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I read 27 blogging case studies — Here’s what I’ve learned Jenn Leach
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A Self Introduction for My Illumination Community Jennifer Geer
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4 Traits Of People Comfortable In Their Own Skin Aarti Tailor
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My Medium Journey — March Earnings Amanda Quint
How Good Gut Bacteria Can Supercharge a Women’s Fat-Burning Potential Ange Dim
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My Favorite Middle School Prank For April Fool’s Day Anime Teacher
He Found Out His Family Died on the Streets of Ukraine on Twitter Ashley Nicole
Nature’s Magic Aswathi Ashok
Forget The Article. Read The Comments! Attila Vágó
How Writing For Medium Can Land You Paying Gigs Brian Lamacraft
Olive Garden Can Take My Money Brian Wright
If the Shoe Fits… Brooke Ramey Nelson
You Shouldn’t Settle for Less With Career Opportunities Bryan Dijkhuizen
The Power of Compassion Cathy Coombs
Deserted Publications Cristina Comunian
My Earnings For March After Writing 16 Articles In 31 Days Cynthia C Farley
Breaking the Workplace Madness Dave Smith
Do Algorithms Have Feelings? Don Martin
My March ’22 Top Reads E. Katherine Kottaras
The Problem with Most Productivity Advice, According to An Expert Edward John
See You Sometime? Or Not Elizabeth Emerald
Being A Digital Nomad Ella Heart
Giving Back Should Be Part Of Life Floyd Mori
A Ukrainian and an Italian sing Imagine before Juve-Inter Francesco Carrubba
Serendipity Gerad Carrier
I Got a Negative Book Review Removed From Amazon Geri Spieler
4 Things To Stop Doing Today To Live A More Joyful And Fulfilling Life Gosia
A Leadership Short — Acquiring Talent Greg Sweeney
America is still the old America Harry Hogg
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Humor, Self-publishing, Legal, Success, Christianity, and More Jacquelyn Lynn
India’s Success Against the Third Wave and The Return to Normalcy Jairam R Prabhu
Effective Leaders Don’t Use These 7 Excuses! Jeannette Seibly
From Article to Course Jeff the Content Coach
What You Need To Know If You Are Considering Remarriage. Jennifer Thompson
Learning To Code? Here’s Why Most Self-Taught Programmers Don’t Make It Jesse J Rogers
How ‘Following’ vanished into meaninglessness Joachim Guth
Archangels Q & A #5 Jodie Helm
10 Easy Tips to Increase Your Personal Energy Management to Become More Productive Johnny T. Nguyen
What makes big data really be BIG Data? Josep Ferrer
How to Overcome The Need to Do Nothing Joy Nibbs
Everything Has Already Been Said, Why Bother? Kalyani Adusumilli
This is Why You Can’t Stop Jumping Into Toxic Friendships Khadejah
My Top 7 Enchanting Love Songs Of All-Time KL Simmons
5 Ways Turmeric Can Improve Your Health Lanu Pitan
Live For The Present, But Don’t Forget the Past Leonard Tillerman
10 Great Affirmations You Deserve To Hear From Yourself (#6 Is a Rare One) Letters from E.K.
Who Discovered America for the First Time? Liviu Roman
I Noticed That My Pieces Don’t Have Happy Endings. Love.
Work-From-Home, Makeup-Free Habits, and Mask-Wearing Made This Man Ultra-Wealthy Luay Rahil
Monochrome Life Lucy Dan 蛋小姐 (she/her/她)
I Don’t Want 100, I Want 500,000 Lwazi
I Have Post-Concussive Syndrome Mandy McElroy
What Makes Me Enjoy Podcasting? Margie Pearl
I Missed My Son’s Wedding Because of Covid AND I Learned to Reconcile My Emotions About It Mary Gallagher
These 3 Quotes By Thich Nhat Hanh Got My Head Out Of The Clouds And Into Reality Matt Legg
Everyone Wants To Be A Billionaire, But Nobody Wants To Admit It Matt Lillywhite
Think your Way to a Happier Life Meredith Forder
“Uugh…just choose for me.” Do you ever get that feeling? Michael Chen
Is All Life Equal? Utilitarianism & Animal Rights Michael Puleo
Stop Ignoring People With Your Technology Michael Snellen
The Issue with Productivity Mike Jimenez
A Writer On Medium Made $19,000 From Just One Article Mike Lewis
An Author’s Recipe To Make Life’s Second Half Happier, Successful and Purposeful Mukundarajan V N
Forget that we were friends Nasar Karim
Weight Loss Best Strategies ❤ Nedelcu Alina
3 Important Reasons To Stop Teaching History In School For Good Neha Sonney, Author
My Favorite Stories on Medium 2016–2022 Øivind H. Solheim
Why Is It So Hard For Men to Do the Bare Minimum? Olivia Love
Too Much to Do and Too Little Time to Do It? Patricia Haddock
A Night To Remember-Part Four Patrick OConnell
On My Hobby Horse Again — Sorry, But Writers Have To Eat Penny Grubb
The Ultimate Guide on How To Get Your Boyfriend To Say “I Do” Qasim Adam
How to Choose The Right Email Marketing Software Richard Appiah
3 Ways to Solve any Problem and I Mean any Problem in Life! Sandra Di Francesco
When to Fire a Toxic Client: The 4 Warning Signs Sara Marium
The Red Tabby House Manager Sav Map
Mark Cuban Has Moved To Lower Drug Costs Sohail
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Generalism and the Beauty of Being Purposeless Thea Uttley
5 Writing Lessons from Jerry Seinfeld Tom Belskie
Do You Experiment with Going Outside Your Comfort Zone? Vishal Mehta
Why Does the Meaning of Life Depend on the Meaning of Death? Christina Sponias
These 4 Simple Rules Are Enough to Get You Started as a Coach Alex Philippe
Lower Your Risk of Coronary Heart Disease With Two Food Groups Ange Dim
There’s a War Going On Outside That the Media Won’t Talk About Aasha Anna
I created a discord server for people to connect, discuss, grow and have fun Abraham Hernandez
It’s Impossible For Creatives To Be Burned Out Alessia May
As A Creator You Secretly Learn More Than 21 Top Skills Aniket Saraf
A Secret Ingredient of the Strong Indian culture Animn
Why Compassion can lead to Effective Communication in Work? Anthony Cheung
The Karpman Drama Triangle Antonis Iliakis
3 Years Living Abroad and 7 Life Lessons Learned April Moons
Don’t Quit! We Love Your Stories Aql
Ancient Wisdom of the Earth Aswathi Ashok
Aaron Rodgers Deserves to be Pissed Brian Dickens Barrabee
The Top 5 Skills Every Entrepreneur Needs Brian Lamacraft
Gratitude versus Sad + Lonely Bridget Stella Ruxton Wilson
Shout Out to All Hippies… Brooklyn Muse
How to Gather Subscribers From Different Platforms In One Place, Automatically Burk
A Part of Me Dies When I Watch a Kevin Spacey Movie and Still Enjoy it. Calum James
Walking the City Walls Carol Price
Words Matter Be Sure To Use Them Wisely Chasing Dreams
How to Stay Motivated and Accomplish Tasks With Joy in Three Easy Steps Dr Mehmet Yildiz
What Impact Would It Have On Your Writing If No One Was Reading? Chris Freyler
How Can TikTok’s Amazing Strength Make The World Better? Cosmin Firta
The Importance of Sexuality in Marriage DearLove
List of Acceptable, Non-irritating Words I May Use in a Story Don Martin
Advice My Mother Gave Me Elaine Hilides
Serendipitous Shock? Elizabeth Emerald
How Much Youtube Paid Me With Only 39 Videos in 2021 Elna Cain
The Quandary for Republicans: Who to Run for President in 2024 Eric Milch
Boost Your Consistency with This Tracker that Beats Procrastination Ezz El Din Abdullah
My African Grandparents Taught Me These Two Invisibly Effective Life Rules Fatunla Samuel
A Utah Rally For Transgender People Floyd Mori
A Dozen YouTube Video Ideas That Anyone Can Do! Francesco Filippazzo
Wild & Crazy to The Miraculous Frank Ontario
I Made $2.25 In My First Week On Medium Gabby Gabs
Writing About Writing — How I begin my work Geri Spieler
A Leadership Short — Empowerment & Accountability Greg Sweeney
Three Life Lessons My Imperfect Garden Taught Me Hannah Altagracia
First month Roadmap for New Writers — Followers, Publications and Being Curated Helen Miao Yu
What I Learned About Character, Confidence, and Triumph From Oscar Winning Film “King Richard” Isabella Martin
The Russian Splinternet James Marinero
The Workplace Is Toxic — Here’s How to Reclaim Happiness Quickly? Janice Eastman
How Can You Believe When It Seems Impossible? Jennifer Thompson
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II News Aiden (Illumination Gaming)
Graduate Student Workers Shouldn’t be Starving Jessica Hubbert
If You Plan to Post Articles Every Day, You Also Need to Plan For Dodging Burnout Joel Selby
Title IX in my lifetime John Archer
What They Don’t Tell You About Living Abroad Josie Timberlake
You Are Never Defeated — Find Your True North Kevin Jahleel Ishimwe
Are You Being a Lazy Parent by Letting Your Child Watch Too Much TV? Kiran Kazim
Looking For A Way To Spice Up Your Little One’s Bedtime Story? kristin schuhknecht
My wife and I went on a Cruise, and We came back without my keys Lawson Wallace
7 Brutal Lessons My Grandma Thought Me About Money Livia Dabs RN,MSc
There’s a King Richard in Every Town Marjan Krebelj
How To Find The Sweet Spot In Life Matt Legg
Transgress with Me: Eleven of my Best May More
CAN HUMANS TRANSCEND LIMITED CONSCIOUSNESS? Michael Holford
No One Will Ever Feel Your Problems as Deeply as You Do Murtaza Ali
Medium Writing Advice: Find the Yin and Yang from Day One Napoleon
Everything takes time Nasar Karim
The Mysteries of Egypt’s Pyramids and the Secrets of the Pharaohs Nedelcu Alina
Dating and the Toilet Seat Debate Nicole Higginbotham-Hogue, Author on Amazon
The Effect Of Globalisation On The Economy Nora
How to Live a Meaningful Life Øivind H. Solheim
A Skydiving Mishap Increased My Self-Confidence -1 Pascal writes
Self-Compassion: What Would You Tell Your Children? Roxy Wright
Are Assumptions Messing Up Your Life? 9 Easy Ways To Challenge Them Samira Holma
Do You Want To Make A Full Time Income Of Writing? A 30 Day Experiment Sara Burdick
How Failing to Call Fair Catch Made Me Amazing Sean Cordes
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B.B. King Ted’s List
Context Is Important Teisha LeShea
The Eyes Have It? Thesilkroads
Free Speech is not really free Thinkologie by Nicole
A Flawed Heart Repaired Vee Goldman
How to Become an Idea Machine, According to This Famous Digital Writer Vritant Kumar
Three Tips to Eliminate Insulin Resistance and Shrink Waistline Dr Mehmet Yildiz
How Meditation Affects Your Physical Body and Brain Viktor Marchev
Appreciation and Gratitude for Warm Welcomes Illumination YouTube Coordinator
An Open Letter to Parents of Indian Daughters Aasha Krishnan
If You Haven’t Achieved Your Goals Yet You’ve Only Yourself to Blame ⭐ Wee Justy ⭐
Literate, independent, entrepreneurs — Youth building the future of India Amit Kumar
Part III — Seeing With Cross Eyes: Are You Holding Up One Finger or Two Bonni Brodnick
We Heal as We Reveal Carmellita
Graffiti on the Shelter Wall Lawson Wallace
At age 27, I Found Out I was Adopted Charles Amemiya
Whether You’re Organized Or Not, It’s Important to Downsize Your Life Cathy Coombs
Two Hungry Wolves Veritas Civis
The Number 1 Way To Accomplish Your Goals Destiny S. Harris
Your Top 3 Supplements for Travel Danielle Ramaekers
Is The First Amendment Being Weaponized Against Us, Yes When It’s Used Irresponsibly Dominic DiFrancesco
Black and White Of A Woman Elvie Lins❤️
For This, I Refuse to Apologize Jackie Madden Haugh
How You Get a Better Deal on Your Medications James Frank Sanders
A New Series of Stories Jim McAulay🍁
Here Is The Biggest Lesson I Learned Since The Pandemic Fahri Karakas
A Young Woman Is A Good Samaritan And A Hero Floyd Mori
The Sexualization of Islam Francesco Rizzuto
I was a Teenage Sunday School Teacher H.D. Ingles
7 Best Online Business Ideas That You Can Start In 2022 Hidayatullah
Advice for Dungeon Masters, New, and Old, Part 1 John Teehan
Trying To Understand (My) Jewish Ancestry Without Being Jewish KL Simmons
Transparency in Our Life Kyomi O’Connor
How Kids Develop Negative Self-beliefs Lee Bidoski
How I Accidentally Wrote a $300 Article Letters from E.K.
How I Achieved Financial Freedom In Spain After Leaving America Livia Dabs RN,MSc
Mia and the White Lion: A Lesson for us All Joshua J. Lyon
In Nights of Despair Josie P. Julius
Three Tips to Initiate Autophagy Dr Mehmet Yildiz
What Happened When We Moved To Spain To Find Work During A Pandemic Julie van Maanen
What You Fail to Understand About Interracial Relationships! Justin Stinnett
Full-Time RV Life: 5 Costly Mistakes We Made as Newbies Mary Gallagher
If Someone Else Is Successful, It’s Proof That You Can Be As Well Mike Lewis
Supreme Leader — a Poem Roxanne Barbour
Is Social Media Costing You Brain Cells? Tarek Gara
Ike called Dwight, “ French Fry Head” Brian Dickens Barrabee
Jab Jab Jab, Right Hook. How your Inner Demons Win The Fight. Caryn Leach-Smith
How Do You View Your Leisure Time? Bill Abbate
Paper, Plastic, Wait, No, Paper! Misty Rae
Follow Your Own Advice, Don’t Get Bruised — a story NEBOH
Nifty Nic and the NFT. Nicola POWYS
Stop Following Pointless News Stories Melissa Balick
How To Stay Consistent All Year Round? Petyo Kozhuharov
In Five Months, I wentfrom Coffee Money to $300 a Month on Medium Richard Armstrong
Get on top of your finances this year Richard Bell
The Crow Ulf Wolf
The Thread. William Vincent Carleton
Is It Cruel To Tell This To A Cancer Patient? Napoleon
Dr. Joe Dispenza’s Secrets to True Love You, Me and Happiness
Cillan’s sacrifice Uzi Landsmann
Reading Is About More Than… Reading John Reel
Action, Camera, Illumination! Britni Pepper
My First Article on Medium Illumination YouTube Coordinator
Meet Dr Preeti Singh on YouTube ILLUMINATION
Here Are 20 Essential Health Tips by World Health Organization. Dr Mehmet Yildiz
Let’s welcome the new writers who join us today.
Matthew Gentry, PhD., Tanvee Date, Camila Cox, Nikita Kazhin, Stephanie Hilborn, Josephine Gilbert, Jade Maris, Staying Relevant, Sinéad Reid, Hinaayub, Ava Snow, Anjali Thakur, Hinaayub, Sameer Singh, Ella Kay,
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!
See Cat, Jasmine Kobel, Shahzad Baloch, Sneha Shringare, Liz Novak-Henderson, A.O.J. Booker, Mieli Williams, Billie J. Boucher, Gabriel Keeley, DS Racer, Brighton, Jeff Roush, Stella Jerie, Jason Heffron, Isra Alaradi, zii_Writes, Itsthemehedi, Noorina Islam, Golden Clouds, Inna Dinkins ✨, Stella Jerie, Joe Palomo, David Welburn, Marbiuz, Chinwe Uzegbu, Abdulmannan Mansuri, Elizabeth Silleck La Rue, Arthur Ni, Michelle A. Cmarik, Briana Belcher, XEWADA, G.SRINIVASAN, Remi Roy, Veritas Vita 777, The Real Johnny B, Curious by Carter Lewis, Wynth, Hector Vasquez, Olivia Danielle, Mary Snijders, Michelle Solace, Ankur R Gupta, Alex William, Michelle Renee Kidwell, AKASH MEHETA.
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We accepts 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.
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
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Starter Kit for Writers of ILLUMINATION Integrated Publications
7 Tips for Freelance Writers Dealing with Chronic Stress Effectively
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
Helpful Guides for All Contributors
Onboarding Pack for New Writers
New writers, please read this pack before submitting your stories.
Introducing Writers Bios
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Why Writers Need Personal Publications
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