Has Covering Coronavirus Become Boring and Stagnate?

What is left to learn?

I, like so many other people out there, continue to have a burning desire to cover the topic of the pandemic of the coronavirus. It isn’t the kind of subject matter which should really “grow old” in a lot of our thinking. Afterall, taking this topic anything other than serious, is likely the reason that we are now almost in month number seven, of this entire mess just dragging on and on and on. At least that’s what I think.

Recently, I was doing some work for another publisher out there, and my submission to them was rejected. The topic of that work was a broad spectrum coverage of the many different things which can involve covid-19. Whether it be physical health, mental health, emotional needs, and almost everything else that revolves around the disease.

The reason for rejection I was given was something along the lines of, “we have finished all coverage of the coronavirus now, and since it is old news, we are moving on to publishing new items.” Now I swear, I don’t believe that what I sent was junk, so I believe that they were actually serious; the publisher was bored with this worldly, forever changing mankind subject.

I wanted to share this, and open up the discussion for anyone out there. Yes, I am sure we are all sick of the pandemic drama. Along with all the negativity and exaggeration that surrounds some of it. But I feel that is much different than the submission I was trying to get across, and published. I was attempting to try and put new thinking and new ideas into this major dilemma that is sticking with us.

Now before I go further, yes yes, I am sure many of you are just like, “Michael, why didn’t you just try the submission with ILLUMINATION. Of course Dr Mehmet Yildiz would give this article a chance.” Well, yes I know that’s true, considering ILLUMINATION continues to welcome so much. Once in a while I do write for other outlets. As even though I have certain favorites in the publishing world, I still like to keep a diverse array of outlets, as a practice of trying to reach as many, as well as many different.

However this experience just taught, and reminded me just to how forward we, the ILLUMINATION community are moving, while many may not be. I do not believe that continuing to write articles and essays is about being stuck in the past. If anything, it’s helping our focus to remain on a proper avenue, as we see this pandemic through. And through, it will go. Our resilience will prove that.

It still is a quarantine world out there for many of us. And struggles will not just go away because a few restaurants just opened up for outdoor service. I mean let’s get real. I see and talk to many people throughout my days, and I can see that loneliness and feeling worried for the unknown future are a continuing emotional process that are going on over past social lines, any age, and any status.

For those who want to continue a process of writing about these issues as a way to help offer others hope or guidance, don’t hold back.

There are still publishers and readers out there who can see the motivation from what we write. They see it in their writers, and they see a motivation also in their readers who feel strong when we cover these tough subjects like covid-19. I know I will still cover it, and won’t give up on it.