Daily Success Stories from ILLUMINATION
From Mind, Heart, & Soul
1569 ILLUMINATION writers are informing & inspiring our 13,300+ readers on Medium and many more on other platforms.
Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye. Helen Keller
I have only one editorial highlight elicited from recent feedback of readers and aspiring writers on Medium. It is the admirable courage of our writers, who speak up and touch on the topics which matter for society. Our writers coming from diverse background, understand the real issues and reflect them using the power of their creative pens. Many readers and aspiring writers shared this meaningful sentiment with us. I am inspired to know that our writers are finding their voice and attempting to change the world with their powerful words in meaningful stories. You can check some of their stories from the next section and the publication page. We would appreciate sharing our stories on social media so that a greater audience can benefit from them.
What did ILLUMINATION writers create today?
We created stories from every dimension; covering mind, body, and spirit.
New writers who joined ILLUMINATION today
It is exciting for us to include 25 new writers to our publication today. We have 1569 writers supporting ILLUMINATION now. A warm welcome to our new writers: Eden Kunter, Tasneem Gad, Jagger Bellagarda, Charlie Westerman, Bill Broadbent, Rohit Roy, The San B, rhoda anne young, Colin Zhang, Haril Vyas, David Grant, Mob Cook, Kavya M, Samantha Buck, Taqaddus omer, Danny Oak, Woelf Dietrich, Colin Thomas, Megan R. Clark, Ken Martin, Rashmi Sharma, Jay Sizemore, Pouya Ahmadi, Mai Ahmed Yousef, RedempSion
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.
ILLUMINATION Slack Channel
We created a writer collaboration platform using Slack. We have 350+ 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.
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.
Curated Articles from ILLUMINATION
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. We update it regularly.
Stories from ILLUMINATION distributed to Medium Topics
Seven stories from ILLUMINATION were distributed to multiple Medium topics today. I enjoyed all these stories and gained new perspectives.
A story by Tree Langdon ♾️ distributed to #family #parenting.
A story by Athif Ibrahim was distributed to #relationships.
A story by Michael Burg, MD was distributed to #self.
A story by Stu Cavill was distributed to #programming.
A story by Bebe Nicholson was distributed to #writing.
A poem by Muhammad Zunair was distributed to #poetry.
A poem by Caitlin Ju was distributed to #poetry.
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 place on the front page for 24 hours for easy access.
MaryJo Wagner, PhD
Roz Warren
Pamela J. Nikodem, MS
Chris Hedges
Viktor Marchev
Bob Jasper
Ryan Frawley
Paul Myers MBA
Michelle Marie Warner
Britni Pepper
Eva Keiffenheim, MSc
Dr Michael Heng
Special Guest
We admire writers on noble mission in life and those who touch our mind, heart, and soul. Dr Bakari is one of those honorable ones who deserve special recognition on our publication. Our readers admire not only insights but also high quality stories from this notable writer.
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Writer Introductions
We have two writer introductions today.
Meet our writer Dr. Jackie Greenwood
Meet our writer Sarkis Ardjian
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 13,300+ readers. Please see the attached bio document as an example for creating your bios. Our readers are interested in our writers.
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”.
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 1560+ 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.
