Featured Stories
Curated Collection #155
Chosen stories from experienced writers for avid readers

Dear Readers and Writers,
Happy Easter!
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.
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 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.
Achieving Metabolic Homeostasis: A 3-Step Guide
5 Habits of People Who Reject Elon Musk Culture Tim Denning
Ramana Maharshi’s Technique for Becoming our True Nature David Gerken
Stop Feeling Sorry For Yourself, Start Getting Pissed Off Ayodeji Awosika
To Become Great, You Need To Be Willing To Make Lots Of Mistakes Sinem Günel
The 7 People Who Can Shut Down The Internet Matt Lillywhite
Reasons Why My (European) Husband and I Will Eventually Leave America Anastasia Frugaard
Thoughts About SEO Dr. Deborah M. Vereen
How to Use Unexpected Action to End Procrastination and Inferiority Before They Become Permanent Mark Sanford, Ph.D.
Soul in a Box Cedric Johnson, PhD
Creating a Healing Environment in Your Home Dr. Gabriella Korosi
The Bitter Reality Of The Competitive Medical Practice Landscape Dr. ADAM TABRIZ
Why Are Many Wonderful Empaths Continually Attracted to Toxic People? Melissa Kalt, MD
5 Defining Qualities of People Who Truly Embrace Life — and Love Every Moment of It! Kristie Leong M.D.
Did A Credit Card Scam Hit You Dr. Preeti Singh
Adam Smith Wanted You Free to Make Your Own Decisions Ellen Clardy, PhD
NSWGR Z12 Class Steam Locomotive Dr John Frederick Rose
Genesis: The Story of the Victors Cathy Chapman, PhD
The Illuminated Path: The Story of Tim Denning, a Writer Who Inspired a Generation of Writers Aiden (Illumination Gaming)
The Writing Advice Articles Never Tell You the Soul-Crushing Side of Writing for A Living Jennifer Geer
Why Mentorship is a More Valuable form of Relationship Over Friendship Ekene Moses
9 Signs Your Blog Post Is Going Horribly Wrong George J. Ziogas
Quit Letting These People Make You Miserable Bebe Nicholson
Price of Irrationality Poornima Verghese-Ram
Prophecy in a Word Carla Woody
I Gained 12 Pounds from Eating Calorie Packed Desserts Jessey Anthony
Outstanding Stories — Volume 73 ILLUMINATION-Curator
Outstanding Stories — Volume 73
Selected stories from top writers of ILLUMINATION-Curated
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The Cutting Edge of Mental Healthcare Barb Dalton
Love, Me Aasha Krishnan
I’m About To Dispel Some Problematic Notions About Illumination The Sturg
Blind Them to My Pain Author, D. Denise Dianaty
How Do You Communicate With Your Brain? Annelise Lords
All Wrapped Up in You Brooke Ramey Nelson
One Thing That Smart, Secure People Don’t Do (That I Totally Did Today) Carrie Kolar
How Synchronised Peeing Changed My View Of Life Caryn Leach-Smith
Our DNA and Ascension Into 5D Cee Cee
Movie review: ‘Khuda Haafiz’ Suma Narayan
4 Things I Do to Keep My Life Meaningful Tavian Jean-Pierre
Her Hair Smoothing Story Tooth Truth Roopa Vikesh
How To Game Medium As a Writer Tree Langdon
Advice To Young Graduates That I Wish I Had 7 Years Ago Varsha Lalwani
The Power Of Dreams In Healing The Past Vickie Trancho
Eyes on the Horizon Walter Pop Matthews IV
Webinars & Seminars Won’t Save You Entrepreneur You, Me and Happiness
A Grieving Widow Learned to Live a Meaningful Life and Impacted the Lives of Others. Dr Mehmet Yildiz
Blending Technological Advances with Emotional Connectivity Libby Shively McAvoy
My Grandma’s 13 Uncommon (Healthy) Habits For A Longer Life Livia Dabs RN,MSc
Where Does Your Bridge in Life Go? Bill Abbate
Superpower Inside Our Mind Buse ermen
Medium Is Not Immune to Misinformation Christina Szeman
What’s Wrong With Dr. Seuss? Craig Hellier
Embrace Your Weirdness Michael Ritoch
Mastering the Metaverse Dave Smith
Graduation Day, Pride and Realization K. Joseph
Living On Keto-Carnivore For 7 Years and 4 Months — Still Alive And Kicking & Healthier Than Ever! Rob Hourmont
The Monkey Mind Understands All Britni Pepper
Still a Creator? Don Martin
We Will Survive This. Dwayne Adderley, MBA,LPQ Dwayneadderley.com
Do You Wonder If Your Luck Will Ever Change? Floyd Mori
From Rats (1347) to R.A.T.s (2022) Fred: Almost Famous
I’m Doing a 250 Word Writing Challenge to Conquer Perfectionism Gary Buzzard
Inspiration, Videos, Christianity, Book Marketing, Women’s History, and More Jacquelyn Lynn
Billion Dollar Daily Routines Gokhan Yalcuk
Sidney Poitier Dee Adams
Free smiles on Freecycle Haimish Mead
Shibari/ Kinbaku Haji
Woodland Deer Harry Hogg
Top 5 Best Leadership Lessons From Michelangelo — The Famous Renaissance Artist Israrkhan
My Night With The Ukrainian Mob Joyce O’Day
Cleaning Can Be A Serious Trigger, Especially For Those With ADHD KL Simmons
5 Astonishing Space Inventions That Make Your Life Better kristin_missk
New Year, New Me — 2022 Will Be The Year I Finally Truly Love Me Nathalie Clair
Management Bug Eduardo Espinheira
We Must All Change To Bring 21st Century About Oz Zeren
Looking For Freelance Writing Jobs — These 3 Writing Markets are Looking For Content and Pay up to… Pamela Kazmierczak
How I Find References for ChatGPT Articles Annie Wegner
Grateful More for The Light at Night paulmartincurry
Best Country For Remote Workers Paulo Laureano
4 Subtle Behaviors That Make You Uncomfortable In The Workplace Lucia Landini
I Like Singing Along To These Songs Marie A. Rebelle
The Only Stock I Own Mark Hake
The Only Stock I Own
I follow Nassim Taleb’s advice — I have exposure to what I recommend
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I Am a Bit Of Weather. Marlane Ainsworth
Insightful Life Lessons from Personal Stories Dr Mehmet Yildiz
America’s Healthcare System Is Too Complex and Broken to Be Saved Peter Shanosky
A Startling Revelation To Counter Covid Priyam Samantray
Why Do You Torment Me So? Ravyne Hawke
After Life Robert Shaneyfelt
Study Finds Cannabis Compounds Prevent Infection By Covid-19 Virus Ruben Bouma
Friendships Don’t Always Last Forever, And It’s Not Your Fault Ruby Lee
How to Thrive in Uncertain Times Sammy Wan
Perfection Paralysis is One Step Away From the Submit Button Ange Dim
Seven Ideas I Stole From People More Successful Than Me Chris Staudinger
The Upside of Bullying David Todd McCarty
Here Is How I Defeated Chronic Inflammation via 9 Lifestyle Habits. Dr Mehmet Yildiz
Trashing Trust Groupe Intellex
The Most Charismatic People Have These 8 Traits, According to Science Growth Lodge
7 Things to Do When You Want to Reach a Goal, But You Don’t Want to Do the Work Hope
BUG OUT AND DIE Jackson Goode
I Didn’t Know Your Mind Was In Jeopardy Jade Willow
Alone Jim Dutton
Let’s Play Dominion Part 2 Jim McAulay🍁
PANDEMONIA Joan Didak
Toxicity is a Virus: How to Vaccinate Yourself to Stay Healthy Shefali Khanna
Procrastination’s Dreadful — 5 Life Hacks to Make You Insanely Productive Shu Hasegawa
Fasting Can Change Brain Chemistry Dr Mehmet Yildiz
The Challenges of Living in a World Built for Tall People srstowers
5 Foods You Should Be Eating Every Day for Better Brain Health Sufyan Maan, M.Eng
How To Survive Financial Market Volatility Patrick OConnell
When a Marriage Becomes a Comedy Routine, It Is Forever Brenda Mahler
We Are Family Bridget Stella Ruxton Wilson
Delirium Aasha Krishnan
Why doesn’t Apple release a foldable iPhone? AJ Krow
Those Lines Are Beautiful Ali
A Writers Greatest Challenge Jay aware
An Excellent, Exceptional, Elegant Boomer Life Joan Didak
Looking Back from Your Future Øivind H. Solheim
The Two Times You Need to Child Proof Your Home Pam Winter
14 Tech Freelance Writing Markets Pamela Kazmierczak
3 Weightlifting Tips For Horse-Riders Paul Myers MBA
Amazing Tastes from the Stunning Waters of Hokkaido and Kyoto PseuPending (call me Seu)
Three Tips to Eliminate Insulin Resistance and Shrink Waistline Dr Mehmet Yildiz
Leaders Are Slayers of Fear Randy Wolken
Dyslexia Always a Learning Disability? At One Time It Might Have Been an Advantage Lawson Wallace
“The Herd” Veritas Civis
I Attempt to Solve a Problem of the New Writers with a Bit of Humor on YouTube and TikTok. Aiden (Illumination Gaming)
Is something wrong with Allopathy Doctors? Rishab Batra
Night Blessing Josie P. Julius
PNNo Place Like Home — KTHT is Returning jules
Open Letter To Kristen Who Right Now Is Winging Her Way To Scotland Maria Rattray
6 Stinging Truths To Consider If You Haven’t Found Success In Life Mary Liga
I’m A Doctor-Nurse Mary Lou Heater
He Still Brings Home the Bacon, I Still Order the Takeout Ms. Mary Ann
On Late Bloomers & Expectations mybackyardlab
Broken Thoughts NIDAA
4 Quotes By Carl Jung That Might Transform Your Life Rob Stux
The First Three Dates: How to Spot a Cheater Sumit Kumar
10 Passive Income Ideas of The Wealthy People In (2022): Jessica Jones
3 Outcomes of Improving the Quality of Your Contributions Prasanniya
Obsidian Plugins Review — 16 Nuno Campos
A Productive Quarantine Story Kelaiah Amador
Having a Brittle Mind Has Been Slaughtering Your Potential Dennis De Silva
Is Elon Musk Actually About to Revive Vine? Aiden (Illumination Gaming)
Quantum Leaps Mac Daniels
What is The Langya Virus? Anne Spollen
Mother-Daughter Duo Make History as Southwest Pilots B.R. Shenoy
Cry In The World America Zed⚡
What do you notice? And why it matters Ruth Smith
CHECKLIST An Acronym Story Tim Maudlin
Social Distance: Lovers’ Nightmare? TheGradeks
Egg Cases — a Poem Roxanne Barbour
Am I Giving Up On My Marriage? Roxy Wright
Why can’t I find the time to do this? Sanket Pai
Follow-Up Article with a Less Than $100 Bidet Option Toni Crowe
Vital Steps For Ancestral Detective Work Vickie Trancho
Gen-Z’s Worst Fashion Disaster Yet Wes Putnam
A Market Study William (Dollar Bill) Mersey
Reflecting on 2021 Yamini Hundare
The ultimate Asian secret to staying young: Eat the chicken feet. Y. Vue
Love I You? Tina L. Smith
When to Say No: 3 Practical Lessons from Robin Roberts Daniella Mini
Loneliness is not what you think it is Shawn Jr
Tales of Woes Denise Scholander
Do You Eat Carbs? Agnes Eveline Anton
No, Getting Married Does Not Mean I Want a Child Charlie Brown
Last Chance For Sanity Danell teNyenhuis Black
Stupid Driver Ulf Wolf
That Plastic Bag Scene from American Beauty … I Need to Remember Ahsan Chaudhry
Mindfulness Helps Unlock the Feisty Writer Within Marijke McCandless
The Tragedy of a Billionaire Who Collected Winds Ugur Akinci
That time I wrote about Nakations Suzanne Johnson
Mass Production for the Tesla Cybertruck Is Scheduled for Late 2023 Aiden (Illumination Gaming)
If You Want to Get Better at Life, You Have to Become an UberEats Bike Courier Sidd Chung
Mama Cass Did Not Die By Choking On a Ham Sandwich Lisa Holliday
Did The ‘Old You’ Have It Better? Danielle Godfrey
NASA’s top 5 greatest missions Ziva Fajfar
NASA’s top 5 greatest missions
Endeavors that have been inspiring us for almost 60 years.
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Discrimination Against the LGBTQ Community is Being Legalized by Many States — Is Yours One of Them? Joan Gershman
Dear Friend Kimberly Fosu
My Son Will Be Privileged From The Moment He’s Born Amy Colleen
A Whatsapp Interview with Someone Who Has Had an Out-of-Body Experience Sabah Ismail✨
How Stoic Philosophy Changed My Life Forever Jazz Parks
How to stop bad habits and replace them with good ones René Junge
What Can Little Old Me Do About the Climate Catastrophe and the Increasing Heating and Living… Aza Y. Alam
My Brain is Screaming Panic Attic janny’s heart
My Husband And I Got Different Covid Variants. Tina Viju
21 Lessons I Learnt in 2021 Abdullah Nadeem
Trump Stole Documents Shadowgnosis
10 Stunning Benefits of Living with a One-Meal-a-Day Regimen Dr Mehmet Yildiz
Thank you for reading these great stories 🙏
Previous Collections
ILLUMINATION Book Chapters Collections
Curated Book Chapters of Illumination #01 ILLUMINATION-Curator
Curated Book Chapters of Illumination #01
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.
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 15K+ members.
Szymon Dudziński, Vanshika Sharma, Tiphany Kane, Jenna Marie, James Michael Wilkinson, 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, Vicky Hughes, Sean Kaye, BETTER EVERY DAY ✨🌈☀️, — Muhammad Abdullah Zafar, Neeraj Kumar (@dachman), Tunji Dada, Ammar kara.
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.
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
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