CURATED COLLECTION
Chosen Stories from Melinda Blau’s Unique Collection on Medium
Let’s make invisible stories visible series #03
Dear Subscribers,
The purpose of this post is to introduce and amplify the stories of an accomplished writer. In each series, we introduce a writer briefly and provide a list of chosen stories.
This recent initiative called “Let’s Make Invisible Stories Visible” was started by Dr Mehmet Yildiz, our chief editor, to increase the views and reading times of our writers. Unfortunately, some accomplished writers’ stories hardly get any views on this platform. We hope it will be fixed before losing valuable writers and discerning readers.
In this post, we showcase the remarkable stories of Melinda Blau. Our editors introduced Melinda in a previous story.
In summary, Melinda began her career in educational publishing in the mid-1960s. In addition to hundreds of articles in print and online, Melinda wrote 15 books, some of their collaborations. She has given talks around the United States and in several other countries and appeared on talk shows and podcasts.
You might find Melinda’s writer profile in the attached story.
In this post, we give you a quick taste of her stories, categorized into various topics. We believe you will be impressed by the content and style of Melinda and find some engaging and educative stories in this mini-collection.
#Healthy Aging
#Humor
#Life Lessons
#Friendship
#Relationships
#Personal Stories
Below is a sampling of recent stories that reveal who Melinda is and where she has come from.
We hope you will enjoy these stories and get in touch with Melinda. Please consider subscribing to her Medium articles — you’ll get an email when she publishes. You can contact Melinda via this LinkTree. She is also a member of Illumination’s Slack Workspace.
Nominate Your Stories for This Initiative
We started this series recently as initiated by Dr Mehmet Yildiz, chief editor of Illumination Integrated Publications on Medium. You may contact him on Slack if you want our stories to be nominated for this curation process. If you don’t have access to Slack, please send a request via this link.
Previous Stories in This Series
Sufyan Maan, M.Eng
Cedric Johnson, PhD
Dr Mehmet Yildiz
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Dr Mehmet Yildiz also introduced another outstanding writer Mark Sanford, Ph.D. recently. Here is the link to his introduction:
Writer and Editor Profiles
You may enjoy the bios of writers written with their pens. We encourage all writers to post a bio introducing themselves to our readers.
Interviews with Writers
We interviewed Lawson Wallace. You can check his interview script at this link. Dr Mehmet Yildiz, our chief editor, also interviews published authors and many writers contributing to our publications. For example, he recently interviewed a published author Keri Mangis. You might check out interviewed writers in this collection. Interviews with Writers of Medium: Featuring inspiring writers of ILLUMINATION
Sample Curated Collections for New Readers
After reviewing and publishing stories submitted to our publications, our volunteer editorial and curation team members also create visibility for them in multiple ways. They do these tasks as a giveback activity. They are not paid for their duties.
Here are the recent collections from ILLUMINATION-Curator.
ILLUMINATION Reading Club, Curated Book Chapters of Illumination #01, Outstanding Stories — Volume 86, Outstanding Stories — Volume 87, Outstanding Stories — Volume 88, Outstanding Stories — Volume 89, Outstanding Stories — Volume 90, Outstanding Stories — Volume 91.
By the ILLUMINATION Amplifier.
Hand-Picked Articles #180, Hand-Picked Articles #181, Hand-Picked Articles #182, Hand-Picked Articles #183, Hand-Picked Articles #184, Hand-Picked Articles #185, Hand-Picked Articles #186, Hand-Picked Articles #187, Hand-Picked Articles #188, Hand-Picked Articles #189, Hand-Picked Articles #190, Hand-Picked Articles #191, Hand-Picked Articles #192, Hand-Picked Articles #193, Hand-Picked Articles #194, Hand-Picked Articles #203, Hand-Picked Articles #205, Hand-Picked Articles #206.
Here are the recent curated collections from ILLUMINATION main.
Curated Collection #132, Curated Collection #131, Curated Collection #130, Curated Collection #129, Curated Collection #128, Curated Collection #133, Curated Collection #134.
Thank you for reading our collections.
Essential Documents for Our Writers
Every writer of our publications needs to review these guiding policies before submitting their stories. We are tolerant, but these are non-negotiable rules.
Improving the Quality of Writing Using an Editorial Checklist
Starter Kit for Writers of ILLUMINATION Integrated Publications
Invitation to New Writers
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ILLUMINATION ILLUMINATION-Curated ILLUMINATION’ S MIRROR ILLUMINATION Book Chapters Technology Hits SYNERGY Readers Hope Illumination on YouTube Illumination Gaming ILLUMINATION’s Blog EUPHORIA by Dr Mehmet Yildiz
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