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ILLUMINATION Book Chapters
Editorial Bulletin #2
This is the second editorial bulletin for ILLUMINATION Book Chapters.
Thank you for your feedback on the previous bulletin.
The purpose of this daily bulletin is to provide an update on our new initiative for published and aspiring authors.
On the first anniversary of ILLUMINATION, 19 March 2021, I announced a new initiative called ILLUMINATION Book Chapters.
Here is the announcement of this venture for those who missed it before.
This unique publication has three main goals.
- Published authors can get new readers through their repurposed book chapters and earn income on their Medium.
- Published authors can also gain new followers and beta readers who can help them with new manuscripts.
- Aspiring writers can gain create manuscripts, share them in the ILLUMINATION Book Chapters, obtain reader reviews, and publish them as books later.
Let me introduce you to initial perspectives from editors and writers.
I want to start with a fascinating story by our senior editor Britni Pepper.
ILLUMINATION is breaking new ground here. With the introduction of ILLUMINATION Book Chapters, a longer, richer, and deeper reading experience becomes available on Medium. Our new publication has nothing but longform stories, divided up into chapters. Here the writers spread out their biggest and best work, and readers can immerse themselves in the experience, coming up to draw the occasional breath of the everyday world when it’s time to click on the link to the next chapter. Given the caliber of our writers, I’m expecting great things from ILLUMINATION Book Chapters. Great reading, that goes without saying, but here is the place for novels, themed collections, textbooks on specialised topics, detailed exploration into history, travel, the world, and the cosmos. Maybe some of the masterworks to come will be the basis of movies, screens full of titles on Amazon, real printed books on library shelves. Forget “maybe”. It’s a certainty. Some of what you read here on ILLUMINATION Book Chapters will end up as actual books in a reader’s hands. As a published author myself, I’ve serialised books here on Medium, and I was delighted to find in my Amazon sales report that somebody had ordered a printed copy of my naughty little Route 66 adventure story.
By Dr Preeti Singh who is an editor of our publications
Illumination has the policy of inclusivity. Dr. Mehmet Yildiz is very clear that everybody should get a chance to publish their stories. People from all walks of life, different countries, nationalities are welcome to this family. Those who do not have English as their first language are also given a chance to express their views and can be mentored with the support of editors. This publication is also inclusive. It gives us all a chance to express something. Everyone cannot be an author. Some are readers. We can write a book review about something that we have read and have it published and, in this way, we get a chance to express ourselves. Many authors asked on our Slack Channel if they could write longer articles and if they would be published in Illumination. Dr.Mehmet thought about this and a new baby was born out of Illumination. It is called ILLUMINATION Book Chapters. Illumination book chapters have some special qualities
By Karen Madej who is a top writer and editor of our publications
Hello lovelies, this week is all about my favourite, FICTION! A special edition today to celebrate the launch of a new ILLUMINATION family publication. If you haven’t spotted Dr Mehmet Yildiz’s ILLUMINATION Book Chapters publication invitation yet, I suggest you give it a read. Especially the authors of the chapters I’m reading and sharing here. Because your chapters are here means they are not in ILLUMINATION Book Chapters. You might like to join up as a writer and submit your chapters. There are advantages to getting in early, you get noticed! Keep submitting your chapters and you’ll keep getting noticed. It worked for me on ILLUMINATION. All I did was show up every week, once, twice or three plus time for a year.
By Linda Kowalchek who is also an editor of our publications
“I have wanted to write a book since I was a teenager. I remember sitting at the desk in my bedroom with my powder-blue plastic Smith Corona manual typewriter in front of me. I was ready. But then I realized that I had no idea what to write about, so I went back downstairs and watched Luke and Laura’s wedding on General Hospital. But I digress. About 40 years have passed, and I still haven’t written a book. I publish my stories on Medium using an outdated MacBook Air, which at least is a step up from a manual typewriter. But as far as my progress with writing a book, I am stagnating. I’m afraid that I will finally write my book, and it will suck.”
By Jay Toran who inspires especially aspiring writers to consider this opportunity
“For all those who’ve jumped the gun and started typing their first chapters into the laptop, you’ve got to understand a few things: And it goes back to the same problem of editors having a limited amount of time. No amount of frenzied typing is going to get around this problem. I’m not an editor, but I’ve done some editing for a couple of the big names here on ILLUMINATION. So I can pretty well guess that they just are not going to take submissions that have half-thought-out plots. And grammar errors? I just don’t believe they’ll have the time to even consider those kinds of stories. As a matter of fact, it’s likely they won’t even look at the first chapters of newbie authors before seeing a fairly well-developed outline of what the book is going to be about. I think you young authors should understand the realities of the time-pressure the ILLUMINATION editors are under.”
Publishing has just started
Our dedicated editors Claire Kelly and Ntathu Allen reviewed and published chapters from excellent books. Claire is a freelance writer and also an editor for ILLUMINATION. She is a quick reader like me and very supportive of our writers. Ntathu is also an editor on ILLUMINATION. She is an inspiring poet and writer with an interesting background.
We already have five books in our collection.
Let me introduce you to the chapters from these books.
The Garrulous Glaswegian.
Sex Saved Me From a Christian Cult
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Phil Truman
Skins Game
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Shashi Sastry
Philosophy of Life Instinct
Prologue
Introduction
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Some chapters of Shashi’s book were earlier published on ILLUMINATION. Now, he is transferring the chapters to ILLUMINATION Book Chapters to expose his content to a new audience.
Phil Rossi
Soldier Hill
Chapter 1
Karen Madej
Sarah
Chapter 1
You can also publish book reviews.
I submitted a sample self-review for one of my books.
Writers joined to ILLUMINATION Book Chapters.
Mia Hayes, Ivan Yong Wei Kit, Alana Lewis, Hammad A. Khalid, Simon Dillon, Ntathu Allen, Christopher Akinlade, John Cousins, Diane Perlman, Karen Madej, Patricia Rosa, Liza Braude-Glidden, Claudia Stack, Phil Rossi, Shashi Sastry, Maria Rattray, Tom McLaughlin, Phil Truman, René Junge, Sahil Patel, The Garrulous Glaswegian,
I hope you start reading these great chapters and get acquainted with these inspiring authors’ excellent content and writing styles. I started and enjoyed each chapter so far. I look forward to subsequent chapters.
If you have books or manuscript, please contact us by sending a request with your Medium account ID to contribute to ILLUMINATION Book Chapters. We will publish your book chapters in story format. Not only do you generate passive income, but you also gain new readers.
As we grow and scale our services to more authors, we will need more editors for this publication. Please show your interest by leaving a comment on this bulletin.
Thank you for your support and for reading our first bulletin.
It is a pleasure for me to serve published and aspiring authors.
Chief Editor