Editor’s Choice
Hand-Picked Articles #115
Chosen by a content curator of ILLUMINATION Integrated Publications on Medium
Dear Readers and Writers,
Creative writers deserve the support and recognition of readers to create and share their thoughts and feelings on Medium.
We appreciate your time to read the stories of these engaging writers. They are grateful for your inspiring feedback and reactions to interesting stories shared in collection #114 posted before.
Here is the link for those who might have missed the previous collection.
Thank you for the meaningful engagement you give to the stories of creators that delight and motivate them to create better and more.
Sharing their stories is also important to find my readers. 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.
You might check the guidance on using social media effectively authored by Dr Mehmet Yildiz: How Writers and Readers Can Use Social Media Productively.
Invitation: Join ILLUMINATION Gaming Publication as a Writer
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.
Today, I selected and compile great pieces based on stories I found in collection #103 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.
Reading Club
ILLUMINATION-Curator posted an article introducing our new Reading Club. Medium members are welcome to join this initiative to increase reading times.
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.
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.
The goal of creating the Reading Club is to attract more readers to our publications as we serve thousands of creative writers. We look forward to your participation.
Currently, 15,000+ writers submit stories to our publications. We are grateful for their contributions, delighting our readers.
Writing Challenges and Prompts
We encourage our prolific writers to join these writing challenges to find new readers and increase their reading times.
100 Day Challenge For New Writers
1,000 Short Posts in 100 Days
Invitation To A Writing Challenge
By participating in these challenges you might 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
Besides, if one of your stories goes viral, you can earn a substantial income.
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 Joan Gershman Joan Gershman
Meet Cliff Hightower: Cliff Hightower
Meet Melinda Blau Melinda Blau
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.
Curated Collection #128
Illumination editors compiled and published a curated collection #128. It is full of exciting stories.
Curated Writer Bios
You might 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.
An Interview with Lawson Wallace
Interview With Keri Mangis
An Interview with Dr. Preeti Singh
Collection of Writer Interviews
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.
Introduction to New Writers
Let’s welcome the new writers who join us today.
Sheronda Lofton, Matt Reicher, Cole Fitter, Lilia Nora Adamou, Zhana, Veena Vijayakumar, Arnav Saxena, Kay Suthar, Byron Clarke, Sharmila Shankarkumar, Jenny Lytle, Mario Solis, Rick Crites, Jona Branzuela Bering.
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.
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, 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.
Not Captioning and Using Copyright Photos Will Lead to Rejection of Stories
We are sorry for the publishing delays. 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.
We 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.
Selected Stories from ILLUMINATION Writers
The Secret of an Orphan Who Built Rewarding Businesses Living as a Centenarian Dr Mehmet Yildiz
Sarah Eliminated Depressive Thoughts with a Simple Method Dr Mehmet Yildiz
Why Do You Need to Write At Least Three Months to Reap Benefits of Medium? ILLUMINATION
What Is It Typically Like Living with a Covert Narcissist? Melissa Kalt, MD
A Fairy Tale Disney Won’t Be Selling Carolyn F. Chryst, Ph.D.
Proven 4 Tips For The New Writers M Mahfujur Rahman, Ph.D.
My underage brother got me and my sisters pregnant, then we ate our mother’s flesh Brian Loo Soon Hua
Shrinkflation: Are You Paying the Same Amount for Less Product at the Grocery Store? Jennifer Geer
You Didn’t Marry the Wrong Guy. You Spent too Much Time Browsing Amy Sea
Hand-Picked Articles #73 ILLUMINATION Amplifier
My Six Month Weight Loss Plan In Six Simple Ways Ange Dim
I Am Tired Of Hearing About Will and Jada! Annelise Lords
Pacify Your Inner Critic by Letting Go of Black and White Thinking Alex Philippe
Congratulations Alex Philippe for Completing 100 Day Challenge ILLUMINATION
The Creepy Reason Why Elon Musk Is Obsessed With Your Uterus Ali Hall
Chosen Stories from ILLUMINATION-Curated #01 ILLUMINATION Amplifier
Telling Stories Aasha Anna
Why I Do Digital Planning Amanda Mae
Redbubble Removed One Of My Works For Silly Reasons Andreia Damian
Where Sunbeams Land Amy Christie
Outstanding Stories — Volume 86 ILLUMINATION-Curator
Outstanding Stories — Volume 86
Selected stories from top writers of ILLUMINATION-Curated
medium.com
A Quick And Simple Way to Earn $50 to $300 Annie Wegner
How You Can Boost Your Self-Confidence In Just 6 Minutes Antonis Iliakis
Curated Collection #127 ILLUMINATION
Observations From the Bar Brian Lamacraft
You Can See the True Love of the Man on Board a Sinking ship Bogdan Mtn
How To Caption Wikipedia Images Michael Nagy
4 Words That’ll Change Your Life! Bridget Stones
New Jersey/ New York Rap and Hip Hop Concerts 2022 Brooklyn Muse
Travel Journal 101: Tips & Tricks To Get Started With Journaling Bryan Dijkhuizen
Why Is It so Damn Hard to Lose Weight? Brooke Krzyston
Face Your Suffering and You Will Face Your Strength Camille Grady
Dear Evangelicals: My Trauma is Real Carol Chea
The Purpose of Life Is To Craft a Noble Character Chad Gates
7 articles in March, How Much Did I Earn? Cedric Boogaerts
The Dogwoods Came Early Charlie Cole
What Happened to the Russian Soldiers Stuck in an Elevator Clement Brian
Sleep Your Way To Weight Loss Cynthia C Farley
Why You Need To Get Comfortable Being Uncomfortable Delilah Elenoh
Quiet People Have These 5 Superpowers Daniel Mesa
Where Do I Get My Medium Story Ideas? Don Martin
How I wasted years on self-improvement… Eduard Sebastian
Pick of the Crop Elizabeth Emerald
Are You Doing Things You Don’t Want to Do? Elaine Hilides
5 Things You’ll Realize After Deleting Social Media from your Phone Elizabeth Loberg
Lessons from the Grim Reaper Ellis Orozco
Stop asking people to do stuff for you and calling it ‘freedom.’ Emily Kirkman
Outstanding Stories — Volume 87 ILLUMINATION-Curator
Outstanding Stories — Volume 87
Selected stories from top writers of ILLUMINATION-Curated
medium.com
6 Strategies For Setting Boundaries With Toxic Parents Fahim chughtai
44 Lessons I Learned From Publishing 444 Articles on Medium Fahri Karakas
Earn 5$ Daily Passive Income With This Website — Surprisingly Not A Scam Eric Kulbiej
Why Are Demonstrations And Protests A Part Of Life? Floyd Mori
I Tried My First BJJ Class Today Gabby Gabs
The Restless Mirage George Lamptey
Attraction Is Created in the Brain, Not in the Heart. Gaby Spadaro
How I Make Money Tirelessly geozee
Do You Hate Rewriting Your Work? Geri Spieler
10 Big Dating Mistakes Guys Keep Making With Women Growth Lodge
Disney’s Chilling Stepford Town of the Future Hannah Altagracia
7 Tips I Gave to My Lover Before Leaving Him for Good Hakima T A N T R I K A
America, Please Educate Me. Harry Hogg
Amazing Tools for Any Writer to Up Productivity and Word Counts Ira Robinson
Curated Collection #103 ILLUMINATION
15 Types of Highly Annoying People J.C. Anne Brown
How To Make Your Articles Better By Editing With Conviction J.D Rehbein-Wrightstein
Why Is It Easier To Insult Someone Than To Compliment Them? Jackson Zheng
Hand-Picked Articles #113 ILLUMINATION Amplifier
7 Lead Magnet Ideas from Your Articles Jeff the Content Coach
What Can We Do About Mondays? Jennifer Smith
Getting Past the Afternoon Slump John Teehan
Are you aware of your candidates? John Archer
5 Ways I Am Growing As A New Writer On Medium JustinWrites
Ten Things That Make Me Go Yikes! Kay Valley
Cancel Culture is Making School Shootings Okay Khadejah
3 Ways To Stop Negative Self-Talk Laura Knapke
Why It’s Smart To Use This New Google Chrome Extension For Medium in 2022 Kristina God
Why Knowing Someone’s Pet Peeves is Very Important as You Start to Date Libby Shively McAvoy
I’m 57 and I Just Got My First Real Tattoo Lisa Alexander
Want Others to Instantly Like You? Here Are 11 Things to Remember Lukas Schwekendiek
Chosen Stories from ILLUMINATION-Curated #02 ILLUMINATION Amplifier
The extinction of glacial megafauna is linked to the brain’s tiny size Liviu Roman
Inflation Hits 8.5% and It’s Accelerating Mark Hake
The Storm Before The Calm Martavious Dorsey
How Quitting My Six-Figure Job Helped Me Make Better Life and Business Decisions Michael Lim
Don’t Eat These 4 Types Of Nuts Mike Lewis
Laptops You Have Loved MicheletheTrainer
The Stock Market Collapse: Protect Yourself NOW Mike Toney-Hoffman
Understanding APR: Don’t Let Banks Fool You! Mike Toney-Hoffman
Dating and Remote Displacement Nicole Higginbotham-Hogue, Author on Amazon
Here’s the Best Writing Advice I Received This Past Weekend Noah Nelson
I Am Really Tired Of Being Asked, “What About Men?” Ossiana Tepfenhart
My Great Robot Writing Experiment Is Over. Where To Go From Here? October J.
3 Online and Print Publications Who Buy Nonfiction Articles, Short Stories, and Poetry Pamela Kazmierczak
The Fine Art of How To Get a Guy Talking Qasim Adam
Martian Instigators — a Poem Roxanne Barbour
A Letter to My Younger Self Sammy Wan
To My Daughter on Her Second Birthday Roxy Wright
Hey You, THINK Before Speaking! Samuel Tan
Every dusk has a dawn Sapna M
Darkness is Rebuked Scott Edgar
She is Steady and She Waits Scott Edgar
What Do You Really Think the United Nations Can Do About All this, Anyway? Scott-Ryan Abt
The Oasis Sheldon Clay
7 Tips to Protect your Intellectual Property Steve Sponseller
With 90+ Audiobooks Annually, Aria Improved Her Knowledge and Defined Her body. Dr Mehmet Yildiz
Fail On Your Own Terms Sohail
How Long Should You Nap Each Day To Boost Your Productivity Sufyan Maan, M.Eng
How Long Should You Nap Each Day To Boost Your Productivity
Lazy people don’t try to nap.
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Hand-Picked Articles #71 Technology Hits
Alice Coltrane Ted’s List
Easy $600 Annual Savings — Swap Verizon for its Child Visible Topher Freeman
3 Lazy Skill Sets to Posess for Business Success Tina Lopez
Ennui (1987) Trish MacEnulty
A Look at the Maslow Pyramid for Future Generations Valerio
6 Red Flags About Sloth Valerio
Bathing My Yesterdays in Tomorrows Victoria Ponte
How to Play the Long Game with Your Life Ayodeji Awosika
A Simple Strategy I Use To Tell If Someone Is Lying To Me Matt Lillywhite
These Are the Authors I Admire Most Nkeonye Judith Izuka-Aguocha tributes to our writers Tim Denning and Ayodeji Awosika
The Tragic Situation of Naomi, Who Sacrificed Her Health for Entrepreneurship Dr Mehmet Yildiz
Stop Limiting Yourself and Start Achieving Big Things Instead Jessey Anthony
Understanding The Unspoken Language That Many Of Us Don’t Speak Up And Out About KL Simmons
Are We Even Ready for a Large Scale War? Veritas Civis
How to Calm Your Anxious Mind and Stay Calm in a Crazy World Mary Beth Hazeldine
All In Divine Timing Michelle Marie Writes
18 Months Ago, I Quit My Job — Here’s What Happened Next S M Mamunur Rahman
How To Reframe Online Hate Into Growth Leah O’Daniel
The Easy Way to Becoming a Great Coach and Writer Rob Hourmont
Hand-Picked Articles #71 Technology Hits
Does Money Play a Role in Employees’ Motivation? Zain
My Australian Wife Refused to Revisit Amsterdam After Two Dramatic Incidents Dr Mehmet Yildiz
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!
Meet Top Writers on YouTube
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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
medium.com
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”.
