I Got A Top Writer Email…

I haven’t been very consistent with drawing cartoons.

BUT THEN THIS HAPPENED.

CHECK IT OUT BELOW:

I was amazed because this happened with very little effort on my part. My cartoons have been sporadic at best and it was a delightful rush to my ego.

And then, as quickly as it appeared, the “Top Writer in Humor” tag line vanished.

; _ ;

I refreshed my browser a few times but the illustrious “Top Writer in Humor” tag line refused to reappear.

I didn’t deserve it because I witness how writers and artists on Medium are putting in the hard work to produce consistently and I am not putting in the hard work. I post on whim and when I get the creative inspiration and make the time.

Perhaps it was a blip in Medium’s algorithm and I just lucked out. Perhaps it’s a nudge from Medium to make writers/artists to produce more content.

So now what?

I found an entry from my cartoon travel log book:

March 30, 2016

“I decided I really want to be a cartoonist. I always liked to draw and if I didn’t, I’d feel bad.”

I wrote that entry while I was vacationing Upstate (my favorite place to be — ticks be damned). I went to a bookstore in Kingston and happened to meet a New Yorker cartoonist. A beautiful, tall woman with curly black hair and glasses that only emphasized her beauty instead of disguises it.

Most cartoonists are attractive and have a lively energy to them. She was with her husband and buoyant and I felt a little shy and mumbled something about my buddy, cartoonist Tim Hamilton (also a New Yorker cartoonist.)

Here’s another entry:

June 29, 2017

“I love drawing cartoons.”

Perhaps the universe is sending me a message.

UPDATE: Am I on crack? TOP WRITER IN HUMOR LINE IS BACK! Let me have this small joy…please?

*Fist pumps whilst skipping down the street.*

Thank you so much for reading about my humbling experience.
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