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    </div><p id="1893">A story by <a href="undefined">Ryan Frawley</a> was distributed to #self #philosophy.</p><div id="7e17" class="link-block">
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            <h2>Pepsi’s Controversial Black Lives Matter Ad With Kendall Jenner Caused a Backlash on Social Media</h2>
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    </div><p id="e67b">A poem by <a href="undefined">Tree Langdon ♾️</a> was distributed to #poetry.</p><div id="d9c9" class="link-block">
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    </div><p id="956a">A poem by <a href="undefined">Dawn Aegle</a> was distributed to #poetry.</p><div id="ab9c" class="link-block">
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    </div><p id="885c">As ILLUMINATION hosts an impressive number of high-quality stories distributed to the topics from our creative writers, I compiled those stories. I aim to create awareness for the high-quality stories so that our new writers can leverage these excellent stories, model the styles so that they can improve their stories for increasing chance of curation by Medium curators. You can find the complete list from the attached story. I update it regularly.</p><div id="1b1d" class="link-block">
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            <div><h3>I can’t speak enough about my love for the practice and idea of mindfulness. For anyone who has been an avid reader of…</h3></div>
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            <div><h3>Hippocrates once said: “It is more important to know what sort of person has a disease than what sort of disease a…</h3></div>
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Today, we featured inspiring interviews that I conducted with:</p><h2 id="ceef">P.G. Barnett</h2><div id="de5f" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/interview-with-p-g-barnett-279aae60fc40"> <div> <div> <h2>Interview with P.G. Barnett</h2> <div><h3>Featuring creative writers of ILLUMINATION</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*FUP2psW72L4cFmyI1SzlCQ.jpeg)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><h2 id="2b7b">Holly Jahangiri</h2><div id="0c32" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/interview-with-holly-jahangiri-c97180590fad"> <div> <div> <h2>Interview with Holly Jahangiri</h2> <div><h3>Featuring creative writers of ILLUMINATION</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*o16LIGNGg9QZJXNU-hGbAQ.jpeg)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><h2 id="4d6a">Charles Roast</h2><div id="be74" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/interview-with-charles-roast-d61c5f3a75cd"> <div> <div> <h2>Interview with Charles Roast</h2> <div><h3>Featuring creative writers of ILLUMINATION</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*IuGI681wtORwGJecsHKpGg.jpeg)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><h2 id="abdc">Featured Writer Bios</h2><p id="ff79">Upon request, we start featuring three writer bio stories. Today, we selected:</p><h2 id="6535">Aurora Eliam, CMP</h2><div id="120b" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/an-introduction-from-aurora-e-e4e27bc685cb"> <div> <div> <h2>An Introduction from Aurora E</h2> <div><h3>“Words are events, they do things, change things.”―Ursula K. Le Guin</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*Q3s4Lh3s5BjvKggFUQ-B9A.jpeg)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><h2 id="17c6">Paul Myers MBA</h2><div id="9ce8" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/an-illuminating-introduction-from-a-fellow-writer-7ee4556a9bfc"> <div> <div> <h2>An Illuminating Introduction From a Fellow Writer</h2> <div><h3>Hello, my name is Paul and I’m delighted to make your acquaintance</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*4Dm2bKJBkPIWJqbmeT_MLQ.png)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><h2 id="ab29">Kathryn A. LeRoy, Ph.D.</h2><div id="f1dc" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/what-if-you-knew-a-little-more-about-me-9af1c4f099e"> <div> <div> <h2>What If? You Knew a Little More about Me</h2> <div><h3>I am a relentless seeker of excellence and kindness.</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*wgW1-Eip7GUQAPuaKCXjEg.jpeg)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><p id="b313">200+ writers introduced themselves in their stories so far. This is an opportunity for our writers to showcase their writing portfolio. I recommend all new writers to introduce themselves in an article. We compile these introductions, keep <b>this resource on the first page of our publication</b> and also share the file <b>with our 15,000+ readers</b>. Please see the attached bio document as an example for creating your bios. Our readers are interested in our writers. <b>If your bio is missing from this list, please leave a comment with your your story link.</b></p><div id="933d" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/meet-inspiring-writers-editors-on-illumination-cbba8a4ea4f"> <div> <div> <h2>Discover ILLUMINATION Writers</h2> <div><h3>BIOs of writers from their pen</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*JS3vXrYQItrT3sgSAxZ84A.jpeg)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><p id="99b1">I have been interviewing our writers to feature their profile and great stories. I added a few more interview stories today. You can read the interviews from the attached story. 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The curation rate increased.</p><blockquote id="4c42"><p><i>New writers: please ensure that you check your stories for typos, spelling, and grammar errors before submitting them to the publication. <b>Our readers deserve high quality stories.</b></i></p></blockquote><p id="9a2e">We have some volunteering editors who can perform a proof-reading for the writers from the non-English speaking background. You can search for volunteers from our Slack channel. One of the proof-reading tools our writers recommend is <i>Grammarly</i>.</p><h2 id="da3b">ILLUMINATION Social Media Links</h2><p id="4c27">We share our stories in the following platforms. We encourage our new writers to join and follow these links.</p><p id="940a"><a href="https://twitter.com/illum_official"><b>Twitter</b></a><b> — <a href="https://www.facebook.com/MediumIllumination/">Facebook</a> — <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/illumination-publication/">LinkedIn</a> — <a href="https://flipboard.com/@digitalmehmet/illumination-on-medium-hmov53ldy">Flipboard</a>- <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvPwioDlc1P39syhwK5IX4g/">YouTube</a>- <a href="https://www.pinterest.com.au/myildizmel/illumination-on-medium">Pinterest</a></b></p><p id="32c8">You can also check our syndicated content: <a href="https://x29.co/mehmet/">Blogs,</a> <a href="https://96c.co/i/">PublisherSpotlight</a>.</p><h2 id="09be">Invitation to writers who may be interested in ILLUMINATION</h2><p id="5862">If you want to join our growing and supportive <b>publication as a writer</b>, <a href="https://digitalmehmet.com/contact/"><b>please leave a message via this link</b></a><b>.</b> We curate valuable content for our readers; we create awareness and visibility of our content to wider audience. We also amplify Medium articles on social media to bring new readers and subscribers.</p><blockquote id="5e25"><p><i>If you have already applied from different means and not added to the publication yet, please try again<a href="https://digitalmehmet.com/contact/"> by directly writing to me</a>. Some messages are easily lost on articles.</i></p></blockquote><p id="9051">Several new top writers joined us. We have now <b>1700+ writers</b>. The more the better for our diversity. <b>We aim to appeal to millions providing diverse and insightful content globally.</b></p><blockquote id="0dd5"><p>Please see an article by <a href="undefined">Timothy Key</a> on writer invitation.</p></blockquote><div id="5f9b" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/become-a-writer-for-illumination-e3354727b3c9"> <div> <div> <h2>Become a Writer for ILLUMINATION!</h2> <div><h3>Join one of the fastest growing and inclusive publications on the Medium platform</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*7_7qeKxJTbIa2-fi1PUfRQ.jpeg)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><figure id="ac46"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/1*74j5fxfPl-ngDw3FvFyUuA.png"><figcaption>ILLUMINATION LOGO courtesy of <a href="undefined">Tameem Rahman</a></figcaption></figure><h2 id="1971">Twitter — Facebook — LinkedIn — Flipboard- YouTube- Pinterest</h2><h2 id="0c3d">JOIN ILLUMINATION WRITERS ON OUR NEW YOUTUBE CHANNEL</h2><div id="9faf" class="link-block"> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvPwioDlc1P39syhwK5IX4g/"> <div> <div> <h2>ILLUMINATION</h2> <div><h3>This channel is created by Dr Mehmet Yildiz to include materials from the writers of ILLUMINATION publication on Medium…</h3></div> <div><p>www.youtube.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*Nwjd6px4V72kXczI)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div></article></body>

Daily Success Stories from ILLUMINATION

Customer Service for Writers

1765 ILLUMINATION writers are illuminating 15,093 readers!

You are serving a customer, not a life sentence. Learn how to enjoy your work. — Laurie McIntosh

On ILLUMINATION, we see our readers as our customers. We respect their demands, and we enjoy serving them. We customize our topics to their needs and provide a variety of options to give them an enjoyable reading experience each day. I keep close contact with our readers using various access methods. I will share my findings in my upcoming bulletins.

As you may know, Medium provided a new Newsletter option to publications. I noticed that we had a large number of subscribers. By taking advantage of this new tool, I sent our first News Letter.

The experience was tedious for me. Even though the concept of the News Letter looks interesting, unfortunately, the tool was buggy. I had to edit text multiple times as it was reverting the content changes. I understand there may be some teething problems for any new function.

I used to send our distribution list using the previous Letter function, which was more robust. I did not see any additional features.

Attached is the web version of the newsletter I shared with our subscribers. Even in the story format, despite changing the image, selecting a new default, and refreshing page, it still shows the cached image.

ILLUMINATION is growing rapidly & serving a larger audience

Dear subscribers,

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What did ILLUMINATION writers create today?

Here is a bundle of stories I was able to add to our distribution list today. Thank you for adding comments to create visibility to your great stories.

Why Should They Give Up?

1700+ writers ILLUMINATING 15,335 readers

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More stories can be found from our publication page.

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We curate and disseminate outstanding articles from diverse domains and disciplines to create fusion and synergy.

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New writers who joined ILLUMINATION today

30 new writers joined our publication today. We have 1765 writers supporting ILLUMINATION now. A warm welcome to our new writers: Audrey Del Prete, Mary Lynne Carpenter, Sagarluhana, Arabella Ventoux, N.J. Elliott, G.Lodhia, Priyanka Mane, Saul Hope-Robinson, Antoine Blodgett, Aicha Tohry, Dreamer’s Way, Isabelle Drury, PTSD Engineer, Marne Platt, JM Piqué, Wendy Smith, Dhruv Kapadia, Alessandro Crimi, Josh Kiev, Gary Stroschein, Zoe, Mitchell Barber, Peter Crowe, Mabel Osejindu, Anusha Subramanian, Martin D. Hirsch, Tom Handy, Shadeeb Hossain, Mercedes Yañez,

IMPORTANT NOTE TO NEW WRITERS: To ensure your stories are published on a timely basis, please provide required credits to the photos and extracted information from other sources. This is the most common issue delaying some stories to be published. If you turn off your private messages we have no other mechanism to reach out to you. If your article is not published within 48 hours please contact me from this link.

I received several inquiries from new writers who want to know how to add stories to publication. Please see the attached story providing step by step guidance by our editor Timothy Key.

How to Submit Your Article to ILLUMINATION

Once you are added as a writer, here is all you need to do to get your story in the publication

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ILLUMINATION Slack Channel

We created a writer collaboration platform using Slack. We have 370+ members. I added several writers to our Slack channel today. Thank you for the inquires and willingness to join our collaboration and innovation lab. New writers are invited to join our Slack to have a chat and collaborate with other inspiring writers. We discuss editorial matters, Medium policies, content quality, and overall writing skills improvement. You can request an invitation to Slack from this link. Please type Request for Slack on the heading as I have many other requests from this link.

You can check this story from Timothy Key to learn how to use Slack if you haven’t used it before.

How to Communicate Using Slack, even if You are a Newbie

A tutorial of the very basics to get you up and running on Slack

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New writers, please check our FAQ document for details of our publication. Our submission guidelines and several other useful documents are attached in this story.

Frequently Asked Questions

Answers to frequently asked question for writers and editors of ILLUMINATION publication

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Stories Distributed from ILLUMINATION to Medium Topics

Eight great stories were distributed to multiple topics today. I found these stories interesting and engaging.

A story by Meghan Gause was distributed #self #mental health.

How to Clear Your Mental Junk-Drawer

Seriously, you’re probably lagging like an old Macintosh

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A story by Dawn Bevier was distributed to #self.

What’s Your Superpower? Find Out and Make the Most of It.

Take that thing that makes you special and use it to change both yourself and the world

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A story by Rosennab was distributed to #race #women #equality.

Rebirthing the Legacy of Revolution

Black women are entitled to a meaningful existence outside of the context of elevating Black men.

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A story by Bebe Nicholson was distributed to #society #equality.

I Don’t Want to Defund the Police

But we need to come up with sensible solutions

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A story by Ryan Frawley was distributed to #self #philosophy.

Everything Worth Loving Is Worth Losing

Trying to hold on destroys every beautiful thing.

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A story by Esat Artug was distributed to #marketing.

Pepsi’s Controversial Black Lives Matter Ad With Kendall Jenner Caused a Backlash on Social Media

One commercial caused a drastic decline in purchase consideration

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A poem by Tree Langdon ♾️ was distributed to #poetry.

Euphoria of Falling in Love

Forelsket

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A poem by Dawn Aegle was distributed to #poetry.

Bitter I Could Be

A caregiver’s lament

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As ILLUMINATION hosts an impressive number of high-quality stories distributed to the topics from our creative writers, I compiled those stories. I aim to create awareness for the high-quality stories so that our new writers can leverage these excellent stories, model the styles so that they can improve their stories for increasing chance of curation by Medium curators. You can find the complete list from the attached story. I update it regularly.

Curation Stars of ILLUMINATION

Easy Access to Distributed Articles to Medium Topics

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Featured Stories

Due to volume of high quality and interesting content submitted to our publication, we featured 12 stories from our creative writers today. These stories will be placed on the front page for 24 hours for easy access.

Michael Patanella

An Illumination Exclusive; The Essence of Mindfulness

I can’t speak enough about my love for the practice and idea of mindfulness. For anyone who has been an avid reader of…

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Daniella Mini

Two “Socialist” Policies that Ruined an Economy

It happened in my home country. It can happen anywhere.

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Adam Tabriz, MD

Personalized Healthcare- the True Definition

Hippocrates once said: “It is more important to know what sort of person has a disease than what sort of disease a…

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Carolyn Broadfield

How to Increase Value in Your Writing

Cut these words when you write

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Maïa Belart

Imagine You Can Teleport Or Travel Faster Than Light

Imagine

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James Frank Sanders

My First Virtual M.D. Appointment

This is how the alternative system played out.

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Shirley Willett

EVOLUTION OF CONSCIOUSNESS

Illuminating and Understanding Higher States

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conny manero

Amateur Erotica — It’s Hilarious

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread

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Joshua Idegbere

What to do When You are Being Tolerated Rather than Valued

And how you can change your situation and become someone valuable and respected.

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Dr Joel Yong, PhD

Combustion, Or What Happens When We’re Generating Energy.

We combust fuels externally, whether in cars or in power plants. But what happens internally?

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Ralph Deckers

The Teachings of The Tulip

Identity construction, the first economic bubble and modern capitalism

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Agnes Laurens

You Went On Your Knee During A Protest as A Lieutenant — Now You’re Having Regrets?

Why having regrets?

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You can access previously featured stories from the attached link.

Editorial Stories

Tree Langdon ♾️

More Quick and Easy Tips from an Editor for Illumination

A Few More Things I’ve Learned Along the Way

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Timothy Key [New Writers Spotlight]

Best of New Illumination Writers

A compilation of articles featuring writers new to Illumination

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Featured Interview Stories on Publication Page

We will be featuring three writer interview story each day. Today, we featured inspiring interviews that I conducted with:

P.G. Barnett

Interview with P.G. Barnett

Featuring creative writers of ILLUMINATION

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Holly Jahangiri

Interview with Holly Jahangiri

Featuring creative writers of ILLUMINATION

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Charles Roast

Interview with Charles Roast

Featuring creative writers of ILLUMINATION

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Featured Writer Bios

Upon request, we start featuring three writer bio stories. Today, we selected:

Aurora Eliam, CMP

An Introduction from Aurora E

“Words are events, they do things, change things.”―Ursula K. Le Guin

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Paul Myers MBA

An Illuminating Introduction From a Fellow Writer

Hello, my name is Paul and I’m delighted to make your acquaintance

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Kathryn A. LeRoy, Ph.D.

What If? You Knew a Little More about Me

I am a relentless seeker of excellence and kindness.

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200+ writers introduced themselves in their stories so far. This is an opportunity for our writers to showcase their writing portfolio. I recommend all new writers to introduce themselves in an article. We compile these introductions, keep this resource on the first page of our publication and also share the file with our 15,000+ readers. Please see the attached bio document as an example for creating your bios. Our readers are interested in our writers. If your bio is missing from this list, please leave a comment with your your story link.

Discover ILLUMINATION Writers

BIOs of writers from their pen

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I have been interviewing our writers to feature their profile and great stories. I added a few more interview stories today. You can read the interviews from the attached story. If you are a writer on ILLUMINATION and would like to be interviewed, please send a request via this link with title of “Interview Request”.

Interviews with Writers

Featuring inspiring writers of ILLUMINATION

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Content Quality Focus

Our current writers know that we strive for excellence. We aim to increase the quality of your stories and provide an enjoyable reading experience to our followers. Quality is an iterative process. I notice that the quality of our stories is increasing day by day. The curation rate increased.

New writers: please ensure that you check your stories for typos, spelling, and grammar errors before submitting them to the publication. Our readers deserve high quality stories.

We have some volunteering editors who can perform a proof-reading for the writers from the non-English speaking background. You can search for volunteers from our Slack channel. One of the proof-reading tools our writers recommend is Grammarly.

ILLUMINATION Social Media Links

We share our stories in the following platforms. We encourage our new writers to join and follow these links.

Twitter — Facebook — LinkedIn — Flipboard- YouTube- Pinterest

You can also check our syndicated content: Blogs, PublisherSpotlight.

Invitation to writers who may be interested in ILLUMINATION

If you want to join our growing and supportive publication as a writer, please leave a message via this link. We curate valuable content for our readers; we create awareness and visibility of our content to wider audience. We also amplify Medium articles on social media to bring new readers and subscribers.

If you have already applied from different means and not added to the publication yet, please try again by directly writing to me. Some messages are easily lost on articles.

Several new top writers joined us. We have now 1700+ writers. The more the better for our diversity. We aim to appeal to millions providing diverse and insightful content globally.

Please see an article by Timothy Key on writer invitation.

Become a Writer for ILLUMINATION!

Join one of the fastest growing and inclusive publications on the Medium platform

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