Daily Success Stories from ILLUMINATION
Editorial Update on Growth
450+ writers supporting 6400+ readers
“Growth is never by mere chance; it is the result of forces working together.” — James Cash Penney
“I learned to always take on things I’d never done before. Growth and comfort do not coexist.” — Ginni Rometty
“The key to growth is the introduction of higher dimensions of consciousness into our awareness.”- Lao Tzu
We had another busy day with challenges of growth requiring constant improvement of the quality on our publication. We added 66 new writers who joined us today. ILLUMINATION writers are excited as we have more and more writers and readers each day.
We have 6407 followers. More importantly, we had 5273 new visitors to our publication today. Feedback and new content requests from readers are increasing. Our diversity focus is geared to serve the requests of our readers.
Several of our writers leveled up, and their stories started gaining more visibility. Stories of some writers are even distributed to topics.
We keep momentum by providing feedback to improve the quality of content submitted to our publication. Our editors are relentlessly working on improving quality from several ends.
What did we create today?
I created three sets of curation list for our stories; one for non-fiction stories, one for poetry and fiction, and one for Mothers’ day stories. Here are the lists for your enjoyment.
New Writers of ILLUMINATION
66 new writers joined us today. We have now 450+ writers.
A warm welcome to our new writers: Colourful Rachel, Audrey Dixon, Jaye Frances, Desiree Peralta, William McKeen, Vivian Fang, Sushant Misra, 無波 ー MuNami, Dyana, Auntie Amy, Darlene Vasquez, Joe Smullen, Meghan Gause, Rob Hourmont, T. Mark Mangum, Navera Suhail, Graham H., Brandon Ray Langston, Charlotte Zobeir Ali, Naikasope, Jill Orban, America Zed, Jensen Li, Ayasha Khan, Erika Chaudhary, Dexx Mason, Sr., Najib Arman, Kayla Orlando, Jacki Rigoni, Grace Suh, Muhamed Ali, Souparno Adhikary, Rebecca Sealfon, Fadoua Soussi, Bharadwaj S. Raja, Dennett, Natalie Frank, Ph.D., M.J Hopper, Malinda Fusco, Sanjukt Saha, Jon Hawkins, Sara Taki, Tobias Hermes, marc liggin, Agnes Laurens, Ingela Canis, Anupam Chugh, Dr Ashwin Pillai, Melissa Monson, Kiera Sona., Edis Rune, Lizane Tan, Erika Burkhalter, Dan Leicht, Ivan S Kirkpatrick, Protagnists View, Ana-Maria Schweitzer, Protagnists View, Ana-Maria Schweitzer, Anurag Gaddam Rao, Philip Lee, Omar Gahbiche, Jonathan Tavella, WebdesignerDepot, Autumn Seave
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. If you applied before and not added to the publication. Please send a request again and we will make sure you join our publication on a timely basis.
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.
Please check our FAQ document for details of our publication. Our submission guidelines is in this document.
How to get a mentor on ILLUMINATION
I emphasised the importance of mentoring as part of our cross-pollination initiative in the attached story.
Some writers who are in our Slack channel have already started the process; however, the practice is not widespread due to communication limitations on Medium. To this end, my suggestion to writers, especially new writers, to write a story about the areas they want to improve and request a mentor in those areas. Those who volunteer to mentor can leave comments on the articles. This activity can enhance our cross-pollination objectives among our writers in the publication.
Writer Introductions
We have one writer introduction today. I enjoyed reading this inspiring bio.
Meet our writer Julie Nyhus MSN, FNP-BC
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 6400+ readers. Please see the attached bio document as an example for creating your bios. Our readers are interested in our writers.
Featured Articles
We featured two articles from two new writers today. These stories have profound messages for our society.
Stories from ILLUMINATION distributed to Medium Topics
Four 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.
A story by Brian Abbey was distributed to #philosophy & #self
A story by Kevin Buddaeus was distributed to #mental health & #psychology
A story by KP Hartman was distribute to #fiction, #outdoor, & #environment
A story by Kay T. was distributed to #parenting & #self
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.
New writers: please ensure that you check your stories for typos, spelling, and grammar errors before submitting them to the publication.
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.
Please check our submission guidelines written by Kevin Buddaeus.
Plagiarism
Within quality context, I want to emphasize the implications of plagiarism for content development. We have zero-tolerance to plagiarism adhering Medium policies and global ethics. We check and decline plagiarized content. To this end, one of our editors, Timothy Key created an insightful story that can provide guidance on this critical topic.
ILLUMINATION Social Media Links
We share our stories in the following platforms.
Invitation to new writers
If you want to join our growing and supportive 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 over 450 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.
