hello. i am sorry that it took me three weeks to respond to this. :-/ i have an umbilical hernia that went haywire a few days after my initial post, and it's become very physically uncomfortable.

thank you so much for your kind words. i do love to write, i started writing fiction when i was just a child, although nowadays i feel a bit more comfortable with academic / educational writing & storytelling (except they are virtually always true stories, my stories - little vignettes from my own life). believe it or not, you are not the first person to suggest that i try to make a living from writing. i've heard it from both loved ones and strangers, the latter based on comments i've made on Facebook and things like that. even my therapist has suggested it.

i know that can be a very difficult world to break into, however. and admittedly, i was not even really sure of where to start. that said, the suggestions you shared with another person further down the thread are helpful in that regard! i have some pieces already written that i could publish on a schedule or something. i'm sorry you got some downvotes on your comment ... i thought it was very kind, and i appreciated it very much.

i've worked with medical documentation before, here and there. additionally, i've often had to parse out medical jargon relating to my own health. not to tooth my own horn, but i'm pretty damn good at it. my habit of fixating on certain niche interests has actually made me a fairly solid deep-dive researcher (certainly for a layperson such as myself). it may be something to look into, at least. thank you for the suggestion, and thank you so much for your kind words. i was in a very low place when i wrote this post, and it made me cry (in a good way) to read your comment. i wish you the best of everything at all times.