HELLO IN THERE
Medium Is Easy, But It’s Hard
On the trials of publishing on Medium
Late August 2023
I’m trying to figure out how to get published in a Medium publication. The rules are strict, and easy to break. It’s really easy to publish to your own profile, but that appears to be wrong thing to do, unless you happen to be a great promoter.
It seems like it is preferred to have a connection through a publication on Medium, but each publication has its own rules. Nonetheless, there is one rule they all seem to have in common: The material must not be previously published (on Medium), because they don’t want a bunch of duplicates flying around? If you published it to your profile, you will need to go and delete that, and then offer the draft version to the publications, one at a time, until one of them accepts it.
There’s usually not much guidance, as far as my experience has been. The feedback I’ve been getting often cycles back to “Read the Submission Rules”, examine some samples on the publication, and try to comply after that.
I’ll keep trying. Maybe something will take flight. Meanwhile, I’ll put new material on my profile for the amusement of my wife and family.
