Editor’s Choice
Hand-Picked Articles #114
Chosen by a content curator of ILLUMINATION Integrated Publications on Medium
Dear Readers and Writers,
We appreciate your time to read the stories of engaging and creative writers.
They are grateful for your valuable and inspiring feedback and reactions to interesting stories shared in collection #113 posted before.
Here is the link for those who might have missed the previous collection.
New Writers: Enhance the Chance of Boosting By Using This Checklist
Creative writers deserve the support and recognition of loyal readers to create and share their thoughts and feelings abundantly.
Yesterday, ILLUMINATION editors created a new policy to reduce the effects of un-captioned story images causing significant publishing delays.
Despite warnings some writers still use copyright images taking the risk of heavy penalties. We don’t want them to be penalized.
According to the new policy, editors will reject stories including un-captioned photos and copyrighted images. Please review the policy details in the attached bulletin.
If you don’t know how to caption Wikipedia images, one of our tech-savvy editors Michael Nagy posted a practical guide. It is a valuable story for new writers.
We have a new publication for game enthusiasts called ILLUMINATION Gaming. If you missed the announcement, you might find the invitation posted by Illumination Gaming in the attached story.
All Medium writers are welcome to join and submit gaming stories.
Thank you for the meaningful and inspiring engagement you give to the stories of creators that delight and motivate them to create better and more.
If you could kindly share their stories when you read them, more readers can benefit from their valuable content.
Social media tools like Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, Pinterest, Reddit, and Quora provide easy sharing facilities.
All you need is to copy and paste the link on these platforms. However, Medium makes it easy for Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn so you might click on the icons on the top of stories.
You might check the guidance on using social media effectively authored by Dr Mehmet Yildiz: How Writers and Readers Can Use Social Media Productively.
We post these featured collections on social media to allow readers to follow their favorite writers and share them after reading easily. Twitter readers can access Medium stories.
Today, I selected and compile great pieces based on stories I found in collection #101 published by ILLUMINATION featuring the work of contributors of Illumination on Medium.
I compiled the links to my previous collections in this post for easy access.
ILLUMINATION-Curator posted an article introducing our new Reading Club. Medium members are welcome to join this initiative to increase reading times.
We will feature some of those shared stories in the club in our upcoming collections. So please feel free to link your stories to the Reading Club channel on the Slack workspace. It is only for Medium members.
If you are a Medium member and don’t have writer access to our publications or Slack, you may request via this weblink. We will add you to our Slack workspace upon approval of your writer application.
Our goal for creating the Reading Club is to attract more readers to our publications as we serve thousands of creative writers.
Currently, 15,000+ writers submit stories to our publications. We are grateful for their contributions, delighting our readers.
Dr. Mehmet Yildiz started this project to increase the reading times of stories published in our publications. ILLUMINATION-Curator volunteered to lead it and outlined the purpose, process, and details of joining our reading club.
We look forward to your participation.
ILLUMINATION editors congratulated Alex Philippe for completing the 100-day writing challenge.
We encourage our prolific writers to join these writing challenges.
100 Day Challenge For New Writers
1,000 Short Posts in 100 Days
Invitation To A Writing Challenge
By joining these challenges you increase the chance of becoming a top writer in three months. Dr. Yildiz provided guidance on this opportunity.
How to Become a Top Writer in Three Months on Medium
In addition if one of your stories goes viral, you can earn a substantial income. For example, we witnessed a viral story by S M Mamunur Rahman that earned around $19,000. There were over 100 viral stories in our publication in 2021 as documented by Dr Mehmet Yildiz, our chief editor.
What I Learned by Reviewing 100+ Viral Articles in 2021
Featured Writers of ILLUMINATION
ILLUMINATION editors featured several writers to bring them, new readers. We will continue to introduce more writers contributing to our publications soon. In the meantime, you might check out selected stories of these great writers.
Meet Melinda Blau Melinda Blau
Meet Cliff Hightower: Cliff Hightower
Meet Joan Gershman Joan Gershman
Meet Don Martin Don Martin
Meet Dr. Gabriella Kőrösi on Medium Lady Dr. Gabriella Korosi
Please take the opportunity to explore the stories of these writers and support them with meaningful engagement.
You may also feature yourself by posting a writer bio like the stories in the attached collection that I compiled. We distribute them to our subscribers.
Curated Writer Bios
Learn about contributing writers of ILLUMINATION written by their pen
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Interviewed Writers
Recently we interviewed Dr. Preeti Singh, Lawson Wallace, and Keri Mangis.
Interview With Keri Mangis
An Interview with Lawson Wallace
An Interview with Dr. Preeti Singh
Collection of Interview Stories
You might check out 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 compiled and published a curated collection #127. It is full of exciting stories.
Update on New Writers
I recently add new writers to publications as other editors are busy with publishing a large backlog of submissions from a growing number of writers.
We are sorry for the publishing delays. Submissions exceed our capacity of 30 editors. Despite all, our volunteer editors are doing their best to publish as many drafts as possible each day.
Thank you for your understanding and patience. Your stories will be published eventually.
You may also consider self-publishing as we accept them. However, draft submissions might bring more readers so it is up to you.
Our publications accept both draft and self-published stories. But, we give priority to drafts because these stories need to find readers as they wait in the queue for a while.
Introduction to New Writers
Let’s warmly welcome the new writers who join us today.
Mhstuart, Praveen Gnanaselvam, Hilly, Madison Hunter, Shelah Andrew, Parinaz Kassemi, Melissa Lee, Zelene Chambers, Conscious Commentary, That’s the Guy, Stefano, Aamir, Ishaan Gupta, Mark J Cundiff, Ordinary Dude, Aun Gregg.
ILLUMINATION provided guidance to new writers on collection #128.
The key point for new writers is to check out the onboarding pack, which includes publication-specific information for a smooth transition. I attached it below.
Let’s support these new writers who recently joined us.
I am pleased that some of these writers have started posting.
Nkechinyere Ezeanuna, Flo, Nick Jody, Exploit The Edge, Katherine Myrestad, Tyson Ball, Meghan Abbott, Judith Uusi-Hakimo, Agnes Davis, Melissa Chanthalangsy, Oraorn Srichiangwang, Robert Welborn, Half Pint Jules, Abdulrahman Hassan, Le Voir N. Lewis, Amy Stark, A Traveling Broad, Ruslan Kravchyk, BabyWrites, Taylor Micha, V. Ruiz, Francis Madu, Ekaterine Lolashvili, Maria Gadileys, Hanry Davies, Rahul Kapoor, Prabhank Sarwaikar, T. Nichol, Rachel Z., Emmanuel Nwaka, Claudiu, Maria Ajmal, Maria Ajmal, Christa Kiesling, Dylan Oh, Aditi Rishi, slashdotted, Richardwachara, KC Pascua, Heather Paz, Monique’s Tarot 🦋
I added those writers notified earlier but couldn’t see the publications. If you still have problems, please send another request so we can add them again.
Please review the attached copy of the onboarding pack before submitting your stories. Our editors can publish them faster if you follow the publication rules.
As a benefit of fast publishing, your stories will start earning income and finding more readers quickly.
Please caption your photos and ensure that that they are not copyrighted: either belong to you or from free sources. Not captioning and using copyrighted photos waste our editors’ precious time and cause delays in publishing your stories.
I copy the new policy again in case new writers might have missed the beginning of this story. This policy is in place now. If you want your stories to be published timely, please review and comply.
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3 Simple and Unnoticeable Tricks Top Writers Use To Go Viral Daniel Mesa
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Youth Pay Attention Divyata Dewan
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Why You Should Slow Down to Speed Up Elaine Hilides
Audrey Eliminated Back Pain and Transformed Her Appearance Dedicating to Six Minute Planks Daily… Dr Mehmet Yildiz
Fortuitous Reunion Elizabeth Emerald
Elon Musk May Burn Twitter Down: Tarot Reading Emmarie Hodge
4 Basic Writing Rules That All New Writers Ignore Em
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Did UFO spot in a Twitch stream? NASA investigates Francesco Carrubba
Are You a Patriot? From the Mountain ~ Stories & Photos of JD Adams
Some Questions For The Writing Gods Frank T Bird
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The One Thing We All Have In Common Gerthy Bingoly
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5 Signs That People Are Secretly Jealous Of You Gökhan Yalcuk
Curated Collection #101 ILLUMINATION
This Velvety Superfood Beverage May Just Replace Your Morning Coffee Intuitive Living
A Leadership Short — Ernest Shackleton Greg Sweeney
Bitcoin’s Satoshi Problem Jake Carlson
Why Do You Fight About Money? And How Can You Stop It? Jennifer Thompson
How Many Years Are Enough? Jerry Pompilio
To Achieve Great Results, You Need a Winning Attitude! Jeannette Seibly
The Archangels Explain Curses and Spells Jodie Helm
Warning: Medium’s Recent Changes May Induce Headaches and Thwart Extraterrestrial Communication Josie P. Julius
Listening to Our Heart Illuminated Joseph Lieungh
These Things Are Also OCD, They Just Don’t Fit The Stereotype Julia
What is in a name? Julian Harcourt
Deadhorse, Alaska: A Whole Different World Karen Remick
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5 Insanely Magical Ways to Celebrate National Unicorn Day Kirsty Kendall
The Productivity Engine Labman Perspectives
This Is How Much Medium Paid Me for 1K, 3K, 15K Stories Letters from E.K.
Undoing the To-Do List Julien Bellos
I am a Human Being Libby Mitchell
The Russians Are as Bad as We Remember Libby Winkler
How Two Introverts Reacted to a Challenge Lucia Landini
Favorite Positions To Make Sex Liviu Roman
Moderna’s Lot Recall Is a Blot Despite Recent Good News Mark Hake
Hand-Picked Articles #69 Technology Hits
The Science Of Money School Refuses To Teach Mentoni
30 Things That Make Me Spit Nails Misty Rae
Does Telepathy Work? Nedelcu Alina
This Is What A Visual Migraine Is Like — A Very Weird Experience Mike Lewis
Visuals Aren’t Enough — You Need to Engage Instagram Followers with Copy Nick Nolan
What It Means To Be A Husband Nick Stockton
Broken Thoughts NIDAA
Nine Stories Inspired by Friedrich Nietzsche’s Aphorisms Øivind H. Solheim
Pangrammatic Obsidian Eagle
Is Russia Toying with NATO? Patrick OConnell
Russian Artwork Seized in Finland Paul Coogan
How Regular People Become Villians Rachel M.J
How to Dress to Attract Men: Authentic Tips for Women Qasim Adam
Democracy is dead — here is an alternative Raphaël Reiter
How Does Mr. Rich Get Richer? Real Money Guru
7 Blog topics that can make you Rich Real Cash Tech
The Embarrassing Way I Learned the Difference Between Confidence and Control Rick Lewis
The Comfort Zone Is a Lie Ripped Jeans Journey
The Biggest Victim of Cancel Culture Sharon Johnson
Chosen Stories from ILLUMINATION-Curated #02 Technology Hits
Interspecies Mingling — a Poem Roxanne Barbour
Getting Real With Our Women Friends Theresa C. Dintino
Funky Beach Town vs. Intentional Paradise Trisha Ready
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Perceptions Ulf Wolf
BOUNDARIES Yeeve 이재인 Rayne
Time A.H. Mehr
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Are Binaural Beats The New Fix? Alishah Savage
It’s Financial Emergency Season — Are You Prepared? Allan Johnson
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How to Get the Most of Your Training. The Warrior Mindset. Andrey Pilipets
The Average Breast Size By Country Annie Wegner
All The Bad Advice That’s Keeping You Poor On Medium Attila Vágó
How to Discover the Power of Your Spiritual Repertoire Addie Pazzynski
How I Got More Tasks Completed Despite a Tight Daily Schedule Ayoade Emmanuel
Most of Us Want Someone Close to Us Bogdan Mtn
How are you? Brooklyn Muse
Make Money On Instagram — What Is Picker.me? Burk
Why Advertising is Destroying Your Website Brian Lamacraft
3 Months Ago I Got Serious About Writing, Here’s What Happened Caleb Naysmith
Six Cruel Haikus Carlo Zeno
Do You Want To Know The Value Of A Plant-Based Diet? Chasing Dreams
Girls Trip Carrie Tawil
Will Smith, Ephesians 5, and the Beauty of Cleansing a Wife Coke Francis
The 3 Most Desired Books in Money, Business, and Personal Development Daniel Mesa
Celebrating Our Wives Dave Smith
I Did an Experiment on Twitter with Viral Results Destiny Eve
I Did an Experiment on Twitter with Viral Results
I’ve learned a lot about engagement — …
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Why We’re Myth Making Machines Elaine Hilides
DeSantis Delivering on His “Make Florida More Insane Again” Promises Eric Milch
Thank you for 1,000 Subscribers Ella Heart
I Hated Reading Books. Here is How I Learned to Consistently Read Every Day. Ezz El Din Abdullah
Another Tragic Killing Of A Teenager By A Friend Floyd Mori
De-Feeting Fear: The Toothless Lion With a Big Roar That Can’t Run Gary L Ellis
Divine Intervention or Coincidence Gerad Carrier
CHANNELED Frank Ontario
30 Brutal Life Lessons by Naval Ravikant I Wish I Knew When I Was Sixteen Gereon Wellmann ⚡
What Are The Most Important Rules for Writing? Geri Spieler
Seven Examples When People Don’t Listen to Reason Glenn Stok
Leaving a company I love to regain control over my career Helen Miao Yu
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Intuitive Eating: A Beginner’s Guide to Enjoying Your Food, Body, & Life Intuitive Living
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How to Write a Hundred Dollar Article Israrkhan
Stop Limiting Yourself and Start Achieving Big Things Instead Jessey Anthony
100 Followers in 30 Days: My Journey and What I Learned John Adam Ledford
How I Make $350 for 20 Minutes of Work Jenn Leach
Eating Scares Me Johnny T Page
Why Journaling is an Intimate Affair Johnny T. Nguyen
Getting Unstuck is as Easy as Writing One Bad Simile Ken Li
Understanding The Unspoken Language That Many Of Us Don’t Speak Up And Out About KL Simmons
6 free tools that will help you if you got stuck in your writing Lassepetter
Will Smith Got Banned At The Oscars For 10 Years And We All Should Be Scared Khadejah
Cool Stories 4/01/22 to 4/10/22 Lawson Wallace
How To Reframe Online Hate Into Growth Leah O’Daniel
Channeling Energy Little Monster
7 Valuable Life Lessons From Greek Philosopher Aristotle Letters from E.K.
What Makes a Woman Look Confident? Daring Clothes Or … Lorrae - Loving My AUTISTRY
A Deep Story About Meeting A Holocaust Survivor Lwazi Mosley
How to Calm Your Anxious Mind and Stay Calm in a Crazy World Mary Beth Hazeldine
The Memphis Grizzlies are a championship-caliber team again Martavious Dorsey
All In Divine Timing Michelle Marie Writes
Why I Employ Freelancers From Developing Countries Mike Lewis
The Damn Dog Gave Me Covid! Misty Rae
Laugh Nikolaos Skordlils
33 Years and The Simpsons Make History Once Again Nicole Wallet
Toddlers Run Errands Alone in Show New to Netflix Otis Adams
How To Know When It’s Time To Sell Your Crypto Owen Cusworth
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War has started, Putin is testing limits Paulo Laureano
The Downside Of Habits Prince Verma
Forge a Wholesome Personality By Weightlifting Pascal writes
How to Gain Back Your Attention Span to Maximize Productivity Prince Verma
Renewal Randy Shingler
I am a Man & I am a Rape Survivor. Rex Shadeseagle
10 Most Effective Ways to Earn Extra Money as a Student Richard Appiah
The Easy Way to Becoming a Great Coach and Writer Rob Hourmont
Does Everything Matter? Robin Emery
According to Beau: Brain Attack Roxy Wright
10 Reasons To Be Proud Of Making Mistakes Rudi Xega 🇦🇱
18 Months Ago, I Quit My Job — Here’s What Happened Next S M Mamunur Rahman
I’m Growing a Monster in My Belly Rosalind Pagan
How to Apply Systems Thinking in Running and Managing a Business Sam Schreim
Platinum Jubilee Celebrations — what we know so far Sophie Newbold
Are You ‘Equal’ in Your Relationships? Suma Narayan
I Wish More People Understood This Sara Moton
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I Dream Of Owning A Prison Vanessa Sanchez
I Feel It in the Air, I Feel It in the Atmosphere Walter Pop Matthews IV
How I Got Into a Big Publication With My First Draft Yana Voynique
Are We Even Ready for a Large Scale War? Veritas Civis
Misplaced Praise Yancy Dennis
Does Money Play a Role in Employees’ Motivation? Zain
My Australian Wife Refused to Revisit Amsterdam After Two Dramatic Incidents Dr Mehmet Yildiz
Hand-Picked Articles #71 ILLUMINATION Amplifier
Selected Videos from ILLUMINATION YouTube
How to Become a Top Writer in Three Months on Medium
Top writer badges bring several benefits to writers on Medium.
Happy second birthday to ILLUMINATION!
You might find links to great videos in the attached story.
Please subscribe to our channel and reap the benefits.
Three Tips to Eliminate Insulin Resistance and Shrink Waistline
Many thanks to Illumination YouTube Coordinator for producing this informative video for our health enthusiasts. Insulin resistance is a critical health condition so we nee to understand it and prevent from the risks.
You might check the article of this video at the following link.
Why magnesium is just not another mineral?
Let’s enjoy the video of this trending story titled Magnesium is just not another mineral by our chief editor Dr Mehmet Yildiz. Magnesium plays an essential role in the body as articulated by Dr. Yildiz.
Meet Our Editors
Each story covers the profiles of our volunteer editors.
These volunteer editors are the ones reviewing and publishing the stories in these collections. They are from various time zones clearing the publication queue on their precious time daily.
Meet Dr Mehmet Yildiz — Dr Mehmet Yildiz Chief Editor and Owner
Helpful References for New Writers
New writers might check out these stories as they are designed to guide them.
Starter Kit for Writers of ILLUMINATION Integrated Publications
Improving the Quality of Writing Using an Editorial Checklist
The Joy of Selling 1,000+ Books In A Month With Minimal Investment
What I Learned After Publishing 1,010 And Reading 100,000 Stories
Science-Based Therapeutic Value of Expressive Writing for Mental Health
7 Tips for Freelance Writers Dealing with Chronic Stress Effectively
Copyright Matters: Zero tolerance to plagiarism on ILLUMINATION
Helpful Guides for All Contributors
Onboarding Pack for New Writers
New writers, please read this pack before submitting your stories.
Guidance on our Publications
Publication-related stories can be accessed via this collection.
Meet Editors of Our Publications
Introducing Writers Bios
Curated Writer Bios
Learn about contributing writers of ILLUMINATION written by their pen
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Publications by Our Writers on Medium
Invitation to ILLUMINATION YouTube Channel
Invitation to Write for ILLUMINATION on YouTube Publication
Illumination Fiction Club
Updates from Euphoria
Sample Collections by ILLUMINATION
Meet New Writers Joined When This Collection Posted by ILLUMINATION
Let’s welcome these new writers and explore their stories by clicking on the profile links below. Some of them already contribute to our publications.
Pherawaty, June, Jamie Ryder, Stanley Thomas, Natalie Moulden, Utkarsh Trivedi, Irtiza Khan Labib, Fayzullo Davronov, Lee hill, Michael McKean, Cristina Cattai, Ankit Goyal, Tammytangx, Alan Simpson, Sunny Chen, Ashley J.J. White, R.A. Bond, Cliff Hightower, Cait Mack, Mike X, Rayhan khan, Rose Anne, Rayhan khan, Ryan M. Becker, Bishal Saha, Bryce Barrows, Edson Moisinho, Sonika, Thevirtualblake, Rita Watson, Jessica Wilson, A.R. Colborne, G.P. Gottlieb, Casey McGrath, Kammie Sumpter. Chris Schwilk, Ph.D., YouGazette, Bridget Stones, Scribbling Lion, Sophie Newbold, Addie Pazzynski, Louis, C. Certified, Marziya Khan, Carlo Zeno, Harini Saravanakumar, Alisha, Zainab MV, Brandon 🚣🏼🐝,
New writers need to check the onboarding pack before submitting stories to our publications. The quality and style of your stories are important for our readers.
Invitation to Potential Writers
To join Illumination Integration publications, please send a request via this link. We will help you gain visibility and succeed as a top writer on Medium. Please point out the publication name with your Medium account ID in the request. If you are new to Medium, you can join via this link. Readers can read thousands of stories, and writers may monetize self-published content. As our chief editor, Dr Mehmet Yildiz says “opportunities are endless on this platform”.
