Wow - thanks Burk. While I appreciate all the info about Substack and your recent experience, I especially benefitted from one of your final statements about Vocal Media. I just left a comment less than 15 minutes ago, indicating how I put a pin in Vocal. But yourr comment about Vocal being a safety net was the main reason I republished 55 Medium stories to Vocal Media - that and the quick bonuses. Now, I see that I do want to have my safety net in place, just as I first believed. I think I'll be proceeding with that in mind. Thanks again dude :-)