Congratulations on this achievement and certificate that honors. I would drop my piles and pens at a Tim Denning review on one comment, let alone four stories! I recall receiving a response once,from Tim Denning, perhaps to a comment, made when I did not know he was so appreciated on Medium and the Internet, and then, responded to one of his articles with a rant - https://medium.com/illumination/rant-on-tim-dennings-managing-your-relationship-with-publications-70ed0c3c2e1f.

I later learned from a spiritual luminary that we are not to reproach anyone, use words milk as milk, etc....

Yet I used a lot of courage to invite Tim Denning to a writing challenge, and though 500 something claps weighed in, I, a less prolific writer, an atom compared to his volume, awaited and awaited a reply. One Medium pub even would not publish my piece, so I don't know that he ever saw it. I would be honored and ecstatic to hear a response, even months later, and would be so happily surprised to ever see you had highlighted or clapped for one of my pieces.

As a clinical social worker, I'd like to put in a word for people who write less than daily till theri fingers hurt. Some of us have some other life priorities and spend much effort and many hours, even days until early mornings on our pieces, that, though perhaps much less celebrated than Tim Denning's can be vulnerable, out of the "how to" box, precious, and even sacred.