Featured Stories
Curated Collection #92
Chosen stories from experienced writers for avid readers
Dear Readers and Writers,
We reviewed and published many stories today. However, for loyal readers, we selected engaging pieces covering eclectic topics in this collection to give a quick taste of our diverse and inclusive publication, ILLUMINATION on Medium.
As 15,000+ writers contribute to our publications, we are grateful to publish and promote engaging, informative, and interesting stories each day. Even though creating these collections is a time consuming and tedious job, we enjoy supporting our writers and readers. Many thanks our volunteer editors who published these great stories today and recommended for featuring.
We hope these great pieces satisfy your reading needs. Today, Technology Hits posted Hand-Picked Articles collection #60. It serves as the curated version of our collection #44.
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David Joshi, Hiba Tohid, Alessia May, Talat Yusuf, Marie Cadette Pierre-Louis, Victor Valdez, Mantel Featherson, Kimberly Thomas, Ezz El Din Abdullah, Tanay Verma, RanaDeep Porandla, Simone E. Morris, Theresa C. Dintino, Rani P Mohapatra.
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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
Five Tips to Become Less Prone to Neurodegenerative Disorders Dr Mehmet Yildiz
3 Nutritional Mistakes Caused My Metabolism to Malfunction, Causing Fat Gain & Weak Muscles Dr Mehmet Yildiz
How Employees’ Wellness And Wellbeing Helps In Increasing Productivity Dr. Preeti Singh
Why Does a Covert Narcissist Communicate in Confidence? Melissa Kalt, MD
The 5 Elements Of A Good Scene Geri Spieler
The Yellow Hibiscus Chapter 69 Illumination Book Chapters Annelise Lords
Create Your Content = Create Your Profitable Products Jeff Herring
How to Make it Big in the Publishing Industry as a Self-Published Writer J.D Rehbein-Wrightstein
How A Free Writing Course Will Help You Become A Better Writer J.R. Heimbigner
What Alignment Can Do for You Bill Abbate
4 Meditation Principles You Can Use for Health and Well-Being TODAY Blair Abee
The One Thing You Might be Doing That is Increasing Your Belly Fat Ange Dim
Fire Hazard Aasha Anna
Amazing Internet Finds — Website edition: Part 1 Abraham Hernandez
3 Amazing Senior Stories: No, You’re Not Too Old To Succeed Alex Philippe
6 Gifts the Pandemic Gave Me Anabelle Weissinger
TikTok — The World’s Most Visited Website? It isn’t Even In The Top 50! Aql, aka "The Dozen"
Italian adult film actress killed and thrown on the side of a road Bogdan Mtn
How to Create Viral Content That Generates Thousands of Visitors Per Day Adam Pearson
Manners Make Us Bridget Stella Ruxton Wilson
He Asked for a List Brooklyn Muse
Why Do the World’s Most Famous Brands Treat Their Employees the Worst? Calum James
WTF is a Rewrite? Chris Carlone
What Happens When We Die? 2 Powerful Views From “Midnight Mass” Cosmin Firta
There’s Never a Time Craig Hellier
What You Can Learn From Love is Blind and Married at First Site Dakota Duncan
3 Lies That Internet Gurus Don’t Want You To Know About Daniel Mesa
Why Russian & Ukrainian Men Make Great Soldiers and Cannon Fodder Too… Dean Gee
Blindness DearLove
Retail Trends- The Singles Day Disha
Followers of Medium Writers Don Martin
Our Golden Wedding Anniversary Edward Thomas
Root Beer Roulette Elizabeth Emerald
Change Change Change Emlyn Boyle
The Man Under the Toilet Emmalina Alessandrya
Imagine You Set A Guinness World Record Fahri Karakas
The Real Climate Change Filip Cabra Makowski
The Utah Governor’s Reasons For His Veto Of A Transgender Bill Floyd Mori
How To Delegate Tasks Like A Kick-Ass Boss Using The Delegation Hierarchy Gereon Wellmann ⚡
How do I become a great leader? Greg Sweeney
A Poet’s Resurrection Harry Hogg
Will Smith and Chris Rock Are Only Human Holly J See
Here’s Why ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ Is A Movie You MUST Watch Elite Troy
How to Reduce Anxiety and Stay Calm during Crises You, Me and Happiness
Will Smith, Chris Rock, and the Power of Blinding Privilege Joe Duncan
Lady Mystery John Ross
7 Tips For Freelancers With ADHD John Teehan
Embrace Music to Improve your Mental Health Johnny T Page
Please Stop Saying “Retarded” or Calling People a “Retard” Joyce O'Day
Why Do Black Men Love White Women? Justin Stinnett
Bruce Willis Has Aphasia. So Do I. Here’s What It’s Like. Katemiya
Vulva-Shaped Space Ships — Fun, Feminism or Future? kristin schuhknecht
If You’re Unhappy in Your Relationship, It Might be Your Fault Leeann Pennington M.ed LPC
3 Signs You’re More Concerned With How Your Life Looks, Rather Than How It Feels Letters from E.K.
How To Un-Hustle Yourself, Stop Working, And Start Living Livia Dabs RN,MSc
How to get a better chance of winning at the casino Liviu Roman
Can A Daring New Hobby Lead To More Profit and Better Opportunities? Lori Brown
Transfemale Swimmer Lia Thomas Should Be Disgraced with Herself Lorrae
The Ukrainian War, A Sign For America Lwazi Mosley
Tornado Madison Kelley
The Real Reason Tech Companies Want Us All Back in the Office. Margo Moret
Map Reading Memories Marie A. Rebelle
This 1 Change Can Fix Most Of The Problems In Your Life Matt Legg
The Tree Mouse — Man Comes to The Forest Michael Holford
My Last Day as a Flight Attendant Michael Thacker
Wait 24 Hours Before Responding To That Upsetting Email Mina
7 Remarkable Quotes About Change That Will Make You Stronger Mofrad Muntasir
Spirituality Vs. Religion Moonmoth LeMavely
Better legs at home Nasar Karim
Do Women Need You To Protect Them, Will Smith? Noorain Ali
Thank You, Chris Rock Patti Flinn
10 Things You Can Do Before Your Last Breathe to Make Sure Your Life Was Worth Living Prasanniya
To Hope, To Dream, Rebecca Stevens A.
The Best Things That Can Happen to You in Your Life Can Happen Right Now Rick Lewis
Accosted — a Poem Roxanne Barbour
Your Life Purpose Isn’t What You Think Ryan Porter
Our Best Life Has A Cost Of Entry, And We Hate Paying It Sah Kilic
An Insider’s Guide to Entrepreneurship Sarvam Fating
How I’ve Lost the Battle with Social Media and Instant Messaging Shashi Sastry
I don’t love money. Shu Hasegawa
Chatbots are Transforming FinTech Industry Shweta L
Paying it Forward T. Mark Mangum
The Benefits I’ve Experienced as a Result of My Plant-Based Journey The Sober Vegan Yogi
We should distinguish between Targets and Goals for our careers Travis Weston
LinkedIn Adds Dyslexic Thinking to Skillsets Trisha Dunbar (She/Her)
Book Lovers, Write for This New Publication VRITANT
Wil Smith’s Slap: An Act of Cowardice Yancy Dennis
Co-parenting in peace Amanda Marks
If You Have These 4 Traits, You’re Most Definitely A Multitasker Zak
Who is Roman Abramovich? dr.pisoglou
Adam’s Depressive Thoughts Vanished after Undergoing Testosterone Replacement Therapy Dr Mehmet Yildiz
Thank you for reading these engaging stories.
Let’s Meet Editors Who Publish These Stories
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Meet Dr Mehmet Yildiz — Dr Mehmet Yildiz — owner and chief editor
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Helpful References for New Writers
Improving the Quality of Writing Using an Editorial Checklist
7 Tips for Freelance Writers Dealing with Chronic Stress Effectively
The Joy of Selling 1,000+ Books In A Month With Minimal Investment
Science-Based Therapeutic Value of Expressive Writing for Mental Health
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 the attached videos by Illumination YouTube Coordinator
This video gives tips on writing viral stories on Medium.
This video is about our quality checklist for writers to improve stories. This is an essential resource for our contributing writers.
This video is an introduction to the value of YouTube for Medium Writers.
Meet Bill Abbate, senior editor of ILLUMINATION, on YouTube
A video introducing Carla Woody on YouTube
Another video introducing Shashi Sastry, top writer on Medium and published author — Philosophy of Life Instinct
A video introducing our inspiring editor Dr. Preeti Singh…
A video introducing Arlo Hennings
A video Introducing Lawson Wallace, prolific writer and editor of Illumination.
Here is a video introducing Julius Evans, top writer and editor of Illumination Integrated Publications on Medium
Here is a video introducing our senior editor, Joe Luca 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
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Here are the reasons Why Writers Need Personal Publications!
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Social Media Update
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