I have no words of advice Lin - (regarding MPP and Stripe) - however with regards to writing I would say it would be a good idea to think about what your goal is once you get accepted into the MPP - as in is it still writing for pleasure, writing for pleasure with the hope of earning, or writing for earning - based on that you can come up with a sustainable plan for it takes a diff path to accomplish each of those goals -just my 2 cents :)