several court cases since 2014 involving breaches of  cybersecurity . If you don't think bitcoin  is evil consider these facts; it is banned in  China , as over 80% of  cybercrime  has some contact with China to get banned there it has to be really bad. Bit mining produces more electricity than  Switzerland   and raises the temp of the atmosphere by 4%. Bitcoin is linked to organized crime such as  drugs, prostitution, illegal arms deals and terrorism . Since 2014 bitcoin has been involved in several court cases involving billions of dollars of lost investment capital . Bitcoin is a " ponzi scheme ," in other words the only money you see for your stake comes from you getting others to join. In...

  I never fooled myself When I began to write short stories  I told my friends that it would not pay, that was over 13 years ago, and though they tried to convince me otherwise I knew I was right from the beginning. I had two big disadvatages against me. I live in the UK , not USA , and I had no money to pay for publicity .  I had lots of people telling me how good I used to be as a writer , but was that the truth or a lie to keep me going in the misbelief that after 10 years, as I was told many times, I would see some success ? The years passed, and the success never came close to happening. Long before I stopped writing I knew I'd never be a success, one reason was I never chased trends as many authors did, I realize now that trying to be recognized as my own voice, not a copy was a tragic error of judgement.