Featured Stories
Curated Collection #109
Chosen stories from experienced writers for avid readers
Dear Readers and Writers,
We selected interesting pieces out of hundreds of stories published on Illumination today. 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+ inspiring storytellers 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 #78.
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 may find previous collections from the following links.
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.
Introduction to New Writers
Let’s welcome new writers joining us today. We apologise for delays to add your accounts due to heavy workload in the long weekend.
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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 Five 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
Why Acetyl-L-Carnitine Is a Weight Loss, Fitness, & Nootropic Supplement Dr Mehmet Yildiz
Traumatic Memories of Home Invasion by Thieves Dr Mehmet Yildiz
60 Revealing Things Covert Narcissists Say When You Know How to Listen Melissa Kalt, MD
Musing on (Hu)Man(ity)’s Best Friend Santosh Pandipati, MD
This Writer Charges Wealthy Parents $10,000 for an “On Brand” Baby Name Jennifer Geer
Slack Tip: How The Mighty ‘remind me’ Feature Will Save You From Corporate Ghosting Alex Philippe
Lower Your Risk of Heart Disease by Eating More of This Ange Dim
Illumination The Publication With Real People & Not AI Caryn Leach-Smith
He Knew All Their Secrets Alize Henry
Don’t Join the Great Resignation. Find Meaningful Work Instead Amrit Pal Singh
One Simple Thing You Should Invest In Before Age 40 Ayoade Emmanuel
The Thunder A.H. Mehr
Nobody’s Looking Barry Chaffee
Kylie Flavell — Why I Love This YouTuber Belcairn
If You Want to Live Your Best Life, You Have to Face Your Flaws Beth Byfield
Stop Doing What Other People Tell You Brandon
8 Dumb Mistakes that Make Your Band Fail Brian Lamacraft
Never Under the Weather Brooke Ramey Nelson
5 Ways To Strategically Increase Your Medium Audience As A Beginner Bryan Dijkhuizen
Two Places At Once Carlo Zeno
The Story of the PayPal Mafia Cedric Boogaerts
How Do You Find Your Essence? Chasing Dreams
I Quit My Job and I’ve Never Been Less Motivated Chris Wojcik
How to Find Peace Within Yourself to Find Your Writing Cliff Hightower
Top 5 Mistakes to Avoid when you want to sell products successfully on Amazon or Ebay Creativemediumwriter
Tell Me … Brooklyn Muse
Not much for TV Brooklyn Muse
50 Ideas To Build Your Next Business Daniel Mesa
Why the 99% Are Using the Wrong Tags Daniel Mesa
This Might Be the Reason Why You’re Not Going Viral
Fix a mistake that everyone is making
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Still Losing Weight to Qualify as a Short Story Don Martin
I Found One More Writing Opportunity To Write as a Freelance Writer Don Sabado
Using Kickers to Put Some Kick Into Your Story Titles Edward Thomas
Skin-Scan: Before and After Elizabeth Emerald
How to Choose Which Topic Goes on Your Blog or On Medium Elna Cain
101 things that can be different in the future: #3 clothes Eva Tomas Casado
Man Awarded $450K After Being Given A Birthday Party Floyd Mori
Politics In The United States Have Become So Hateful Floyd Mori
Allergy attack? Streamer forced to stop live Francesco Carrubba
The builders next door Frank Ray
Do We Really Understand Life? From the Mountain ~ Stories & Photos of JD Adams
Dublin, Ireland Gerad Carrier
How to Be More Masculine and Attract Women Effortlessly Growth Lodge
Hope is Being Pinched Between Putin’s Finger and Thumb Harry Hogg
5 Best Websites Where You Can Write and Get Paid Per Article Hidayatullah
Roseland: Semi-Tropical Heaven at the Bottom Left-Hand Corner of Britain Ian Vince
Curated Collection #108 ILLUMINATION
Exactly How Important Being Self-Confident Is When It Comes to Management and Leadership Ivan Popov
Amazon KDP Vs. Gumroad: A Review Of Selling Your Books J.R. Heimbigner
Multiple Streams of Article Income Jeff Herring
10 Habits of Truly Happy People Jennifer Thompson
What Does a Healthy and Balanced Life Mean to You? John R. Miles
What Most People Get Wrong About Goal Setting Johnny T Page
I’ve Just Made Top Writer on #Reading. It Is Easier Than You Think Jose Luis Ontanon Nunez
Hand-Picked Articles #77 Technology Hits
Chosen Stories from ILLUMINATION-Curated #06 Technology Hits
From Imminent Demonetization to The Top 6% — An Uplifting Story Joseph Seifert
Surviving Compton: Dre, Suge & Michel’le Julius Evans
Want a Laptop for Writing? Get a Used Chromebook. Kristina Oberlander
7 Secrets to Life by Confucius Letters from E.K.
Living in the Gray Libby Mitchell
Brain Surgery to Change ASD to NT ? Lorrae
They Didn’t Tell Me My Brother Died Lwazi
Making Money While You Are Asleep M Mahfujur Rahman
The End Of Love Macey Malone
10 Tips for a Happier Life, Based on Japanese Wisdom Malinda Fusco
Where We’re Going We Don’t Need Roadmaps Michael Holford
Eight Powerful Life and Business Principles Billionaire Jeff Bezos Lives By Michael Lim
This Nut Is 1,000 Times More Radioactive Than Most Foods Mike Lewis
10 Things To Never Say To A Lawyer Misty Rae
I Am a Hopeless Romantic — Poem MOIIN
Playing God N. A. Kazi
All Problems Are Due to a Lack of Knowledge Nick Birthday
Dating and Tossing a Salad Nicole Higginbotham-Hogue, Author on Amazon
The Neuroses Of Ivy League High Schoolers Ossiana Tepfenhart
Freelance Writing — 42 Writing Calls For Submissions (as of 04/18/22) — Paid Writing Opportunities… Pamela Kazmierczak
We Are All Leaving Blood Footprints Pathless Pilgrim
The Problem With The French Elections Pierre Blanchet
Jesus Christ … The Essence of Easter pst tomowo
People and Paying it Purvee Chauhan
I started living alone to chase my goals Pushpender Yadav
5 Effective Ways To Help Your Kids Cope With Stress Rajat Malik
5 Effective Ways To Help Your Kids Cope With Stress
And these are not just the usual ones
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The Lazy Man’s (Or Woman’s) Way To Weight Loss Randy Salars
Success in Life is Like Shopping for New Shoes Rodolfo Urbano, CPA
A Unique Way to be Frugal Rosa Diaz
The Reluctant Atheist: I want to believe Ross Lynn
East of Sunset — a Poem Roxanne Barbour
How The Rains Bring A Sense Of Rebirth And Renewal For All Living Beings Sara Burdick
How much money does the Royal Family earn the UK economy? Sophie Newbold
Dear Grammar Bullies Sreese
Statins To Lower Bad Cholesterols: Who Needs It And Who Is Better Off Without It Stephanie Jyet Quan Loo
Cruel World T. Mark Mangum
Hand-Picked Articles #76 Technology Hits
Chosen Stories from ILLUMINATION-Curated #07 Technology Hits
Hand-Picked Articles #78 Technology Hits
Do You Silently Judge Me From Your Computer Screen? The Sober Vegan Yogi
Why I Read a Book Every Week Tony U. Francisco
Silent Joy Ulf Wolf
How Influencers Ruined Coachella Vanessa Sanchez
Our Government Was a System — How Progressives Took All the Power Veritas Civis
America’s Political Chasm Veritas Civis
Leaving Your Job? Follow These 10 Steps. Vlad Gogish
Between Passion and Reality Wahyuni Sapri
How would you use the gift of time? Warren "Storyteller" Brown
Even an Atheist Experiences a Slice of Heaven Wes Putnam
Eyes Zachary Seda
Book Review: Sophie’s World Zeeshan Abid
10 Things You May Not Know About Me Dr. Preeti Singh
Reduce Your Stress Now Dr. Stacey Maples
Reduce Your Stress Now
Summary of techniques you can practice now for improved resiliency
medium.com
Accounting Was Sooo Bourgeois Ellen Clardy, PhD
Improve Your Attitude by Taking 5 Minutes to Recognize the Good Stuff in Your Life Chris Schwilk, Ph.D.
Body Building: Here’s How Adrian Shredded His Body Dr Mehmet Yildiz
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
Copyright Matters: Zero tolerance to plagiarism on ILLUMINATION
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
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 Articles
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. Here is a sample story by Illumination YouTube Coordinator reflecting his Twitter experience.
Thanks to Illumination YouTube Coordinator for creating this great video.
Invitation to New Writers
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