Editor’s Choice
Hand-Picked Articles #107
Chosen by the technology editor of ILLUMINATION Integrated Publications on Medium

Dear Readers and Writers,
Thank you for reading the stories of our engaging and creative writers.
We are grateful for your valuable feedback and reactions to interesting stories of writers shared in collection #106 posted. Creative writers deserve your support and recognition to create and share their thoughts.
Your meaningful engagement with their stories delights creators and inspires them to create more and better.
If you can share their stories when you read, more readers can benefit from their content.
We designed these featured collections to allow readers to follow their favorite writers and share them after reading easily.
Today, I chose exciting pieces based on stories from collection #95 published by ILLUMINATION featuring the great work of contributors of Illumination on Medium. I compile my previous collections at this link for easy access.
ILLUMINATION-Curator announced our Reading Club. Medium members are welcome to join our new initiative to increase reading times and create a collaborative atmosphere.
If you don’t have writer access to our publications, you may request via this weblink. We will add you to our Slack workspace upon your application.
We aim to attract more readers to our publications as we serve thousands of writers. Currently, 21,000+ writers submit stories to our publications. We are grateful for their contributions, delighting our readers.
Dr. Mehmet Yildiz initiated this project. ILLUMINATION-Curator volunteered to lead it and outlined the purpose, process, and details of joining our reading club.
We look forward to your participation. Here is the announcement. Details are in the attached story.
ILLUMINATION editors featured new writers to bring them, new readers. We will continue to introduce more writers soon. In the meantime, you might check out selected stories of these great writers.
Meet Dr. Gabriella Kőrösi on Medium Lady Dr. Gabriella Korosi
Meet Don Martin Don Martin.
Meet Melinda Blau Melinda Blau
Meet Cliff Hightower: Cliff Hightower.
Let’s explore the stories of these writers and support them.
Recently we interviewed Lawson Wallace and Dr. Preeti Singh
An Interview with Lawson Wallace
Interview with Dr. Preeti Singh
You might look at more interviews conducted by our chief editor Dr Mehmet Yildiz in the attached collection. If you want to be interviewed, you can contact Dr. Yildiz on Illumination Slack workspace.
Illumination editors published a curated collection #126.
Process for Adding New Writers
I added new writers to publications as Illumination editors are occupied with publishing. They have to deal with a significant backlog of submissions from writers daily.
I wish I could help publishing a few, but Medium does not allow more than 30 editors per publication. Dr Yildiz (chief editor) keeps the most active editors on Illumination to meet the excessive load.
Once again, we apologise for the publishing delays. Submissions exceed our capacity of 30 editors. But, our volunteer editors are doing their best to publish as many as possible.
We appreciate your patience. Gradually your stories will be published. You are welcome to self-publish as we accept them. But draft submissions might bring more readers.
Introduction to New Writers
Some of the writers I added and notified earlier couldn’t see the publications, so I added them again.
I have no idea why some accounts disappear. Glitches occur beyond our control sometimes. We appreciate your understanding.
ILLUMINATION provided guidance to new writers on collection #126. The key point for new writers is to check out the onboarding pack, which includes publication-specific information for a smooth transition.
Here is a copy of the onboarding pack that you may review before submitting your stories. Our editors can publish them faster if you follow the rules, so your stories start earning income and finding more readers.
Please remember to caption your photos. Not captioning and using copyrighted photos waste our editors’ precious time and cause delays in publishing your stories.
Let’s all please convert this undesirable situation into a win-win position. We provided step by step guide to cite your photos. It will take only a few minutes to understand it. Many writers learned it and reaped the benefits. It is not a complex task.

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