I don't mind the quantifying that much... I don't know. Some days it gets me down a bit, but only when I let myself look at somebody else's likes. That's the problem, the comparison.

And oh I have done that, with the never intending to publish! I used to say I would never submit anything, that if a publisher wanted me, they would have to come and find me, because I wasn't going looking. And then one kinda did? It was a very odd situation but it eventually convinced to give sending things in to somebody else a go, but I am kinda regretting that just now, to be honest.

But when you say "Oh, I just write as a hobby" people look at you like you're nuts. No, that's totally a thing one can do, not everybody needs to be trying for fame and fortune. (I still am not trying for fame and fortune, but I was trying for more than sixteen bucks. Alas.)