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Featured Stories Issue #49
Selected stories from 9,400 writers supporting 93,500+ readers on ILLUMINATION

Dear readers,
It is a pleasure to provide you with fresh stories every day.
We compiled some interesting stories from our growing collection today.
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Thank you for the following ILLUMINATION and for reading the engaging stories shared by our creative writers.
Our previous digests are accessible from this collection.
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All writers are invited to join a writing challenge as proposed by Dr Mehmet Yildiz. These stories provide an opportunity for writers and readers to cross-pollinate.
How to grow and become a top writer on Medium in three months: 100 Day Challenge For New Writers
Please enjoy our fresh stories.
Dr Mehmet Yildiz
How To Create A 30,000 Words E-book In A Month
Interview With Keri Mangis
Lisa Wathen
Eulogy for the World
The Maverick Files
We’re All Instinctively Racist — Anti-Racism Is Our Battle With Ourselves
Claire Kelly
Today I Woke up to Speak
Thewriteyard
Virtual Travel at Its Best
Dr. Preeti Singh
Why do I love To Appreciate The Contribution Of People?
Yewande Adeleke
I Failed My PhD Program
Tree Langdon
There Are 75 English Words for Anger
Ed Matthews
From Athlete to Fat-lete
Cristina Comunian
Frozen in a Relentless Restlessness
Carolyn F. Chryst, Ph.D.
Dyslexia before IDEA
Elisabeth Khan
Daididau: From Obscure Poem to Worldwide Hit
Arthur Keith
These 5 Cities Are Growing Faster Than Your Kids
Mia Z. Edwards
Satan’s Territory
Ryan Gilley
Please Don’t Wish Me a Happy Memorial Day
Lucy Dan 蛋小姐 (she/her/她)
How Integrating Google Calendar and ToDoIst Helped Me Manage a Stressful Workload
Misbah Ul Haq Syed
City Of Lights — Karachi
Nishi Kashyap
Old Is Gold: This Very Old Programming Language Is Getting Bold Again
Alberto Lanata
Who Is Controlling the World? — the Truth about Your Daily Choices
Patricia Rosa
Do You Define Yourself by Your Day Job, Or by Your Passion?
Sumesh P
This is what is really wrong with Emerging Cloud Architects and Why!
Terry Trueman
Legacy 2.0 or so
Floyd Mori
Do You Believe America Is A Racist Country?
Saugat Menon
Necromancer
Tom Handy
If You Want to Change Your Life, You Could Follow Dwyane Wade’s Example
Ms Fischer
Teaching During Covid-19
Susan Foster
He Wasn’t Standing Where He Was Supposed To Be
Antonieta Contreras
Let’s Talk About Trauma
Angelina Der Arakelian
What if you Could Live a New Life Everyday?
Linda Kowalchek
Could You Make a Career Out of Medium? — Part Two
Liangcai Chen
Can Travel Be Stress-free?
Anthony Jackson
The Passenger
Randy Wolken
You Are More Powerful Than You Believe
Steve B Howard
Where My Writing Currently Earns $$$ for Me
S M Mamunur Rahman
Things You Should Never Do in Japan
Jennifer MacDonald
We Are Not Okay
Stuart Englander
Day Tripping: April 19
Aldric Chen
Yes, I have 27 Hours In A Day and I Earn $145,283.10 From Writing. A Brilliant Life, Isn’t It?
Liam Ireland
How To Go About Writing
Sahil Patel
8 Small Ways To Make You Feel Happier In The Next 5 Minutes.
Lucienne
Going Blue
Ivette Cruz
Blue Ocean
Patrick M. Ohana
For Anthi Kanéna
AHK
Are You Lacking These Abilities to Be a Better Writer?
Bill Abbate
How to Find Blessings and Opportunities in the Difficulties of Life
Esther George
After So Much Of Talk, Are We Truly Capable of Unconditional Love?
Rose Blog
The art of letting go
Veronika Kaufmann
The Innovative Insomniac
Jay Toran
A Little About Me — Jay Toran
Michele Thill
5 Activities That Promote Inner Peace
Andrew Lalchan
Ingenuity Flies On Mars Making History
Heber Rowan
Election monitors during COVID-19
Misbah Ul Haq Syed
City Of Golden Sands — Sharjah
Ann Venkataraman
The Real-Life Game of Thrones
Betsy Ramser Jaime
5 Powerful Ways You Can Find Ideas as a Content Creator
Selina Hajarat
Pack a Bag and Disappear
Ethan C. Wright
How to Overcome an Unhealthy Childhood Habit
Deepak Sethi
What Is a Metered Paywall and How It Helps Publishing Platforms and Writers?
Khadejah Jones
I Started Ordering My Food Under The Name Karen And You Should Too
Neera Mahajan
Can Acceptance of Death Make Us Live Better
Marcus
Esther this story gives me much nachas.
Adebayo Adeniran
What if the boss from hell was one of your followers on medium?
Tandreia Santini
This is Where I belong, for Now — Learning to Love LA
J.A. Becker
Surviving Open Workplace Feedback Cultures
Addey Vaters
The TikTok That Saved Me Hundreds of Dollars in Medical Bills
Terry L. Cooper
“Where Are The Good Apples?”
EJY
McDonald’s Collaborates with BTS to Highlight the K-pop Band’s Preferred Order
Ashley Nicole
How I Found out I was Pregnant for the Very First Time!
Destiny S. Harris
How Can I Do X?
Shawn Ingram
No Reflection
Samantha Scott
Microsoft shut down Wunderlist — 5 tools you can use instead!
Jeff Herring
Get the Click: 7 Universal Laws for the Email PS
Yiqing Zhao
Why a Sufficiency Mindset is What You Need
Humaira Iqbal
I Took A Selfie On Stage At My Graduation
Tanguy Leborgne
4 Secrets Every Leader Can Learn From Successful Retirees
Floyd Mori
What Would You Do If You Were Homeless?
Melanie J.
One-Lined Poem: Happiness (#24)
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Thank you for reading our stories.
Many thanks to our editors who reviewed and published these stories for you. Our editors work hard to help our writers submit their best stories. They invest their precious time volunteering for the smooth publishing of stories every day. ILLUMINATION-Curated, ILLUMINATION, Dr Mehmet Yildiz, Brian E. Wish, PhD, Dr Ron Pol, Dr Michael Heng, Paul Myers MBA, Karen Madej, Joe Luca, Dipti Pande, Kevin Buddaeus, Kate Maxwell, Arthur G. Hernandez, Bill Abbate, Michael Patanella, Aurora Eliam, CMP, René Junge, Geetika Sethi, Ahmed Jamal, Britni Pepper, Selma, Earnest Painter, Dew Langrial, B. A. Cumberlidge. Lanu Pitan, Agnes Laurens, EP McKnight, MEd, CR Mandler MAT, The Maverick Files, Sumera Rizwan, Liam Ireland, Tony Young, Jr., Neha Sandhir S, Desiree Driesenaar, Stuart Englander, Ntathu Allen, Thewriteyard, Haimish Mead, Maria Rattray, Cristo Lopez, PhD, Dr Preeti Singh, Holly Kellums, Kristina Segarra, Yohanan Gregorius, Audrey Malone,janny’s heart, Sabana Grande, Jennifer Friebely, Zen Chan, Aamir Kamal 🚀🚀🚀, John Cunningham, [arlie] PEYTON, Georgia Dimitrious, Kim Petersen, Josh Balerite Acol, Noorain Hassan, BMS, Mallika Vasak, Ikram Al Mouaswas, Terry L. Cooper, George Blue Kelly, Scott Hughey (TheWriteScott), Claire Kelly, Tree Langdon
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Thank you for reading stories of outstanding writers compiled by ILLUMINATION-Curated, ILLUMINATION and Editor of Technology Hits
Please check Book Chapters from our accomplished authors on ILLUMINATION Book Chapters.