Featured Stories
Curated Collection #110
Chosen stories from experienced writers for avid readers
Dear Readers and Writers,
We compiled 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 purpose of these posts 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 contributed by 15,500+ inspiring storytellers.
Today, Technology Hits posted Hand-Picked Articles collection #79.
In addition Technology Hits created a collection 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.
Alina, The Topic, Oskar Petr, Jayant goyal, Isabel Abril, Aziz Booker, Moana Liza, Fatmawati Santosa, Selene Aw, Claire Roberts, Dan Dawson, Mary Mykhaylova LCSW, Bella Smith, Sierra Ayonnie, Brian Westland, Mary Ingram, Laurie M. Smith, Ashley J.J. White
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Introduce yourself in a story like the ones in this collection can be helpful to gain more visibility. 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
Reflections From the Tumultuous Life of a Lesser-Known Indian Prodigy Dr Mehmet Yildiz
Why Acetyl-L-Carnitine Is a Weight Loss, Fitness, & Nootropic Supplement Dr Mehmet Yildiz
Three Things Women Did That Blew My Mind Tim Denning
How I Earn $504 A Month By Writing dr.pisoglou
3 Items Over $100,000 That Improved My Life Matt Lillywhite
The power of your words Dwayne Adderley, MBA,LPQ Dwayneadderley.com
When Does a Charming Covert Narcissist Reveal Who They Actually Are? Melissa Kalt, MD
Ladies, This One Thing Can Help You Combat Dementia Ange Dim
I See You Aasha Anna
This Improv’ Trick Will Make Your Articles Unforgettable Alex Philippe
The World On My Shoulders Alexandra Duncan
4 Wealth Building Mindsets You Need Know To Be Financially Successful Ankit Goyal
Walk Back Or Be Thrown Back! Annelise Lords
Anthony’s Exchange Life in Spain — Madrid Anthony Wong
The Milgram Experiment And The Perils Of Obedience Antonis Iliakis
Is There Such a Thing as “Toxic Body Acceptation?” Araci Almeida
3 Things Every Instructor Should do After Publishing a Course ASAD EDUCATE
How Can Something so Cute Be Such a Terror? Brenda Mahler
Marlon and Coffee… Brooklyn Muse
Need More Sales? Find More Buyers On Fiverr With This Simple Strategy Cynthia C Farley
Why Making Your Bed is a Waste of Time Daniel Mesa
Yes, Expats Have the Right To Complain About Their New Country Diana Bernardo
Vampires Don’t Only Come Out at Night Elaine Hilides
Wedding Belle Blues Elizabeth Emerald
5 Ways to Know it’s Time to Hire Elizabeth Loberg
My Muse Went on Vacation But Didn’t Take Me Estacious(Charles White)
My Professor Had A Heart Full Of Discrimination 🌸Exorcistinpink💮
Writers Are Seasoned Liars, I Wish I Knew Much Earlier — 1,2k Followers And $213.6 Later Fatunla Samuel
Two Dogs Celebrated Their Birthdays In Style Floyd Mori
Jordan Peterson’s 42 Most Valuable Life Principles I Wish I Learned Earlier Gereon Wellmann ⚡
Never Forgiveness Harry Hogg
What The Wee Beastie Is Saying Helen DaVita - The Writer Spirit
Eliminate This 1 Thing to Increase Productivity Hope
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What Can We Do To Silence Our Inner Critic? Ira Robinson
The Everyday Excuse That Can Poison Your Potential From The Inside Out Isabella Martin
Six Weeks on Substack Jane Frost (Jane Grows Garden Rooms)
From Article to 3 Kinds of Courses Jeff Herring
The World Needs Volodymyr Zelensky As Much as Ukraine Does. Jennifer Pierce
These 5 Steps Are How I Levelled Up My Headlines JF Danskin
We Can All Learn From Each Other — Featured ILLUMINATION Writers John Cunningham
I Have an Idea Better Than Recreating the Wheel Julius Evans
3 Side Hustles That Cost Me More Money Than I Made Justin Andrews
Real or Imagined? My Journey With Adrenal Fatigue Karen Parquet
A New and Challenging Wordle Game for Sudoku-lovers Katie Churchward
How to Overcome a Frustrating Weight-Loss Plateau Khadejah
How Diseases Don’t Respect Geographical Boundaries Kiersten Campbell
When My Mind Leaves My Body Behind Kristina Oberlander
The Pain of Sharing Your Work on Facebook Lena Quinn
10 Essential Rules to an Exceptional Life (#6 Is a Great One) Letters from E.K.
Are There Portals That Lead To Other Worlds? Liviu Roman
Man Wants to Lose Weight for Kid’s Wedding: Fatphobic? Lorrae
Self Motivation Lwazi
What Medium Amazingly Means to Me and (Probably) You Marianne O
A Trip Around My World Marie A. Rebelle
“Protected Classes” Undermines the Right to Dignity of All of Us Markus Scorelius
What If You Can’t Believe Your Senses Anymore Michael Holford
I Made $30 a Month Three Months Ago — Now I Make That With One Story Michael Joseph
4 Easy Things We Can Do for Earth Day MicheletheTrainer
What Makes It So Hard To Identify a Relationship with a Narcissist? Mila
The Shame of a Nation Misty Rae
You Can Forget and Have Fun Nasar Karim
Profitable KDP Low Competition High Demand Niches Nora
Fear of Living Oguz Kul
I’ve Changed My Language Learning Journey With These 3 Tools Pierre Blanchet
Addendum to How to Make a Paperback book Robert Shaneyfelt
How Failure Holds us Back Sakshi Talaulikar
Medium Could Solve a Huge Issue with One New Feature Sam Westreich, PhD
How I Learnt To Always be The Hero of My Story Sameen
7 Ingredients Your Curated Newsletter Needs to Drive More Engagement Sarvam Fating
Sense of Urgency! Skye Nicholson
In Defense Of Editors And Grammarly Sreese
On Birthdays & Aging! Sriram Balasubramanian
How to Capture your Best Innovative Ideas Steve Sponseller
Hand-Picked Articles #78 Technology Hits
Hand-Picked Articles #79 Technology Hits
8 Helpful Writing Strategies From Someone Who Once Believed He Cannot Write Terence Kong
The Secret Ingredient to Happiness that People Avoid at all Costs Tom Greene
The Ultimate Guide on the Pros and Cons of WordPress and Medium Tom Handy
The 7 Lessons I Have Learnt After Writing for 4 Months Vishal Mehta
Who Pays For What When You’re Dating? Wendy Scott
The Surprising Benefit of Writing on Medium Yana Voynique
Five Q&As That Will Transform Your Life Forever! You, Me and Happiness
Would You Do Over Your Life, If You Could? Zain
You’re Breathing Wrong. J.C. Anne Brown
How Adrian Shredded His Body Landing a Dream Job at a Well-Paying Fitness Company in a Month Dr Mehmet Yildiz
10 Things You May Not Know About Me Dr. Preeti Singh
This is why time-blocking is actually harming your productivity Jonathan Fors
Improve Your Attitude by Taking 5 Minutes to Recognize the Good Stuff in Your Life Chris Schwilk, Ph.D.
Reduce Your Stress Now Dr. Stacey Maples
Reduce Your Stress Now
Summary of techniques you can practice now for improved resiliency
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Accounting Was Sooo Bourgeois Ellen Clardy, PhD
Traumatic Memories of Home Invasion by Thieves 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.
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