Daily Success Stories from ILLUMINATION
Daily Editorial Update
ILLUMINATION serves 5900+ Medium readers with 400+ writers

“Diversity in the world is a basic characteristic of human society, and also the key condition for a lively and dynamic world as we see today.” — Jintao Hu
“Diversity: the art of thinking independently together.” — Malcolm Forbes
“We are all different, which is great because we are all unique. Without diversity life would be very boring.” — Catherine Pulsifer

I was excited to meet diverse writers and readers earlier today. Each person I met online was unique and different. ILLUMINATION attracts diverse writers and readers across the globe.
I mentioned the importance of having more writers and creating more content with diversity on my post yesterday. Several new writers and readers approached me from various online tools agreeing with the notion. I am honored and humbled with the interest and support. For those who haven’t seen the post yet, I am attaching it for your reference.
What did we create today?
I created two sets of curation list for our stories; one for non-fiction stories and one for poetry and fiction. I received excellent feedback both from writers and readers on this approach. Here are the lists for your enjoyment.
New Writers of ILLUMINATION
28 new writers joined us today.
A warm welcome to our new writers: Connie Song, Jennifer Geer, Yamin Ohmar, Ellie James, Jeffrey Keefer, Ph.D., Roger A. Reid, Ph.D., Yannis Ntokos, Kathleen Hamilton, Isabela Vasiliu, Kalis Asafor, Russell Weigandt, Alec Zaffiro, Phil Truman, Rachel Lewis Curry, Shirley M. Langton, Rob Brooks, Christina M. Ward, Megan Houston Sager, Jean Shortall-Roznik, meera sahney, Kasendwysong, Ramya Kota, Jeff Hanlon, Anu Anniah, Jill Reid, Jenny Justice, Saanya Khunger, Lindsi Katheryn
Some applicants forgot to add their Medium account IDs therefore I was unable to add them to the publication. New applicants, please provide your Medium ID for timely addition to the publication.
New writers are invited to join our Slack channel to have a chat and collaborate with other inspiring writers. We discuss editorial matters, Medium policies, content quality, and overall writing skills improvement.
We created a comfortable and innovative social circle for our writers. If this link does not work, please contact me so that I can send you a private invitation to Slack. You can ask any questions to our writers. They love to help.
Please check our FAQ document for details of our publication. Our submission guidelines is in this document.
Writer Introductions
We have only one writer introduction today.
Meet our writer Sterling Page.
100+ 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 5900+ readers. Please see the attached bio document as an example for creating your bios. Our readers are interested in our writers.
Stories Related to ILLUMINATION
A fascinating story was submitted by Ahmed Jamal seeing our publication as his home. This article meant a lot to me as it was my vision to create a metaphorical home for inspiring writers.
Another engaging article was submitted by Besom & Bletherskite inviting Medium writers to be successful on ILLUMINATION.
An interesting concept was developed by our innovative writer Sarene B. Arias who attempted to compile countries of our writers. How exciting is this! This will be a great resource for our publication with diverse writers from across the globe. This will help us know each other better. This is optional of course Sarene will not add those who don’t want to share their location. We respect our writers privacy and choices.
Stories from ILLUMINATION distributed to Medium Topics
Six stories from ILLUMINATION were distributed to Medium topics in the last 24 hours. Distribution of these stories to topics creates additional visibility to our publication. Many thanks to these writers for their contributions.
An article by Rosennab was distributed to #Women & #equality.
An article by Kathy Lum was distributed to #lifestyle & #mindfulness.
An article by Jennifer Geer was distributed to #food.
An article by Gregory Cameron was distributed to #remote work & #work.
An article by Dr Carmen Fong, MD was distributed to #creativity & #writing
An article by Dipti Pande was distributed to #family & #parenting
ILLUMINATION Social Media Links
Other Social Media & SEO Progress for ILLUMINATION
Our writer Dipti Pande is helping us join #Instagram & #Pinterest
Our SEO expert 🦄 Chris Hedges is working on new innovations. You can check the recent updates from the attached article.
Invitation to new writers
If you want to join our growing, supportive, and diverse publication as a writer, please leave a message on our FAQ document. 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 400+ writers. The more the better for our diversity. We aim to appeal to millions.
Please see an article by Timothy Key on writer invitation.
Submission Quality
Please check our submission guidelines authored by Kevin Buddaeus to ensure your articles are published on a timely basis. One key point delaying some articles are not citing the images. This is a simple point but essential for publishing your stories on time. We strive for excellence. Our aim is to increase quality of your stories. Details are in the attached article.
