Featured Stories
Curated Collection #125
Chosen stories from experienced writers for avid readers
Dear Readers and Writers,
We apologise for not being able to post our curated collections for every day recently. Due to a heavy workload and growing backlog, our editors had to focus on publishing duties. Managing the submission queue for Illumination publication with 30 editors became a challenge.
Our chief editor had to juggle daily to shift our 95 volunteer editors. Unfortunately, a few editors are unwell so we had to find new volunteers daily to address the workload.
All editors are volunteers donating their precious time. We are grateful ILLUMINATION Amplifier added the new writers and announced them in our absence.
Today, as our time allowed, we selected a small number of interesting stories from many submissions published on Illumination to give you a pleasant reading experience. We plan to post a bigger volume at the weekend.
These engaging and informative pieces in the collection include multiple topics for your interest and enjoyment. We appreciate your feedback on the previous collection #124.
Our goal is to give our readers sample content published in our diverse and inclusive publication, ILLUMINATION on Medium. We are grateful to publish our 100+ collections this year contributed by 15,500+ inspiring storytellers and give them a voice on this platform.
ILLUMINATION Amplifier posted a new collection. We believe you will find interesting stories from his collection.
You might check out the previous collections by ILLUMINATION Amplifier at this link. ILLUMINATION editors keep featured collections in a single post titled Meta Collection of Featured Stories. Using various approaches and tools, our editors enjoy amplifying our writers’ informative, engaging, and exciting content.
Here are the previous collections of Illumination-Curated.
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
Many thanks to Technology Hits for adding new writers last two days. As mentioned, Illumination editors have a heavy backlog of stories submitted to our publication. Let’s welcome new writers who joined our publications today.
Michelle Teheux, Soham Bhure, Lina Eva, Craig Van, Ken Imai, Nicola Thomas, PhD, Chantal Jurdi, Amelie Carver, Warisul Imam, Khuram & Sumaya, Dani Moody, Cindy Heath, Jon Peters, Rich LaFleur, Stell O., Ravneet Kaur, Kristina Gligorovic, Dami Lare.
We look forward to fresh stories from these writers to delight our readers.
In the previous bulletin, we introduced the following writers who have already contributed to our publications. We hope you enjoy their stories. A few writers couldn’t see publications in their profiles, so we added them again. We hope all writers can see them now. Sometimes glitches happen beyond our control. Sorry for the inconvenience!
Ioana Mircea, Alisha, Keyshawn Shaahid, Mike McDonough, Suzi Dilara, Amanda Maney, Mario World, Meghan vaze, Lin Z., Tamika G, Jonathon Sawyer, Lo Everlasting, Roja Boina, Brandy Eaton, Paul Idiagbor, Max Schwab, Jenna Marlow, Christopher Ink, Lorna Rose Gill, Chris-Styven L, Diane Markey, Seyda Noir, Robin Årman, Francisco Sainz, Anas Anjaria, Joseph | Learned Men, Neurodivergent AI, Launch Reviews, Hamza, Drew Jenkins, Danil Chernukha, Isha Shah, LeLa Becker, Ericka Leigh, Aswathy Ramachandran, Sophie Hannah, Michelle Richardson, Emilio Sainz Williams, Jonathan Wylie, Teronie Donaldson, Olivia Marie Cafaro, Emilio Sainz Williams, Kirsten Lyall, Rachelcarlson, Lucas Andrew, Shubha Apte, Ben Tucker, Valerie Chen, Mustafa Seye, Ella Nordrum, Selika C., Alisa Childress, Drew Fagot, Kevin Horton, Sunita Bindhani, L. Blanco, Kelly, Murielle Hamilton, Enejivic, Vanessa Leanne, Satish Ramjee, Jonny Raskauskas, Maria Coyle, Faran Maood, Pascal writes, Tarana Chauhan, Prasanna Kumar Behera, Gary Nelson, Derrick McQueen, Mehek Kapoor, Siddhi agrawal, Simer Dhume, Jess L, Noman Sheikh (Nomi), Kumayl Walji BEng MSc, Yen Hoang, Fagun Singh, Rose Thorland, Dara Passano, Max Jagger, Michael Alvaro, Nicole Dake, Wesley prince, Blair Sharp, Shahrukh Abbas, Michael E. Wilson Jr., Rebecca Eloisa.
Thank you for joining our publications as contributors. 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.
Dr Mehmet Yildiz, our chief editor, and owner of Illumination Integration Publications 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. Please contact Dr. Yildiz directly on Slack if you cannot see publications. Slack workspace has excellent benefits for writers. Currently, 11,500+ writers are members of Slack and collaborating in this moderated workspace. It is safer than social media as editors moderate it. For more info about our publications, you may check Illumination Blog.
Some applicants forgot to add their Medium ID when applying. Therefore, we couldn’t give them writer access. If you see this message, please re-apply with a link to your Medium account or a link to one of your stories so that we can find you. Just your name is not enough as there are multiple people with the same name.
Introducing your background in a story like the ones in this collection can be helpful in gaining 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. We believe you might find valuable and enjoyable pieces in the new and previous collections.
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Growth, Health, and Death from a Transhumanistic Perspective Dr Mehmet Yildiz
Does the Narcissist Feel Withdrawal After You’ve Gone No Contact? Melissa Kalt, MD
Feeling Stuck? These Phrases Will Lift You Out of Mental Fog and Inspire You to Change Ayodeji Awosika
The Scaffolding Principle: Here’s How You Can Reach That Impossible Goal Alex Philippe
Why Your Fertility Declines As you Age & What You Can Do About It Ange Dim
I Am Feasting On Kaurageously Yours Annelise Lords
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Why I Write Geri Spieler
The Necessity and Magic of Asking ‘What am I?’ Bernhard Kutzler
Salsa, A Spicy Breezy
Three Ways Men Change Bruce Noll
Why Fasting and Exercise Might Help Us Live Healthier and Longer Dr Mehmet Yildiz
How the number 86,400 has changed my life and why I am getting it Tattooed to my forearm. Bryce Barrows
Choices Adeola Adeko
What “Booty Juice” Is and Why It May Be Outlawed Camille Prairie
My Biggest Weak Point Is Super Embarrassing. Here’s What I’m Doing To Fix It. Carrie Kolar
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The Truth Abhishek Verma
Rearview Mirror Conversations Cristina Comunian
Medium’s Mobile App is Discontinued Crystal A. Walker
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The Change is YOU Divyata Dewan
5 Ways I Try to Make Thursday Profitable Don Martin
New United States Dreedwhittaker
How to Earn People’s Trust and Make them Open up to You Fatima Mukhtar
Why It Is So Difficult To Find Out What Works On Medium Floyd Mori
On Being Kind to the Bees FranMorelandJohns
Supreme Court to overturn Brown v. Board of Education Jarrett Wilson
The Most Basic Human Right Is On The Line And Half The Country May Blindly Give It Away Without A… Jason Morton
From Article to Course to Accidental Empire? Jeff Herring
Signs of a Socially Intelligent Person and 10 Ways to Increase Your Social Intelligence. Jennifer Thompson
So you want to be self-employed! Kelly Robinson
If You Want To Learn Dutch, Don’t Move to Amsterdam Lane Henry
Need to do a video presentation, these tools can help you Lassepetter
How You Can Quit Work Using Nine Unique Forgotten Steps Laura Jevtich
I Had My First Heart Attack At 18 Laura Knapke
The Next Step in My Writing Journey, I’m Ready to Make the Leap Lawson Wallace
Would I be a Sellout? Lena Quinn
Congratulations Graduates Libby Shively McAvoy
The Five Types of Emotionally Abusive Mothers Lily Hale
RoundUp®: It’s What’s for Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner Lisa Manzer
How Mama Africa Called Me Home Lola Rosario Aponte
Cashews Lucy Dan 蛋小姐 (she/her/她)
The Salesman Mac Daniels
I Skipped Breakfast, Donated Blood, Went For An Ill-Advised (Post-Donation)Walk, And Forgot To Eat… Maria Rattray
I Have Covid, And I Am Living Without A Spleen Marilyn Glover
Phoenix is the new Silicon Valley Mark Hake
Orange Mound Is My Home Martavious Dorsey
I’m Averaging 100 New Newsletter Subscribers Each Week — Here’s How Marx D.
A New Tone Detected! And Other Insights about My Writing from Grammarly Melissa Marietta
Coming Full Circle Michael Holford
How Do You Define Success? Mike X
My Standing Rock Presentation to a Seventh Grade Class in the Fall of 2016 Moonmoth LeMavely
‘My’ Life Doesn’t Exist NEBOH
You Brought Out My Best and Worst Selves Nia Simone McLeod
Dating and the Pile 🔴🟡Nicole Higginbotham-Hogue, Author on Amazon
A 3 Sentence Review of Every Book I’ve Read So Far in 2022 Noël Bader
What To Get From Morocco: The Ultimate Guide For First Time Travelers Nora
Heart Friend ❤️ Song by Sophie Fossheim-Solem Øivind H. Solheim
Who stole my happiness? Prasanna Kumar Behera
4 Steps To Live A Good Life According To Epicurus Prince Verma
How to Hold a Meaningful Conversation (Even With a Stranger) Rhiannon James
Please Stop Using the Term ‘Grey’ Richard William Smith
Please Stop Using the Term ‘Grey’
Extraterrestrial beings are not a tint, shade, or tone.
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Isolation Planet — One Minute Poetry Roxanne Barbour
Regrets, I’ve Had a Few… Samantha Kemp-Jackson
Two Ducks Show Up At My Door Sav Map
14 Side hustles paying up to $140/hour Shu Hasegawa
5 Ways To Overcome Loneliness Sonia Anthony
I Took a Cold Shower Every Morning for 33 Days Sufyan Maan, M.Eng
A Driving Force Suma Narayan
Getting Better at Writing Should Be Your Primary Aim Tavian Jean-Pierre
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How to Use a Crucial Sales Funnel to Improve Your Bottom Line The Gnobble Guy
The Speeding up of Slowing Down Wahyuni Sapri
A Toast to the Past and Future Warren "Storyteller" Brown
Since You’re Supposed to be My Heart Zoe Rose
Attain a Trimmed, Compact, and Defined Belly in Three Steps Dr Mehmet Yildiz
When I Skipped Breakfasts for Two Decades, I Gained Copious Dr Mehmet Yildiz
How Writers and Bloggers Transition to Become Published Authors ILLUMINATION-Curator
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 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 the profiles of our editors.
Helpful References for New Writers
Science-Based Therapeutic Value of Expressive Writing for Mental Health
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
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 created a new publication for YouTube enthusiasts who can display their videos on Medium. All writers are invited to submit their YouTube-related posts.
You may check the video collection of Illumination YouTube Coordinator in the attached story.
Reference Articles for New Writers
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!”
Selected stories 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 — Twitter
Dr Mehmet Yildiz, chief editor, encouraged editors to join Twitter. His Twitter handle is https://twitter.com/digitalmehmet. He tweets stories that he reads daily to amplify them. As mentioned in this post, Technology Hits volunteered to create a post including the Twitter handles of all editors. Here is a sample story by the Illumination YouTube Coordinator reflecting his Twitter experience.
Thanks to the Illumination YouTube Coordinator for creating this great video.
Invitation to New Writers
We would 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.
