Look What Aiden Found Today Episode #6
My favorite stories plus community-nominated pieces tailored for avid readers of ILLUMINATION Publications on Medium
Dear readers and writers, as mentioned before, since ILLUMINATION editors and ILLUMINATION-Curators have been busy lately, I volunteered to compile some of these collections with an additional list as the media coordinator of the publications. We apologize for the publishing delays this month. Some of our editors are on leave for the festive season.
We are also sorry we couldn’t add new writers for a week as administrators were unavailable, but today, I spent some time with other editors and we added them and announced new contributors in a bulletin. It took us a lot of time as adding writers from the registration portal to Medium is a manual task and time-consuming. So, let’s give a warm welcome to new writers. I will also tag their profiles at the end so that you may explore their stories and connect with them.
As we navigate these bustling times, I extend my gratitude for your patience. Our team of volunteers is diligently 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.
We lack dedicated staff and financial resources as our pubs don’t generate any income, but volunteers generously contribute their personal time, akin to a charitable organization. Hence, our services may not match the premium standards, but rest assured, we are committed to providing a platform for your voices to be heard. Please remember that we support 25K+ writers, as mentioned in our Monthly Updates.
Thank you for your understanding as we endeavor to curate your stories with care and dedication.
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.
In addition, I am also grateful that my little publication, ILLUMINATION Gaming, was chosen as a boost-nominating publication. 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. So I look forward to helping you.
If you missed this recent interview featuring Luay Rahil, here is a link for you. His stories can nicely surprise you.
I liked the comments on my eye-opening story about Vocal. Thank you, all readers. You inspire me to do a better job here.
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, especially ones nominated by the community. Here is their treasure trove: Collection of Boosted Stories from ILLUMINATION-Curated
ILLUMINATION-Curators wrote about that exceptional story by Mike Grindle today. I hope you will get a chance to read it and pay attention to your privacy. It confirmed one of the reasons I don’t use my full name on Medium or social media.
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)
As you might have noticed, 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.
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
Our supportive editor, famous nutritionist, Elin Melaas, created her first collection earlier. Elin also created the Invisible Series.
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.
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.
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.
Daily List for Sharing — Volume 36
I volunteered to create a list of this collection. So you can easily share this collection on Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, LinkedIn, Reddit, or Quora.
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.
Chosen Stories from ILLUMINATION Writers Today
As we mentioned before, “these stories are 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.
How Science Captivated My Childhood Mind, Building the Foundation for Lifelong Research Dr Mehmet Yildiz
Giving Yourself Permission: Ideas to Beat the Boredom of Post-Surgery Charmaine Lang, Ph.D.
How I Improved My Digestive Health Mike Broadly, DHSc
The Value and Necessity of Building up Resilience in Life Rebecca Romanelli
Netflix Is Making a Terminator Anime Series Aiden (Illumination Gaming)
Israel-Hamas War (Part 5): Why Biden Should Consider Stronger Retaliation Against Iran David B. Grinberg 🇺🇸
Gum Trees: Bane and Glory. Dr John Frederick Rose
Being Active Your Way Bill Abbate
The Heart Keeps Score; A Hushing Score — Journeyman’s Poems Joanie Adams - Sightseer; Conjurer Of Words
Writing poetry as a team Pernoste & Dahl
Human Fingerprints: Unique Stamp of Nature (Part 2) Amir Bibi
In A Conversation With Life — Is Depression A Choice? Annelise Lords
My Right “Gluteus Maximus” (Bum) tarun bhatt
Paying Yourself: The Practice of Bribing You With Your Own Money Peter Ling
Explaining the Slow Disappearance of Waterbeds Sean Kernan
7 Unconventional Methods to Transform Your Daily Life Alain A
On Being Present: Hindsight Is A Wonderful Thing. Anxiety? Not So Much. Amanda Jayne O'Hare
People-Pleasing Will be The End of You. Angelica Mendez
The Jim Crow Era and Black Identity in Jean Toomer’s ‘Cane’ Anisa H.
The 1 Way You Can Find An Obsession — Why I Disagree with Tim Denning Jake Simmons
Change has the Power to Unlock New Potential Arosa Jabein
Not All Days Are Equal for The Writer Susan Johnson:
Red Meat & Type 2 Diabetes Steven Anthony
Inflation Makes the Seventh Amendment the Funniest C. D. Ellison
The Most Common Lie Love Addicts and Co-Dependents Tell When Dating Cecilia Williams
What Our Clothes Say About Cultural Change Charlene Ann Mildred
Redefining Urban Mobility Chloe
The Intrigue of the Dyatlov Pass Incident: Unraveling a 1959 Mystery Christopher Harvey
Blessings And Lessons: The People Who Shape Our Lives 𝑨𝒌𝒉𝒕𝒂𝒓 𝑨𝒍𝒊
The Rational Babe’s Guide to Love: Keeping It Real 2bebetter
Girl Interrupted CJ Johnson
Life Is Fleeting, Follow Your Heart Corey Casey
Emily Dickinson Doesn’t Need a Makeover Courtney Abruzzo
Anatomy of Hatred Daniela Dragas
The Secret Deni Sahaya
Bad Assumptions Come From Bad Data. Denis Avguštin
A forlorn flower — bees think! Diana Dolea
The Plot of Deadpool 3 May Have Been Leaked Aiden (Illumination Gaming)
Ever had a meltdown at the gym? Diana Gold
Three Quick Reasons to Create Your Own Publication to Self-Publish Don Martin, real-life writer
A Simple, Failsafe Method for Enticing New Readers to an Old Piece Elizabeth Emerald
What’s the Secret to Lifelong Love for Husband and Wife Emily Chan - Life and love sharing
Money Makeover: A 5-Day Plan to Elevate Your Finances Ethan Ginsberg
Colorado’s Bitcoin Mining Boom Explained in Two Words Evan Crosby
Dear Writers — Know When to Put Your Pen Down Fatunla Samuel
Maximizing One’s Money Is Important To Success In Life Floyd Mori
Technology is an Orchestra With No Conductor. Gabriel Botsie
Beyond the Lemon Trees: Bridging Fiction and Reality in the Lives of Syrian Women Gabriela Trofin-Tatár
No Stupid, AI Chatbots Can’t Lie George Atkins
Hovering Over Toilets: Powerful Reason to Retire Early Get Lost Blue
Here’s How It’s Possible to Be Better Than Other People Gia
Ready To Use This Moment To Create The Nature Of The Future You Desire? Gregory Reece-Smith
The Psychology of Motivation: How to Stay Driven and Achieve Your Goals Leonid Hass 👨🎨
What are You Not Doing Because You Doubt Yourself? Helen Marie
Marginalia: You Should Be Reading Books With a Pencil István Göblyös
Dear Karri J. Salvatore Domino
What if Right Now is The ‘Good Old Days’? jack friks
5 Steps to Build Strong Self-Discipline Jane Lamb
Eco-poetry amidst shifting leaves Jess Ruby
Echoes of Yesterday Jessi Lynn
Only One Week to Thanksgiving John Whye
The dead were born today Kallol Mazumdar
Confessions of an Emotional Time Bomb Kiana Curtis
What Scares You About The 30+ Age? Kingsley Asuamah
How to (Actually) Write Better With AI Kyle Chastain
My Painful Lack of Self-Esteem Had No Basis in Reality Lawson Wallace
As a Writer, You Think You’re Special, but You’re Not, and You Have No Business Giving an Editor… Lawson Wallace
How To Be A Great Writer: Be Your Own Target Audience. Lisa Fouweather
10 Essential Social Skills That Absolutely Everyone Should Be Practicing Lori Brown
Kids? No Way! Oh Wait… Wesley van Peer
3 Tools I Apply to My Content Creation Process to Prevent Procrastination Zacc Rowlands
Why Do Some People Find Their Path in Life Early and Are Successful? Lawson Wallace
The Sacred Alchemy of Turning Your Pain into Gold Lucien Lecarme
Do You Believe in Ghosts? Mariana Busarova
5 Key Benefits of an Alcohol-Free Life — It’s About More Than Just Health 🌀 Marko Eickholt 🌀
Bullies Come in All Sizes Marlene Alexander
This Could Really Be a Good Life Mats
The Big Problem Is You Don’t *Really* Want To Make Money Maya Sayvanova
I Criticize Fat-Positive Activists, but They Are Right About One Thing Miriam Rachel
The “Why Always Me?” Syndrome MRCOLLINSFX
I Am Alone But I Am Free Nathaniel Shaw
Born In The Wrong Time Nedislav Ivanov
God Doesn’t Play War Nikos Papakonstantinou
Why Should I Care? Ruby Noir 😈
#2 Poem: Let Me Dream Nivari
Aged Yet Grateful and Hopeful, Rather Than Melancholic Øivind H. Solheim
The Hidden Wisdom: What My Friend’s Kitchen Plan Taught Me About Success Oraorn Srichiangwang
Find Your Personal Style With The Dearly Bethany Style Masterclass Paying Attention with Jasdev
Interdental Brushes: An Open Secret to Great Oral Health Peter Borg
Invest 1 Minute a Day for a Month for Happiness on Tap Quy Langridge-Tien
I, Robot R.S. Colorado
7 Surprising Benifits of Eating Anjeer(Figs) on Daily base Rasool Shah
The Sacred Space of Choice RBGraham
10 Lucrativе Skills to Mastеr for a Profitablе Futurе Richard Appiah
30 Life Lessons From 30 Years Rima Eneva
Controversial Selling Sean Michael Lewis
Exercise Of The Soul Aliya🦋
The Conductor Shawn Ingram
Living in the Era of the Unthinkable Shelley Karpaty
The Final Fantasy! — A Short Poem about Life Shiraz
Multi-tasking is destroying your productivity. Here’s why (and how to get back on track!) Simon Theakston
Pay or get Paid Larry Nowicki
Are You Spinning? Asanda
Six ways I built a writing habit — having failed multiple times before Simon Theakston
Don’t Rethink Washing Machine. How to create new markets Svyatoslav Biryulin
Can A Man Love You And Abuse You? The Nerd
I Write This Strictly For The Survivors The One Alternative View
Tips for Experienced Writers on Planet Medium With 50+ Stories Who Desire More Eyeballs on Them Victoria Kjos
9 Free AI Courses That Might Help You to Boost Your Career Viragoria
How To Get Paid Twice on Medium. The Real Deal Defined Anshul Kummar
Why Liars Are Their Worst Enemies Yong Kim
Thank you for reading these beautiful stories.
Now let’s give a warm welcome to these new writers. I believe they will be part of these collections soon. I already explored some of their stories published in other publications.
Star P. Davis, Hammad Ahmad, Veronica Weedon, Lika Maximovic, Shay Als, Ivana Klara, Keith M Leonard, Taras J Seaks, Brandon Johnson, Adil Constantine, Words for the Soul with Heather Indu Arena, john creed, Gunalsubramaniyan, Daim M., Akanksha Priyadarshini, Anze Kos, Emogene Lukoye, Caroline Cahill, TekDoze, SilentAurora, B T Elliott, Vishnu Vijayan, Brandon Myles, Salman Khan, Salman Khan, Christie Sausa, mommybee, Russell Carr, Aylin Saatlou, Sanjiv Mukhi, Brijesh Gupta, Alisson Scheller, Brandon, Isabella Addy, Emery Caster, Jiam Tzi Yu, Sindhu Kodoor, Mazahil Nallawangsa, JW, Sarah Callen, Caroline Walsh, Izatullah, Mew Muses, The Happy Hag, Gratiela Grigorini, Danielle Benvenuto, Sania Haroon, Rosalyn Broddie, Emi Ebong, Vadim Dambreville, A. George, The Mental Journey, Brandon Slade, Vijay Chadalavada, Parthiv Gajjar, Rose O’Hara, Frances Carryl, Simon Timm, Zia Ullah, Danya Khelfa, Jeremy Grant, MBA, Tracy Collins, Idzard, Skylar Whitney, Danya Khelfa, Dr Mazin Mirza, Audrey Howitt, Gaurav smirth, Pragya Pradhan, Eleanor Writer, Tim J. Schroeder, Ram Vadranam, Ravish Kumar, Elizabeta Sulentic, Megan Dudley, Jeff Miller, Mene, Jack Purdy, Lidia Zuin, Manisha Mozumder, Dimitris Kost, Mariana Izabelle 💫, Leslie G Nelson, Lieonessa King, George M Pantazis, Wayne Stelk, PhD, Dana Stewart, William Jack, Dr. Daniel H. Shapiro, Johanny Mota, Enes Cevik, Brooke Lewis, MEd., Dane O’Leary, Barbara J. Martin, Saad Afridi, Laura Hawley, Mustapha Aitigunaoun, Talking with Tan, Kushal Kumar Naidu, Tara Torres, Mason LaChance, Marta Praslova, Alexandra Smith, Holly Rose Thomas, Sindy Talk, Samuel, Farhan Tanvir, Richard Fast, Mustapha Aitigunaoun, Sam writes 🌸.
New writers when you need help please don’t hesitate to contact me on Slack workspace or Discord server.
About Me
I write articles in my field covering gaming, film-making, social media, and design. I am also a YouTuber. Thank you for subscribing to my account to get notifications when I post on Medium. I created a new website to share my content for free and promote stories of writers contributing to my publications on Medium. I also have a Substack newsletter. Let’s connect on Twitter and LinkedIn.
I own two publications on Medium. One for video gamers and another for YouTubers and Podcasters. I also support Illumination Integrated Publications as a volunteer editor and participate in collaborative activities in the Slack Workspace.
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