Featured Stories
Curated Collection #166
Chosen stories from experienced writers for avid readers
Dear Readers and Writers,
We couldn’t post curated collections for the last few days due to our busy schedule, but today we compiled some valuable stories for your weekend reading. This list covers many topics, ensuring there’s something of interest to our diverse readers.
These writers would appreciate your time to read and provide feedback on their valuable stories. Thank you for being so supportive of our contributors.
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. Thank you for being a valued part of our writing and reading community.
ILLUMINATION Amplifiers posted a new collection. We believe you will find some valuable stories from it.
If you missed ILLUMINATION’s previous collections, here are the last three we published this month.
Update on Lampshade of Illumination
We 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.
Illumination Gaming and Illumination Videos and Podcasts
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.
Hand-Picked Articles #190, Hand-Picked Articles #191, Hand-Picked Articles #192, Hand-Picked Articles #193, Hand-Picked Articles #194, Hand-Picked Articles — 2023 #30
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.
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
How Insulin Resistance Impacts the Brain and What We Can Do About It Dr Mehmet Yildiz
Elon Musk’s Rich Life Is a Friggin Nightmare (He Tears up Explaining It) Tim Denning
My Most Cherished Moment Working on “The West Wing” TV Show David Gerken
Squeeze the Juice Out of the Present Stop Daydreaming About the Future Ayodeji Awosika
What I Learned Writing On Medium Every Day For 6 Months Sinem Günel
My Danish Husband Is Back from Summer in Europe, and Here’s What Startled Him Anastasia Frugaard
Seeing The Bourgeois Revaluation in Literature Ellen Clardy, PhD
Build up Self-Respect Before Tackling a Project Mark Sanford, Ph.D.
Health Equity: The Past, Now, And Future Dr. ADAM TABRIZ
Compassion — An Act or a Feeling? Cedric Johnson, PhD
November is National Family Engagement Month Dr. Deborah M. Vereen
A 40 Minutes Walk For 60 Days Transformed My life. You Can Try It Too Dr. Preeti Singh
Gaia and I in 2022. .Dr John Frederick Rose
Where I Liv,e Valentine’s Day is Illegal Arlo Hennings, Ph.D.
More Than 70% of People Have Imposter Syndrome, and if You Don’t Have It, You Are Probably Naive Sufyan Maan, M.Eng
The Philosophy Hub — A Nice Start Tiago Belé, M.Sc.
Google’s Next Smartphone May Be Getting a Huge Upgrade Aiden (Illumination Gaming)
Using ChatGPT To Write Your Articles Requires Bad Taste, Lack Of Talent And Treachery. Jussi Luukkonen, MBA
Storyteller Tactics Review: Stories that Sell Britni Pepper
My Brown Neighbor Only Speaks To My White Husband, Not To Me Or Our Mixed Race Children Rebecca Stevens A.
The 5 Income Streams that Fuel My Business Jenn Leach
We Rise By Lifting Others Vidya Sury, Collecting Smiles
Meet Psychologist Cedric Johnson, Ph.D. on ILLUMINATION — Medium ILLUMINATION-Curator
I’m 60, Now What? Rosennab
How To Answer the Most Infamous MBA Admissions Essay Question George J. Ziogas
Three Writing-Related Jobs You Probably Haven’t Considered Yet Raymond M.E. Aguirre
Nine Weird Cultural Differences You Won’t Notice Unless You Grew Up With a Spanish Parent in the UK Suzanne Erickson
“Boring” Article Titles that Bring Prospects & Profits Jef,f the Content Coach
Medium Has Changed Agai; whatt Does It Mean for You? Jennifer Geer
Autists are not all the same? Character! Pierre. Minimalism proud Autistic.
How to Stop Aging Naturally TruHealth by Kasara
If I only knew then … Brooklyn Muse
Mountain Top Gondola — a Poem Roxanne Barbour
Sometimes You Are Prompted To Break The Rules Floyd Mori
The world is looking for the new “Squid Game” Francesco Carrubba
The Yellow Hibiscus Annelise Lords
Thank you Gen-Z Wes Putnam
The Mystery Debt Of Gratitude Tooth Truth Roopa Vikesh
Galaxy S22 Ultra, S22, And S22 + Bogdan Mtn
These 5 Apps Have Been on My Phone for Years Gareth Willey
A product that failed despite being better — The New Coke Fiasco Sejal Chauhan
Reaching Zero Mail Inbox Effortlessly Aman Jain
The Four Biggest Myths You’ll Ever Hear About Choosing a Career Wes Putnam
This Book Inspired Me to Run for Public Office One Day in the Future Noah Nelson
3 Work Attitudes that Can Support Your Personal Development Forever Wessam Saddik MA
Levity Patricia Pixie❤
3 Steps to find peace when you just want to lose it MarkfromBoston
On Wind, I Heard You Amy Christie
Psychedelics Helped the President’s Son, Hunter Biden, Get Sober Julia Blum
My Article Was Curated and Boosted by Medium. Ekene Moses
The Rats Scotched Our Weekend Plans Gauri Sirur
Guideline To Deal With Stress At Work That Everyone Can Do Easily Gokhan Yalcuk
At The End of The Day We Are Human Veritas Civis
This Phone Call with Gary Vee Changed My Life Noah Nelson
The Writer’s Block, A Poem Patti Murray Voncannon
This One 45-Minute Easy-Going Daily Exercise Routine Will Keep You Lean And Fit For Life Rob Hourmont
Touching the Invisible Hala Saneh
4 Easy Steps To Decide if You Should Stay or Go Lucia Landini
Greedy and Grateful for (my type of) Texas paulmartincurry
What I Learned About Imposter Syndrome Noran Azmy
Feeling Life Annelise Lords
How Do I Stand Out from the Competition? Jonathan Milligan
3 Quick Money Lessons from The Tinder Swindler Njikwe
Struggling With Writing Effective Headlines? Ashley Richmond
Life is a Bowl of Pasta Mary Louisa Cappelli
I Don’t Know: What Preteens Really Mean and What To Do With That Becca Dorn-Medeiros, EdS
Mr P: Are You Looking? … Of Course You Are, But Blind Eyes Do Not See Fred: Almost Famous
I am the Parent of My Inner Child Utpal Kumar
Race, Interest, and Intelligence Misty Rae
Prevent and Treat Obesity in 3 Steps Dr Mehmet Yildiz
Tonight I experienced my first emotion in a long long time. Mick McIntyre
Do All Cats Have Their Own Secret Lifes? Bryan Dijkhuizen
How To Make Valentine’s Day Special This Year! Justin Stinnett
The “I don’t care” at its lowest level! Where are we going? Maximus
Why the big questions are the best ones to ask when considering career choices M.B.
Daddy Issues Aasha Krishnan
Can You Still Monetize a Faceless YouTube Channel in 2022? Lynn Nichols
Choosing a Purpose-Driven Life HealingLivMama
The Couple Who Laundered 4.5 Billion Worth Of Crypto WrittenMastery
My 5-Day Medium Challenge Jared Bouchard
How to Prevent Heart Diseases by Focusing on This One thing Jessey Anthony
Does It Matter When You Post a Story on Medium? Sharon Myers
How Feeling Stuck Can Be a Good Thing and the Steps to Move You Forward Kylie van Gelder
How I organically grew my followers on Medium in a month — from 36 to 100+ Shashank Iyer
Is Buddhism The Purest Form Of Atheism? Frank T Bird
How a Racial Discrimination Lawsuit Triggered Murder for Hire Dee Adams
I can’t count the number of times I have been stumped about what to talk about when I meet someone… Patrick OConnell
Check Out Elgato’s Newest Stream Deck Aiden (Illumination Gaming)
If God Is Good Then Why Do Children Get Cancer? Chad Gates
I Wanted to Say, “Farewell, Fam! I’m Leveling Up to Grand Adventures!” K. Joseph
Valentine’s Gift Once Removed Elizabeth Emerald
3 Magazines and Websites That Pay Freelancers $100.00–450.00 For Fiction and Nonfiction Pamela Kazmierczak
Potential doesn’t exist Janet Meisel
How to Turn Your Weaknesses into Great Strengths Hein V
Reduce reuse recycle and save money Lassepetter
What Donald Trump Understands About Money That You Don’t Malky McEwan
One Simple Act in Five Easy Steps to Increase Happiness Every Day Ange Dim
Does Thermal Paste Expire? Sebastian Calderon
Binaural Beats For Learning Carl Poland
My Top iPhone Apps Julian Cosky
The Enemies Are Now Among Us Jose Luis Ontanon Nunez
Don’t Ditch Your Old Friends As You Change Tom C
Joy, Faith, Thanks, Creativity, and Valentine’s Day Jacquelyn Lynn
What Are Binaural Beats? Carl Poland
Magnesium Is Not Just Another Mineral Dr Mehmet Yildiz
Kerosene Aasha Krishnan
This Book By Sam Silverstein Has Some Excellent Nuggets For You And Me. Shashank Iyer
Nine Forgotten Sites That Once Looked Like They’d Rule The Internet Paul Walker
The 13 Most Amazing Haunted Places In The World Hidayatullah
The Risk of Super Bowl Bets Dave Smith
How I Became A South African, Australian, E.U. Citizen And Soon A Canadian All At The Same Time Llewellyn (Lew) Daniels
How to know when to retire Allison Bonilla
10 Sure Signs He’s Fighting His Feelings For You Destiny Femi
Have you met top writer and editor Dr. Michael Heng yet? Illumination YouTube Coordinator
Is There Anything Positive That We Can Learn From Covid? Bernie Pullen
Kai, the Hatchet Wielding Hitchhiker, Is He a Hero or a Murderer? Napoleon
Dynamics of Longevity Genes Hello100
To Know is NOT To Understand From the Mountain ~ Stories & Photos of JD Adams
Losing Fat by Understanding the Intricacies of Six Major Hormones Dr. Mehmet Yildiz
Borderlands Carla Woody
Surrounded By Snakes In The Darkness Ashlynn Roe
Calypso Music and the Veracity of a Black life Augustine Habenga
Content Marketing And Creating Curiosity! Deon Christie
Concrete Feeling Poetry as Psychological Intervention Harry Stefanakis
Create Emotional Self-Defense Using These Three Tips Dr. Mehmet Yildiz
18 Considerations Before Entering a Relationship Carerra Titus Kariuki
Where To Download Free Binaural Beats Mp3s Carl Poland
My Valentines Song to You, David Grant
A Canadian’s Take On the ‘Freedom Convoy’ — It’s Not as Shocking as You Think EllenEastwood
Justin Bieber Continues To Entertain Audiences Floyd Mori
Embracing My Asian Side Gerald Sturgill
Interview Tips: How Do You Earn Trust? Ilam Padmanabhan
Oblivion Iva Hopko
My son, Jeremy, has me as a mom. God help him! Jan Sebastian
Peter Mayle Wrote About Life in Provence, Drank Wine, Sold Books & Inspired Thousands of Followers Janice Macdonald
Easy Ways to Combat Energy Zappers Jeannette Seibly
My Obsidian Setup (Part 32) — Plugins I’m Using Now (3/3) Nuno Campos
How to Create Eye-Catching Posts on Social Media with this Tool. John Adam Ledford
People Are Getting What Whoopie Goldberg Said All Wrong Khadejah
My Lazy Morning Routine for Productivity as a Non-Morning Person Kiersten Campbell
What Is All The Buzz And Fuss When It Comes To Coffee KL Simmons
The Six Years I Worked at the Courthouse, I Never Saw Him Frown Lawson Wallace
Words and Thoughts Power Momentum Michelle Marie Writes
How Close Is The U.S. To Civil War? Mike Lewis
How Narcissists Turn Your Family Against You Mila
Working during COVID (WDC) Nick Stockton
Confession: I Have A Hard Time Bonding With People Ossiana Tepfenhart
I Became One Of The Top Writers In The Topic Of ‘Books’ Prince Verma
$1,000,000 Isn’t For Everyone Rafay Hiraj
America Searching: Becoming Slaves in All Dimensions (Line 21) Roger Himes Esquire
Anna Shed 50 Pounds After Fixing Leaky Gut in Five Steps Dr Mehmet Yildiz
A Vision for Work in the Country That Can Soon Retire Schalk Cloete
Is Micromanaging Why Workers Don’t Want to go back to the Office? Sharon Johnson
What causes disobedience in children, and How do we cope with it? Sidra Masood
Stop Putting your Most Valuable Business Assets at Risk Steve Sponseller
THE WAR ON BOOKS IS REAL! Story Taller
Eliminate High Blood Pressure Naturally TruHealth by Kasara
Captive Loss Tuan Pham-Barnes
How It Feels to Make Your First Penny On Medium. Tunde Awosika
Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less Karthick Nambi
Triangulating the Truth Walt McLaughlin
Discover The One Question That’s Holding You Back! You, Me and Happiness
Five Tips to Melt Visceral Fat and Have a Defined Belly Dr Mehmet Yildiz
30 Jaw-Dropping Facts About Spain You May Not Have Known Livia Dabs R.N.,MSc
Top 5 Reasons You Are Failing To Reach Your Goals Luay Rahil
Control Satish Ramjee
Lemon How to Take a Pause and Save Yourself From Trouble Elaine Hilides
The Truth Shall Set You Free and Make Everybody Hate You Mona Lazar
Finding Your Community McCaylee Putney
5 Websites Paying Up To $1000/Month Ungureanu Madalin Marin
6 Tips to Lower the Risks of Osteoporosis and Gain Stronger B Dr. Mehmet Yildiz
Featured Writer Profiles
We included some sample stories from their collections. Please explore and enjoy their engaging pieces. They are regular contributors to Illumination.
Meet Jussi Luukkonen, MBA on Medium
Senior editor of Illumination Integrated Publications
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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.
Bode Jr., The Cashed-Up Bogan, Molly Miller, Jamal Wallace, Katy Langston, Ry Vee, Jazmine Clark, John Haslam, Maureen Morrissey, Iwila, Aaron M. Kippins, Maria G, Harmony Rowley, Jet Weevers, Maxime Haegeman, Mariana Gonzalez, Tim Wright, Ph.D., ZenJayCfa, RW Blackwelsh, Brian Throne, Maged Ait Abbi, Dan Hanley, Magnus Garner, John Whye, Rusu Sabin, Julie Ramsay, Debora Hood, José Ignacio Gavara, Luca Borzacchiello, Faisal Zarif, Kieran MacRae, HorsesNotZebras, Marlene Samuels, Mary Struzinsky, LCSW, Lucid Reality, Anup Singh Rawat, Tovah Rainsong, LGWare, The Black Lens, Moutaz Alnabilsy, Gina Vitale, PTA, Lady Reborn, Caterina, Ryan Jong, Kelvin Muchiri, Sean Barker, CPT, PN2, Anand, Samuele Onelia, Leopoldo M. Sales Jr., Shivani Saxena, Shivani Saxena, Sunshine with No Fear, Nara — no longer putting up a facade for my mother, Grace Mary Power, Wangoo Lee, Andrew Tsao, John Loewen, Gael MacLean, Sree, Giuseppe Bartoli, Andrew & Christine — DesignACE, Greg Lynas, Dwayne Thomas, Francis K, Jan Kohvakka, Dr.Ramesh Chaurasiya, Wangoo Lee, Nadine, Romance Travel Blogger, James Alexander, Johanna Ginter, John Newmark, Christina Bagley, The ODD Witch, Bikshya, John Ehimen, Beyondthesmelloffreedom, Opi Kaur, Amir Jabarivasal, Samuele Onelia, Tamanna Saini, Harpreet Kaur, TamiPatzer.com, 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, 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, — Lukas Racickas, Harsha Agarwal, MelindaRichards, Mary Paskhaver, Don Kaluarachchi, Salmafawad, Salmafawad, Mikuu, Edison Hearst, Mohit Malhotra, Moudud Abu, David Schwertfeger, Ingrid Hoyos, Yehia El Taher, Best of Everything, Delvin A. Martinez, Sachin Ratnakar, Golden Masathy,
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.
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 Sufyan Maan — Sufyan Maan, M.Eng
Meet Josh Balerite Acol — Josh Balerite Acol
Meet Maria Rattray — Maria Rattray
Meet Brooklyn Muse — Brooklyn Muse
Meeet Lawson Wallace — Lawson Wallace
Meet Michael Patanella — Michael Patanella
Meet John Cunningham — John Cunningham
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 Sumera Rizwan — Sumera Rizwan
Meet Agnes Laurens — Agnes Laurens
Meet Britni Pepper — Britni Pepper
Meet Karen Madej — Karen Madej
Meet Chelsea Mandler — Chelsea Mandler MAT
Meet Kasey Harrington — Kasey Harrington
Meet Aamir Kamal — Aamir Kamal 🚀🚀🚀
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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