May I Have Your Attention, Please?
I have an announcement to make.

Yesterday morning I had a pre-surgical consult. Relax. I’m not dying. I think there are some writers out there that had their fingers crossed but…
It could take me up to 6 weeks to recover. How much of that I will be AWOL from Medium remains to be seen. So in the meantime, as an editor, give the other editors some slack. They have lives and jobs and kids and, and, and. Everyone has been fortunate even if I say so myself, that I love what I do and I don’t have all the time demands and restrictions the others do. So I could provide more time to processing submissions.
Pro-Tip: Not everything has to be submitted to Illumination. Drafts get the priority so if you’ve already published it on your page send it over to Illumination’s Mirror. Currently, they can publish each writer multiple times a day. Illumination is so popular that we simply can’t do that.
Written something involving technology? Why not send it to Technology Hits. It too is a sister publication.
Take a peek at yet another sister publication (I’m hearing poppa was a rolling stone now @@) called SYNERGY. Roll through there and see if what you have written or would like to write would be a good fit there. Submit at will. At this time I am unaware of any publishing limitations for SYNERGY or Technology Hits.
If you’re getting a lot of reads, hits, comments, etc., and have a longer-read, stroll through Illumination-Curated and see if what you offer could be submitted there. Illumination-Curated is la creme de la creme. If your stories and articles are peppered with Private Notes from editors, skip this one. Otherwise, take the plunge and jump right in!
For those of you who are on Illumination's Slack workspace, go to #writerstobeadded. Simply, I say, “I’d like to be added to…” and then name the publication you’d like to be added to as a writer.
For those of you who are not on the Slack workspace, please click this link, complete the form, and submit it. Dr Mehmet Yildiz will see it personally and take it from there. https://digitalmehmet.com/contact/
My surgery has been tentatively scheduled. I have some pre-op stuff I have to do first. So, let’s all get on board and get things moving in the right direction now while I’m still around. Reread what I wrote about what to send, where to get a quicker turnaround time.
For those of you, I’ve been guiding, tutoring, mentoring, and cheering along-there are a lot of willing and compassionate editors within the Illumination tree. Reach out, especially via Slack if you are stuck or need assistance with something.
Terry
