This is exactly what I did. (I live near Seattle too) I was reading so much on Medium and liking what I read and had been reading for a couple of years. I didn't put 2 and 2 together for a long time that I could write my own stuff. I have a full time job and a wife and teenagers so I find it hard to write as much as I would like but I have tasted the possibilities if I dedicated myself to it more how much more I could make. Keep up the good work Alexander!