I'm starving to death writing full-time since April

On the 1st of last month, I said, "From today onwards, I will eat words as a meal" ^[1] , and I upgraded ckxpress.com to " ckx Press Publishing House " to write full-time. Saying that I am an overage slasher who writes, teaches, and participates in the LikeCoin community part-time is all right.

This article organizes my income in April, so that latecomers who are interested in writing can refer to it, and see if taking words for food will kill people.

Income Channel 1: Appreciate Citizens

As of the end of April, 26 people have directly subscribed to my admiring citizens (do you think it’s very rare? Because you didn’t subscribe :), plus other admiring citizens’ likes for this work, and the appreciation of LikeCoin against the US dollar has brought $LIKE 37,625, equivalent to USD606.2 at the end of April (up 25% against the dollar as of today).

Secondly, the LikeCoin creation fund, which is determined by all readers' likes and settled daily, generates $LIKE 5976, which is equivalent to USD96.3 at the end of April.

I've never been very productive, and I don't over-write for full-time writing. There is so much content in this world and so little time, and I hope every article has something to say. As for the reaction after publication, it is hard to say. Sometimes an article written with great care will fall into the water like a grain of sand. Anyway, the article with the ideal response in April is:

• 2021.04.10 My ten responses when someone asked me if I would immigrate
• 2021.04.01 The ckx press publishing house is inaugurated
• The so-called "I don't invest" means that all in invests in fiat currency

It is a pity that another article "Financial freedom is freedom from deprivation of assets" has become a legacy. This is not to say that the writing is good or something, but that the writing of the article is too important in this era, and it just doesn't get enough attention.

By the way, my support comes from the community, and my income goes back to the community. As of April I subscribed to ten other authors using LikeCoin. In May, I added more than ten more people, and I will share the details later.

 Subtotal: USD 702.5

Income Channel 2: Teaching

The " Blockchain Sociology - Financial Freedom Chapter " that I co-founded with a private college has been well received. There are 100 students (the fact is that there are still more registrations, but in order to ensure that everyone can be taken care of, I reluctantly capped the number of 100 students. student).

The tuition fee for 100 students, my share becomes HKD 94,200, will be donated by the private college to the 612 Humanitarian Support Fund without my hands, to provide humanitarian support medical, psychological, medical and psychological support for those injured, arrested or related in the anti-extradition movement. / Spiritual, legal, support for returning prisoners and other related assistance .

The slideshows of the "Blockchain Sociology - Financial Freedom" class are all available on ckxpress.com ^[2] , and the video of the class, as far as I know, has also been circulated privately. In fact, I don't mind the openness of faith information, especially education and public issues. However, if you have watched the course content and videos and can afford it, I hope you can make up your donation to the 612 Humanitarian Support Fund . HKD 2,000 or above is recommended. .

The eight-unit course spans three months, with two units in April, four units in May, and two units in June. I will deal with accounting principles here, and “account” in April is 2/8 of the entire tuition fee, which is HKD 23,550 , or USD 3,026.

In addition to the folk college course, I also gave a lecture for HKU guests in April, entitled "How to make (sense of) money?", and the income was USD 150.

 Subtotal: USD 3,176

Income Channel 3: Column

Thanks to Apple Daily for providing writing space and editorial support, and still providing manuscript fees in a crisis. Although the manuscript fee of HKD 1000 is not much, under the current market structure, it has already reflected a respect for the writers. I believe that other little writers who are not known and work silently will feel the same.

What is more important to me is that Apple Daily does not care about publishing articles to other citizen media after they are published. This is the most important point for me. Based on the importance of public issues, if it is not arranged in this way, I would rather not write a column.

The two articles of the #decentralizehk column in April are " Financial freedom is freedom from deprivation of assets " and "The so-called "I don't invest" means investing in fiat currency all in . The fee is HKD 2000, or USD 256.

Ironically, in the unfortunate statement of " Cai " published in Apple Daily, although Li Zhiying is very rich, he has no financial freedom at all than ordinary poor people, and his assets are frozen, which directly causes Taiwan's Apple Daily to stop publishing. , Hong Kong's Apple Daily is in jeopardy.

To be honest, I have always been very dissatisfied with Apple Daily's many reporting methods, but there cannot be only one voice in society. In this regard, Apple Daily, which exposes the ugly side of the regime, is extremely important to a pluralistic society. I hope that readers of Apple Daily can support and subscribe .

 Subtotal: USD 256

Revenue Channel 4: E-books

Since paper income is only settled once every six months, only electronic income is counted here.

• Kindle Edition : 23 copies sold in April for USD 217.52.

• KOBO Edition : 11 copies were sold in April, and the income was HKD 573, which is USD 73.6.

Other channels are relatively fragmented, recording $LIKE 660 (USD 10.6), USD 20, USD 10, and USD 10 respectively.

 Subtotal: USD 341.8

Revenue Channel 5: NFT

As an experiment, I also auctioned "Blockchain Sociology" NFT ^[3] every week. In April, a total of 4 No. 0 to No. 3 were sold, and I got 0.001 + 0.125 + 0.06 + 0.612 = 0.798 ETH, which was exchanged at 2,195 at the end of April. USD.

Considering that Ethereum's handling fee continues to be so high that it is impossible to operate, the NFT auction has just been suspended, and the remaining 5 are kept in my wallet, and I will make plans in the future.

 Subtotal: USD 2,195

April summary

Adding up the five income channels, I am a full-time writer, and my income in April is USD 702.5 + 3176 + 256 + 341.8 + 2195:

 Total: USD 6,671.3

Don't starve to death and have a good time.

If you think I'm "showing off my wealth" or my life, you're totally wrong. First of all, I am not financially rich, just financial freedom. Secondly, I can't easily earn the above income. For example, although I only spend two hours a week on teaching, it takes more than ten times the preparation time, not to mention the long-term accumulation in the past. And like other writers who write seriously, each article, although it only reads "x mins read", takes a lot of brainpower and physical effort (yes, physical effort) to complete it.

But the point is, I'm doing what I love and believe in, and I don't look at people's faces or spend a second dealing with office politics. In addition to myself, I also have to prove to aspiring creators that as long as you write your text well, you don't have to put the text behind a paywall for the sake of charging, and you can still have enough readers to pay for support (I will be the first), It can also serve readers who cannot afford to pay, empower the disadvantaged or provide entertainment, and even in the process, generate more unimagined possibilities such as speeches, teaching, and sending NFTs.

In the future, whoever will tell you that writing will beg for food, or that the content must be collected before someone is willing to pay to subscribe, and there is a so-called "business model", please print this article and let him eat it.

I have been following blockchain and cryptocurrencies for a long time, writing full-time, regularly publishing the #decentralizehk series every Wednesday, and sharing other occasions from time to time. My articles are all open and aimed at spreading knowledge and helping the general public achieve freedom of the press , financial freedom , and democratic freedom .

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