Editor’s Choice
Hand-Picked Articles #226
Chosen by the content curators of ILLUMINATION Integrated Publications on Medium for avid readers
Dear Readers and Writers,
This post aims to introduce some of our great stories published on Illumination. It covers valuable pieces from multiple topics submitted by our experienced writers. We believe you will find interesting stories in this collection.
Thank you for your support and engagement. Writers appreciate your taking the time to read these great stories. You might check out your favorite authors via a keyword search (e.g., Ctrl F in PC) and follow the authors whose stories resonate with you.
Here is our previous collection for those who missed it.
We introduce our new writers at the end of the post. Let’s give them a warm welcome and explore their stories.
New Editor Introductions
Meet Jussi Luukkonen, MBA on Medium
Senior editor of Illumination Integrated Publications
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Update on Stats
We received and analyzed your concerns about declining stats. Our chief editor posted an informative and optimistic story encouraging writers to be patient during the transition period. He informs that stats get better again. You might check his findings and thoughts in the attached stories
A Silver Lining Appears in the Cloud of Medium Distribution World
It’s Not the Quality that Causes Issues with Views: It might be the misconfigured distribution system in the blind spot of the operators.
Another update for writers is that Dr. Yildiz analyzed and shared his findings about the problems with short-form stories not getting desired views. If your short-form stories do not perform well, you are not alone. The link: Here’s Why I Was Wrong about Short-Form Stories on Medium.
ILLUMINATION editors posted a newsletter, updating us on our progress. We are looking for more volunteer editors, as mentioned in the newsletter.
Important Guides for Contributors
Every writer of our publications needs to review these guiding policies before submitting their stories. We are tolerant and flexible, not censoring content. However, the following are non-negotiable rules.
Featured Stories from ILLUMINATION Today
Today, we curated informative and engaging stories, mainly from ILLUMINATION and a few from our other publications as samples.
Here’s Why and How I Diligently Refine and Strengthen 16 Lifestyle Habits As I Age. Dr Mehmet Yildiz
If You Only Read Eight Twitter Threads in 2022, Read These Tim Denning
Ram Dass’s Quote About the Spiritual Path: Be the Captain of Your Ship David Gerken
Attract the Life You Want Ayodeji Awosika
The Devaluation of Family Engagement in Some Schools Series Dr. Deborah M. Vereen-Family Engagement Influencer
How to Stay Sane in America, According to My European Husband Anastasia Frugaard
What Really Motivated the Bourgeois Dutch to Charity Ellen Clardy, PhD
How Do Narcissists Convince Flying Monkeys to Do Outrageous Things for Them? Melissa Kalt, MD
Health Equity: The Past, Now, And Future Dr. ADAM TABRIZ
Dropping The F-Bomb All Over The Whole F-Bomb-ing World Christyl Rivers, Phd.
C32 Class Locomotive, Graceful Lady. Dr John Frederick Rose
Love Is From The Heart, A Romance With Life Dr. Preeti Singh
Take Little Steps to Leap Forward Don Simkovich, MA
Is Apple Building Silently A Tsunami Of Disruptions? Jussi Luukkonen, MBA
One Life-Changing Lesson I Learned While Traveling Livia Dabs RN,MSc
Here’s How I Plan to Use TikTok to Grow As a Writer and Blogger Aiden (Illumination Gaming)
How Writers and Bloggers Transition to Become Published Authors ILLUMINATION-Curator
The Not-Amber-Heard Diaries: Love, Depp, and Bed-Poop Adam James
Aggression Isn’t the Answer, but It’s My Response Aasha Anna
Nebula Awards 2022: My Novel Award Predictions Amanda Quint
My First Article Has Gone Viral Kristina Segarra
Here’s Why Cambodia Is The Best Place to Live If You Want Real Freedom, Peace, and Happiness Rob Hourmont
Personal Growth is Not About Perfection Anaya Nosso
This one Thing Could be the Key to a Better Mind, Health and Nutrition Ange Dim
One Simple Way To Improve Your Productive Sleep Ainur Roviq
He whose life has why can bear any how Ana Strucic
Strands of silk Adeola Adeko
Russia Bombed the Military Makeshift Hospital at the Azovstal Plant Rui Alves
Blue Hydrangea America Zed⚡
NIGHT NOTES IN THE DARK Anna Marques
Why is Britain so involved in the Russo-Ukrainian war? Annalisa Vibio
What Thinking Differently Can Do for You Bill Abbate
Hand-Picked Articles #90 ILLUMINATION Amplifier
The Uses Meditation to Improve Your Life. And Deal With Difficult Times. Blair Abee
5 Signs You Are Surrounded By “Yes” People buzzedison
I Gave Myself Away Colleen Sheehy Orme
The Dark Call of Greed Bob Metivier
The Earth Day Killer Brian Dickens Barrabee
The One Skill You Can Use To Master Any Area of Your Life Carrie Kolar
Why No One Wants To Read Your Article Charlene Erazo
30 Life Quotes You Need To Know Whether You Are Four or Eighty-Four Dennis De Silva
A Corpse Flower by Any Other Name Colby Hess
How to Actually Get Started Freelance Writing Dalia Y.
Until the Light Comes Davidhollis
This Perpetual Dance of Life Divya Goswami
Artificial Intelligence Is Changing the World Duane Michael
Three Tips to Eliminate Loose Skin Dr Mehmet Yildiz
Don’t Fell Into The Motivation Trap Dhawal Kapil
Beware Of This Scam Or You Could Be Out More Than Just Money Dominic DiFrancesco
The Friday Struggle Bus Has Already Sailed Don Martin
Are You Driving in the Middle Lane? Elaine Hilides
If You’re Blogging Like This, You’re Doing It Wrong Elna Cain
The 1 Life Event I’m Still Trying to Understand Esther Ciganda
The Miracle of Muscle Memory Elizabeth Emerald
Suspicious Cell Phone Calls From Scammers Floyd Mori
Do You Want To Read 3 Amazing Stories? Here Are 3 Excellent People Francesco Carrubba
7 Mental Shifts About Success to Live a Meaningful Happy Life Ibrahim
The Best Meditation Apps of 2022 Duane Michael
Curated Collection #119 ILLUMINATION
Business, Transgender Women, Sports, Tools, Christmas, Royalty, and More Jacquelyn Lynn
How to Become More Knowledgeable If You Only Have Ten Minutes a Day Elizaveta Semenova
My 6 Favorite Writing Tools Elin Melaas
A Glimpse of the 33rd Century Altered My Perspective on Life Dr Mehmet Yildiz
Affect Your Writing Career Every Day By Doing This Ira Robinson
What Will The “DGB” Really Do Now That Joe Biden’s Homeland Security Has A Policing Board For… Jason Morton
Here’s How to Apply for Newsbreak’s $1,000 Grant Program Jennifer Geer
You Will Earn No Money Without Readers Floyd Mori
Are times tough for you too? Here are three poems full of love Francesco Carrubba
A Readers Guide to My Writing Arlo Hennings
What Happens When You’re Given an Opportunity Before You Are Ready? Jeannette Seibly
Nightmares After Reading Old Love Letters Jennifer M. Wilson
What You Need To Give Up To “Glow Up” Jennifer Thompson
The Mistakes You Made Today Won’t Matter Tomorrow Gaby Spadaro
7 Stranger Than Fiction Things That Are Absolutely True (Part One) Gary L Ellis
How to Get A Girl To Kiss You Without Asking Growth Lodge
No One Wants To Read This. Why? Jerry Pompilio
5 Powerful Reasons Why You Are Drifting Away from Your Partner Jessey Anthony
This is How Leaders Can Adopt And Foster Cultural Quotients Joseph Godwin
Five Secret Tips To Make It Into Medium’s Exclusive 8% Club Kimberlee
Kev, Mo, Matt, and Phone Calls Harry Hogg
This is Why I Love Being Single Hidayatullah
It’s Not the End of The World, But It Still Sucks KL Simmons
Can Anyone in the GOP Tell the Truth? John Worthington
Hand-Picked Articles #128 ILLUMINATION Amplifier
Everything You Need To Know About Mindfulness: The Ultimate Beginner’s Guide Intuitive Living
How To Honor and Memorialize Our Loved Ones Vidya Sury, Collecting Smiles
The 7 Things Writing and Programming Have In Common Iris B. Stehn
“My Dinner with Andre” film review Frank Ontario
Enhancing Your Writing Skills as a Learning Designer Liliana Nakamura
The Diary Ivan Yong Wei Kit
These are the Medium days May More
Why New Writers Should Stop Checking Their Stats And Do These Inside Mentoni
Warren Buffett’s Investing Secret J.R. Heimbigner
3 Life Lessons Of The Man Who Shamelessly Cloned Warren Buffett Jason Vu Nguyen
I wrote a book about starting a faceless Tik Tok business Jenn Leach
A Tale of Two Timelines Michael Holford
I’m Rewriting My Life Inside A Honda Civic Sedan Michelle Y. Kwak
Johnny Depp versus Amber Heard Jessica Gale Friesen
Suffering Through Life: Why Do We Argue Against Improvements? Jessica Hubbert
Check Out Samsung’s Newest One UI 5 Aiden (Illumination Gaming)
Why People Are Freaking Out About Elon Musk Buying Twitter JF Danskin
I Can’t Give Up On Him Misty Rae
Blogging Tools I Love Nicole Dake
Your To-Do List Solution Jennifer Smith
Escanor and Rita Nikolaos Skordlils
Yes, My Wife Is Obligated to Have Sex With Me Nour Alhakk
Six Scientifically Backed Actions You Should Take When You Feel Triggered Julie Lynn
I Auditioned For TEDx Last Night. Here’s How I’m Feeling Today. Keri Mangis
Show Us Your Bank Account if You’re Such a Devout Anti-Capitalist Khadejah
3 Reasons My Amazon FBA Project Failed And How You Can Learn From It Owen Cusworth
The Dos And Don’ts Of Using Stories For Your Business Laurence Zimmermann
Why I Love Stainless Cookware and the Lessons I Learned From a Chef Libby Shively McAvoy
Complete Example of Machine Learning Robert Shaneyfelt
The Billionaire Who Built a lesser-known Company to Compete with Adidas and Nike Luay Rahil
How to Win in an Unfair World Robin Emery
Moving In Space — One Minute Poetry Roxanne Barbour
Silence Kills More Than Words Lucia Landini
Marriage Has Become Overrated Lwazi
5 Things To Ask Yourself When You Lack The Discipline To Do Something Marichelle E. Urquico
Do You Need an Injection of Sacred Foolishness Every Now and Again? Marilyn Flower
A Dark Tale of a Toxic Workplace or Family as Seen by the Scapegoat Markus Scorelius
The ups and downs of life’s journeys Shameer Hasan
Powerful Message on a Fence Mary Ingram
Twitter, Freedom of Speech, and Just Another Life Meliha Avdic
If A Picture Paints A Thousand Words Michael Holford
How to Reduce Abdominal Fat and Increase Lean Muscles with Two Practical Steps Dr Mehmet Yildiz
Third Time Around Stacy Johnson
Elon Musk Sells Over 9 Million Shares of Tesla Stock Mike Toney-Hoffman
Health and Wellbeing Living with Dementia Maryanne Marsters
One Result of The Inward Turn of Our Government Veritas Civis
How Negative Thought Patterns Make Us Age Faster and Die Sooner Mukundarajan V N
How to Create an Innovation Plan that Provides a Competitive Advantage Steve Sponseller
Imagine being the World’s Biggest Asshole Scott-Ryan Abt
Traditional Panettone With Lots of Filling Nedelcu Alina
What People Don’t Tell You About Billionaire Entrepreneurs Nicole Sudjono
Anna Shed 50 Pounds After Fixing Leaky Gut in Five Steps Dr Mehmet Yildiz
The Big Bang Ulf Wolf
Pre-soaking is Essential Before Removing Stain Utpal Kumar
More advice from Stephen King Nasar Karim
3 Interesting Facts I Learned This Week Noah Nelson
This One Toxic Habit I Got Rid Of Led To Extreme Peace Of Mind Nora
Why Start-Up Stories Are So Interesting. Waking Up Owls
What to Watch: “A Long Strange Trip” Wes Putnam
Water Whisperer-Message on the Water Warren “Storyteller” Brown
Why do People Refuse to grab the Golden Ring? Lawson Wallace
I’m Wondering When Tech Bros Will Realize Elon Musk Is Grifting Them Ossiana Tepfenhart
Expense, Environment, and Sanitation be dammed I am not buying a dishwasher! Paul Jimenez
Spirituality can make this world a better place Pushpender Yadav
Why Choline Deficiency Matter and Critical Health Considerations Dr Mehmet Yildiz
Five Areas to Improve Your and Your Family’s Lung Health Teresa Morillas
I’ve Been Somewhere You Haven’t Terry Dip
Find Your Uncomfortable Truth Robin Emery
To Maintain Good Mental Health, we Need to Interact with 5 People Each Day Pam Winter
My Obsidian Setup (Part 23) — My Homepage Nuno Campos
Attract More Ideal Customers With a Tech Company Ghostwriter Steve Sponseller
3 NFT Stocks You Should Consider in the Second Quarter of 2022 Sam Maiyaki
The Biggest 10 Lessons that I have learned from my Mid-20s Tammytangx
Draft2Digital: The One Website I Wish I Knew About Before Hitting Publish Shea Hulse
Creeper in a Parking Lot srstowers
Water Whisperer-Message on the Water Warren “Storyteller” Brown
Pay Transparency? I think YES! The Business Period
How Pot Helps Me Clear My Head and Get Work Done Zoltan Silver
How Wages Work in The Real Small Business World Tom Egelhoff
Here’s Why I Called a Lifeline First Time in My Life Today. Dr Mehmet Yildiz
Curated Book Chapters of Illumination #01 ILLUMINATION-Curator
Hand-Picked Book Chapters #01 ILLUMINATION Amplifier
Sample Collections by ILLUMINATION
ILLUMINATION on YouTube — New Publication
Illumination YouTube Coordinator created a new publication for YouTube enthusiasts who can display their videos on Medium. All writers are invited to submit their YouTube related posts.
ILLUMINATION Gaming Publication
If you missed the announcement of our new publication by Illumination Gaming, here is the link.
We look forward to your stories in ILLUMINATION Gaming.
Sample ILLUMINATION-Curated Collections
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 Dr. Gabriella Kőrösi on Medium Lady Dr. Gabriella Korosi
Meet Rob Hourmont on Medium: Rob Hourmont
Meet Melinda Blau Melinda Blau
Meet Patrick OConnell Patrick OConnell
Meet Joan Gershman Joan Gershman
Meet Sobaan Saeed: Sobaan Saeed
Meet Don Martin Don Martin
Please take the opportunity to explore the stories of these writers and support them with meaningful engagement.
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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Reading Club
ILLUMINATION-Curator introduced our new Reading Club. 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 also feature some of those shared stories in the club in our upcoming collections. So you may link your stories to the Reading Club channel on the Slack workspace.
We look forward to your participation.
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
Attached is a collection of 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 Prompts and Challenges
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
If writers participate in these challenges, they might increase the chance of becoming a top writer in three months.
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
Guiding Stories for New Writers
Dr Mehmet Yildiz guides new writers to increase their views and reading times answering frequently asked questions by new writers.
He posted an article about being a prolific writer as a full-time worker. I believe writers can learn from his model and experience.
We look forward to your stories in ILLUMINATION Gaming.
Let’s welcome the new writers who join us today.
Steve Chance, Sammiti Yadav, Jeffrey V Sibley, ĐINH Đăng Khoa, Ekta Wadhwa, Buddhi Ruparathna, Peggy Jones, Kim Myrvang, Ekene Moses, Melinda Miles-Lindberg, Philip Charter, Sammiti Yadav, Dayo Bamikole, Melva Johnson — Couples & Relationship Coach, Paola Meneghetti, Jean
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!
Ishaque Mev, robin wilding, The Unfiltered Monk, Giulietta Passarelli, Egunleti Damilola, Artur Guja, Tropical Page, Samir Jaber, Jaeger Lee Kirker, Aneisha, Jenny Gargarello, Sarah Crookall, Marvelous Etumudon, James Julian, Adedotun, Hui Z, Aude Lesauvage, K S Fisher, Merijn Duchatteau, Laurici, CULTVISION, Rukka Nova, Dharmesh Basapati, Lenerd Louw, Federico Trotta, Jen Mouzon, Steve Dennis, Sally Doran, Aisha Muaz, Rick Veronese, Zuzanna Żak, Mercyodili, Shehraj Singh, C.A. Ramirez, Maria Dimitropoulou, Mercyodili, Jocelyn Joy Thomas, Religion and Politics at The Dinner Table, diana swezy, Paul Long, Colin Taisey, kasey sparks, Omar Writes, Denis Gorbunov, Taiya Collier, Michael J Corey, LeBreton, David Weis, Hannah Smith, Sarah Walker Gorrell, Ella Manurung, Marvelous Etumudon, Kate Liehiendzevych, Angelica Mendez, Todd B Harrington, Vonny Lang, Bhawna Soni, Curious Matrix, Misswoolf WhoWrote, Akhtar Mehmood, Jason R. Waller, Dr. Adeboye Oluwajuyitan | The Befibrillator, Haku x Zabuza, Andie Holman Scar Queen, JP Mikhaiel, Mike Nicholas, Kate Cassidy, Chrissie, Mxolisi B Masuku, Marinda Tran | Girl Friend, Dante R.A., Naleen Mitchell, Ibrahim Saidi, Shasti Anastasya Taufik, If Ever You’re Listening, Sarah Davis, Eric Anthony, Annie Das, Niamh Hayes, Damian Pak, Can Anarquista, Snehamorey, Marco Botros, Anthony M. Davis, Meri Krueger, Prashanth Panta, Sean Bloomfield, Taimur Ijlal, Ginga, Manuel E. de Paz Carmona, Adeife Adeoye, Akshay Yadav, Jani Konjedic, Dawn Nelson, Kiran Hetansh Khannas, IAN ALLEN.
The key point for new contributors is to review the onboarding pack, as it includes publication-specific information for a smooth transition. We 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 the rejection of stories.
ILLUMINATION provided guidance to new writers on collection #133.
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 accepts both draft and self-published stories. However, 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 Published 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
Essential Checklist for Writers and Bloggers
How to Write Content Guaranteed to Get Views and Reads
Starter Kit for Writers of ILLUMINATION Integrated Publications
7 Tips for Freelance Writers Dealing with Chronic Stress Effectively
What I Learned After Publishing 1,010 And Reading 100,000 Stories
The Joy of Selling 1,000+ Books In A Month With Minimal Investment
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.
Guiding Posts on our Publications
Publication-related stories can be accessed via this collection.
Meet Editors of Our Publications
Collection of Editor Bios
Introducing Writers Bios
Curated Writer Bios
Curated Writer Bios
Learn about contributing writers of ILLUMINATION written by their pen
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Updates from Euphoria by Dr Yildiz, owner of our publications
I Write about Health as It Matters.
Invitation to ILLUMINATION YouTube Channel
Invitation to Write for ILLUMINATION on YouTube Publication
Invitation: Join ILLUMINATION Gaming Publication as a Writer
Publications by Our Writers on Medium
Why Writers Need Personal Publications
Illumination Fiction Club
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 mention 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 for writers and readers are endless on this platform.”
Let’s collaborate!
You might find the links to our publications in the following list.
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