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Curated Collection #188
Chosen stories from experienced writers for avid readers
Dear Readers and Writers,
As we enter a new month, we’ve curated a collection of captivating and informative stories across various subjects to enhance your reading experience for the upcoming weekend.
Our talented writers pour their creativity into these stories and deeply value your dedication to exploring and sharing them with avid readers. We hope these stories bring joy and inspiration to your leisurely moments.
Thank you for engaging in the content of these creative writers. Many new writers joined us this week. Every writer is important to us, enriching the content on this platform, creating vitality, and delighting our readers.
We listed the accounts of new contributors at the end of this bulletin. Please review their profiles and support them if their stories interest you. Collaboration and meaningful engagement make Medium a better place for writers and readers.
ILLUMINATION Integrated Publications, as diverse and inclusive, support all levels of writers, from beginners to the most accomplished ones collaborating to delight readers. 21,000+ 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.
We introduced great book chapters from our published authors.
ILLUMINATION-Curators compiled a reading club collection.
If you missed the previous collections by ILLUMINATION editor, here are recent links.
Collections #177, #176, #175, #168, #167, #166, #183, #184, #185, #186
ILLUMINATION Amplifiers posted two new collections. We believe you will find some valuable stories from them.
Hand-Picked Articles — 2023 #43, 2023 #42, 2023 #41, 2023 #40, 2023 #39
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 essential 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.
Readers might search for their favorite writer by pressing the Ctr+F key in the keyword or search tool in the browser.
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Top 1% Digital Writers Effortlessly Practice These 11 Habits Tim Denning
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Reddit: A CEO without Integrity is Destroying What Community Built Dr. Mandar Karhade, MD. PhD.
Why Happiness is Hard(-er) to Achieve in America — Part 2 Anastasia Frugaard
A Definition of MINDSET Steve Beller, PhD
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What to Do When You’re Not Feeling Good Enough Mark Sanford, Ph.D.
Beyond Your History Cedric Johnson, PhD
Community Values Dr John Frederick Rose
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Meet Dr. Gabriella Korosi
The Unseen Power of Transformation Dr. med. Titus Maniera
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Elon Musk Eliminated Remote Work Because Working From Home “Doesn’t Work” Luay Rahil
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Do You Want To Rent Out Your White Privilege For A Day? Rebecca Stevens A.
Why ALL Relationships Are Key to Survival: A Timely and Urgent Truth Melinda Blau
Elevating Your Non-fiction: Must-Read Books to Refine Your Craft Katherine Myrestad
Why Writing on Medium Is Definitely Still Worth It George J. Ziogas
How I Write +5,000 Words Almost Every Day Sinem Günel
Verify Your WordPress Website on Different Platforms: Baidu, Bing, Google, Pinterest, and Yandex Amy Li
#RipTwitter Is Trending: There Still May Be Time to Save Your Tweet Data Jennifer Geer
29 Questions I’ve Asked Myself Lately ✨ Bridget Webber
Are We Human? Veritas Civis
The Good And Bad That Comes With Surviving The Narcissistic Abuse In Your Life Mila
Dear Facebook, I’m Breaking Up with You Aasha Krishnan
A Crystal Clear View Aslynn Roe
Buried Black History When Jim Crow killed the Black Ballot Augustine Habenga
Uber Now Lets Riders See Their Ratings B.R. Shenoy
Shout Out To Bruce Springsteen and Little Steven. Brooklyn Muse
Readers Love These Niche Publications by Creative Writers ILLUMINATION Amplifier
5 Golden Tips That Will Make It Easier for Us to Connect with Emotions Buse ermen
How Finding “the One” Hurt You Finding Them Jessica Lyon & Joshua J. Lyon, BSQP, CNP (J & J)
How to Effectively Manage Your Business. Dwayne Adderley, MBA,LPQ Dwayneadderley.com
The Secret of Having Pleasant Dreams about Positive Dream Symbols Christina Sponias
How To Beat Indecision Destiny S. Harris
I Would Rather You Give Me a Script to Follow Than Hire a Consultant Don Sabado
Anti-Asian Hate Crimes Are Increasing In San Francisco Floyd Mori
War in Ukraine, people take refuge in the Kyiv metro: video Francesco Carrubba
Fat Fiction Steven Anthony
57: Take Off Your Masques: Zones 8–9 Frank Ontario
5 Defining Traits of Highly Toxic People Destiny Femi
The Mystery of Flight Harry Hogg
Do People Lose Their Homes Because of Property Tax? James Jordan
These 5 Apps Have Been on My Phone for Years Gareth Willey
The Time My Mom Used a Men’s Bathroom Ira Robinson
We All Need a Giggle Doctor Aza Y. Alam
What is the Flight Trauma Response? J.G.
Inflation, Money Management, Journalism, Politics, Mom’s Wisdom, Faith, Grammar, and More Jacquelyn Lynn
Have You Considered How Difficult It Is to Write — These Are the Best “Shitsuckers” in Your Area… Stephen Dalton
The Last 3 Days (06) Christopher Grant
How to Deal with Anxiety and Stress with Meditation Blair Abee
The Rose Thorn: The Tale of a Virgin Whose Vagina Ran Away Brian Loo Soon Hua
How to Barter Better Habits JD Renner
Why Lifelong Learners Are the Most Likely to Overcome Automation Jean-marc Buchert
Writing Letters To My Children Alexandra Duncan
Men — Increased Body Fat Can Negatively Impact You In This Way Ange Dim
Want To Start Selling On Etsy? Here’s How. Alice González
Creating History: Ketanji Brown- Jackson Annelise Lords
The Key To Dealing With Anxiety Is To Accept It Antonis Iliakis
From Everybody to Your Ideal Audience Annie Wegner
2021 Was A Record Year For Homicides In These 15 Cities Arthur Keith
2021 Was A Record Year For Homicides In These 15 Cities
2022 is shaping up to be the same
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Being Lazy and Living Slow Are Two Decidedly Different Things Bella Martin
6 Best Foods To Clean Out Your Liver Sufyan Maan, M.Eng
You Will Be Surprised To Learn About These Rules That Tokyo Schools Enforced Ashfaq Framewala
Shutting Off Ukraine Bob Pepe
Meet Joe Luca on Illumination YouTube Channel ILLUMINATION
A Tardy Collection Of Poems — Sommes And Songs Joanie Adams
How I Deal With Racism in Australia Leah Njoki
We’re Gonna Die!! Daily Ways I Calm My Brain (#9 is Reverse Gratitude) Monique Brennan MSc
One Simple Reason I Raise My Daughter In Spain Instead Of The US Livia Dabs RN,MSc
The Fiery Domain of Pele: A Mythical Encounter with Lava on the Big Island of Hawai’i K. Joseph
I have a cousin in France Geri Spieler
10 Things You Don’t Know About Me Misty Rae
How to Survive the Energy Bill Increase Adam James
What This Harvard Study of 51 Million Job Postings Confirms About Hiring Practices Boateng Sekyere
Request to Remove Gay Documentary from Lafayette, LA Library Denied Carla Paton
12 Sources of Income: Could You Make $128,000 Plus Per Month? John Adam Ledford
Becoming Your Best Self is the Foundation for Everything John R. Miles
I Have Been Made Redundant Twice Calum James
Bridge Crossing CARMEN F MICSA
Skip A Beat John Ross
The Whole Circus Has Come to Town Bob Metivier
You Cannot Pour From an Empty Cup Surekha Chandrasekhar
What is a Joro Spider? Cathy Coombs
Perils of Pet Ownership: The Dreaded Fall Deborah Camp
To Those Who Think Being Fiercely Religious Or Spiritual Only Makes You Stronger KL Simmons
Three common Questions People Have About Homelessness Lawson Wallace
Terrible Writing Advice I See Almost Daily Daniella Gaskell
How to Manage the Elusive Client Don Lee
I’m Not Ready To Die. / Anymore! Pierre. Minimalism proud Autistic.
Don’t Want Kids? Unplug From the Majority. Len Morse
I Reached One Of My Goals: I Published 200 Articles On Medium Lucia Landini
Don’t Leave Me Stretched Taut Margie Willis
The One Thing Waiting for Us As We Die Napoleon Beltran
Where Is Your Anger Going? Neil Mapes
Over 40 Content Ideas for April Elizabeth Loberg
You Ingrates Are Making Everyone Selfish Felix Otoo
The Rules Of Driving Kids to School Nick Stockton
10 Things I Tell My Children About Relationships Colleen Sheehy Orme
Introducing… Yoga with Eleonora! E. Katherine Kottaras
Rainy Days and Mondays Elizabeth Emerald
A Little Tiny Saint Child Who Might Die Filip Cabra Makowski
How To Clear Your Mental Inbox and Detox Your Mind Gary Buzzard
Simple and Profoundly True Gerad Carrier
9 Steps That Provided Me To Achieve Success In Life Gokhan Yalcuk
Exposure? Really? Have A Luxurious Moment With My Foot Ira Robinson
The Decriminalization of Evil: Why It’s All Our Fault Henry Corrigan
Why Did Putin Attack Ukraine? Joanna Henderson
My First Course Jeff Herring
God Does Not ZAP Us ! Jodie Helm
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Latin Vibes Jade Willow
You Can’t Get Rid of Love Jean Elizabeth Glass
How to Dance on a Railroad Jarrett Wilson
Examining Marcel Duchamp’s Alter Ego — Rrose Sélavy: Is Extreme Eccentricity Intrinsic to Creatives? Jeffrey P. Colin/JP Colin Design
The Reason Why Nothing Seems To Change No Matter How Hard You Try. Jennifer Thompson
How to Prevent and Treat No-See-Um Bites Jennifer Dunne
What Your Libido Might Be Telling You about Your Physical Exercise Jessey Anthony
Perceiving Time Josep Ferrer
The Asian Flavor Josep Ferrer
How To Find The Good In Every Person You Meet Josie Timberlake
Amplenote — Notes-Tasks-Calendar, All in one solution at Super Speed! Kaushik Trivedi
Fasting Can Change Brain Chemistry Dr Mehmet Yildiz
If You Are A Creative Make Failure Your Comfort Zone Khyati Jain
Feminism is Now Becoming Detrimental to Women Khadejah
An Editor Said My Article on “Why Women Love Women” was Too One-sided Kimberlee
How I Quit Writing for 8 Weeks and Still Made $100,- Each Month Lucien Lecarme
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Collection of Hand Picked Articles Technology Hits
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You may find more health and well-being stories on EUPHORIA.
Thank you for reading these great stories.
Sample Featured Writer Profiles
We included some sample stories from their collections. Please explore and enjoy their engaging pieces. They are regular contributors to Illumination.
Chosen Stories from Melinda Blau’s Unique Collection on Medium
ILLUMINATION editors introduced Annelise Lords by interviewing her. Please enjoy this great interview. We will be interviewing more writers soon and them to this collection.
Thank you for reading these profiles and exploring their stories.
Sample Collections
Featured Writer Profiles
We included some sample stories from their collections. Please explore and enjoy their engaging pieces. They are regular contributors to Illumination.
Chosen Stories from Melinda Blau’s Unique Collection on Medium
Previous Collections
ILLUMINATION Book Chapters Collections
Curated Book Chapters of Illumination #01 ILLUMINATION-Curator
Hand-Picked Book Chapters #01 ILLUMINATION Amplifier
How To Create A 30,000 Words E-book In A Month Dr Mehmet Yildiz
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.
Invitation to “ILLUMINATION on YouTube” Publication on Medium
Invitation to ILLUMINATION YouTube Channel
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
Outstanding Stories — Volume 86, Outstanding Stories — Volume 87
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 receive an invitation to your email address, so please feel free to join our Slack workspace to share your stories and collaborate with the 15K+ members.
Slack is optional, free, and moderated to support our writers. You may need to turn off your notifications to stop disturbances as it is an active platform.
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Interviews with Writers
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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
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