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today. I enjoyed these great stories.</p><h2 id="e334">Meet our writer Alexa</h2><div id="7366" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/an-introduction-to-alexa-bc960eab057e"> <div> <div> <h2>An Introduction to Alexa</h2> <div><h3>Writer, Editor, Academic, and Artist</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*bj31A3JBbGQPwXWYZtgrcA.jpeg)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><h2 id="a5b3">Meet our writer Ardsheer Ali</h2><div id="5cc4" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/introducing-myself-48e78fd89e2f"> <div> <div> <h2>Introducing Myself</h2> <div><h3>Let’s unpack what the bio says.</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*Deto1yZcbmdi4P0GLds2jA.jpeg)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><blockquote id="1156"><p><i>250+ writers introduced themselves in their stories so far. This is an opportunity for our writers to showcase their writing portfolio.</i></p></blockquote><p id="43dc">I recommend all new writers to introduce themselves in an article. We compile these introductions, keep <b>this resource on the first page of our publication</b> and also share the file <b>with our 9900+ readers</b>. Please see the attached bio document as an example for creating your bios. Our readers are interested in our writers.</p><div id="933d" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/meet-inspiring-writers-editors-on-illumination-cbba8a4ea4f"> <div> <div> <h2>Discover ILLUMINATION Writers</h2> <div><h3>BIOs of writers from their pen</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*JS3vXrYQItrT3sgSAxZ84A.jpeg)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><p id="8d2d">I also interview our writers to feature their profile and great stories. You can read the interviews from the attached story. If you are a writer on ILLUMINATION and would like to be interviewed, please send a request <a href="https://digitalmehmet.com/contact/">via this link </a>with title of “Interview Request”.</p><div id="47c1" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/interviews-with-writers-4dbc111852a8"> <div> <div> <h2>Interviews with Writers</h2> <div><h3>Featuring inspiring writers of ILLUMINATION</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*2G7VUcgyXbjxCV0iZ47V-w.jpeg)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><h2 id="48b9">Stories Related to ILLUMINATION</h2><p id="f15d">Our editor and writer <a href="undefined">Arthur G. Hernandez</a> conducted another analysis of our publication growth and documented his findings in this data driven report.</p><div id="d5a3" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/illumination-is-still-1-37ad3bc8eba9"> <div> <div> <h2>ILLUMINATION Is Still #1</h2> <div><h3>A Data Driven Update</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*8DdzJIKRc4sUMvdFvCvuRA.png)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><h2 id="984f">Featured Articles</h2><p id="6401">Due to increasing variety and diversity of topics, we featured ten stories from our creative writers today.</p><h2 id="d3e7">Ellen Clardy, Ph. D.</h2><div id="7a62" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/who-is-winning-the-trade-war-4c5df1d91d29"> <div> <div> <h2>Who is Winning the Trade War?</h2> <div><h3>A Discussion of “Who’s Paying for the US Tariffs? A Longer-Term Perspective”</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*MsVqb7R2mrVw6Qre)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><h2 id="1fc1">Rob Brooks</h2><div id="c5ef" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/todays-america-reminds-me-of-south-africa-in-1985-a21b5459c415"> <div> <div> <h2>Today’s America Reminds Me of South Africa in 1985</h2> <div><h3>Will white Americans avoid Apartheid-era mistakes and get out of history’s way?</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*tGF1CZSLKONcVTwndEOYpg.jpeg)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><h2 id="c2fa">Sinem Günel</h2><div id="131b" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/7-priceless-lessons-about-happiness-i-wish-i-knew-about-earlier-d3175fa96353"> <div> <div> <h2>7 Priceless Lessons About Happiness I Wish I Knew About Earlier</h2> <div><h3>Lessons learned from reading “Finding your Element” by Ken Robbinson</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*WUXCI_in4PRO5p7G)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><h2 id="c6f9">Erin King</h2><div id="d3ca" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/no-good-deed-is-insignificant-in-violent-times-398c7b46e3ea"> <div> <div> <h2>No Good Deed Is Insignificant In Violent Times</h2> <div><h3>Every single sliver of light and love counts right now no matter how small it feels.</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*1w_7QCfEk0ZOnEkL)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><h2 id="950e">Christina M. Ward</h2><div id="7202" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/the-best-headline-analyzer-to-use-66b03a56700b"> <div> <div> <h2>The Best Headline Analyzer to Use</h2> <div><h3>Writer — you should be using this simple tool</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*n3tVHJTO_7t23rm2VP_pXg.jpeg)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><h2 id="c5aa">Henry He</h2><div id="ebf5" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/the-case-for-drafting-doctors-c9664de7346a"> <div> <div> <h2>The Case for Drafting Doctors</h2> <div><h3>And why this is the wrong thing to call for right now</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.co

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m/v2/resize:fit:320/1*15p2tkHorjwJwsj9Sw43Pw.jpeg)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><h2 id="a4ca">Sara Walpert Foster</h2><div id="2fb2" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/being-not-racist-is-not-the-answer-9ba44f023819"> <div> <div> <h2>Being Not-Racist Is Not The Answer</h2> <div><h3>Lesson #1 from Ibram X. Kendi’s book, HOW TO BE AN ANTI-RACIST</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*XbRV03486rl4c7Q9)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><h2 id="d509">Rebecca Romanelli</h2><div id="bb06" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/light-mission-8675971361cf"> <div> <div> <h2>Light Mission</h2> <div><h3>A Lightworker’s pre incarnation contract.</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*wMm0qnVCsJ0nN311RwGQGQ.jpeg)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><h2 id="576d">Julia E Hubbel</h2><div id="e7df" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/the-journey-of-our-whiteness-555bf930542f"> <div> <div> <h2>The Journey of our Whiteness</h2> <div><h3>A critical questionnaire that begs the question, and offers some answers</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*6UpFz3EZYVBy969X)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><h2 id="e09e">Dr Michael Heng</h2><div id="6e0b" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/how-to-grow-big-by-going-lean-63387b03e97c"> <div> <div> <h2>How to Grow Big by Going Lean?</h2> <div><h3>The Secret of Lean-Sizing your Organisation</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*Nh5mAwLyJGR_jV9p_-SBkQ.jpeg)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><h2 id="b6be">Stories from ILLUMINATION distributed to Medium Topics</h2><p id="2eb6">Three stories from ILLUMINATION were distributed to Medium topics today.</p><blockquote id="cd06"><p>A story by <a href="undefined">Melissa-Jane Nguyen</a> was distributed to #writing.</p></blockquote><div id="83db" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/what-to-write-about-when-youre-not-an-expert-in-anything-a414572972e7"> <div> <div> <h2>What to Write About When You’re Not an Expert in Anything</h2> <div><h3>There’s one thing you can always tap into</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*Se0Z7RLCQ3hSl2ToT6PoGw.jpeg)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><blockquote id="478a"><p>A poem by <a href="undefined">Manasi Diwakar</a> was distributed to #poetry.</p></blockquote><div id="8784" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/colors-4680b0da7847"> <div> <div> <h2>Colors</h2> <div><h3>Shades of black were splattered listlessly on white sheets

red rage flamed the candles of the broken-hearted…</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*VnaxKuszqf58IG2w)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><blockquote id="d39d"><p>A poem by <a href="undefined">Paroma Sen</a> was distributed to #poetry.</p></blockquote><div id="d194" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/perfect-imperfections-7e1210a11055"> <div> <div> <h2>Perfect Imperfections</h2> <div><h3>A Love Poem</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*X5q1cQVTad6xyNaa)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><h2 id="507c">Content Quality Focus</h2><p id="6039">Our current writers know that we strive for excellence. We aim to increase the quality of your stories and provide an enjoyable reading experience to our followers. Quality is an iterative process. I notice that the quality of our stories is increasing day by day.</p><blockquote id="4c42"><p><i>New writers: please ensure that you check your stories for typos, spelling, and grammar errors before submitting them to the publication.</i></p></blockquote><p id="9a2e">We have some volunteering editors who can perform a proof-reading for the writers from the non-English speaking background. You can search for volunteers from our Slack channel. One of the proof-reading tools our writers recommend is <i>Grammarly</i>.</p><h2 id="da3b">ILLUMINATION Social Media Links</h2><p id="4c27">We share our stories in the following platforms. We encourage our new writers to join and follow these links.</p><p id="4e60"><a href="https://twitter.com/illum_official">Twitter</a></p><p id="4a8b"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/MediumIllumination/">Facebook</a></p><p id="b083"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/illumination-publication/">LinkedIn</a></p><p id="b5dc"><a href="https://x29.co/mehmet/">Blogs</a></p><p id="b415"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@digitalmehmet/illumination-on-medium-hmov53ldy">Flipboard</a></p><p id="ccd7"><a href="https://96c.co/i/">PublisherSpotlight</a></p><h2 id="09be">Invitation to writers who may be interested in ILLUMINATION</h2><p id="5862">If you want to join our growing and supportive <b>publication as a writer</b>, <a href="https://digitalmehmet.com/contact/"><b>please leave a message via this link</b></a><b>.</b> We curate valuable content for our readers; we create awareness and visibility of our content to wider audience. We also amplify Medium articles on social media to bring new readers and subscribers.</p><blockquote id="5e25"><p><i>If you have already applied from different means and not added to the publication yet, please try again<a href="https://digitalmehmet.com/contact/"> by directly writing to me</a>. Some messages are easily lost on articles.</i></p></blockquote><p id="9051">Several new top writers joined us. We have now over 650+ writers. The more the better for our diversity. <b>We aim to appeal to millions providing diverse and insightful content globally.</b></p><blockquote id="0d36"><p>Please see an article by <a href="undefined">Timothy Key</a> on writer invitation.</p></blockquote><div id="5f9b" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/become-a-writer-for-illumination-e3354727b3c9"> <div> <div> <h2>Become a Writer for ILLUMINATION!</h2> <div><h3>Join one of the fastest growing and inclusive publications on the Medium platform</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*7_7qeKxJTbIa2-fi1PUfRQ.jpeg)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div></article></body>

Daily Success Stories from ILLUMINATION

Improvement Never Ends

Yes, we know how to surprise!

The truth is — and this is corny — I fall more in love with Portia all the time. I really do. She surprises me all the time. — Ellen DeGeneres

In this bulletin, I want to share an important finding from one of the recent surveys that I conducted with a selected group of readers. My question in this specific survey was “What type of stories do you expect from ILLUMINATION?”. The most widely used keyword was “surprising” which nicely surprised me. I deliberately titled our curation list as “Who doesn’t like surprises?” because almost everyone does! I learned that surprise factor must be taken seriously for content marketing strategy.

When I read some comments in the survey responses, readers prefer surprising, authentic, original, and novel content created explicitly by the experiences of the writers. This is invaluable feedback as it guides our content strategy. Our writers offer plenty of original content stemming from their experience. I come across many surprising pieces every day. We continue to improve and strive to surprise our readers. One specific mention was about our writer interviews which were enjoyed by several readers.

Let me surprise you with what I found when I was reviewing our articles in the last few days. We have prolific writers who are also avid readers. They engage in lots of articles by highlighting, leaving comments, and clapping. I want to reveal them as they deserve recognition for their honorable engagement on our stories: Jessica Cote, Francine Fallara, Tree Langdon ♾️, Desiree Driesenaar, R Tsambounieri Talarantas, Chowa Sekai, Chris Hedges, Bob Jasper, Rasheed Hooda, René Junge, Gurpreet Dhariwal, Holly Jahangiri, Sylvia Love Johnson.

Let’s see how you can surprise our readers with your engaging stories tomorrow! I am already excited.

What did ILLUMINATION writers create today?

Our writers created many eclectic and surprising stories. It is encouraging to see that our writers are engaged in the curation process by leaving comments explaining their great stories to our readers. Attached is a bundle of stories we created on ILLUMINATION today.

Who doesn’t like surprises?

ILLUMINATION offers creative stories of 1000+ writers for 10,000+ readers

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Meet New Writers of ILLUMINATION

20 new writers joined us today. We have 1192 writers supporting our publication now. A warm welcome to our new writers: G Mohan, Blessing Akpan, Sean Valjean, Belinda Mallasasime, Lemy, Larisa Andras, Taha Abbas, Ryan M. McLaren, Aaron Harme, Sebastian, Ishara Malshani Palatuwa, Zain-Al-Abidin Kinnare, Jayne Stevenson, Becky Kelley, Pete Ross, Ken Green, Robert Craig, Nancy Maritza, iSpY8, BusinessHabit,

New writers can start submitting their articles to our publication. Please see the attached story on submission process documented by our editor Timothy Key.

How to Submit Your Article to ILLUMINATION

Once you are added as a writer, here is all you need to do to get your story in the publication

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I added many writers to our Slack channel today. Thank you for the inquires and willingness to join our collaboration, ideation, and innovation lab. New writers are invited to join our Slack to have a chat and collaborate with other inspiring writers. We discuss editorial matters, Medium policies, content quality, and overall writing skills improvement. You can request an invitation to Slack from this link. Please type Request for Slack on the heading as I have many other requests from this link.

You can check this story from Timothy Key to learn how to use Slack if you haven’t used it before.

How to Communicate Using Slack, even if You are a Newbie

A tutorial of the very basics to get you up and running on Slack

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New writers, please check our FAQ document for details of our publication. Our submission guidelines and several other useful documents are attached in this story.

Frequently Asked Questions

Answers to frequently asked question for writers and editors of ILLUMINATION publication

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Writer Introductions

We have two writer introductions today. I enjoyed these great stories.

Meet our writer Alexa

An Introduction to Alexa

Writer, Editor, Academic, and Artist

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Meet our writer Ardsheer Ali

Introducing Myself

Let’s unpack what the bio says.

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250+ writers introduced themselves in their stories so far. This is an opportunity for our writers to showcase their writing portfolio.

I recommend all new writers to introduce themselves in an article. We compile these introductions, keep this resource on the first page of our publication and also share the file with our 9900+ readers. Please see the attached bio document as an example for creating your bios. Our readers are interested in our writers.

Discover ILLUMINATION Writers

BIOs of writers from their pen

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I also interview our writers to feature their profile and great stories. You can read the interviews from the attached story. If you are a writer on ILLUMINATION and would like to be interviewed, please send a request via this link with title of “Interview Request”.

Interviews with Writers

Featuring inspiring writers of ILLUMINATION

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Stories Related to ILLUMINATION

Our editor and writer Arthur G. Hernandez conducted another analysis of our publication growth and documented his findings in this data driven report.

ILLUMINATION Is Still #1

A Data Driven Update

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Featured Articles

Due to increasing variety and diversity of topics, we featured ten stories from our creative writers today.

Ellen Clardy, Ph. D.

Who is Winning the Trade War?

A Discussion of “Who’s Paying for the US Tariffs? A Longer-Term Perspective”

medium.com

Rob Brooks

Today’s America Reminds Me of South Africa in 1985

Will white Americans avoid Apartheid-era mistakes and get out of history’s way?

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Sinem Günel

7 Priceless Lessons About Happiness I Wish I Knew About Earlier

Lessons learned from reading “Finding your Element” by Ken Robbinson

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Erin King

No Good Deed Is Insignificant In Violent Times

Every single sliver of light and love counts right now no matter how small it feels.

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Christina M. Ward

The Best Headline Analyzer to Use

Writer — you should be using this simple tool

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Henry He

The Case for Drafting Doctors

And why this is the wrong thing to call for right now

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Sara Walpert Foster

Being Not-Racist Is Not The Answer

Lesson #1 from Ibram X. Kendi’s book, HOW TO BE AN ANTI-RACIST

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Rebecca Romanelli

Light Mission

A Lightworker’s pre incarnation contract.

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Julia E Hubbel

The Journey of our Whiteness

A critical questionnaire that begs the question, and offers some answers

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Dr Michael Heng

How to Grow Big by Going Lean?

The Secret of Lean-Sizing your Organisation

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Stories from ILLUMINATION distributed to Medium Topics

Three stories from ILLUMINATION were distributed to Medium topics today.

A story by Melissa-Jane Nguyen was distributed to #writing.

What to Write About When You’re Not an Expert in Anything

There’s one thing you can always tap into

medium.com

A poem by Manasi Diwakar was distributed to #poetry.

Colors

Shades of black were splattered listlessly on white sheets red rage flamed the candles of the broken-hearted…

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A poem by Paroma Sen was distributed to #poetry.

Perfect Imperfections

A Love Poem

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Content Quality Focus

Our current writers know that we strive for excellence. We aim to increase the quality of your stories and provide an enjoyable reading experience to our followers. Quality is an iterative process. I notice that the quality of our stories is increasing day by day.

New writers: please ensure that you check your stories for typos, spelling, and grammar errors before submitting them to the publication.

We have some volunteering editors who can perform a proof-reading for the writers from the non-English speaking background. You can search for volunteers from our Slack channel. One of the proof-reading tools our writers recommend is Grammarly.

ILLUMINATION Social Media Links

We share our stories in the following platforms. We encourage our new writers to join and follow these links.

Invitation to writers who may be interested in ILLUMINATION

If you want to join our growing and supportive publication as a writer, please leave a message via this link. We curate valuable content for our readers; we create awareness and visibility of our content to wider audience. We also amplify Medium articles on social media to bring new readers and subscribers.

If you have already applied from different means and not added to the publication yet, please try again by directly writing to me. Some messages are easily lost on articles.

Several new top writers joined us. We have now over 650+ writers. The more the better for our diversity. We aim to appeal to millions providing diverse and insightful content globally.

Please see an article by Timothy Key on writer invitation.

Become a Writer for ILLUMINATION!

Join one of the fastest growing and inclusive publications on the Medium platform

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