The youngest influencer on Medium is for real — If the headline were by any other writer, I’d have ignored it. But I desperately wanted to read what a 13-year-old is doing on Medium. And most importantly, what he had to say. (He’s Lucas. Lucas Dawn.) Well, it turned out he’s the real deal, and he’s surely a promising…

Publishing every day and networking sure helps, but many other factors even better — A warm welcome to the (online writing) world of publishing challenges and proficiency contests. The rules of thriving in this world seem pretty simple: publish as often as you can, preferably once every day, for thirty or sixty days straight, and watch your community balloon into a tribe big enough…

Don’t throw it away just yet — Do you know what happens when you try to live a day without a plan? Okay, not quite without a plan, but sort of off the cuff? Well, I must confess it could be fun. For one, you’ll get to enjoy the moments as they come. You let life happen…

It’s always good if you can follow the laws — Coming by free images online that you can use for your articles hasn’t been easier. The options abound, with some of the most common ones being Unsplash and Pexels. While it’s relatively easy to grab a pic from these sites, it’s only nice that you at least acknowledge the source…

We can’t stop it, so let’s do it right — The noise on the global block these days is Africa is rising; it’s one of the fastest-growing continents. At least that was before COVID-19 reset the equation. Drive through any major African city, and you can’t miss the most gleaming sign of this prosperity: glass-clad mid-rise buildings jutting into the…

Heartfelt thanks for the little things — Appreciation. Gratitude. A note of thanks. Illumination publication deserves all these. And loads more. I may not have published with every publication on here — and I guess there are thousands out there, active, semi-active, and inactive. I can never discover them all. While some pub editors have courses or…

It all starts with you — Find your audience. Chase an audience. Build an audience. The verb usually varies, but the message never does. You can’t write in a vacuum. Target some eyes to consume the latest from your content mill. If only it were as easy as many people make it out to be —…

Stop running in circles — Many people have plateaued in life. Others are near the base of the plateau. What do they have in common? They need a leg up to climb to the next level. Years ago, I was in the latter camp. I knew I had to act fast. Everyone thought I was…

The world will never be fair — Is there no global charter in some obscure language that assures that citizens of the world can travel to any country they wish? I hope there is one. But what difference would it make if the biggest enforcers of these charters also lead the race in denying visas to people…