Featured Stories
Curated Collection #103
Chosen stories from experienced writers for avid readers
Dear Readers and Writers,
Today, we chose great pieces out of hundreds of stories published on Illumination. These engaging and informative pieces in the collection cover various topics for your enjoyment.
Our goal is to give you a quick taste of content published in 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 #71. It is the curated version of collection #55 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.
Outstanding Stories — Volume 86
Selected stories from top writers of ILLUMINATION-Curated
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Outstanding Stories — Volume 87
Selected stories from top writers of ILLUMINATION-Curated
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Let’s welcome new writers joining us today!
Pherawaty, June, Jamie Ryder, Stanley Thomas, Natalie Moulden, Utkarsh Trivedi, Irtiza Khan Labib, Fayzullo Davronov, Lee hill, Michael McKean, Cristina Cattai, Ankit Goyal, Tammytangx, Alan Simpson, Sunny Chen, Ashley J.J. White, R.A. Bond, Cliff Hightower, Cait Mack, Mike X, Rayhan khan, Rose Anne, Rayhan khan, Ryan M. Becker, Bishal Saha, Bryce Barrows, Edson Moisinho, Sonika, Thevirtualblake, Rita Watson, Jessica Wilson, A.R. Colborne, G.P. Gottlieb, Casey McGrath, Kammie Sumpter. 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.
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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
The Tragic Situation of Naomi, Who Sacrificed Her Health for Entrepreneurship Dr Mehmet Yildiz
With 90+ Audiobooks Annually, Aria Improved Her Knowledge and Defined Her body. Dr Mehmet Yildiz
How to Play the Long Game with Your Life Ayodeji Awosika
A Simple Strategy I Use To Tell If Someone Is Lying To Me Matt Lillywhite
How Can You Get a Narcissist to Do What You Want? Melissa Kalt, MD
Swap One Food Choice to Help Create a More Sustainable Planet Ange Dim
Why Is A Billionaire Obsessed With Mars? Adesh Acharya
100 Days of Writing: Day 70 — Obsidian Addict Alex Philippe
Are Binaural Beats The New Fix? Alishah Savage
It’s Financial Emergency Season — Are You Prepared? Allan Johnson
Why I See a Serious Problem with the Use of the Term “Virtue Signaling” Alvin T.
How to Get the Most of Your Training. The Warrior Mindset. Andrey Pilipets
How to Discover the Power of Your Spiritual Repertoire Addie Pazzynski
The Average Breast Size By Country Annie Wegner
All The Bad Advice That’s Keeping You Poor On Medium Attila Vágó
How I Got More Tasks Completed Despite a Tight Daily Schedule Ayoade Emmanuel
A Mote Of Dust A.H. Mehr
Most of Us Want Someone Close to Us Bogdan Mtn
Why Advertising is Destroying Your Website Brian Lamacraft
How are you? Brooklyn Muse
Make Money On Instagram — What Is Picker.me? Burk
3 Months Ago I Got Serious About Writing, Here’s What Happened Caleb Naysmith
Six Cruel Haikus Carlo Zeno
Girls Trip Carrie Tawil
Do You Want To Know The Value Of A Plant-Based Diet? Chasing Dreams
Will Smith, Ephesians 5, and the Beauty of Cleansing a Wife Coke Francis
The 3 Most Desired Books in Money, Business, and Personal Development Daniel Mesa
The Reason Why We Do Everything Last Minute Daniel Mesa
Celebrating Our Wives Dave Smith
I Did an Experiment on Twitter with Viral Results Destiny Eve
6 Must-Read Books For An Entrepreneur Disha
Why We’re Myth Making Machines Elaine Hilides
Thank you for 1,000 Subscribers Ella Heart
DeSantis Delivering on His “Make Florida More Insane Again” Promises Eric Milch
I Hated Reading Books. Here is How I Learned to Consistently Read Every Day. Ezz El Din Abdullah
Another Tragic Killing Of A Teenager By A Friend Floyd Mori
CHANNELED Frank Ontario
De-Feeting Fear: The Toothless Lion With a Big Roar That Can’t Run Gary L Ellis
Divine Intervention or Coincidence Gerad Carrier
30 Brutal Life Lessons by Naval Ravikant I Wish I Knew When I Was Sixteen Gereon Wellmann ⚡
What Are The Most Important Rules for Writing? Geri Spieler
Seven Examples When People Don’t Listen to Reason Glenn Stok
Easiest Ways To Earn Online in 2022 That Nobody Tell You Gökhan Yalcuk
Leaving a company I love to regain control over my career Helen Miao Yu
Curated Collection #102 ILLUMINATION
Intuitive Eating: A Beginner’s Guide to Enjoying Your Food, Body, & Life Intuitive Living
Content Mills and the Writer’s Life Ira Robinson
Monstrous — A Fairy Tale of Horror — Fantasy | Short Story Ira Robinson
Life is Infinitely More Beautiful When You Let Yourself Fall Isabella Martin
How to Write a Hundred Dollar Article Israrkhan
How I Make $350 for 20 Minutes of Work Jenn Leach
Stop Limiting Yourself and Start Achieving Big Things Instead Jessey Anthony
100 Followers in 30 Days: My Journey and What I Learned John Adam Ledford
Eating Scares Me Johnny T Page
Why Journaling is an Intimate Affair Johnny T. Nguyen
Getting Unstuck is as Easy as Writing One Bad Simile Ken Li
Will Smith Got Banned At The Oscars For 10 Years And We All Should Be Scared Khadejah
Understanding The Unspoken Language That Many Of Us Don’t Speak Up And Out About KL Simmons
6 free tools that will help you if you got stuck in your writing Lassepetter
Cool Stories 4/01/22 to 4/10/22 Lawson Wallace
How To Reframe Online Hate Into Growth Leah O'Daniel
7 Valuable Life Lessons From Greek Philosopher Aristotle Letters from E.K.
Channeling Energy Little Monster
What Makes a Woman Look Confident? Daring Clothes Or … Lorrae
A Deep Story About Meeting A Holocaust Survivor Lwazi Mosley
The Memphis Grizzlies are a championship-caliber team again Martavious Dorsey
How to Calm Your Anxious Mind and Stay Calm in a Crazy World Mary Beth Hazeldine
All In Divine Timing Michelle Marie Writes
Why I Employ Freelancers From Developing Countries Mike Lewis
The Damn Dog Gave Me Covid! Misty Rae
33 Years and The Simpsons Make History Once Again Nicole Wallet
Laugh Nikolaos Skordlils
These Are the Authors I Admire Most Nkeonye Judith Izuka-Aguocha tributes to our writers Tim Denning and Ayodeji Awosika
Toddlers Run Errands Alone in Show New to Netflix Otis Adams
How To Know When It’s Time To Sell Your Crypto Owen Cusworth
Freelance Writing — 34 Writing Calls For Submissions (as of 04/11/22) — Paid Writing Opportunities… Pamela Kazmierczak
Forge a Wholesome Personality By Weightlifting Pascal writes
War has started, Putin is testing limits Paulo Laureano
The Downside Of Habits Prince Verma
How to Gain Back Your Attention Span to Maximize Productivity Prince Verma
Rules for Texting Guys: How to Have a Successful Text Conversation Qasim Adam
The Complete Guide to What Makes a Guy Good Looking Qasim Adam
Renewal Randy Shingler
I am a Man & I am a Rape Survivor. Rex Shadeseagle
10 Most Effective Ways to Earn Extra Money as a Student Richard Appiah
6 Best Tips For Losing Excess Body Fat In Teens Richard Health Talks
The Easy Way to Becoming a Great Coach and Writer Rob Hourmont
Does Everything Matter? Robin Emery
I’m Growing a Monster in My Belly Rosalind Pagan
Informant — a Poem Roxanne Barbour
According to Beau: Brain Attack Roxy Wright
Here Lies Roxy Wright
10 Reasons To Be Proud Of Making Mistakes Rudi Xega 🇦🇱
18 Months Ago, I Quit My Job — Here’s What Happened Next S M Mamunur Rahman
How to Apply Systems Thinking in Running and Managing a Business Sam Schreim
I Wish More People Understood This Sara Moton
Platinum Jubilee Celebrations — what we know so far Sophie Newbold
Are You ‘Equal’ in Your Relationships? Suma Narayan
Hand-Picked Articles #70 Technology Hits
Chosen Stories from ILLUMINATION-Curated #03 Technology Hits
I Dream Of Owning A Prison Vanessa Sanchez
Are We Even Ready for a Large Scale War? Veritas Civis
I Feel It in the Air, I Feel It in the Atmosphere Walter Pop Matthews IV
How I Got Into a Big Publication With My First Draft Yana Voynique
Misplaced Praise Yancy Dennis
Does Money Play a Role in Employees’ Motivation? Zain
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 Yildiz — Dr Mehmet Yildiz — owner and chief editor
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
Improving the Quality of Writing Using an Editorial Checklist
7 Tips for Freelance Writers Dealing with Chronic Stress Effectively
Science-Based Therapeutic Value of Expressive Writing for Mental Health
The Joy of Selling 1,000+ Books In A Month With Minimal Investment
Copyright Matters: Zero tolerance to plagiarism on ILLUMINATION
What I Learned After Publishing 1,010 And Reading 100,000 Stories on Medium
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
Curated Writer Bios
Learn about contributing writers of ILLUMINATION written by their pen
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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.
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