Ahhh, Shaqib!! Thank you so much for your kind words!!!!!!! I'm overwhelmed!
I'm sorry about the shock. There was no way to gradually share this news. Suma suggested I do it gradually and I said, "How?? It's like, you can't be sorta pregnant. You either are or you aren't. I'm either leading HHH or I'm not!"
I'll still be on Medium, just not managing my publications. I'll still be reading your fabulous stories. And I'll be posting regular updates about my novel writing / publishing / marketing journey, as several people asked me to do that.
So I started a personal pub yesterday (no writers, just for my posts on this topic). The link is below, if you want a peek. (No pressure of course!)