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Curated Collection #81
Chosen stories from experienced writers for avid readers
Dear Readers and Writers,
Yesterday, we celebrate Illumination’s second birthday. We received great feedback from writers and readers showing the value they received. Many thanks for sharing your thoughts.
We add this video created by Illumination YouTube Coordinator for those who might missed it in previous collection.
Today, we have chosen engaging and informative stories to give our readers a quick taste of diverse publication, ILLUMINATION on Medium. As 15,000+ writers contribute to our publications, we have high-quality stories to feature for readers and satisfy their reading needs.
Today, ILLUMINATION Amplifier posted Hand-Picked Articles collection #49
We include the previous collections at the end of this post. They cover curated pieces from our previous collections. Our editors enjoy amplifying informative, engaging, and interesting content of our writers using various approaches and tools. We keep our featured collections in a single post titled Meta Collection of Featured Stories.
Let’s welcome new writers joining us today!
Clement Brian, Mary Lim, Julienne M., Margo Moret, Michelle Kubilis, Jayson Frascatore, Anna M. Clark, Shiva Verma, Poppy.
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Please consider introducing yourself in a story similar to the ones in this collection. Readers love reading writer bios to learn more about their background. You may also check great stories in our featured collection from the last three days.
The Last Three Collections by ILLUMINATION
Here are the last three collections full of interesting, engaging, and informative stories covering numerous topics.
We believe you might find valuable and enjoyable pieces on the new collection and previous collections.
Featured Stories from ILLUMINATION Today
Why Digestive Enzymes Are Important and How to Address Deficiencies Dr Mehmet Yildiz
When Things Fell Apart, Three Attributes Brought Me Back on My Feet Dr Mehmet Yildiz
How to Decode the Pattern of Evidence in Covert Narcissistic Abuse Melissa Kalt, MD
3 Daily Habits That Made Me A Millionaire Matt Lillywhite
Hand-Picked Articles #48 Technology Hits
Happy Birthday ILLUMINATION Illumination YouTube Coordinator
How Is It Possible Illumination Is Only 2 Years Old Today? Jennifer Geer
Happy Birthday, Dear Illumination Josh Balerite Acol
Constantly Obsessing About Our Overall Life Situation is Futile — Try This Instead David Gerken
Stars on the Ceiling Aasha Anna
The New Way Social Media Managers Earn $2,000/Month Annie Wegner
Birthdays Are Special! Let Us Celebrate Our Unique And Favorite ‘Illumination’ Dr. Preeti Singh
My Friend Broke Up With Me Augustus
Africa is Not a Country! Blessing Oluchukwu Awamba
Faith! Qadir Abdus-Sabur, Ph.D.
Love Him Bogdan Mtn
Pandemic Peace Brooke Ramey Nelson
Personal Philosophy of Life Brooklyn Muse
Call for Submissions & Writers: Short Travel Stories Bryan Dijkhuizen
College is Nowhere Near as Important as You May Think Calum James
A Cyberwar by “Anonymous” is Being Waged in Russia against Putin’s Invasion of Ukraine Carla Paton
There’s a Treasure Trove Hidden in Each One of Us Carlos Jeronimo
Listen Up! Did You Get The Engagement Bonus For Listening Time? Celine Lai
The Metamorphosis Of Spring Chasing Dreams
My Journey to a Thousand Began with One Article Chetna Jai
Do We Really Want Permanent Daylight Savings Time? Chris Carlone
These Are the Reasons Why Being Average Is Way Worse Than You Think Daniel Mesa
Adapting to My New Reality Denise Hedley
Wanted by the FBI Elizabeth Emerald
Learning the Power of Saying No Elizabeth Loberg
Why it is NOT good to be too happy with your present Ella Heart
Imagine You Could Trade Lives With Anyone For A Week Fahri Karakas
COVID: Did You Read My Prediction? Was I Right? … or Did I Get It Wrong? Fred: Almost Famous
Why Is the US TrulyAvoiding Involvement in Ukraine? From the Mountain ~ Stories & Photos of JD Adams
Are you struggling to move your story forward? Geri Spieler
There Is Not True Happiness, We All Look For Pleasure Gökhan Yalcuk
How To Avoid Dangerous Additives Grace Leverich
How The Land Owned me Helen DaVita - The Writer Spirit
I Hate Being Motivated By Numbers Ira Robinson
Angie Escaped to The West, Just James Marinero
Fantastic Worlds Coming Our Way: How Metaverses Will Evolve Janet Stilson
30 More Things Tik Tok Taught Me Jenn Leach
Why is this bloody f… article not going viral Joachim Guth
How to retire in 10 years, starting now Kiraly Octavian
Sugar Addiction Is Real kristin schuhknecht
This Is Insane! Did You Know You Could Make $20,000 With Only 2K Followers? Kristina God
Lia Thomas Has No Business Competing in Women’s Sports Lawson Wallace
3 Things Abusive Parents Fail To Teach Their Children Lily Hale
Arkansas Is a Billionaire MakerThis Billionaire Inherited His Father Company and 10x Quickly Luay Rahil
My Family Bloodline Of Rock Balancers Lwazi Mosley
Bill Hicks Most Overlooked Statement: It’s All a Choice Between Fear And Love Markus Scorelius
The Reason I’m Sick Of Living In Hawaii Matt Legg
These Unconventional Side Hustles Changed My Life Matt Lillywhite
A Successful 2022 Starts with This Vision Board Midori by the Sea
Happiness Is A Choice Minakshi Kumari
What If There’s Nothing Nice To Say? Misty Rae
Some Non-Fiction Books That I Recommend Moonmoth LeMavely
The Media N. A. Kazi
5 Reasons Why Switzerland Is Into Making Painless Suicide Machines Noorain Ali
Coming Home to Myself: Returning and Awakening As the Beginning of My Healing Journey Olivia Love
I’m Leaving Medium, Here’s Why You Should Too P.J. Buckner
3 Websites and Magazines Paying up to $1,500.00 for Nonfiction Articles Pamela Kazmierczak
How YOU Can Benefit from Starting Your Day the Night before Paul Walker
Finally Grateful for the Flag paulmartincurry
The Aspiration Of Poetry Quentin Plume
Put Things Off! Randy Wolken
7 Crucial Ways Article Writing Can Assist Your Business’s Growth Richard Appiah
8 Natural Home Remedies for Sunburn Relief Richard Health Talks
What Should we be Grateful For? Richard Taylor
What Is Joy? Rudi Xega 🇦🇱
Why Choosing A Path In Life Is Hard Sah Kilic
The Simple Yet Profound Way to Approach Success Sammy Wan
Getting Viral… Shi Su
Why is it Okay to Cyberbully Teachers? Stephanie Nicole
Next Level Financial Freedom: Fully Funded Emergency Fund The Business Period
Smallness Ulf Wolf
Three Essential Characteristics of An Ideal Romantic Partner and Why Looks and Money Aren’t On The… Wendy Scott
Valley Green Wenqi Glantz
UCLA: Go get your doctorate, then come work for us for free Y. Vue
Exhaustion, Depression, Anxiety, You Can All Go Fuck Yourselves if You Please. Araci Almeida
Side Hustle Selling — $5K IN 5 Months Amanda Marks
You Don’t Care About the Equality of Women’s Sports. You’re Just Transphobic. Jessica Hubbert
Talking Data Protection For SMBs John Teehan
Some Comments From A Story About A Homeless Woman Floyd Mori
Apple Watch Saving Lives On Regular Occasions Elevated The Company’s Reputation Over The Years Vivek Naskar
Three people whose lives the war in Ukraine changed Francesco Carrubba
Don’t Give Up Writers! Annelise Lords
5 Myths and Realities About Social Media You Need to Know Bloody blogger
Hand-Picked Collections by Technology Hits
Editor of Technology Hits publication shares collections of reading from ILLUMINATION’s curated lists daily in addition to Synergy and Illumination Book chapters. We appreciate efforts and contributions of our editors. They believe that amplifying outstanding stories is valuable for both writers and readers.
Here are the links to the last five hand-picked collections. You might subscribe to Technology Hits to be notified on these hand-picked collections posted regularly.
You can find the previous versions at this link.
You might check our new publication called “ILLUMINATION on YouTube”. Its purpose is to give voice to YouTubers on Medium and allow Medium writers to introduce their YouTube channel. Social media content writers and YouTubers are welcome to join this exciting publication. This pub is owned by Illumination YouTube Coordinator. Details are in this story.
Selected Stories from Previously Featured Stories
Invitation to Write for ILLUMINATION on YouTube Publication Illumination YouTube Coordinator
Magnesium Is Not Just Another Mineral Dr Mehmet Yildiz #health
How Reading Scientific Research Can Improve Your Writing: A Beginner’s Guide. Ben Rutt, PhD
Seeing The Bourgeois Revaluation in Literature Ellen Clardy, PhD #economy
Reading the Bible in a Year Has Not Been Conducive to Spiritual Growth Cathy Chapman, PhD
Bolstered Dr. Fatima Imam
Does Optimism Stink as Bad as Pessimism? Amy Sea
Three Tips to Prevent & Treat Obesity Dr Mehmet Yildiz #health
Squeeze the Juice Out of the Present Stop Daydreaming About the Future Ayodeji Awosika #self-improvement
The True Story Of The Confederacy Moving To Brazil Matt Lillywhite
Three Tips to Improve Cardiovascular Health Dr Mehmet Yildiz
Establishing Utopian America Qadir Abdus-Sabur, Ph.D.
A Coat of Time Arthur G. Hernandez
Real Estate Agents Can Be the Worst Humans in the World Tim Denning
Why You Should Enjoy Social Media But Not Get Addicted To it Dr. Preeti Singh
Three Tips to Emotional Regulation Dr Mehmet Yildiz
Meet Lanu Pitan
How I Earned $360 and 6,800 Views From A Single Story Viktor Marchev
Read This When You Want To Make Money Via Investing Richelle Délia, PhD
How I Healed Abdominal Bloating and Distension Dr Mehmet Yildiz
On Trauma & Addiction: Lessons from a Defensive Iceberg and His Oversized Hat Dr. Cort Dorn-Medeiros
Shocking Stats About Non-Communicable Diseases Dr Mehmet Yildiz
WHY are you asking me this? Dr Andrea Polzer
Meet Julius Evans by ILLUMINATION
Times Change From Good Old Stiff Neck Ties To modern Gorpcore Dr. Preeti Singh
Meet Sufyan Maan by ILLUMINATION
Trending Stories
Five Tips to Melt Visceral Fat and Have a Defined Belly Dr Mehmet Yildiz
Three Tips to Eliminate Insulin Resistance and Shrink Waistline Dr Mehmet Yildiz
Reasons Why My (European) Husband and I Will Eventually Leave America Anastasia Frugaard
Six Lifestyle Habits to Skyrocket Fat Loss Dr Mehmet Yildiz #health
Fasting Can Change Brain Chemistry Dr Mehmet Yildiz
Five Tips to Slow Down, Lose Fat, and Enjoy Life Dr Mehmet Yildiz
My Most Cherished Moment Working on “The West Wing” TV Show David Gerken #life-lessons
Thank you for reading these engaging stories.
Meet Our Editors
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Helpful References for New Writers
Improving the Quality of Writing Using an Editorial Checklist
The Joy of Selling 1,000+ Books In A Month With Minimal Investment
Science-Based Therapeutic Value of Expressive Writing for Mental Health
7 Tips for Freelance Writers Dealing with Chronic Stress Effectively
Short-Form Stories Not For Income But For Visibility. Think Of Them As A Tripwire
Copyright Matters: Zero tolerance to plagiarism on ILLUMINATION
What I Learned After Publishing 1,010 And Reading 100,000 Stories on Medium
ILLUMINATION on YouTube — New Publication
Illumination YouTube Coordinator crated a new publication for YouTube enthusiasts who can showcase their videos on Medium. All writers are invited to submit their YouTube related posts.
Selected Videos from Illumination YouTube Channel
We hope you enjoy this valuable and inspiring video about writing viral stories by Illumination YouTube Coordinator
An introduction to Illumination Integration Publications on Medium
Our quality checklist for writers to improve stories…
An introduction to the value of YouTube for Medium Writers
Meet Bill Abbate, senior ediotor of ILLUMINATION, on YouTube
A video introducing Karen Madej, top writer and senior editor of ILLUMINATION.
A video introducing Dr Michael Heng, top writer, thought leaders, and editor of Illumination Integrated Publications on Medium
A video introducing our inspiring editor Dr. Preeti Singh…
A video introducing Carla Woody on YouTube
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A video introducing Arlo Hennings
A video Introducing Lawson Wallace, prolific writer and editor of Illumination.
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