“I Know There’s Something Going On”

But this is not a story about Frida

Frida at right, and Agnetha of AᗺBA. Photo contributed by Vytautas Kielaitis on Shutterstock.

You know Frida. Frida Lyngstad of ABBA. She was the redhead (now blonde). She achieved fame and fortune with the group, but she was also a one-hit-wonder with a song with the same name as the title of this article.

Knowing me, I get off topic quite often.

This story is about the graph below:

Thirty days through March 27. Screenshot by author.

WTF happened? Every story I’ve published since March 13 has done shit. Could my writing have suddenly changed for the worse?

I don’t get it. Only in December have I been in a rut like this, but most everyone hits a rut in December. The above represents twelve days of gloom.

At the end of January, I published the below article. At 19,855 views, based on that metric, it’s my most successful article. The thing is, 98% of those views are from external sources. Thus, earnings have only been $3.25.

Really?

Screenshot by author.