Featured Stories
Curated Collection #160
Chosen stories from experienced writers for avid readers
Dear Readers and Writers,
Today, we’ve selected some stories for your enjoyment. We appreciate your continued support, feedback on our previous posts, and enthusiasm for creative writers' work.
Thank you for being a valued part of our writing and reading community. ILLUMINATION Integrated Publications support all levels of writers, from beginners to the most accomplished ones collaborating to delight readers. 20,000+ writers contribute to our publications.
Our doors are open to all ethical writers. You can join or leave anytime with no obligation. Our goal is to give you a platform to showcase your stories.
As a reader, 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, the following 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
Illumination readers prefer only human-generated content, so 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 great stories in his piece and created a short YouTube video for us. My Tributes to Illumination’s 3rd Anniversary
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.
Our new editor John D. Leavy posted three guiding stories for our new writers.
ILLUMINATION Editors Are Not Superhuman, But Their Efforts Are Herculean
The ILLUMINATION Editors Work Tirelessly Helping Authors Bring Their Stories to Life — Part 1
The ILLUMINATION Editors Work Tirelessly Helping Authors to Bring Their Stories to Life — Part 2
Readers might search for their favorite writer by pressing the Ctr+F key in the keyword or search tool in the browser.
Featured Stories from ILLUMINATION Today
Here’s Why and How Type II Diabetes Is Reversible. Dr Mehmet Yildiz
School Should Teach Us These Eight Simple Things (Yet It Doesn’t) Tim Denning
Why Every Kid Playing Sports Should be Meditating and Practicing Mindfulness David Gerken
10 Things You Can Start Doing Today to Change Your Life Ayodeji Awosika
The Racism I Witnessed As A School Principal Dr. Deborah M. Vereen
49 Lessons I Learned After 2 Years of Writing on Medium Sinem Günel
(Unpopular) Life Advice I’ll Give My Daughter Anastasia Frugaard
Nature Does Not Have A Wrath, Human Beings Do Christyl Rivers, Phd.
The Funny Side of Life; Let This Be Part of Our Nature. Tara Desai PhD
On Trauma & Addiction: Lessons from a Defensive Iceberg and His Oversized Hat Dr. Cort Dorn-Medeiros
How People Change: Turning Points From Three Sources Mark Sanford, Ph.D.
Read This When You Want To Make Money Via Investing Richelle Délia, PhD
Try Self-Compassion Cedric Johnson, PhD
Physician Practices, And Fax Machines: Orthodoxy Or Retort? Dr. ADAM TABRIZ
Vocal Fictional Challenge Winners Announced Carolyn F. Chryst, Ph.D.
War is Not Healthy for Children and Other Living Things Roger A. Reid, Ph.D.
7 Steps to Stop Thinking About Your Toxic Narcissist Ex Melissa Kalt, MD
5 Powerful Things Kids Can Teach Us About Being Resilient Kristie Leong M.D.
Why You Should Enjoy Social Media But Not Get Addicted To it Dr. Preeti Singh
Stigma And Addiction Dr. Gabriella Korosi
Statism or Social Cooperation? Teresa D Hawkes, Ph.D.
My Garden, my book Dr John Frederick Rose
Traveling the World in Search of Drug Free Cures Arlo Hennings, Ph.D.
Why I Left America For Good Livia Dabs RN,MSc
4-Steps Approach on How To Choose a Side Hustle Sufyan Maan, M.Eng
From Thunderous Gallop To A Whisper Paul Myers MBA
4 Life-changing Millionaire Habits You Should Never Ignore Segun Ojediran, MSc
What Is a Dedicated Privacy Switch, and Why Does It Matter? Aiden (Illumination Gaming)
Spirituality in Healthcare: a case-based Inquiry Isak Dinesen
11 Ways In Which White People Are Racist At Work Rebecca Stevens A.
Thriving in Chaos: 5 Steps to Cultivating Creativity and Resilience in a Rapidly Evolving Workplace John R. Miles
When will we wake up from our Nuclear Weapons Nightmares? Rebecca Romanelli
$431,775/month as a blogger? Jenn Leach
7 Characteristics Every Great Writer Has in Common George J. Ziogas
Stacks of Boxes Remington Write
Lady Gaga’s New Campaign to Make America Polite Again Amy Sea
Mindful Living 101 in 2022 Rui Alves
Five Reasons Why Everyone Needs the Presence of a Pet For Better Health Ange Dim
The Cancer Chronicles, Part 3 Arthur Keith
Am I A Failing Ally For Liking Harry Potter? Alex Rosado
Best Strategies for a Profitable Year Suellen Wheless Estes
Do You Have a List of Things That You Wished You Could Firmly Believe 10 Years Ago? Suntonu Bhadra
What Kind of Travel Writer Are You? Suzanne Johnson
This 1 Single Exercise Will Make You as Fit As You Can Ever Wish to Be Rob Hourmont
8 Inevitable Social Trends the Pandemic Put into Hyperdrive (Part II) Suzanne Paschall
Once, I was depressed but didn’t even know Ashfaq Framewala
Don’t Confuse Writing Success With Overnight Success Aql
Three Books I Wish I Read before I Turned 18 Banji Alo
In A Sexless Marriage? Don’t Blame Yourself Belle du Journey
Some Thoughts on TikTok Ben Guttmann
A Flurry of Fists Near Ivy Bridge Benjamin Carter
Gender Issue? Brooklyn Muse
The Snowman Alvin T. Alvin T.
The Value of Feedback On Medium, Vocal Media, and Newsbreak Cathy Coombs
Is Comparison the Death of Joy? Chana Harris
Light Flickering in My Grandmother’s Eyes Christopher Lancette
The 1st Step To Ending Racial Prejudice Dave Richards
The One Thing I learned from Tony Robbins This Week DC Crawford
Three Mistakes People Make When Selling Their Own House. Don Martin
If It’s Not Okay on the Highway, Why Is It Okay on the Sidewalk? EllenEastwood
It’s Taking Too Much Time to Reach Your Dreams Than It Should — Here’s Why Emmanuel A. Anderson
What to Focus On: Tarot Pick a Card Emmarie Hodge
Senior Citizens May Find It Hard To Live On Social Security Alone Floyd Mori
Waking Up With the Feeling of Broken Bones Francesco Carrubba
Trailblazers Use Their Trail Blaze to Illuminate Our Continual Paths Francine Fallara
The Tantric Way to Quit Smoking Frank T Bird
Rock n Roll: “The Most Brutal, Ugly, Degenerate, Vicious Form Of Expression.” Gary Buzzard
Rock n Roll: “The Most Brutal, Ugly, Degenerate, Vicious Form Of Expression.”
Turn it up!
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Sugar Paradox: Key to Solve Metabolic and Mental Health Disorders Dr Mehmet Yildiz
The Amazonian Woman Harry Hogg
Top Hidden Secrets of Happiness In Winter Hidayatullah
Start with Easy I. Trudie Palmer
Not Feeling Great At Work? Ilam Padmanabhan
The Psychology of the “Benefit/Without” Custom Content Genius Template Jeff the Content Coach
An Overlooked Quality of Publications That Can Save Your Butt Jeff Peirish
It’s So Cold in Chicago That Lake Michigan Is Covered in Ice Pancakes Jennifer Geer
How Can You Make Your Articles Stand Out? Jess
Another other Wes Moore Judy Owens
Your Writing is Still Remarkably Real Judy Walker
A Biblical Story To Battle Big Tech Juhi Javed Husain
Building Beautiful Furniture Can Be Loads of Fabulous Fun For Women Too KL Simmons
The Applecart Lee Mont
Why the Narcissist Stonewalls Lynn Nichols
Making Amends Meant I Could Finally Look in the Mirror Without Cringing Marilyn Flower
Establishing and Maintaining Boundaries with Narcissistic People is Vital Markus Scorelius
If Comfort is Your Goal, It Will Also Be Your Prison Michael Horner
My Cat Loves Music Missy Crystal
Helping Others Shouldn’t Lead To Disappointment Mofrad Muntasir
I was an Only Child and it was Like This. nareeta martin
Friendship No More Nicole Barden
I Just Published My 500th Medium Story Today Noah Nelson
How Wealthy Are You? Nona Nicklin
Dutch Tulip Bulbs Obsidian Eagle
Do not waste your life on bullsh*t startups Omar Hedeya
7 Steps for Attaining Emotional Resilience to Lift Physical and Mental Health Dr Mehmet Yildiz
Why Do So Many Men Pose As Women Online? Ossiana Tepfenhart
“We Did!” Pam Winter
How Does The Forest Service Promote Lasting Ecological Vitality? Patrick OConnell
Grateful More for the Socialism Than the Champagne paulmartincurry
If You Want People To Like You, Do This Prince Verma
I Sold My First NFT, and You Can Too Napoleon
I Sold My First NFT, and You Can Too
Am I rich? Find out how much did I earn from OpenSea
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My dog visited me in my dreams. Y. Vue
Supporting the Wife: Sometimes it Hard Yancy Dennis
Learn More Effectively With One Principle Richard K. Yu
Easy Ways to Overcome Your Fear of Technology Rosa Diaz
4 Communication Skills You Should Learn From Top Leaders Sanket Pai
The True Reason Why You Are Here Sothy Kien
A Fun Way to Create an Innovation Culture in your Business Steve Sponseller
Is it Normal to Still Grieve Our Stolen Childhood and Struggle with Depression, Anxiety, or Anger? Story Taller
Morning Pages: Navigating the In-Between Road Suzanne Paschall
An Ethic that Affirms Life Tomas Byrne
Natural Alternatives for Shingles TruHealth by Kasara
Ask Kajsa Uzi Landsmann
Three Tips to Improve Cardiovascular Health Dr Mehmet Yildiz
Yeah, I’m From Jersey; You Got a Problem With That? Victoria Gregg
How To Turn Your Mess Into Your Message Kristina God
Meet Lanu Pitan
But All Salaries Are ‘Competitive’ Aren’t They? Argumentative Penguin
Ad Marginem Francesco Rizzuto
Fasting Can Change Brain Chemistry Dr Mehmet Yildiz
A Coat of Time Arthur G. Hernandez
Peanut Butter Cookies Aasha Krishnan
My Blue-Collar Husband Alexandra Duncan
Notion — How this productivity tool made my life well organized! Aman Jain
Sophia Loren Dated Her Dog Too Amy Sea
6 Proud Privileges You’re Guaranteed To Enjoy in a Third-world Country (Like Ghana) Boateng Sekyere
Was Joe’s Press Conference Too Long? Brian Dickens Barrabee
The Desperate People Who Sold Their Own Children Charles Amemiya
Why Are Human Reactions So Predictable? Christina Sponias
Some Men Walk Away From Their Children Colleen Sheehy Orme
Useful Features in ManyStories — A Review with Recommendations Crystal A. Walker
Tired Of Your Veggies Spoiling? Try This. Destiny S. Harris
Business Guy Looks at Life Don Martin
Management Eduardo Espinheira
Queen Stole the Show at Live Aid Due to Their Sound Engineer’s Gutsy Action Gill McCulloch
8 Secret Parts of Your Body Gokhan Yalcuk
The Real Reason People Are Quitting Jobs is A Failure of Trust Ilana Rabinowitz
Thank you — part of the curated collection! Iris B. Stehn
5 Things That Hit Me While I Had Covid-19 J.R. Heimbigner
Defining Space In A Pre And Post Pandemic World Janice M. Flanders
A World of Silence Jay aware
“I Heard That.” What To Do When Ugly Words Land in the Wrong Ears. Jennifer Pierce
3 Signs Your Interview is Going Well Jesse Bramani
Ignored Habits That Makes an Influential Leader Attractive Jessey Anthony
Almost All Of Us Fall For This Until It’s Too Late Jonathan Peykar
What Kids Know About Happiness That Could Change Your Life Josie Timberlake
Mr. Julius L. Evans on YouTube Julius Evans
What’s More Important-Views, Reads, Fans, Claps or Replies? Julius Evans
When Is The Right Time To Move In Together? Justin Stinnett
Where do we learn racism — Part V Kay Valley
Elements Of A Compelling Headline Jennifer Thompson
Is the Census Bureau Government at its Finest? Lawson Wallace
Slow Down to Lose Fat and Enjoy Life in Five Steps Dr Mehmet Yildiz
The Story Behind The Most Expensive Divorce in History Luay Rahil
10 Lessons I Learned From 10 Years of Yoga Practice Lyuba Golovina
Heaven And Hallelujah Marie A. Rebelle
How Do You Feel About Your Feet? Michelle Scorziello
Two Ways to Know if Alleged Knowledge is Worth Your Time Murtaza Ali
Dealing With Attractive Lies & Uncomfortable Truths Nico Sifiso
Ten Important Records & Reports You Need In Your Business Nora
Practical Advice from 3 Famous Writers Patricia Haddock
Repeating Affirmations Are Good Until You Realize This Prince Verma
Post-Pandemic Depression? What To Do If You’ve Lost Yourself Along The Way Melissa Timberlake
5 Clear Signs You’re Growing Into the Person You Always Wanted To Be Michael Lim
Restlessness Randy Shingler
The Name We Never Mention Rhiannon Hopkins
Truck Drivers Are Done with Mandates Rowen Quinn
Autumn on Mars — a Poem Roxanne Barbour
How I Learned to Write the Truth Ryan Dimalanta
Don’t Clutch at It Shashi Sastry
How Much Should You Charge Per Word? Shelby Sullivan
It Is Easy to Live Your Dreams Tamil
What do you do when no one supports your business Tina Lopez
Cleansing correctly for Optimum Health and Weight Loss TruHealth by Kasara
Belle Steve C
Discovering Sex Ulf Wolf
The Surprising Benefit Of Using Tarot In Ancestral Healing Vickie Trancho
Being a Democrat in Texas Can Be a Life-Threatening Experience Wendi Gordon
Dear White People Nobody wants you to feel guilty or uncomfortable Yancy Dennis
Land of Light Zachary Seda
3 Books on the Law of Attraction That Helped Me Build a 6-Figure Business Hakima T A N T R I K A
Get Paid $100.00 Or More Writing Articles For These 3 Websites Pamela Kazmierczak
Arguing Can Make a Relationship Stronger Chloe Kay
The Reason Why You Will Find New Opportunities And Time To Help Others Lucia Landini
Hurried America Zed⚡
In 2022 Know There’s Nothing Wrong with You Aliza Rosenfelder
When Vindication Brings You No Peace or Joy Mandy McElroy
Seven Simple and Effective Life Lessons for 2022 Ange Dim
Tuesday I Waved Goodbye, Wednesday He Died Ticapo
Health and Longevity Lessons from Centenarians Dr Mehmet Yildiz
I Don’t Know When People Decided That Scribbling 15 Mediocre One-Liners Is Good Writing Murtaza Ali
Expecting Others to Mind-Read Me Drastically Contributed to Jeopardizing My Relationships Myriam Ben Salem🦋
What Happens to Your Story When It’s Read for 11 Hours? Napoleon
Create A Mindful Friday Neha Sandhir S
3 Ways To Tune Your Brain For Supercharged Creativity Nicole Linke
This Is How I Cured My Sadness Nkeonye Judith Izuka-Aguocha
The Bluff of the Bully Obinna Uruakpa
Be still. Yin Yoga Øivind H. Solheim
How I Healed Abdominal Bloating and Distension Dr Mehmet Yildiz
Employers, please stop sending people to resilience programs Olivia Fisher
Has the Time Come for a Biblical Immigration Policy? Paul Thomas Zenki
Celebrating or Understanding Dr. King? Peter Ling
6 Essential Tastes that Make You Wonder PseuPending (Seu)
Is “Someday” A Real Day? Randy Wolken
Enchantment — Einaudi and Philip Glass Regina Clarke
HOW TO BUDGET FOR TRAVELING IN YOUR 30’S Ashley Tavares
Is TikTok Really Addictive You Bet! René Junge
Crafting My Land Acknowledgement Rich Sobel
Covid Virus Finally Infected Me Despite Intense Cautions. Aiden (Illumination Gaming)
Short Thoughts for Busy People #5 Roger Himes Esquire
Why You Should Be Writing for HubPages Ronald Franklin
The Fastest Ways to Get More Clients and Make More $$$ Sara Marium
Make Money Writing eBooks With Solutions And Guides Without EVER Having To Publish! Deon Christie
3 Strategies To Help You (Finally) Reach Your Big Goals Sarah K. Butterfield
When Can White People Say the N-Word? Savannah Worley
Racist Baby Shadowgnosis
Covid-19 Came, but Did it Leave? Sherrie Hurd Hyatt
Three Tips to Eliminate Insulin Resistance and Shrink Waistline 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
How To Create A 30,000 Words E-book In A Month
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.
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.
Strange & Unusual, Sonika Prasad, Alex Kruczkowski, Asger Steen, Collin Rittschof, Bandaged, bothered, and bewildered., Royah Loie, Justjulieandherblog, Sijuwola, Sasi K, Nicole Peery, Alex Chung, E Savaria, Zoran Rogic, Charles Bastille, Dwight Wilson Jr., Emily Klein, Surekha Chandrasekhar, Nick James, Mitch Hamilton, The Shackled Thinker, Mickey Hadick, Asger Steen, Sonika Prasad, Katarzyna Adamus, Edwin Gehman, Deb Palmer, Kat McMahon, NeuralNewbie, Lucas Potrykus, Too Few Soar, Deepak Chopra | Talking Data Science, Sourab Pal, Daniel Easterman, Maja Wrzesien, PhD (she, her), Impersonal, Langa Ntuli, Dribble Drabble Stories, Matt Chapman, Shruti 🦋, Daniel’s Diary, Shanté Nixon, Emmanuel Segui, Hyrule, Ivy the Ginger Ninja, Ceren Yılmaz, Elia, Larry Oliver, Colleen McManus Hein, Ethan Himka, Prabha Manepalli, Graham Lilley, Jason Chenard, Victoria Suzanne, Vis Kenmei, Glow UP, Peaches!, Wild Wombat, Dr. Teo Wan Lin, Max Wright, iamkakalamkk, Jamie Alvarenga, Antonello Mirone, Natasha Writena, Kelly Ronayne, Samridhi, Tayloe Denton, Sammie Eastwood, Talhasachal, Elena Jane, Neeraj Narayan, John Tan, Treat Thompson, 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, —Inside Reveel, Ritvik chaturvedi, Abdul Wasey, Sarmad Ali, Harpreet Kaur, StarGazer, Praveen sharan, Arnav Agarwal, Gareth Joel Joseph, Osama Islam, Wendy Dai, Anisa Faheem, StarGazer, Nora, Umut Can Turhan, Ao Marama, Andre Camillo, Chahat Rajpal, Dimuthu Kalhara, Inside Reveel,
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.
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 ✨🌈☀️
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, 15,000+ 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
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Meet Maria Rattray — Maria Rattray
Meet Brooklyn Muse — Brooklyn Muse
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Meet Neha Sandhir — Neha Sandhir S
Meet Julius L. Evans — Julius Evans
Meet Vidya Sury — Vidya Sury, Collecting Smiles
Meet Helen Müller — You, Me and Happiness
Meet Bryan Dijkhuizen Bryan Dijkhuizen
Meet Krishna V Chaudhary Krishna V Chaudhary
Meet Ntathu Allen — Ntathu Allen
Meet Aldric Chen — Aldric Chen
Meet Arthur G Hernandez Arthur G. Hernandez
Meet Kristina Segarra — Kristina Segarra
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Meet Chelsea Mandler — Chelsea Mandler MAT
Meet Kasey Harrington — Kasey Harrington
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Meet Steve Alexander (Alex) — The Wordsmith™🏳️🌈🇺🇸
Meet Carrie Alice Kelly Carrie
Editorial Profile of Dr Gabriella Korosi Dr. Gabriella Korosi
Meet Dr. Yogesh Haribhau Kulkarni PhD Yogesh Haribhau Kulkarni (PhD)
Meet Lilith Morningstaar, Meet Gregory Maidman,
Meet Carol Price, Meet Zen Chan
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