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y <a href="undefined">Ash Jurberg</a> was distributed to #writing.</p></blockquote><div id="933e" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/how-to-make-writing-fun-again-e4c602f9eda2"> <div> <div> <h2>How To Make Writing Fun Again</h2> <div><h3>Remove the pressure and write with a smile</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*yPz7RCdmLXmJeLJpwYEsjw.jpeg)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><blockquote id="8e8f"><p>A poem by <a href="undefined">Tree Langdon ♾️</a> was distributed to #poetry.</p></blockquote><div id="e7d8" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/its-time-to-focus-on-anticipation-and-pleasure-d691ef073d26"> <div> <div> <h2>It’s Time to Focus on Anticipation and Pleasure</h2> <div><h3>we measure in the moment</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*yPP8z26n_Jm_51ZgbWOjzA.jpeg)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><p id="37e8">As ILLUMINATION hosts an impressive number of high-quality stories distributed to the topics from our creative writers, I compiled those stories. I aim to create awareness for the high-quality stories so that our new writers can leverage these excellent stories, model the styles so that they can improve their stories for increasing chance of curation by Medium curators. You can find the complete list from the attached story. I update it regularly.</p><div id="1b1d" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/curation-stars-of-illumination-336642fbdc16"> <div> <div> <h2>Curation Stars of ILLUMINATION</h2> <div><h3>Easy Access to Distributed Articles to Medium Topics</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*wyn34gLNsLvwiZfPQ-V5_g.jpeg)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><h2 id="8fda">What did ILLUMINATION writers create today?</h2><p id="1d3e">Here are some sample stories that we crated today.</p><div id="7bd4" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/a-quick-taste-to-stories-17dfa2b73348"> <div> <div> <h2>A Quick Taste to Stories</h2> <div><h3>1500+ writers are informing & inspiring 13,800+ readers</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*J_Xa5Y6RPLFbRy0S_NMn7A.jpeg)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><h2 id="527b">New writers who joined ILLUMINATION today</h2><p id="1e1d"><b>22</b> <b>new writers</b> joined our publication today. We have <b>1619 writers</b> supporting ILLUMINATION now. <b>A warm welcome to our new writers: <a href="undefined"></a></b><a href="undefined">Dénika Soria Jiménez,</a> <a href="undefined">Tanush Prem,</a> <a href="undefined">Manolo Romero,</a> <a href="undefined">Anna Winterbell,</a> <a href="undefined">Gavin Sher,</a> <a href="undefined">Julius Naras,</a> <a href="undefined">Sophia Paige,</a> <a href="undefined">Tina L. Smith,</a> <a href="undefined">helenaknows,</a> <a href="undefined">Alaina Balkaran,</a> <a href="undefined">Khadejah Jones,</a> <a href="undefined">Eleonora Hristova,</a> <a href="undefined">Sparkle,</a> <a href="undefined">Rancell Tapia,</a> <a href="undefined">Nate Muller,</a> <a href="undefined">Lena Ovechkin,</a> <a href="undefined">Edris Quinn C.,</a> <a href="undefined">Mihai Sandu,</a> <a href="undefined">Casi Mclean,</a> <a href="undefined">Terence Walter,</a> <a href="undefined">Lena Ovechkin,</a> <a href="undefined">Javing</a></p><blockquote id="4bee"><p><b>IMPORTANT NOTE TO NEW WRITERS: </b>To ensure your stories are published on a timely basis, please provide required credits to the photos and extracted information from other sources. This is the most common issue delaying some stories to be published. If you turn off your private messages we have no other mechanism to reach out to you. If your article is not published within 48 hours <a href="https://digitalmehmet.com/contact/">please contact me from this link.</a></p></blockquote><p id="8297">I received several inquiries from new writers who want to know how to add stories to publication. Please see the attached story providing step by step guidance by our editor <a href="undefined">Timothy Key</a>.</p><div id="29cc" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/how-to-submit-your-article-to-illumination-c4af8a323da9"> <div> <div> <h2>How to Submit Your Article to ILLUMINATION</h2> <div><h3>Once you are added as a writer, here is all you need to do to get your story in the publication</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*eBscGKymvJfWLRVN)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><h2 id="19db">ILLUMINATION Slack Channel</h2><p id="81e0">We created a writer collaboration platform using Slack. We have 350+ members. I added several writers to our Slack channel today. Thank you for the inquires and willingness to join our collaboration 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<b> <a href="https://digitalmehmet.com/contact/">from this link.</a> </b>Please type <b>Request for Slack</b> on the heading as I have many other requests from this link.</p><p id="6285">You can check this story from <a href="undefined">Timothy Key</a> to learn how to use Slack if you haven’t used it before.</p><div id="d5e0" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/how-to-communicate-using-slack-even-if-you-are-a-newbie-d5c0dd5b0194"> <div> <div> <h2>How to Communicate Using Slack, even if You are a Newbie</h2> <div><h3>A tutorial of the very basics to get you up and running on Slack</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*td0F9GqlNeDjh47L)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><p id="89bd">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.</p><div id="100e" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/frequently-asked-questions-da21b6ffb7f6"> <div> <div> <h2>Frequently Asked Questions</h2> <div><h3>Answers to frequently asked question for writers and editors of ILLUMINATION publication</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*2I9Zr9pEP-MWnVG3YGl_FQ.jpeg)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><h2 id="8b00">Featured Stories</h2><p id="2b06">Due to volume of high quality and interesting content submitted to our publication, we featured 12 stories from our creative writers today. These stories will be place on the front page for 24 hours for easy access.</p><h2 id="5c30">Rebecca LeBard</h2><div id="791e" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/create-a-winning-author-profile-video-for-youtube-8f10418bc74a"> <div> <div> <h2>Create a winning author profile video for YouTube</h2> <div><h3>Great ideas for creating great videos</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*QgsARpv9yS5NEDn-PVHimw.jpeg)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><h2 id="3a78">Ellen Clardy, Ph. D.</h2><div id="a2af" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/communism-attitudes-and-political-sustainability-1938123edd7b"> <div> <div> <h2>Communism, Attitudes, and Political Sustainability</h2> <div><h3>A Discussion of “The Long-Term Effects of Communism in Eastern Europe”</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*OPvsXse1KdJTqCeQ)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><h2 id="8dfa">Robert Nelson</h2><div id="df6e" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/wolf-whispers-chapter-six-45e6483a845e"> <div> <div> <h2>Wolf Whispers — Chapter Six</h2> <div><h3>Lee and Fred return home.</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*SctBr3e8CH2syq6YMDyUTQ.jpeg)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><h2 id="1ddc">Christina M. Ward</h2><div id="fc2b" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/bizarre-spikes-in-stats-are-just-the-bone-i-need-ca79afbb65ae"> <div> <div> <h2>Bizarre Spikes in Stats are Just the Bone I need</h2> <div><h3>What keeps you writing here on Medium?</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*FJaqknW55E9mljW83wN07g.jpeg)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><h2 id="dcfb">Michele Thill</h2><div id="7466" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/what-6-of-americans-do-534a62d3a527"> <div> <div> <h2>What 6% of Americans Do</h2> <div><h3>Are you one of them?</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*JEFzXQKCXj_ytJMz790jPQ.jpeg)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><h2 id="e67d">Phil Truman</h2><div id="7de1" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/5-days-in-utopia-d9b46106dd2a"> <div> <div> <h2>5 Days in Utopia</h2> <div><h3>a whole other country</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*BuQF4NtUg02NK3nooneHDA.jpeg)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><h2 id="c7a1">Tim Maudlin</h2><div id="08f9" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/unlocking-the-cages-of-your-mind-bd1a6b19bee4"> <div> <div> <h2>Unlocking The CAGES of Our Minds</h2> <div><h3>5 keys to unlocking the thoughts that cage you in</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*aTbOV5KDOAIh2zprmGrElA.jpeg)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><h2 id="c8de">Narinman Aresh</h2><div id="22f5" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/the-story-of-the-red-headed-jenny-laughter-427c174b09eb"> <div> <div> <h2>The Story of the Red-Headed Jenny Laughter</h2

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    </div><p id="99b1">I have been interviewing our writers to feature their profile and great stories. I added a few more interview stories today. 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">
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    </div><h2 id="21a9">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. The curation rate increased.</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. <b>Our readers deserve high quality stories.</b></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="940a"><a href="https://twitter.com/illum_official"><b>Twitter</b></a><b> — <a href="https://www.facebook.com/MediumIllumination/">Facebook</a> — <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/illumination-publication/">LinkedIn</a> — <a href="https://flipboard.com/@digitalmehmet/illumination-on-medium-hmov53ldy">Flipboard</a>- <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvPwioDlc1P39syhwK5IX4g/">YouTube</a>- <a href="https://www.pinterest.com.au/myildizmel/illumination-on-medium">Pinterest</a></b></p><p id="32c8">You can also check our syndicated content: <a href="https://x29.co/mehmet/">Blogs,</a> <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 <b>1600+ writers</b>. The more the better for our diversity. <b>We aim to appeal to millions providing diverse and insightful content globally.</b></p><blockquote id="0dd5"><p>Please see an article by <a href="undefined">Timothy Key</a> on writer invitation.</p></blockquote><div id="5f9b" class="link-block">
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1619 ILLUMINATION writers are joyfully illuminating!

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The problems of victory are more agreeable than those of defeat, but they are no less difficult. — Winston Churchill

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It was another record day on ILLUMINATION today. We had 8,566 new visitors to our publication. Many of writers experienced spike in their views and reading times. They mentioned it in their stories and notified the nice surprise on our Slack channel.

Our stories on Pinterest board received 17K+ views.

Several of our articles got top writer status and featured on ManyStories.

5,145 stories were syndicated to Flipboard Magazine for potential Medium subscribers.

In addition, 15 of our great stories were distributed to multiple topics. Interestingly, one of our editors, Ming Qian analyzed our curation profile and submitted a story about it. Ming’s detailed analysis is insightful on our stories distributed to multiple Medium topics. Topics #self tops the list.

You can access the story from the attached link.

Let me start my bulletin by introducing fascinating stories distributed to topics today.

A story by Natalie Carroll was distributed to #technology.

A story by Brian E. Wish, PhD was distributed to #politics #justice.

A story by John Teehan was distributed to #society #social media.

A story by Bryce Godfrey was distributed to #self.

A story by Shawn Forno was distributed to #writing.

A story by Dawn Bevier was distributed to #self.

A story by María Cristina Aponte was distributed to #self #mental health.

A story by Alison Schaffir was distributed to #lifestyle #productivity #self.

A story by Piper Steele was distributed to #money.

A story by Marlon Weems was distributed #politics #race #equality.

A story by Jake Daghe was distributed to #productivity.

A story by Jennifer Geer was distributed to #lifestyle, #psychology, #health.

A story by Margaret was distributed to #self.

A story by Ash Jurberg was distributed to #writing.

A poem by Tree Langdon ♾️ was distributed to #poetry.

As ILLUMINATION hosts an impressive number of high-quality stories distributed to the topics from our creative writers, I compiled those stories. I aim to create awareness for the high-quality stories so that our new writers can leverage these excellent stories, model the styles so that they can improve their stories for increasing chance of curation by Medium curators. You can find the complete list from the attached story. I update it regularly.

What did ILLUMINATION writers create today?

Here are some sample stories that we crated today.

New writers who joined ILLUMINATION today

22 new writers joined our publication today. We have 1619 writers supporting ILLUMINATION now. A warm welcome to our new writers: Dénika Soria Jiménez, Tanush Prem, Manolo Romero, Anna Winterbell, Gavin Sher, Julius Naras, Sophia Paige, Tina L. Smith, helenaknows, Alaina Balkaran, Khadejah Jones, Eleonora Hristova, Sparkle, Rancell Tapia, Nate Muller, Lena Ovechkin, Edris Quinn C., Mihai Sandu, Casi Mclean, Terence Walter, Lena Ovechkin, Javing

IMPORTANT NOTE TO NEW WRITERS: To ensure your stories are published on a timely basis, please provide required credits to the photos and extracted information from other sources. This is the most common issue delaying some stories to be published. If you turn off your private messages we have no other mechanism to reach out to you. If your article is not published within 48 hours please contact me from this link.

I received several inquiries from new writers who want to know how to add stories to publication. Please see the attached story providing step by step guidance by our editor Timothy Key.

ILLUMINATION Slack Channel

We created a writer collaboration platform using Slack. We have 350+ members. I added several writers to our Slack channel today. Thank you for the inquires and willingness to join our collaboration 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.

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.

Featured Stories

Due to volume of high quality and interesting content submitted to our publication, we featured 12 stories from our creative writers today. These stories will be place on the front page for 24 hours for easy access.

Rebecca LeBard

Ellen Clardy, Ph. D.

Robert Nelson

Christina M. Ward

Michele Thill

Phil Truman

Tim Maudlin

Narinman Aresh

Christopher Reno Budiman

Chowa Sekai

Paroma Sen

America Zed

Stories Related to ILLUMINATION

Arthur G. Hernandez

Bob Jasper

Vic Alcuaz

Timothy Key

Writer Introductions

Meet our editor and writer Ann Venkataraman

200+ 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 13,300+ readers. Please see the attached bio document as an example for creating your bios. Our readers are interested in our writers.

I have been interviewing our writers to feature their profile and great stories. I added a few more interview stories today. 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”.

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. The curation rate increased.

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

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.

Twitter — Facebook — LinkedIn — Flipboard- YouTube- Pinterest

You can also check our syndicated content: Blogs, PublisherSpotlight.

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 1600+ 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.

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