3 Publications that Helped Me As a New Writer

Publications can help with our writing strategy & growth. They can also demoralize us

I sent an article to a publication days ago. Then I got a notification with a generic message that they are not interested. Then some publications never got back.

This article is not about them.

I am sharing about three publications that helped me in getting my articles out.

The Happy Human

It’s not like all my articles got published in The Happy Human. But before publishing, Luba Sigaud (The Editor) worked on my articles and improved them. She made the flow and language better and changed the image.

It’s always helpful for the article when an editor does that. But more importantly, it helped me improve as a writer. Thanks, Luba!

Here are two of the articles I have published there:

Illumination and Synergy

All new writers should follow and go through the articles of Dr. Mehmet Yildiz. He has created a series of articles on improving writing, reaching new readers, and growing in Medium.

These publications have multiple benefits. Firstly, every writer becomes part of a slack group and can converse with fellow writers. Secondly, thanks to the ever helping editors of the publications, both of these publications provide feedback or approve articles very quickly.

After learning about what Samra has been doing, I am trying to follow a consistent schedule for my articles. I aim to publish my articles during PST mornings or by 1 PM. When a publication responds fast and in a consistent manner, that helps me plan my timings better.

Here are two of my articles that got published in Illumination:

Writers’ Blokke

Writers’ Blokke is the first publication to publish my articles. First of all, that was a good boost for me. That helped me reach new readers and continue writing for them.

They also publish pretty fast. That is also very helpful when I am trying to maintain a schedule.

I am sharing a couple of my articles here that got published in Writer’s Blokke.

Share in the comment section which publications helped you get your words out and improve as a writer!