Featured Stories
Curated Collection #154
Chosen stories from experienced writers for avid readers

Dear Readers and Writers,
Happy Easter!
We hope you have a great holiday with your loved ones. Today, we compiled engaging and informative stories for your enjoyment during this long weekend.
Thank you for your feedback on previous posts and support for the stories of creative writers. You will find some interesting pieces in this post.
We are pleased that now 20,000+ writers are registered with our publications, and some of them regularly send beautiful stories to delight our readers.
ILLUMINATION Integrated Publications support all levels of writers, from beginners to the most accomplished ones collaborating to delight readers.
If you missed our previous collections, here are the last three ones we published this month.
We recently published the conduct guidelines for the Lampshade of Illumination. If you are using AI tools for writing and editing, this article can be helpful. If you plan to contribute to the new publication, please review it before submitting your stories.
Publishing and Conduct Guidelines for the Lampshade of ILLUMINATION
Please also review the AI-generated content policy, as it is important for writers using AI software.
AI-Generated Content Policy for ILLUMINATION Integrated Publications on Medium
As Illumination readers prefer only human-generated content, we created a new publication to support our writers experimenting with these tools. The new publication is called the Lampshade of Illumination to support writers invested in AI tools.
If you are interested in contributing to this new publication, please send your Medium ID by adding a comment “Please add me to Lampshade” in our writer registration form. All our publication rules apply to this one, too, so please review the onboarding pack especially review the photo handling policy.
For our new publications Illumination Gaming and Illumination Videos and Podcasts, the lead editor, Aiden, created curated collections selecting great stories. He believes you will find some engaging and informative pieces.
We recently celebrated Illumination’s 3rd anniversary. Illumination was established by Dr Mehmet Yildiz on 19 March 2020. Our editor Aiden compiled a few great stories in his piece and created a short YouTube video for us. My Tributes to Illumination’s 3rd Anniversary
Our new editor John D. Leavy posted a guiding story for our new writers.
ILLUMINATION-Curators compiled engaging and informative stories from our unique pub Illumination-Curated, supporting experienced writers. ILLUMINATION Reading Club #2: Curated articles from writers of Illumination Integrated Publications on Medium for avid readers
Our aim for creating these collections is to give readers many options and to support writers in growing their audience by introducing them to avid readers on Medium and other platforms while offering enjoyable stories to interested readers.
Here is the latest collection from the ILLUMINATION Amplifiers.
Hand-Picked Articles #190, Hand-Picked Articles #191, Hand-Picked Articles #192, Hand-Picked Articles #193, Hand-Picked Articles #194
Sample collections posted by ILLUMINATION-Curator.
ILLUMINATION Reading Club, Curated Book Chapters of Illumination #01, Outstanding Stories — Volume 90, Outstanding Stories — Volume 91.
Sample collections posted by ILLUMINATION Amplifier.
The team posted 25 collections this year. Other collections from different editors
First editorial bulletin of ILLUMINATION Videos and Podcasts publication
10 Inspiring Stories Published on Illumination Gaming Publication
For new contributors, our publications support all levels of writers, from the most accomplished to beginners, to create collaboration and synergy on this platform.
Beginners gradually improve their skills by learning from the experience of accomplished writers. We don’t censor content as long as your stories meet Medium rules. Our rules are stated in the following policies.
Dr Mehmet Yildiz has interviewed several top writers. The new interview is with John D. Leavy who is a published author of multiple books. An Interview with John D. Leavy, Best-Selling Author
Here are the last three samples.
If you are a regular writer and want to be featured or interviewed, please contact our chief editor on our Slack workspace.
Interviews with Writers of Medium
Medium seems to plan monetizing external readings in 2023. Our editor Aiden (Illumination Gaming), posted an informative story and created a YouTube video. My Perspectives on the Possible Monetization of External Views on Medium in a YouTube Video. We hope it happens in the new year.
New Writer Communication
Based on feedback from readers, we added new writer introductions and writing-related articles to the end of the collection. This post serves both readers and writers as a communication tool. The critical requirement for new writers is to review Master Copy: Onboarding New Writers.
A few writers forgot to add their Medium IDs, so we could not find them based on their names. Please re-apply, or when you get an invitation to Slack, contact our chief editor Dr Mehmet Yildiz to give access to publications. We cannot add you to our pubs without your Medium profile name.
Illumination Integrated Publications include ILLUMINATION, ILLUMINATION-Curated, ILLUMINATION’ S MIRROR, ILLUMINATION Book Chapters, Technology Hits, SYNERGY, Readers Hope, Illumination on YouTube, Illumination Gaming, the Lampshade of Illumination, ILLUMINATION’s Blog, and the personal publication of our chief editor EUPHORIA.
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Featured Stories from ILLUMINATION Today

You will find valuable stories from our regular writers in this collection. Please enjoy.
Be Your Own Therapist in 10 Steps. Dr Mehmet Yildiz
School Should Teach Us These Eight Simple Things (Yet It Doesn’t) Tim Denning
Ever Wonder Why We All Think So Many Useless, Involuntary Thoughts? David Gerken
Avoid These Types of Emotional Vampires Are Guaranteed to Drain Your Energy Ayodeji Awosika
5 (Mostly) Healthy Attitudes I Found in England but Not in The U.S. Anastasia Frugaard
You Won’t Succeed on Medium (and Life) If You Keep Doing These 3 Things Sinem Günel
Every One Sees Humanity Differently Dr. ADAM TABRIZ
Sindhutai Sapkal; Mother of Over 1500 Orphans, children of lesser Gods Tara Desai PhD
Adam Smith Wanted You Free to Make Your Own Decisions Ellen Clardy, PhD
Harmonize Your Private and Public Selves Mark Sanford, Ph.D.
When Your Hot Button is Activated Cedric Johnson, PhD
Learn to Embrace Change and You’ll Turn Your Life Around Kristie Leong M.D.
Thoughts About SEO Dr. Deborah M. Vereen
How To Create Story Collections on Medium Dr. Gabriella Korosi
Esports For The Lovers Of Sports Dr. Preeti Singh
Mindfulness and Interacting Ideas. Dr John Frederick Rose
A Live-Action Minecraft Movie Is in the Works Aiden (Illumination Gaming)
Artificial Intelligence (AI) Detection Tools: Why Some UK Universities May Choose to Opt Out Ekene Moses
My Grandma’s 13 Uncommon (Healthy) Habits For A Longer Life Livia Dabs RN,MSc
Any Day in Ground Hog Years, Something Good Can Happen Melinda Blau
In A World Of Fear And Vulnerability Michael Patanella
How to Make Your Wishes Come True? Nikola Ojdanić, Ph.M.
When White Women Weaponize Brené Browne Against Black Women Rebecca Stevens A.
How to Identify a Shady Blogger George J. Ziogas
Blending Technological Advances with Emotional Connectivity Libby Shively McAvoy
I Don’t Know Who I Am Anymore Mandy McElroy
Our Swan Song…Just One Bottle Of Aptly-Named Villa Maria Maria Rattray
Things You Don’t Know — But Should Know Patrick OConnell
Goals Alexandra Duncan
Play to Earn: Star Atas Alexandros Roumpos
Gaslighting — How To Avoid Being Victimized Antonis Iliakis
Companies Should Do Better To Retain Employees AP Carpen
How Tony Blair Got Away With His Alleged War Crimes Argumentative Penguin
In Search of the Sexiest Hairstyles for Men Arlo Hennings
How the Economy Works, According to Ray Dalio Auré
Where Does Your Bridge in Life Go? Bill Abbate
Reminders Bob Jasper
5 Novels That Disprove The Myth That Horror Isn’t Literary Bryan Dijkhuizen
The Squirrel’s Story CARMEN F MICSA
Less Planning, More Living Cee Cee
At age 27, I Found Out I was Adopted Charles Amemiya
Sound Weaves the Tapestry of Our Lives Chasing Dreams
How I Plan to Select Books in 2022 Chetan Maheshwari
Six Little Known Ways to Make 2022 Significant Chetna Jai
Why Gary Vaynerchuk Says: Stop Living for the Weekend Christian Soschner
Discover The Secret Behind Phobias And A Proven Healing Method Christina Sponias
How to Write a College Paper Walter Rhein
Keep Your Home Clean with these 4 Quick and Easy Routines Amanda Gabbard
9 Inspiring Speakers Reveal Our Hidden Biases Teri Daniels
Understanding Bracketing Effects To Make Better Decisions Dan Chigwada
Our Love for MyLibooks Melissa Bee
Would You Vote for a President Who Channels Ascended Masters? Alan Lew
When I’m Heartbroken, I Start Listening To Matthew Hussey & I Feel A Little Bit Better Christine Lorelie
An Unexpected $55K Contract, a New Client, and a Soulmate Were Born Out of a Simple Story on Medium Dr Mehmet Yildiz
Change Your Morning, Change Your Life Crystal Garrett
Front Row Seat of How a School Operates Don Sabado
How I Got Myself to Exercise with this One Simple Trick Doug Timberlake
Why is hard to succeed in freelancing Eduard Sebastian
If Spanx Is Worth Over a Billion After Twenty Years, We Can Create a Billion-Dollar Business Too Emmanuel A. Anderson
Fitness Goals Are Common, but They Aren’t All Created Equal Eugene Albano
Mass Production for the Tesla Cybertruck Is Scheduled for Late 2023 Aiden (Illumination Gaming)
Do You Know The Symptoms of COVID? Floyd Mori
Purpose through Direct Experience Frank Ontario
Kazakhstan John Couper
Should You Work When You’re Sick John Cunningham
This Story of How Ayahuasca Was Discovered Will Blow Your Mind Julia Blum
Letter to my Followers & Other Medium Writers Julius Evans
What’s Your Impact in this World? Liliana Nakamura
My Perspectives on the Murder of Shinzo Abe Dr Mehmet Yildiz
New Year Fasting Michelle Scorziello
Why Successful People Will Struggle to be Wise Midori by the Sea
Stop Making Excuses Mike Lewis
Cillan’s sacrifice Uzi Landsmann
No-one Can Predict the Future Frank Parker
Want To Accelerate Your Business And Align To The Vision For Your Life? Gregory Reece-Smith
What I Learnt from Dancing Naked In Front of 10 Women I Barely Knew Ida Johannesen
I Let You Use Me Jade Willow
Breaking News: ILLUMINATION Publication Accepts Already Published Stories! Jaja Requa
Fill in the Blank Email Profits Jeff the Content Coach
Graduation Day, Pride and Realization K. Joseph
Civil War…Really? Jennifer Pierce
If You Want An Amazing Day, Prime Yourself The Night Before Jennifer Thompson
Hard Work is Overrated Jess Rohloff
The Power Of Mourning And Healing Trauma Vickie Trancho
Don’t Compare Your Inner Thoughts to Other People’s Media Profiles Wendy Scott
YouTube As My Wingman William (Dollar Bill) Mersey
Trans Joy and Finding it Through Schitt’s Creek Napoleon
Bob Saget’s death shocked my system. Y. Vue
Signature of Portals You, Me and Happiness
Three Tips to Eliminate Insulin Resistance and Shrink Waistline Dr Mehmet Yildiz
How to Hustle When You Hate The Hustle Naomi Boshari
I Invest in the Stocks I Like and Use Noah Nelson
3 Oils I Use to Regrow My Hair Nora
My Number One New Year Promise to Myself Øivind H. Solheim
Grateful Though Medicated (Again) paulmartincurry
Getting older. Wiser. Better. Happier. Paulo Laureano
East Texas Closed Out 2021 With Fish Raining From the Sky Jennifer Geer
Step By Step How to Format Your Book for Amazon KDP Shea Hulse
20 Tips To Improve Your Focus This Year Sufyan Maan, M.Eng
Beware: This Medium Publication Makes Big Promises Tamil
My One Year Journey on Medium Prince Verma
Empowering 2022 pst tomowo
Not Taking Monkeypox Seriously Might Result in Another Pandemic. Dr Mehmet Yildiz
My Neighbors Are Making Incredibly Loud Noise While Renovating Purbita Chakraborty
Engine Room Rumble — a Poem Roxanne Barbour
Even as a Parent, You Have to Fill Your Own Cup First Sally Prag
You Can Still Go Back to Chapter 1 — Rewrite Your Life Sara Marium
The next step Shameer Hasan
A Perfect Day Thesilkroads
Your Home Page = Planet Earth Tricia Schimpp
I Always Ask This Question When I Meet Someone For The First Time Alex Rosado
The Pandemic — Season Three Alexandra Raphael
Do You Know The Keys Or Magic Formulas To Make Money On Medium? KL Simmons
Have you Ever Watched Parents with their Small Children and Wanted to Scream in Rage? Lawson Wallace
The Natural America Zed⚡
The Lifeguard Did It With the Kissy Face Amy Sea
The Man Who Had 12 COVID Vaccines Andrei Tapalaga ✒️
6 Things my Parents Told that I Wish I had Realised Sooner Ange Dim
Where Does Your Bridge in Life Go? Bill Abbate
Quit Letting These People Make You Miserable Bebe Nicholson
Superpower Inside Our Mind Buse ermen
Five Tiny Upgrades That Will Improve Your Life All Out Of Proportion To Their Size Carrie Kolar
Becoming A Person Of Value Dave Richards
Happy New Year, Homeowners! Can’t Afford to Move? Don Martin
We All Have The Same 24 Hours in a Day Eduard Sebastian
3 Medium Writing Challenges with Cash Prizes Ellie Jacobson
8 Superfoods To Lose Weight and Get Healthy Gokhan Yalcuk
We all answer to Peter for our sins Harry Hogg
Embodied Health HealingLivMama
2.2.2022 : The 6–9 Palindrome Day Is Important To Prepare For Infiniti 🦋
I Attempt to Solve a Problem of the New Writers with a Bit of Humor on YouTube and TikTok. Aiden (Illumination Gaming)
God Bless You, Bottoms Up Jarrett Wilson
Stop Sabotaging Your Results with Busyness Jeannette Seibly
I Gained 12 Pounds from Eating Calorie Packed Desserts Jessey Anthony
Idealism is Not Fantasy Jodie Helm
Fire & Flame Jonathan Tasman
Make Your Brain Healthier with Ten Lifestyle Approaches Dr Mehmet Yildiz
The True Story Of An Old Lady, Her Family Jewels And Her Cat Lucia Landini
You Are Tying Your Shoelaces All Wrong Malky McEwan
Strategies To Develop A Strong Community In The Workplace Nora
Party Like It’s 1962 Paul Coogan
Change Your Life In 2022 By Following These 3 Simple Yet Incredibly Powerful Habits Prince Verma
What Do You Miss the Most From Pre-Covid Life? Quy Ma
Fasting Can Change Brain Chemistry Dr Mehmet Yildiz
My Writer’s Mind is a Terrarium Rose Malana
Family Constellation Therapy Harnessed to Heal Past Life Sara Wright
5 Gentle Ways of Saying, “You’re being stupid.” Shashi Sastry
How to Write With More Power Tavian Jean-Pierre
What Do Your ‘Evergreen Quotes’ Say About You? Ria Tagulinao
Are School Meals Designed with Kids Health in Mind or Big Food Industry Interests? Vanessa A.
Ten Tips to Keep the Brain Young and Active Dr Mehmet Yildiz
Thank you for reading these great stories 🙏
Previous Collections
ILLUMINATION Book Chapters Collections
Curated Book Chapters of Illumination #01 ILLUMINATION-Curator
Hand-Picked Book Chapters #01 ILLUMINATION Amplifier
How To Create A 30,000 Words E-book In A Month Dr Mehmet Yildiz
Sample Collections by ILLUMINATION
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.
ILLUMINATION Gaming Publication
If you missed the announcement of our new publication by Illumination Gaming, here is the link.
We look forward to your stories in ILLUMINATION Gaming.
Sample ILLUMINATION-Curated Collections
Featured Writers of ILLUMINATION
ILLUMINATION editors feature writers to bring them new readers. We will introduce more writers contributing to our publications soon. In the meantime, you might check out selected stories of these great storytellers.
Meet Dr. Gabriella Kőrösi on Medium Lady Dr. Gabriella Korosi
Please take the opportunity to explore the stories of these writers and support them with meaningful engagement.
Curated Writer Bios
You might also feature yourself by posting a writer bio like the stories in the attached collection that I compiled. We distribute them to our subscribers.
Curated Writer Bios
Learn about contributing writers of ILLUMINATION written by their pen
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Reading Club
ILLUMINATION-Curator introduced our new Reading Club. If you are a Medium member and don’t have writer access to our publications or Slack, you may request via this weblink.
We will add you to our Slack workspace upon approval of your writer application. We will also feature some of those shared stories in the club in our upcoming collections. So you may link your stories to the Reading Club channel on the Slack workspace.
We look forward to your participation.
Meet Interviewed Writers
Recently we interviewed Lawson Wallace and Dr. Preeti Singh.
Collection of Interviewed Writers
Attached is a collection of interviews conducted by our chief editor Dr Mehmet Yildiz in the attached collection.
If you want to be interviewed, you can contact Dr. Yildiz on Illumination Slack workspace.
Writing Prompts and Challenges
Our prolific writers might consider joining these writing challenges to find new readers and increase their reading times.
If writers participate in these challenges, they might increase the chance of becoming a top writer in three months.
How to Become a Top Writer in Three Months on Medium
Besides, if one of your stories goes viral, you can earn a significant income. So it is a good idea to increase the chance of viral stories by following key rules. Dr Yildiz analyzed the viral stories and shared his findings.
What I Learned by Reviewing 100+ Viral Articles in 2021
Guiding Stories for New Writers
Dr Mehmet Yildiz guides new writers to increase their views and reading times answering frequently asked questions by new writers.
He posted an article about being a prolific writer as a full-time worker. I believe writers can learn from his model and experience.
We look forward to your stories in ILLUMINATION Gaming.
Welcome New Writers Joining Us Recently
We are pleased to meet so many writers this week. Thank you for joining our publications. You will also receive an invitation to your email address, so please feel free to join our workspace to share your stories and collaborate with the 14K+ members.
No Ordinary Woman, Michelle Janosi, René Beauchemin — [he/him], Jan Carroza, Kate Abreu, Sarah Sandidge, Harsh Budholiya, Raymond L Burton, Paul G. Oliver, Circé Creates, Kate Abreu, Shannyn Schroeder — executive functions coach, Dan Rowell, Kaodi Mcgaw, Diana Pearce, Paige Holloway, Dalton Childs, Isaiah Etop🏅, Harshithrao, Sadi Safaraliev, Yin-Shang, ^ Debra Davis, Dan Rowell, Jay Martynov, Samuel Hallowell, Christianne Asper-Contant, Drew Kolz, Robert Archero, Ikada Mario, KeenanRIVALS, Sumeeta Chanda, Surekha Chandrasekhar, Mathea Ford, RDN, The Kidney Diet Expert, Julie Chan, Isaiah Etop, Salman J, Neetisha Khetan, Debra Davis, Dan Rowell, Jay Martynov, Samuel Hallowell, Christianne Asper-Contant, Drew Kolz, Nassos Michas, Patricia Jeanne, Pratish, Jayant Chaudhari, Deeptaketu Chatterjee, sudhanshu kumar, Sriram Parthasarathy, Dew Mal, Dale Swackhammer, Mark Stofanak, Marco Murgia, Anastasiia Soholovska, Pallavi Goswami, Michael Boyd, Bas Wallet, Nia Robinson, Romantic Philosophy, Beverly Garside, Meg MacMahon, Shannon Lee, Jan Marcel Kezmann, Dr. Ossama Khalaf, Mahir Khan, Molly Willett, Jenny Hansen Lane, Ides Parmentier, Prakriti Sharma, Alex B, Ciaran Callam, Shreyansh Sarkar, Site Dominion, Maria Zayed, Wyatt Goldwell, Sandeep More, KcGamBooks, Aysia C., MeadowMillz, AlinaM, Kelly Latimer, Angela M. Ambroise, Joel Zachary Down, Geoo, Alex, Ishaé 🦋, Lisa Spray, Robin Fritz — Change in Thoughtz, Boundless Purpose, Amulya Kandukuri, Bruce Tschannen, Options Dave, Abhishek Basu, Teresa Piccolo, Amanda Weir-Gertzog, Derya Y., Gladys Tan, Louis Bray, Gabriel Piemonte, Nuwan Bandaranayaka, Debra Saturday, Darnell Frazier, RFC®, CPRS™, CCFC, CFEI®, Carmen Ballesteros, Dhrubanka Sarma, Siddhant Saxena, Emily Porter, Simran Gujral, Jahnavi Sripada, Michael Istanbuli, Sweta Agarwal, Michelange Jean, Terryn Witherspoon-Woolfolk, Hilary Zeeuwen, W. Jon McClure, The Money Bull, Darien Tan, Ishan Gadkari, Hollie Flynn, Haben Joseph, Jae Kim, Guy Erez, AJCblogs, Oji Farrier, Mustehssun Iqbal, Jeannette Koczela Content Curator for Life Coaches, Plamen R., Hisho, Brett Tyler Gilchrist, L. M. Green, Hurmat Sadie, Gaurav Garg, Lincoln Olson, Deann the Bibliophile/Writer/Student of Life, Warren Chris Bulime, Patricia Rosa, Ellen Baker, QSB, Anu Maarit Simard, Mindscapes, Marina Zherebnenko, Anisa H., Yana G.Y., MCIM, D Grant Smith, Ozan Irturk, Mayalmaiva, Twin Powers, eMuse, Victor Cardenas, Matthew J. Koehler, Alberto, Charlotte James, Eric LaShun, Lucinda Munro Cook, Gabby Neych, Sarah Gall, Courtney Lavonne, Bikram Sarkar, Rachel Jamison, Lindsay Ripplinger, Nadia Tidona, Denise Miceli, Amelia Johne, Fares Darawshy, Margarida Afonso, Zoma, Tze Quan, Apurv Gupta, Gabe A, Lauren Coggins, Joseph Fung, Justin Kelley, McCaylee Putney, Felishia La-Shae, Harshal Agarwal, Hilbeth Jean Melencion, princess, David Tang, Martin Von Mars, Susie Winfield, Colleen Adrian, Tanusha Kaushik, Dylan Anderson, Surani Bandara, Saumya Gandhi, Curing Crime:, Etiris Magazine, Oona Metz, Jon Reiners, Shane B, Ilana Sparrow, Sam Chavez @ Knurdology, Sergey Cleftsow, Mad Midori, Erin Roberts, Erin Roberts, Milana Marsenich, owen, Sampath Medarametla, Waleed, Ranting Goddess, Dede Pajibo, Derek Hughes, Kelli Roberts, Teekay Rezeau-Merah, Chris Blogs, Chris Pretorius, Ryan Rucker, Notrex, Annie Forbes Cooper, Michelle Gilbert, T. V. Knight, Gerald Lombardo, Tamara Hull, Simona Stefanescu, Parag Ingale, Ashleigh Nicole, Finn Aetos, Ken Yie, Jacob Johnson, Karen VS Writes, Jason Kramer, Richard Lowenthal, Bex T., Lance S Pearce, Juacall Bernard, Gerald Lombardo, Vicky Hughes, Sean Kaye, BETTER EVERY DAY ✨🌈☀️, — Sourav Saha, Kavya K, S Jan, Sadi Safaraliev, Digital Care Agency, Ashok Sharma, Druavh, The Girl In The Grey Hoodie, Duarte Máher, Blog of Alconost Inc., The Guardian News, Kavya K, Mukesh Chataut, Abubaker Alfaky 🧿, Sourav Saha, Kavya K, S Jan, Druavh, Digital Care Agency, Arman Moha, Alexandra, devansh pandey,
Let’s explore the stories of the following writers who joined us recently. Please engage with their creative content meaningfully. Support and collaboration are wonderful acts on Medium. Some of them have already posted their first articles.
Bear Kosik, Lucinda Munro Cook, Riccardo Valle, Paul Delashaw, Mausami Dave, Sreya Satheesh, Kiana Curtis, tom, Andreea Cristea, James Gable, Debra Davis, Grace Laopradith, Kicki E Johansson, Notes from Aground, Joi Andreoli, LMFT, Innovative Mindset, Teddy Stevens, Sherry Truitt, J.C. Lovero, Ryan Boder, Mausami Dave, Burak Ciftci, Kim Witten, PhD, Amalina Davis, ASWIN K V, Denise Shelton, Okodestinyy, G. Bakshi, Chris Yanda, Kathy Minicozzi, Lucinda Munro Cook, Kartik Shankar, Jerome, Bear Kosik, Debra Davis, Riccardo Valle, Paul Delashaw, Trey Bates, Jeff Robbins, Scarlet, Isaac Osborne-Miller, Matt | Financial Imagineer, Karen Rosinger, Shubham Matta, Cosmin Nedelcu, Jayshree Gururaj, Sober at 40, Christopher M Bell, Canadian Coffee, Karen Brenchley, Karen Hart, Jennifer Thangavelu, Ishmael Picott, Janna Barrett, Howard, Zomakahle Xulu, Sakiba Z. Prioty, Ross Perkin, LeDavid Dwight, Michael L Umphrey, Dean Brooks, Garance Coggins, Hypatia, Mara Unkefer, Marco Pinto, SteviLeeAlver, Morpheus, The Ancient Mariner,
We remind all writers to review the updated photo handling policy as we still have problems.
Some 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!
We are sorry for the publishing delays. Some of our editors are unwell, and the ones on duty are doing their best to clear the backlog.
Onboarding Pack for New Writers
Thank you for joining our journey. 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 to 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.
Slack is a tool safer than social media, as editors moderate it. For more info about our publications, you may check Illumination Blog.
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, 14,500+ writers are members of Slack and collaborating in this moderated workspace.
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 multiple people have the same name.
Introducing your background in a story like the ones in this collection can help you gain more visibility. Readers enjoy reading writer bios to learn more about their background.
You may also check out 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.
Writing Challenges and Prompts for Contributors
Our prolific contributors might consider joining these writing challenges to find new readers and increase their reading times.
Participating in these challenges might increase the chance of becoming a top writer in three months. Dr. Yildiz provided guidance on this opportunity.
Update on Featuring Contributors of ILLUMINATION
Collaboration and cross-pollination is our goal to bring writers and readers to one place. We are a diverse and inclusive reading and writing community on Medium. Our publications support 19,900 writers.
We offer additional support to our writers via Illumination Slack Workspace, where writers safely communicate and share story links. Currently, our Slack group has 14,800+ members. In addition, ILLUMINATION editors feature our writers and their content in the story and interview format.
Interviews with Writers
Dr Mehmet Yildiz, our chief editor, also interviews published authors and many writers contributing to our publications. You might check out interviewed writers in this collection.
Interviews with Writers of Medium
Links to Curated Collections
You may also check our curated collections posted by ILLUMINATION, ILLUMINATION-Curator, and ILLUMINATION Amplifier.
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.
Curated Collection #115, Curated Collection #113, Curated Collection #110, Curated Collection #107, Curated Collection #106, Curated Collection #105
Illumination Reading Club
ILLUMINATION Integrated Publications created a reading club. All Medium members are invited. If you are not a writer for our publications yet, you may request via this weblink. We will be delighted to include you in this club.
Essential Guides for All Contributors
Helpful Resources for New Writers
Starter Kit for Writers of ILLUMINATION Integrated Publications
Improving the Quality of Writing Using an Editorial Checklist
Science-Based Therapeutic Value of Expressive Writing for Mental Health
The Joy of Selling 1,000+ Books In A Month With Minimal Investment
7 Tips for Freelance Writers Dealing with Chronic Stress Effectively
What I Learned After Publishing 1,010 And Reading 100,000 Stories
Editors Who Publish These Stories
These volunteer editors review and publish the stories in these collections. They are from various time zones donating their time to clear the publication queue daily.
Meet Dr Mehmet Yildiz — Dr Mehmet Yildiz Chief Editor and Owner
Meet Dr John Frederick Rose Dr John Frederick Rose
Meet Dr Preeti Singh — Dr. Preeti Singh
Meet Dr Michael HENG, PBM — Dr Michael Heng
Meet Arlo Hennings, PhD — Arlo Hennings, Ph.D.
Meet Jennifer Geer — Jennifer Geer
Meet Bill Abbate — Bill Abbate
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Meet Julius L. Evans — Julius Evans
Meet Vidya Sury — Vidya Sury, Collecting Smiles
Meet Helen Müller — You, Me and Happiness
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Editorial Profile of Dr Gabriella Korosi Dr. Gabriella Korosi
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