Curated Collection and Daily Updates
Look What Aiden Found Today — Episode #28
Favorite stories I read plus community-nominated pieces tailored for avid readers of ILLUMINATION Publications on Medium
Happy New Year, wonderful Writers and Readers! Yesterday, I was bouncing off the walls with energy, but today? Let’s just say I was as flat as day-old soda. Managed to squeeze in a few hours of reading, though! Just added them to my list. Besides, there are few nominations as editors and curators are away celebrating the new year. Yesterday, I shared my monthly wins — December 2023 was an absolute champ!
A story near and dear to my heart got a boost this morning. I’m thankful because it’ll serve as a guide for inspiring creators, reminding them to prioritize their health over fleeting fame, which are just vanity metrics in the grand scheme of things! I enjoyed the wonderful comments on the story. For those who missed it, here is the link if you are interested in reading this boosted story.
I also self-curated my monthly stories for my loyal readers and as a sample for fellow writers.
Please check our strategic approach for 2024 aligned with Medium’s direction articulated by Dr Mehmet Yildiz, our chief editor.
Dr Yildiz also added many new writers during his holidays. I will add their profiles to the end so you may welcome them and connect with them.
I slot detailed publication-related news toward the end of the collection so we don’t overwhelm our loyal readers. However, writers can hop to the tail end to catch up on our activities. It’s a win-win situation!
Daily List for Sharing — Volume 28
I volunteered to create a list of this collection. So you can easily share this collection on Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, LinkedIn, Reddit, or Quora. You can find all our sharing platforms from this story link by Dr Yildiz.
Let’s all engage in this list and at least tweet it so that more readers can find these stories. It is the purpose of these curated lists. We appreciate your wonderful support for these writers who pour their hearts and souls into these stories to delight you. Here are the nominated stories from avid readers today.
Now, onto the less thrilling but oh-so-crucial bits that writers and even some readers will find essential. You can skip this part if you are a regular follower of my curated list. I wrote this part for newcomers.
Chosen Stories from ILLUMINATION Writers Today
As we mentioned before, “these stories are a combination of what I enjoyed and those which nominated by volunteering editors (also writers and readers) on this platform, so the stories in this collection reflect their collective tastes. As a publication, ILLUMINATION keeps a neutral position for all published stories, and it is impossible to feature over one million published stories. But we will do our best to amplify as many great stories as possible almost daily from now on based on the availability of our volunteers.”
Here are our wonderful and nominated stories today! I believe you will find something that will satisfy your reading needs.
My Top 20 Best Performing Stories (5%) in 2023 with Reasons Dr Mehmet Yildiz
The World Laid Away — Spinning Fast — A Poem For Our Times Joanie Adams - Sightseer; Conjurer Of Words
Inquiring Minds Want To Know The Impact of FoM Scarlet Ibis James 🦩
The World’s Most Unusual Festivals and Celebrations Tom Kane
An Artist Survey — was I biting off more than I could chew? Lorwen Harris Nagle, PhD
From Nervous Novice to Growing Comedian: Four Life-Changing Lessons Learned Through Improv Comedy Derya Gungor, Ph.D.
5 Ways to Engage or Elude Monster Managers (Part 4) David B. Grinberg 🇺🇸
Construction Companies Break the Silence About Substance Use and Tackle the Issue Head-on Gill McCulloch
Why Am I Not Where I Expected to Be in Life? Wesley van Peer
Defending Democracy and The Path to What is Right is Not Easy 🕊️ Henya Drescher
How to Beat Indecision and Procrastination in 2024 john creed
Navigating Your Relationship Out of the Doldrums Sherry Atkinson
4 Passive Income Streams That Made Me $6160.88 in November DannyOnDemandonde
How to Get Recognized and Make Money as a New Author izzibella Beau
The “New Rich” Are Bizarrely Quiet (Not Flashy Show Ponies) Tim Denning
10 Unexpected Life Lessons From A Dismal Year Angela Randall, MBA
The Number One Reason Why You Still Don’t Believe in the Future Al4Btc
Discipline in the Digital Age: Nurturing Healthy Tech Habits for a Balanced 2024 Aman Jain
Redeemers — A Legacy of Moxie & Appetition Anthony Eichberger
ive into Literary Bliss: My Journey Through 47 Books Unveiled — Bite-sized Reviews and Must-Read… Chany Zagury
I am starting my year on a high note, despite feeling like shit Deni Sahaya
The Most Insane Conspiracy Theory I have Ever Encountered Ian Writes
Nonattachment: The Big Kahuna of Spirituality — So Hard, but so Worth the Work David Gerken
How Reincarnation Helps Everyone [6] Frank Ontario | empathy, logic, love.
Yes, You Can Be Fired for What You Post on Social Media George J. Ziogas
Me and My Dad, so much Alike, but so Different Part One Lawson Wallace
Dizain of Suicide Marcus aka Gregory Maidman [this one is special]
I Can’t Believe One of the Real Housewives Said This! Colleen Sheehy Orme
Magazines Looking For Nonfiction Submissions and Pay $300.00–4,000.00 Pamela Kazmierczak
It’s One Thing to Conceive a Dream and Another Thing to Achieve It Emmanuel A. Anderson
How To Obtain and Use This Direct Pipeline To God James Boylan
How Embracing A Beginner’s Mind Will Improve Your Life Clay Raymond
Poorly Defined Goals Are The #1 Reason People Feel Unfulfilled Sah Kilic
The Only Time There Is No Choice But To Be Strong Norlisa Alias
Planning Your Next Incarnation Debbra Lupien, Voice of the Akashic Records
A Mindful Practice to Build Self-Compassion Trisha Dunbar (She/Her)
Omicron the Grinch: Another Christmas Without Family EllenEastwood
3 Actionable Steps to Get More Job Interviews Zsuzsanna Agocs
When People Tell You to Use The “Follow for Follow and Then Unfollow” Method, Don’t Crystal Mathews
Is there any reason to avoid reading “Designing Data Intensive Applications?” Abderrahim Boutorh [self-published]
Thank you for reading these beautiful stories.
Quick Updates for Highlights of Our Pubs
ILLUMINATION-Curators introduced some recently boosted stories. I believe you will find some great stories in that collection. Collection of Boosted Stories from ILLUMINATION Publications — V2
By upgrading his main profile, Dr Yildiz inspired our readers to become Medium Friends. I hope many readers join this inspiring journey. Celebrating My Reading Anniversary with My Upgraded Subscription to New Medium Friendship
Boost Education:
I’ve launched a new series to help writers hit the literary stratosphere. Dr. Yildiz got the grand opening gig because I’ve got the scoop on his stellar stories. Now that I’m peeking behind the scenes as an editor and boost nominator, I’m trying to put as many writers in the spotlight as possible. Your thoughts on the story would be cosmic — let’s team up and make these tales shine like stars! I will do it for every boosted writer as soon as I get a chance. Here is Episode 2 introducing boosted stories of Matt Williams-Spooner, Ph.D. Lessons Learned from Boosted Stories — Episode #2 and Lessons Learned from Boosted Stories — Episode #1. You can learn more about Matt’s background from this interview. An Interview with Matt Williams-Spooner, Ph.D.
Recently, I added several new writers. I look forward to seeing their stories in these collections soon. You can meet them from the attached post. I also added their profiles at the end of this post so you can follow them easily if you want to. I will add more writers later today. There are many applicants. Announcement of New Writers for ILLUMINATION #28 and #27
For new readers and writers, I have also joined the ranks as a Friend of Medium (FoM). From now on, stories I read from other writers will earn them four times the previous ones. Details are in the attached story. I Took the Plunge and Became a Friend of Medium (FoM) Yesterday.
Dr Yildiz also wrote about it to invite our readers to become Medium Friends and support our writers. The more FoMs the merrier. Importance and Value of Medium Friendship for Writers and Readers
But scammers spammed his beautiful story and tried to deceive our readers. Here’s his sad and important story: every writer and reader needs to understand and act cautiously. They act too realistically! Scam and Spam Accounts on Medium Are As Bad As Hate Speech and Defamation for Writers
They did the same thing to me. For those who missed the excitement, two days ago, I was happy the scary scam account that emulated my profile and tried to deceive my readers was removed. Those who missed the drama can read it from this link. Breaking News: My Clone Kicked the Bucket, and I’m Gleefully Celebrating It🎉
How to Identify Them? These fraudulent accounts typically lack followers and haven’t authored any stories themselves. They are non-members with no star or heart icons in their profile names. Urgent Notice: Beware of Fake Accounts Impersonating Influential Writers
If you are into gaming, I also wrote about winners of 2023 for popular games. I will introduce some of those games in my forthcoming stories for game lovers. The Winners of The Game Awards 2023 Have Been Announced
Talking of gaming, if you plan to craft stories about these remarkable games, consider submitting them to my publication, ILLUMINATION-Gaming. I’m here to elevate your narratives, ensuring they stand out and increasing their chances of a boost. I wrote about my goals and how I can help our writers in a story titled ILLUMINATION Gaming Is Part of the Boost Program Now.
To inform new writers, our special publication, ILLUMINATION-Curated, now is a boost nominating pub You may learn about How ILLUMINATION Publications Support the BOOST Program.
I’ve bundled up all my lists into one tidy little story. It is a treasure trove of fantastic reads waiting for you. Please consider sharing the love on your socials and dive into these gems! You won’t regret it.
Shareable List Links for Curated Collections on ILLUMINATION
Dr Mehmet Yildiz introduced a writing duo known as Pernoste & Dahl. You will love this introduction as he reveals the mystery behind these interesting writers who writes inspiring and engaing content on Medium.
Meet Pernoste and Dahl: A Writing Duo of a Neuroscientist and an Artist
ILLUMINATION editors introduced a great writer, Somil Gupta. I hope you check his profile and explore his delicious stories.
Our team of volunteers is working through the influx of stories, aiming to review and publish each piece while welcoming new writers into our fold. It’s a labor of love that demands time and effort. Please remember that we support 25K+ writers, as mentioned in our Monthly Updates.
If you missed this recent interview featuring Luay Rahil, here is a link for you. His stories can nicely surprise you. An Interview with Luay Rahil, MBA
For those who missed my Vocal saga, here is the link. I hope new writers don’t make the same mistake I made for 18 months. Here’s How I Miserably Failed Vocal Media But Have No Regrets
ILLUMINATION-Curators compiled boosted stories in December, so you might find some fascinating stories from this collection. I also chose to publish this collection on ILLUMINATION-Curated as our readers enjoy curated collections. Here is their treasure trove: Collection of Boosted Stories from ILLUMINATION-Curated
ILLUMINATION-Curators wrote about that exceptional story. I hope you will get a chance to read it and pay attention to your privacy. An Exceptional Story on Privacy Every Reader May Find Helpful
Our chief editor Dr Mehmet Yildiz, upgraded our publication accounts ILLUMINATION and ILLUMINATION-Curators, as well as his tech account Dr Mehmet Yildiz (Tech), making them Friends of Medium. Reading from these accounts will allow writers to earn four times more. While curating stories, we read many stories from these accounts, so it will be great for writers. Details are in his story by Dr Mehmet Yildiz (Tech): Why I Became a Friend of Medium
Our senior editor Mike Broadly, DHSc joined the curation team and created new collections from his favorite stories that you may adore. He has amazing taste as an avid reader and has already created seven collections in such a short time. I loved his new collection earlier today.
Mike’s Favorite Stories on ILLUMINATION Publications — #17 Mike Broadly, DHSc
Please find his collections with the associated lists and share them on your socials so we can bring more readers to Medium. Here are links to Mike’s collections: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10, #11, #12, #13, #14, #15, #16
Our supportive editor, famous nutritionist, Elin Melaas, created her second collection earlier. Elin also created the Invisible Series. Elin’s Chosen ILLUMINATION Stories — #2
And our lovely editor Surekha Chandrasekhar also created a collection of her delicious pub ILLUMINATION’s Nutrition which is also our virtual kitchen. 20 Curated Stories From Illumination’s Nutrition -2023
ILLUMINATION editors introduced some great writers. You may check out their profiles and explore their fabulous stories.
Meet Seda Anbarcı, Meet Dr Emmanuel Ogamdi, Meet Jozsef Kovacs, Meet Davor Katusic. Meet Thomas Allen Moon, Meet Sneha Nagre, Meet Zondra Dos Anjos, Meet Ani Vals Meet Ammara Hassan. Meet Sridhar Pai Tonse — Leadgen Coach- Tech Startups Chosen Stories from Omni Essence, Editorial Profile of InYah
Our editors enjoy stories and nominate them for these curated collections. You may check editor profiles in this collection.
I love reading writer biographies and curating them. If you write any bio story please let me know so I can add them to my collection. Meet ILLUMINATION Writers from Their Personally Penned Biographies
Dr Mehmet Yildiz reviewed an interesting book of Dr Emmanuel Ogamdi. If you are a book author, you may contact Dr Yildiz as he really does great reviews. He even wrote the foreword of my gaming book. Here is his great review today. “Nobody Will Tell You This”
As mentioned a few weeks ago, I created a Discord server for our writers to collaborate and share their story links, so you are all welcome to join. We already have great fun there. It is not as big as our Slack, but it will be one day, as Discord is a lot of fun.
Now, let’s welcome the new writers who joined us recently. Please explore their stories and they resonate with you may connect with them. This is a great opportunity for writers and readers to meet.
Afifah Mohammed, Hifreequencyvibez, Mike Sansone, William Spivey, Frank Bouc, Starlet★, Khan Writes, Malik Randolph, Allison Allen, Michael Lumpp, Asma Khalid, Ryan Canady, Cleaningselfofself, Alessandro Negro, Hanna Motorina/Ukraine, Writing Bird, Owen Robert McGregor, Gary, Michalis M., Samie Sinclair, Ella de Jong, Prahlad Bajagain, Karthik Seenuvasan, Eduardo Velasquez, The Smoke Shop Alchemist, Arshia Alexander, MeThinks, Arya, Melissa Billeaud, Sarah, Geetanjali Singh, Mario Rozario, Geetanjali Singh, Rita Lara, PixelTree, Mario Rozario, Dr. Lutz Kraushaar, Jamel Hendley/Greenviool/PawProfits, Pei-Lun Xie, Antia & Brody Boyd, Paloma Mejia, Rhonda Grice in Mindset Matters, JANICE BROWN, Kevin L. Hing, Ludiane de Brocéliande, Zoë Van Noppen, VixenWriter, Claire Bleiler, Jay Vaananen, Miguel Feuggin, Denis Misyulya, Eizabeth Reeve, Zahoor Haider, Samantha Lima, Portia T, James, Tamjid Hossain, Zoë Van Noppen, Anouk Uragoda, Saad Benaicha, Morenike Amber, Trinity, Devin Sams, Subha Shrinivasan, Konstantin Dikov, Jill, Paul Is Positive, Sinju Thomas, Viktoriya Simidova, Yasir K., Mimira Smith, Vince Mao, Vineethchandha, Joe Guay — Dispatches From the Guay Life!, Bella Hadad, Basia W., Komal Sabeen, Michael Schneider, Carol Kari, Erika Wallgren, Barb Chappell, Katy Morin, Silver X. Bishop, Mark Wadsley, Natella Shikhiyeva, Hasnain Mustafa, Urvashi Valecha, Chris Nestor, Chizurum Enyinnaya, TheDawnChorus, DeryaSefer @ IdeaMastery, Paul Chatelain, Yanick Andrade, Sam Krämer.
You may also check previously joined writers in the last two weeks from the attached onboarding packs. You never know who to meet.
Here is our onboarding pack covering everything you need to know.
New writers, when you need help please don’t hesitate to contact me on Slack workspace or Discord server. I introduce these services below.
I also enjoy introducing writers on YouTube. So if you are interested you may contact me on Slack or Discord.
Here is some info about Slack and Discords
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