Editor’s Choice
Hand-Picked Articles #120
Chosen by a content curator of ILLUMINATION Integrated Publications on Medium
Dear Readers and Writers,
We selected great stories for your enjoyment today.
Thank you for your meaningful engagement with the stories of the writers in the previous collection. We appreciate your time to read them.
These writers are grateful for your inspiring feedback and reactions to interesting stories shared in collection #119 posted before.
Here is the link for those who might have missed the previous collection.
Sharing stories of these writers is also important to find more readers.
We post these featured collections on social media to allow readers to follow their favorite writers and share them after reading easily. However, Twitter readers can access Medium stories without a paywall. They might bring new members.
You might check the guidance on using social media effectively How Writers and Readers Can Use Social Media Productively.
I feature this story by our chief editor Dr Mehmet Yildiz as he guides new writers to increase their views and reading times. He answers commonly requested questions by new writers. I hope you find it valuable.
If you missed the announcement, you might check out the invitation posted by Illumination Gaming in the attached story. All Medium writers are welcome to join and submit gaming stories.
We look forward to your stories in our new publication designed for game enthusiasts. It is called ILLUMINATION Gaming.
Reading Club
ILLUMINATION-Curator introduced our new Reading Club. Medium members are welcome to join and 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.
The reading club 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.
Currently, 15,000+ writers submit stories to our publications. We are grateful for their contributions, delighting our readers.
We look forward to your participation.
Featured Writers of ILLUMINATION
ILLUMINATION editors feature writers to bring them, new readers. We will introduce more writers contributing to our publications soon. In the meantime, you might check out selected stories of these great storytellers.
Meet Melinda Blau Melinda Blau
Meet Joan Gershman Joan Gershman
Meet Don Martin Don Martin
Meet Dr. Gabriella Kőrösi on Medium Lady Dr. Gabriella Korosi
Meet Cliff Hightower: Cliff Hightower
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. The pack 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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Meet Interviewed Writers
Recently we interviewed Lawson Wallace and Dr. Preeti Singh.
An Interview with Lawson Wallace
An Interview with Dr. Preeti Singh
Collection of Interviewed Writers
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.
Writing Challenges and Prompts
Our prolific writers might consider joining 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 significant income. So it is a good idea to increase the chance of viral stories by following key rules. Dr Yildiz analyzed the viral stories and shared his findings.
What I Learned by Reviewing 100+ Viral Articles in 2021
Introduction to New Writers
Let’s welcome the new writers who join us today.
Saleshni Cook, Doubbleconsciousness (2 b’s), Emily Forman, Sophie | Metaart.Marketing, Dominika Vasova, Tracy Davis, Adah, Gray Stanback, Gray Stanback, Margarita Groisman, Anne Skyvington, Doubbleconsciousness (2 b’s), Garv Chawla, Suzie Alexander, Thomas Strider, Antonio Parente Jr, Harmony S, Katrine Tjoelsen, Lori Armstrong, Jomar Fonseca, Khushi Gupta, Adithya L Narayanan, Jocelyn Gerard, Opola, Timpoa, Rozel Chang, Jussi Luukkonen, 笨小孩, K. Alan Dawson.
Let’s also give a warm welcome to recently joined writers. Some of them have already posted their first articles. Let’s support their content!
Jean Bay Wiley, Sophia Metrakos, ControlYourMind, Elyn, Elena dL, Sofia Hoyos, Tiana Pongs, Shimon Brathwaite, Prahalad Rajkumar, Raj Ashar, Yasas Sandeepa, Mats Larsson, Rangga Aditiya Saputra, Misha Malik, Mehreennagi, H.O. Meath, J. Andrew, The Imposter, M.D., Alex Blackmeer, Toby Peart, James White, InsiderCyborg, Govind Narasimhan, Caitlin van Wyk, Gustavo Gallina, Levente.
ILLUMINATION provided guidance to new writers on collection #128.
The key consideration for new contributors is to review the onboarding pack quickly, as it includes publication-specific information for a smooth transition. I attached it below.
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.
Please Note that not captioning images and using copyrighted 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.
ILLUMINATION accept both draft and self-published stories. But, editors give priority to drafts as these stories need to find readers waiting in the queue for a while.
Today, I selected and compile great pieces based on stories I found in collection #110 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.
Featured Stories from ILLUMINATION Today
Health Lessons From the Tumultuous Life of a Lesser-Known Indian Prodigy Dr Mehmet Yildiz
Why Acetyl-L-Carnitine Is a Weight Loss, Fitness, & Nootropic Supplement Dr Mehmet Yildiz
Three Things Women Did That Blew My Mind Tim Denning
3 Items Over $100,000 That Improved My Life Matt Lillywhite
When Does a Charming Covert Narcissist Reveal Who They Actually Are? Melissa Kalt, MD
The power of your words Dwayne Adderley, MBA,LPQ Dwayneadderley.com
Ladies, This One Thing Can Help You Combat Dementia Ange Dim
This Improv’ Trick Will Make Your Articles Unforgettable Alex Philippe
The World On My Shoulders Alexandra Duncan
Hand-Picked Articles #118 ILLUMINATION Amplifier
I See You Aasha Anna
4 Wealth Building Mindsets You Need Know To Be Financially Successful Ankit Goyal
Walk Back Or Be Thrown Back! Annelise Lords
The Milgram Experiment And The Perils Of Obedience Antonis Iliakis
Anthony’s Exchange Life in Spain — Madrid Anthony Wong
Is There Such a Thing as “Toxic Body Acceptation?” Araci Almeida
How Can Something so Cute Be Such a Terror? Brenda Mahler
Marlon and Coffee… Brooklyn Muse
3 Things Every Instructor Should do After Publishing a Course ASAD EDUCATE
Need More Sales? Find More Buyers On Fiverr With This Simple Strategy Cynthia C Farley
Yes, Expats Have the Right To Complain About Their New Country Diana Bernardo
Wedding Belle Blues Elizabeth Emerald
Vampires Don’t Only Come Out at Night Elaine Hilides
5 Ways to Know it’s Time to Hire Elizabeth Loberg
My Muse Went on Vacation But Didn’t Take Me Estacious(Charles White)
Writers Are Seasoned Liars, I Wish I Knew Much Earlier — 1,2k Followers And $213.6 Later Fatunla Samuel
My Professor Had A Heart Full Of Discrimination 🌸Exorcistinpink💮
Two Dogs Celebrated Their Birthdays In Style Floyd Mori
Never Forgiveness Harry Hogg
What The Wee Beastie Is Saying Helen DaVita — The Writer Spirit
Jordan Peterson’s 42 Most Valuable Life Principles I Wish I Learned Earlier Gereon Wellmann ⚡
Curated Collection #109 ILLUMINATION
What Can We Do To Silence Our Inner Critic? Ira Robinson
Eliminate This 1 Thing to Increase Productivity Hope
The Everyday Excuse That Can Poison Your Potential From The Inside Out Isabella Martin
From Article to 3 Kinds of Courses Jeff the Content Coach
The World Needs Volodymyr Zelensky As Much as Ukraine Does. Jennifer Pierce
Six Weeks on Substack Jane Frost (Jane Grows Garden Rooms)
We Can All Learn From Each Other — Featured ILLUMINATION Writers John Cunningham
These 5 Steps Are How I Levelled Up My Headlines JF Danskin
I Have an Idea Better Than Recreating the Wheel Julius Evans
3 Side Hustles That Cost Me More Money Than I Made Justin Andrews
A New and Challenging Wordle Game for Sudoku-lovers Katie Churchward
How to Overcome a Frustrating Weight-Loss Plateau Khadejah
The Pain of Sharing Your Work on Facebook Lena Quinn
10 Essential Rules to an Exceptional Life (#6 Is a Great One) Letters from E.K.
How Diseases Don’t Respect Geographical Boundaries Kiersten Campbell
Are There Portals That Lead To Other Worlds? Liviu Roman
Man Wants to Lose Weight for Kid’s Wedding: Fatphobic? Lorrae - Loving My AUTISTRY
What Medium Amazingly Means to Me and (Probably) You Marianne O
A Trip Around My World Marie A. Rebelle
Self Motivation Lwazi
“Protected Classes” Undermines the Right to Dignity of All of Us Markus Scorelius
I Made $30 a Month Three Months Ago — Now I Make That With One Story Michael Joseph
4 Easy Things We Can Do for Earth Day MicheletheTrainer
What If You Can’t Believe Your Senses Anymore Michael Holford
What Makes It So Hard To Identify a Relationship with a Narcissist? Mila
The Shame of a Nation Misty Rae
Profitable KDP Low Competition High Demand Niches Nora
Fear of Living Oguz Kul
You Can Forget and Have Fun Nasar Karim
I’ve Changed My Language Learning Journey With These 3 Tools Pierre Blanchet
Addendum to How to Make a Paperback book Robert Shaneyfelt
Medium Could Solve a Huge Issue with One New Feature Sam Westreich, PhD
7 Ingredients Your Curated Newsletter Needs to Drive More Engagement Sarvam Fating
How Failure Holds us Back Sakshi Talaulikar
Traumatic Memories of Home Invasion by Thieves Dr Mehmet Yildiz
Sense of Urgency! Skye Nicholson
In Defense Of Editors And Grammarly Sreese
How to Capture your Best Innovative Ideas Steve Sponseller
Hand-Picked Articles #78 Technology Hits
On Birthdays & Aging! Sriram Balasubramanian
Hand-Picked Articles #79 Technology Hits
8 Helpful Writing Strategies From Someone Who Once Believed He Cannot Write Terence Kong
The Ultimate Guide on the Pros and Cons of WordPress and Medium Tom Handy
The 7 Lessons I Have Learnt After Writing for 4 Months Vishal Mehta
The Secret Ingredient to Happiness that People Avoid at all Costs Tom Greene
Who Pays For What When You’re Dating? Wendy Scott
The Surprising Benefit of Writing on Medium Yana Voynique
Would You Do Over Your Life, If You Could? Zain
Five Q&As That Will Transform Your Life Forever! You, Me and Happiness
You’re Breathing Wrong. J.C. Anne Brown
How Adrian Shredded His Body Landing a Dream Job at a Well-Paying Fitness Company in a Month Dr Mehmet Yildiz
This is why time-blocking is actually harming your productivity Jonathan Fors
10 Things You May Not Know About Me Dr. Preeti Singh
Improve Your Attitude by Taking 5 Minutes to Recognize the Good Stuff in Your Life Chris Schwilk, Ph.D.
Accounting Was Sooo Bourgeois Ellen Clardy, PhD
Reduce Your Stress Now Dr. Stacey Maples
Reduce Your Stress Now
Summary of techniques you can practice now for improved resiliency
medium.com
Norma Lost 20 Pounds with a Single Resource at Home Dr Mehmet Yildiz
Sample Videos from ILLUMINATION YouTube
How to Become a Top Writer in Three Months on Medium
Top writer badges bring benefits to writers on Medium.
Happy second birthday to ILLUMINATION!
Let’s Meet Some of Our Top Writers on YouTube
Please subscribe to our channel and reap the benefits.
He are Three Tips to Eliminate Insulin Resistance and Shrink Waistline
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 to YouTube at the following link, if you have no access
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.
Let’s Meet Our Editors Who Publish These Stories
The following stories cover 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
Guiding Posts on our Publications
Publication-related stories can be accessed via this collection.
Onboarding Pack for New Writers
New writers, please read this pack before submitting your stories.
Meet Editors of Our Publications
Introducing Writers Bios
Curated Writer Bios
Learn about contributing writers of ILLUMINATION written by their pen
medium.com
Illumination Fiction Club
Updates from Euphoria
Publications by Our Writers on Medium
Invitation to ILLUMINATION YouTube Channel
Invitation to Write for ILLUMINATION on YouTube Publication
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.
Alina, The Topic, Oskar Petr, Jayant goyal, Isabel Abril, Aziz Booker, Moana Liza, Fatmawati Santosa, Selene Aw, Claire Roberts, Dan Dawson, Mary Mykhaylova LCSW, Bella Smith, Sierra Ayonnie, Brian Westland, Mary Ingram, Laurie M. Smith, Ashley J.J. White
New writers, please 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
If you wish 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”.
