Some Publications Are Not Worth — Avoid Them.
By: Suraj Ghimire
Tags: Medium, Blogging, Publishing, Writing, It Happened To Me

I share with you what to not do while sharing your draft with a publication. This may not be an exhaustive list though. Be free to add your experience.

Keep following Medium publications. Getting published in major publications is my aim. I hope you target the same. Be free to approach Medium Support by emailing yourfriends@medium.com. They are helpful. Editors of publications like Koinonia have helped me by their valuable suggestions and formatting. https://psiloveyou.xyz and live-your-life-on-purpose are the other publications that have helped me get views and followers. Be free to choose publications by searching in the search box. I got my first Medium curation (on Relationships) only possible because of Koinonia editors and my second curation (first in Poetry) with PS I Love you. It is always a good practice to post your article with a publication that suits the central theme of your post. If there is no publication with that specific theme or theme of your post is not so specific, you can post on your own with no publication, or also publishing with decentralized publications can help you. There will be no editors editing your work, and you will submit your work with no boundaries. Although decentralized publication might not give you more advantages than others, something is better than nothing. There is a big advantage of not submitting your work with any publication. Medium owned publications may approach you if it suits their needs. However, there will also be a few junk publications that can give you frustration. I share with you a few of the incidents.

They may steal your time

An editor of publication with over one thousand followers once dropped me a note saying they liked my article and if I am interested to add my post. I was excited and replied positively. I added my article to their publication. But for over two weeks, they didn’t accept it. Later we got to know that he was fooling many of the fellow writers.

Noteworthy, The Journal is playing pranks with many writers. So My best suggestion would be to avoid them.

Such publication steals your time and they keep frustrating you.

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They may steal your money.

According to one of the Facebook threads, one of the writers had submitted a fresh article to the same publication. They accepted it, but with the promotion of their banner beyond Medium. It was a high-quality article that she was expecting to get curated. But the commercial banner embedded in the post's bottom denied her curation and distribution as it violated Medium guidelines. She had no choice other than removing not only banners but also entire posts from that publication.

They may steal your ideas.

In August, there was a Facebook and medium post from one of the users who had mentioned that a publication where he submitted his draft stole his ideas and published as their own. While writing general articles, you may encounter such publications.

So, it can always be advisable to publish your articles first without adding to any publications and later submit your work with them. But make sure such publications accept published posts. Using decentralized publications in this context can be helpful.

Also, do not forget;

If you are removing your article from any of the publications, editors might get to know about it.

If you are removing your post from publication with a good reputation, this might harm your future submission with them.

I hope this article helps you. If you are also searching for a publication with a central theme of Family, Relationship, or Dreams, You can write with This-shall-be-our-story. To know how you can be a writer, visit this post.