diff --git a/src/ArticleParser.php b/src/ArticleParser.php
index f10dcb2..e83e52f 100644
--- a/src/ArticleParser.php
+++ b/src/ArticleParser.php
@@ -17,17 +17,24 @@ class ArticleParser extends Parser {
 
         $in_frontmatter = true;
 
+        // we only update this for significant nodes
+        $previous_node = null;
+
         $walker = $this->document->walker();
         while ($event = $walker->next()) {
             $entering = $event->isEntering();
             $node = $event->getNode();
 
-            if ($entering && $node instanceof ListBlock) {
+            if (!$entering) {
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            if ($node instanceof ListBlock) {
                 $in_frontmatter = false;
                 continue;
             }
 
-            if ($entering && $node instanceof Text) {
+            if ($node instanceof Text) {
                 $text = $node->getLiteral();
 
                 if ($in_frontmatter) {
@@ -39,24 +46,30 @@ class ArticleParser extends Parser {
                     }
                 }
 
-                $gemtext[] = $text;
+                $leader = $previous_node ? "\n" : "";
+                $gemtext[] = $leader . $text;
+
+                $previous_node = $node;
 
                 continue;
             }
 
-            if ($entering && $node instanceof Link) {
+            if ($node instanceof Link) {
                 $label = $walker->next()->getNode();
                 if (!$label instanceof Text) {
                     throw new \Exception('Expected next node in Link to be Text, got ' . get_class($label));
                 }
 
-                $gemtext[] = sprintf('=> %s %s', $node->getUrl(), $label->getLiteral());
+                $leader = ($previous_node && !$previous_node instanceof Link) ? "\n" : "";
+                $gemtext[] = $leader . sprintf("=> %s %s", $node->getUrl(), $label->getLiteral());
+
+                $previous_node = $node;
 
                 continue;
             }
         }
 
-        return implode("\n\n", $gemtext);
+        return implode("\n", $gemtext);
     }
 
     public function getProperties(): array {
diff --git a/tests/ArticleParserTest.php b/tests/ArticleParserTest.php
index adfb8f7..55252dd 100644
--- a/tests/ArticleParserTest.php
+++ b/tests/ArticleParserTest.php
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@ class ArticleParserTest extends TestCase {
     }
 
     public function testSequentialLinks() {
-        $this->markTestSkipped('not yet implemented');
         $this->setArticleText("\n- [foo](bar)\n- [bar](foo)");
         $this->parser->load(vfsStream::url('root/article.md'));
         $this->assertSame("=> bar foo\n=> foo bar", $this->parser->convert());