Look What Aiden Found Today — Episode #13

My favorite stories plus community-nominated pieces tailored for avid readers of ILLUMINATION Publications on Medium

Yesterday, I started a new series to guide writers in writing boostable stories. I started the series with Dr Mehmet Yildiz as I have easy access to his stories. I will cover as many writers as possible as I now can see boosted stories as an editor and boost nominator. Your feedback on the story will be much appreciated.

Today, I added several new writers and introduced them at the end of the collection so that you can welcome them. I look forward to seeing their stories in these collections soon.

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.

Dr Yildiz also wrote about it to invite our readers to become Medium Friends and support our writers. The more FoMs the merrier.

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!

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.

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.

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.

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.

Quick Updates for Highlights of Our Pubs

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.

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.

ILLUMINATION editors introduced a great writer, Somil Gupta. I hope you check his profile and explore his delicious stories.

We added more new writers and announced them 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.

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. 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.

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.

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.

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)

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, #8, #9, #10

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 48

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.

Fasting Can Lower the Risks of Infections and Speed Up Recovery Dr Mehmet Yildiz

When Blind Faith Became a Necessity Rebecca Romanelli

Why I, an Agnostic Scientist, Enjoy Reading the Bible and Other Holy Scriptures Mike Broadly, DHSc

6 Poor Coping Mechanisms Which Made My Trauma Worse Leon Macfayden

The “9–5 Guy” on TikTok Is Blowing Up for All the Wrong Reasons Tim Denning

Beyond Blind Spots: A Multi-Perspective Journey Toward Greater Understanding George M Pantazis

I Waited Years To Write Stories Worth Sharing Brooke Lewis, MEd.

We Could Reduce Our Entire Life Strategy to Doing Just This: Relax and Let the Clouds Pass David Gerken

Addiction: Possible Solutions Dr. Gabriella Korosi

Echoes of Grandeur: Unraveling the Lure and Peril of Collective Narcissism Antonio Segovia, MD.

Which Type of Intermittent Fasting is Best for Weight Loss and Health? Matt Williams-Spooner, Ph.D.

Societies and Songlines. Dr John Frederick Rose

Life Is The Act Of The Becoming; I’m Anxious To Remind Myself Of What I Was And What I Am To Be — … Joanie Adams - Sightseer; Conjurer Of Words

How to Find the Money You Didn’t Even Know You Were Missing Deborah Camp

Audio Drama Series You Need to Listen in 2024 Seda Anbarcı

How To Choose Your Emotions Dr Emmanuel Ogamdi

Welcome to the Poetry Multiverse Pernoste & Dahl

Peaceful Methods of Resolving International Disputes and The Current Situation in Gaza Ammara Hassan

Enchanting Hof Castle: An Amazing Journey Through Time And Majesty Jozsef Kovacs

What’s So Wrong About Secretly Working Two Full-Time Jobs at Once Remotely? Luay Rahil

The Artistic Meaning of Images Within Images Lorwen Harris Nagle, PhD

How Can White People Love Horror Films But Not Black History? Allison Wiltz

JFK 60 Years Later: Moonshot was Longshot for USA (Part 2) David B. Grinberg 🇺🇸

Yuka; The App You Need Libby Shively McAvoy

Can Shared Suffering Unite Palestinians and Jews? Charles Bastille

In A Capitalist Economy, the Market Decides Bassey BY

London Realities Abhishek Gurumadhva

An Attitude Of Gratitude Makes Me Happy, Joyous, And Free James Boylan

Voyager 1: A 46-Year-Old Space Marvel That Outshines Modern Tech Ahmed Fessi

History of The Christmas Star Bill Petro

I Exchanged Coffee for Blue Lotus Tea — A Lifechanger Alina Pitt

Did The Rules On Medium Changed, Or Are Writers Getting Lazy? Annelise Lords

Stop Thinking It’s Supposed to Be Easy. Angelica Mendez

In Moments of Distress, Create Nicola de Vera

Roots of War Amir Bibi

The Itsy Bitsy Spider Who Visited Me While I Slept Vera-Marie Landi

How to make money with Blogger.com Deni Sahaya

How Does My Past Teach How to Redesign the Future? Shirley Willett

5 Incredible Productivity Blogs to Follow Anshul Kummar

Targeting Leukemic Stem Cells With d-Limonene: A Potential Therapeutic Strategy For Chronic… Aurora

A good person accidentally killed a child, what should he do? Thomas Lam

Coping In Today’s Business World As A Young Professional Lysandros Lysandrou

My Story Recognized as One of Medium’s Top 32 Stories Ali Alzahrani, Editor

My Holiday Handbook for Self-Care Gabriela Trofin-Tatár

A Glimpse of My First International Travel Somil Gupta

It Wasn’t Raining When Noah Built the Ark Dee

Hellish Hallucinations Elizabeth Emerald

Is It Healthier To Eat The Whole Egg? Lanu Pitan🥰

Introducing the 6th Love Language Ava

This Is How You Follow Through With Your Goals And Habits Betsy Ramser Jaime

Don’t Make the Mistake of Going to the Zoo in July Lawson Wallace

Several Short Sentences About Outlines Boysie Gordon

Don’t Make Me Draw My Rifle Tom Byers

Stop Telling Friends Everything Bright N

Dependence Brother Bhunru

EmailOctopus: The Best Email Marketing Tool For Beginners 2024 Burk

The Bachelorette Party: How it started/How it ended Carol C. Bradley

Have You Ever Started To Truly, Deeply Hate Your Writing? Carrie Kolar

No Thanks. I Don’t Want To Collaborate With You David Tighe

Trauma Bonding In Narcissistic Abuse Cecilia Williams

In the New Year, Focus on Gains in the Kitchen Chloe Gordon

Mindset vs Age Raveen

Nasal Septum Deviation Surgery for Sceptics Dimitris Kost

Importance and Value of Medium Friendship for Writers and Readers Dr Mehmet Yildiz

The Grandparents Scam May Be Using AI Floyd Mori

IS There God in poor Beggar soul? Gaurav smirth

The Reporter Harry Hogg

Melodies of Love Hasnain A

Three Rules to Find Motivation Havard Mela

Inner Shine: Cultivating Confidence and Self-Esteem Independent Content Creator

If You Want to Be Happy, You Need to Focus On Yourself First Irene Chu

Unmasking Media Tactics: The Disturbing Trend of ‘Do You Condemn Hamas?’ in Interviews Isabella Addy

What I Have Learned From My First 10 Atomic Newsletter Issues J.R. Heimbigner

Before Managing Life Jay

“She’s just like your wife” Jibril Yusuf

A Christmas Story Jo Ann Harris, Writer of Daily Musings

It Doesn’t Matter If I Die John Britton

“Thanks for the PainIt Made me Raise my Game “ John Walter Raney 1st

Jingle All The Way — Counting Down The 50 Quirkiest Christmas Traditions Jon & Caroline | Ink-Stained Hearts | CityStonePub

Who Am I? A Dragon Warrior’s Journey Jose Argueta

ADD: Greatness in Life Josh Hinton

The biggest life lesson that saved me from hell Julia Denise

How I Plan to Start Loving Failures Just Wandering

8 habits of lazy people who never move forward in life Kashi Writes

Boot Camp Letters (November 1948) Kathleen Krueger

Bleeding Out Kieran

Ways to Create An Effective Short Video Showcasing You As An Expert Kristen Kay Brady

Repurpose and Promote Your Short-Form Videos to Expand Your Audience Kristen Kay Brady

Chilly Larry Nowicki

Suffering Is Optional — When Freezing, Freeze! Lewiscoaches

Don’t Get Mad At Lazy People. They Didn’t Do Anything. Lika Maximovic

The Mother Left Her Son With Her Parents Then She Found the House Covered In Blood Lioness Rue

More Americans Are Moving To Spain Than Spaniards To America Livia Dabs RN,MSc

A Sneak Peek into Apple’s 2024 iPhone 16 Lineup Louis K

The Devastating Role of Glyphosate in Our 6th Extinction Event Lucien Lecarme

All That Glitters is Not Value Luke Deep 🍀

Why I Don’t Make New Year’s Resolutions Maria

Our lives are Stories Within Stories Within Stories Martin Giles

How and Why You Should Improve Your Reading Skills Mary Morton

Don’t Get Boosted, Go Viral Matthew

Which jobs offer the best career opportunities in the long run? Maximus

Get Up And Do It: Almost 2024 Mayalmaiva

An Unsuccessful Morning Walk Memoona Bilal

Raised By (Loving) Wolves Mhstuart

Derrick Magnolia And Zebra Named Jonathan Michael Holford

The Long Game: Love, Loss, and Choices that Define Us Midnight Young

Visualization for Beginners: How to Use Visualization to Reach Your 2024 Goals Mj Jens

The True Meaning Of Life (viral piece) MRCOLLINSFX

Invisible struggles Neurodivergent ai

The 3 Principles Of Masculinity Are More Effective Than Being “High Value” Paul Trood

Why the idea of having kids terrifies me Pills for thoughts

Apparently, Everyone Has A Life Advice For You Purbita Chakraborty

Herd Mentality Raghavendra S Rao

Tea: An Infusion of Kindness Rajesh Poovathum kadavil

Clarity in Calmness: Solving Problems with Peace Rajesh Poovathum kadavil

How to Revive Your Curiosity After College Beats it Out of You Ram Mo

Chinese Scientists Reveal Amazing Discovery to Stay Young Rasool Shah

The Unguarded Cell RBGraham

Mastering Data Visualization: Transforming Numbers into Engaging Stories Richard Warepam

Respect The Flaw Rodrigo S-C

Savings Rowen Quinn

As Intelligence Increases — Speech Decreases: S.a.n.a.h

This Generation keep up with the kardashian’s more then they keep up with their own family Samuel

COP28 Saves Planet From Global Warming With a Few Well-Chosen Words! Scorched Earthling

When It Comes To The Israel-Hamas War, Joe Biden Sticks To The Middle Scott Anthony

From One Thing to Another Sharon Pillai

The Seed Shawn Bruwer

12 Cognitive Biases Explained — How to Think Better and More Logically Removing Bias Singh Bhai

4 Anxiety Myths Everyone Believes Surbhi Mithil

Forgiveness: How to Forgive, Even Though It’s Often Hard Tarek Rakhiess

Is Immortality a Blessing or a Curse? Teisha LeShea

Losing hope is worse than losing love. The Wife

I Never Thought That I’d See the Day! Thomas AP | ESC Mediocrity

Here are TWO things you need to do to Make New Year (2024) More Successful ASAD EDUCATE

Life’s Blueprint: Integrating the 5 Essential Habits for Success in Your 20s Tim J. Schroeder

Flashing Lights, and Stalled Out in the Middle of the Road Trisha Ready

Valuable Life Lessons The Holidays Can Teach Us Tyler Lubben

To Eat And Drink For Free | By Claude Dambreville Vadim Dambreville

Lessons from Dynamic Environments — Embracing Change Vice Ivandić

Practise Gratitude, Experience Happiness Vivian Robert

One Man and His Dog, Walking writingelk

Forecast Your Journey Yamini Hundare

Be Kind: Kindness Is a Great Virtue. Zunaira Fatima

Thank you for reading these beautiful stories.

Now, let’s welcome the new writers who joined us today. Please explore their stories and they resonate with you you may connect with them. This is a great opportunity for writers and readers to meet.

Zion, Oliver Vanice, Nancy Yang, Tracey Edwards, gilly, Secure Nutsell, Julia Kalman, Jeffrey Chiu, Joy Taiwo, Asia Williams, Sam Pitzer, Daev Emruby, Jason Abranches, JaffaBranding, T.R. Garcia, Prajula Ravichandran, Blues & Blues Rock, Dennis, Ray Payette, Mangesh Kashid, The Sour Scribe, Miraç Yazıcı, s4ndor, Rafaela Sadeth, Light and Paper, Alex Szabo, Erick Fernandez, Zelma Garza, MURRRAAAAY, J.R Esnard, Clarissa Ai Ling Lee, PhD, Kourtney Torres, James Christopher, Seema Ahmed, Nancy, Zaid Omar, Antonio AdS Francisco, Real Talk Tina💓✈️🏠.

Here is our onboarding pack covering everythign you need to know.

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