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The undefined website presents a curated collection of stories from the ILLUMINATION publication on Medium, featuring a diverse range of topics and authors, and invites new writers to join the community.

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The undefined website showcases the 102nd curated collection from ILLUMINATION, a Medium publication, offering a selection of engaging and informative stories chosen by experienced editors. This collection aims to provide a taste of the publication's inclusive and diverse content, with a focus on recent contributions from both established and new writers. The editors emphasize the importance of quality content and adherence to Medium's policies, while also providing resources and support for new contributors. The website highlights the benefits of joining the publication's Slack workspace for communication and collaboration among its 11,400+ members. It also promotes previous collections and features individual stories from the day, encouraging readers to explore a wide range of subjects and styles.

Opinions

  • The editors express pride in publishing over 100 collections this year, reflecting a commitment to showcasing a wide array of stories.
  • There is gratitude towards volunteer editors and writers for their contributions to the publication's success.
  • The website conveys a welcoming attitude towards new writers, providing an onboarding pack to facilitate a smooth start.
  • The editors stress the importance of original content and proper image usage, noting that plagiarism is not tolerated and leads to account suspension.
  • The website suggests that joining the Slack workspace can enhance the writing experience by providing direct communication with editors and a collaborative environment.
  • The editors encourage writers to introduce themselves and share their backgrounds to foster a sense of community and connection with readers.
  • There is an emphasis on the value of diverse perspectives and the enriching experience of reading stories from a broad spectrum of writers.

Featured Stories

Curated Collection #102

Chosen stories from experienced writers for avid readers

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Dear Readers and Writers,

Today, we selected interesting pieces out of hundreds of stories published on Illumination.

These engaging and informative pieces in the collection cover various topics for your enjoyment.

Our aim is to give you a quick taste of our diverse and inclusive publication, ILLUMINATION on Medium. It is a pleasure for us to publish our 100+ collections this year.

As 15,500 writers contribute to our publications, we are grateful to publish and promote engaging, informative, and interesting stories each day. Many thanks our volunteer editors who published these great stories today and recommended for featuring.

We hope these great pieces satisfy your reading needs. Today, Technology Hits posted Hand-Picked Articles collection #70. It is the curated version of collection #54 by Illumination editors.

In addition Technology Hits created tow collections including chosen stories from ILLUMINATION-Curated. We are pleased that these outstanding stories are featured in our collections.

You might find the previous collections by Technology Hits at this link. We keep our featured collections in a single post titled Meta Collection of Featured Stories. Our editors enjoy amplifying informative, engaging, and interesting content of our writers using various approaches and tools.

ILLUMINATION-Curator posted two outstanding collections from our publication Illumination-Curated for experienced writers.

We are grateful for the support of our volunteer editors investing their precious time to make our writers and readers happy.

Let’s welcome new writers joining us today!

Chris Schwilk, Ph.D., YouGazette, Bridget Stones, Brandon 🚣🏼🐝, Scribbling Lion, Sophie Newbold, Addie Pazzynski, Louis, C. Certified, Marziya Khan, Carlo Zeno, Harini Saravanakumar, Alisha, Zainab MV.

Thanks for joining our publications. We look forward to your interesting stories. Please review the attached onboarding pack before submitting your stories, as it includes helpful information to get you started quickly. If you submit quality stories with captioned and copyright-free images, our editors can publish them faster. As a quick reminder, please particularly review the photo handling policy attached in the pack.

We publish stories meeting Medium policy. We don’t publish stolen content. Hence, we remove offenders as as soon as we confirm the offence using our tools and assessment of our editors. In addition, Medium suspends the accounts of plagiarizer. We look forward to your great stories.

Please remember to turn on your private messages as there is no other way for our editors to communicate with you, except for Slack. If your private message is not available and you are not on Slack we had no option but reject your stories when we see problems while reviewing.

Dr Mehmet Yildiz, our chief editor and owner, will send you an invitation to our Slack workspace via the email you registered in the application form. Joining Slack is optional and free for all members. If you cannot see publications, please contact Dr Yildiz directly on Slack. When your stories get delayed or you have other issues, you may contact him directly via Slack.

Slack workspace has numerous benefits for writers. Currently, 11,400+ writers are members of Slack and collaborating in this moderated workspace. It is a safer than social media as it is moderated by editors. You may check Illumination Blog for guiding article.

It will be great to introduce yourself in a story like the ones in this collection. Readers enjoy reading writer bios to learn more about their background. You may also check great stories in our featured collection from the last three days.

The Last Three Collections by ILLUMINATION

Here are the last three collections full of interesting, engaging, and informative stories covering numerous topics.

We believe you might find valuable and enjoyable pieces on the new collection and previous collections.

Featured Stories from ILLUMINATION Today

With 90+ Audiobooks Annually, Aria Improved Her Knowledge and Defined Her body. Dr Mehmet Yildiz

Audrey Eliminated Back Pain and Transformed Her Appearance Dedicating to Six Minute Planks Daily… Dr Mehmet Yildiz

How The Sea Is Powerful AndTakes Away What It Wants Dr. Preeti Singh

How I Gained 35k Followers On Medium Matt Lillywhite

The First Amazing Warning I Had in a Dream Christina Sponias

One Key Amino Acid Might be Reducing your Life Span! Ange Dim

Being Modern :When Everything is Monetised, Life Just Gets Murdered Aza Y. Alam

Why I read The Tibetan Book Of Dead — 3 Times Aakash Dahal

Embers Aasha Anna

8 Data Mining Techniques That Will Make You A Better Analyst Alain Saamego

The Virtuous Pump: 5 Ways to Feel a Sense of Progress in Your Day Alex Philippe

My Parasitic Twin Almost Killed Me Alishah Savage

Time A.H. Mehr

What credit score is good for buying a house? -Bright Bright Money

5 Perfect Things To Do During Coronavirus Anthony Wong

Full Bloom Brooke Ramey Nelson

5 Things That Surprised Me About Switzerland Bryan Dijkhuizen

Writer’s Block and How to Beat It Carel Kolchinski

Taboo: A Deliciously Dark & Wicked Period Drama Caryn Leach-Smith

Is Self Hatred Destroying Your Life? Here’s How to Fix That. Charisse Tyson

A Quick and Easy Template for Professional Blogs Christina M. Ward

CDPC Clears Up Confusion Over Fourth POETRY-22 Vaccine Shot Craig Hellier

3 Simple and Unnoticeable Tricks Top Writers Use To Go Viral Daniel Mesa

3 Tips from a Busy Debut Author for Finding Time to Write David R Gwyn

When “One Day” Finally Becomes “Day One” Delilah Elenoh

Youth Pay Attention Divyata Dewan

Why You Should Slow Down to Speed Up Elaine Hilides

Fortuitous Reunion Elizabeth Emerald

4 Basic Writing Rules That All New Writers Ignore Em

Elon Musk May Burn Twitter Down: Tarot Reading Emmarie Hodge

You Are AI Filip Cabra Makowski

Did UFO spot in a Twitch stream? NASA investigates Francesco Carrubba

Some Questions For The Writing Gods Frank T Bird

Are You a Patriot? From the Mountain ~ Stories & Photos of JD Adams

Are You On The Right Side of Plagiarism? Geri Spieler

The One Thing We All Have In Common Gerthy Bingoly

5 Signs That People Are Secretly Jealous Of You Gökhan Yalcuk

A Leadership Short — Ernest Shackleton Greg Sweeney

Curated Collection #101 ILLUMINATION

This Velvety Superfood Beverage May Just Replace Your Morning Coffee Intuitive Living

Bitcoin’s Satoshi Problem Jake Carlson

To Achieve Great Results, You Need a Winning Attitude! Jeannette Seibly

Why Do You Fight About Money? And How Can You Stop It? Jennifer Thompson

How Many Years Are Enough? Jerry Pompilio

The Archangels Explain Curses and Spells Jodie Helm

Listening to Our Heart Illuminated Joseph Lieungh

Warning: Medium’s Recent Changes May Induce Headaches and Thwart Extraterrestrial Communication Josie P. Julius

These Things Are Also OCD, They Just Don’t Fit The Stereotype Julia

What is in a name? Julian Harcourt

Undoing the To-Do List Julien Bellos

Deadhorse, Alaska: A Whole Different World Karen Remick

5 Insanely Magical Ways to Celebrate National Unicorn Day Kirsty Kendall

I Enjoy Being Bad at Video Games Kristina Oberlander

The Productivity Engine Labman Perspectives

This Is How Much Medium Paid Me for 1K, 3K, 15K Stories Letters from E.K.

I am a Human Being Libby Mitchell

The Russians Are as Bad as We Remember Libby Winkler

Favorite Positions To Make Sex Liviu Roman

How Two Introverts Reacted to a Challenge Lucia Landini

Moderna’s Lot Recall Is a Blot Despite Recent Good News Mark Hake

How I Make $20k Per Month As An App Developer Matt Lillywhite

Hand-Picked Articles #69 Technology Hits

The Science Of Money School Refuses To Teach Mentoni

This Is What A Visual Migraine Is Like — A Very Weird Experience Mike Lewis

30 Things That Make Me Spit Nails Misty Rae

Does Telepathy Work? Nedelcu Alina

Visuals Aren’t Enough — You Need to Engage Instagram Followers with Copy Nick Nolan

What It Means To Be A Husband @Nick Stockton

Broken Thoughts NIDAA

Pangrammatic Obsidian Eagle

Nine Stories Inspired by Friedrich Nietzsche’s Aphorisms Øivind H. Solheim

Is Russia Toying with NATO? Patrick OConnell

Russian Artwork Seized in Finland Paul Coogan

How to Dress to Attract Men: Authentic Tips for Women Qasim Adam

How Regular People Become Villians Rachel M.J

Demcracy is dead — here is an alternative Raphaël Reiter

7 Blog topics that can make you Rich Real Cash Tech

How Does Mr. Rich Get Richer? Real Money Guru

The Embarrassing Way I Learned the Difference Between Confidence and Control Rick Lewis

The Comfort Zone Is a Lie Ripped Jeans Journey

Interspecies Mingling — a Poem Roxanne Barbour

The Biggest Victim of Cancel Culture Sharon Johnson

Chosen Stories from ILLUMINATION-Curated #02 Technology Hits

Hand-Picked Articles #70 Technology Hits

Getting Real With Our Women Friends Theresa C. Dintino

Funky Beach Town vs. Intentional Paradise Trisha Ready

Perceptions Ulf Wolf

BOUNDARIES Yeeve 이재인 Rayne

Thank you for reading these engaging and informative stories.

Let’s Meet Editors Who Publish These Stories

We are grateful for the efforts of our editors who reviewed and published these stories on their own time. Our editors are volunteers who help writers succeed on Medium. They don’t earn money from publishing. They are also contributing writers. You can check their profiles from the following links and connect with them.

Meet Dr Mehmet YildizDr Mehmet Yildiz — owner and chief editor

Meet Dr Preeti SinghDr. Preeti Singh

Meet Dr Michael HENG, PBMDr Michael Heng

Meet Dr John Frederick Rose Dr John Frederick Rose

Meet Arlo Hennings, PhDArlo Hennings, Ph.D.

Meet Sufyan MaanSufyan Maan, M.Eng

Meet Arthur G Hernandez Arthur G. Hernandez

Meet Bill AbbateBill Abbate

Meet Michael PatanellaMichael Patanella

Meet Brooklyn MuseBrooklyn Muse

Meet Josh Balerite AcolJosh Balerite Acol

Meet Jennifer GeerJennifer Geer

Meet Lawson WallaceLawson Wallace

Meet John CunninghamJohn Cunningham

Meet Vidya SuryVidya Sury, Collecting Smiles

Meet Ntathu AllenNtathu Allen

Meet Maria RattrayMaria Rattray

Meet Lanu PitanLanu Pitan

Meet Helen MüllerYou, Me and Happiness

Meet Julius L. EvansJulius Evans

Meet Gregory MaidmanMarcus aka Gregory Maidman

Meet Joe LucaJoe Luca

Meet Bryan Dijkhuizen Bryan Dijkhuizen

Meet Aldric ChenAldric Chen

Meet Sumera RizwanSumera Rizwan

Meet Kristina SegarraKristina Segarra

Meet Carrie Alice Kelly Carrie

Meet J.S. AdamJS Adam

Meet Britni PepperBritni Pepper

Meet Carol PriceCarol Price

Meet Michael NagyMichael Nagy

Meet Kasey HarringtonKasey Harrington

Meet Karen MadejKaren Madej

Meet Neha SandhirNeha Sandhir S

Meet Agnes LaurensAgnes Laurens

Meet Steve Alexander (Alex)The Wordsmith™🏳️‍🌈🇺🇸

Meet Aamir KamalAamir Kamal 🚀🚀🚀

Meet Chelsea MandlerChelsea Mandler MAT

Meet Lilith MorningstaarLilith Morningstaar

Meet Krishna V Chaudhary Krishna V Chaudhary

Meet Zen Chan

We will add more editor profiles soon. You may also bookmark this collection managed by by ILLUMINATION-Curator so that you don’t miss when we add new profiles. Collection of Editor Bios: Meet Editors of Illumination Integrated Publications. Thank you for reading profiles of our editors.

Helpful References for New Writers

How To Triple Your Writing Income Methodically

How To Become A Top Writer In Three Months

6 Easy & Proven Tips to Increase Followers

8 Proven Tips to Build a Rock-Solid Reading Audience

Conduct Guidelines for ILLUMINATION Integrated Publications

100 Day Challenge For New Writers

1,000 Short Posts in 100 Days

Invitation To A Writing Challenge

Introduce Your Newsletters and Grow Your Mailing Lists

Improving the Quality of Writing Using an Editorial Checklist

How To Create A 30,000 Words E-book In A Month

7 Tips for Freelance Writers Dealing with Chronic Stress Effectively

Storybooks and Indexing Publications

A Compelling Passive Income Stream For Freelance Writers

Science-Based Therapeutic Value of Expressive Writing for Mental Health

How to Turn Cold Calls to Warm Outcomes

WRITERS INVITED TO PROMOTE THEIR PUBLICATIONS

The Joy of Selling 1,000+ Books In A Month With Minimal Investment

What Readers Want to Hear vs What They Really Need to Know

Five Questions To Increase Curation Chance and Reading Fans

Invitation To A Writing Challenge

No Defamation, Discrimination, And Hate Speech Published

Copyright Matters: Zero tolerance to plagiarism on ILLUMINATION

Why Image Copyrights Matter for Writers and Editors

How to Survive and Thrive on Medium

How Writers Can Use YouTube Creatively and Productively

What I Learned After Publishing 1,010 And Reading 100,000 Stories on Medium

Use of Affiliate Links On Medium

ILLUMINATION Poetry Club

ILLUMINATION Fiction Club

Welcome To The TSEE Club

Mentoring on ILLUMINATION

Yes, We Accept Short-Form Stories

Short-Form Stories Not For Income But For Visibility. Think Of Them As A Tripwire

ILLUMINATION on YouTube — New Publication

Illumination YouTube Coordinator crated a new publication for YouTube enthusiasts who can showcase their videos on Medium. All writers are invited to submit their YouTube related posts.

You may check video collection of Illumination YouTube Coordinator in the attached story.

Reference Documents for Publications

Here are the reasons Why Writers Need Personal Publications!

Highlights from Euphoria Publication on Medium by our chief editor Dr Mehmet Yildiz who encourage writers to create their own publications. He posted a new newsletter to his subscribers today.

Social Media Update

Dr Mehmet Yildiz encouraged editors to join Twitter. His Twitter handle is https://twitter.com/digitalmehmet. He tweets stories he reads. As mentioned in this post, Technology Hits volunteered to create a post including Twitter handles of all editors. Our editors tweet stories when they publish. You might check this initial feedback from the Illumination YouTube Coordinator in a recent story after joining Twitter.

Thanks to Illumination YouTube Coordinator for creating this great video.

Invitation to New Writers

We will be delighted if you could join us. To join our vibrant publications, please send a request via this link. We will help you gain visibility and succeed as a writer on Medium. Please point out the publication name with your Medium account ID in the request. If you are new to Medium, you can join via this link. Readers can read thousands of stories and writers can monetize self-published content.

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