ILLUMINATION Integrated Publications
Welcome New Writers
Onboarding new contributors of ILLUMINATION, ILLUMINATION-Curated, ILLUMINATION’S MIRROR, ILLUMINATION Book chapters, SYNERGY, Technology Hits
Welcome, new writers.
We are delighted to meet you.
ILLUMINATION Integrated Publications consist of significant writing and reading community on Medium. Over 11,300 writers on Medium contribute to our publications. Detailed information about our pubs is in our new roadmap for ILLUMINATION Integrated Publications.
The purpose of this post is to inform new writers who have joined our publications ILLUMINATION, ILLUMINATION-Curated, ILLUMINATION Book chapters, Technology Hits, SYNERGY, and ILLUMINATION’S MIRROR. You should be able to see some of these publications in your accounts.
ILLUMINATION Integrated publications run on the Medium platform. This means that our contributors need to adhere to the rules and policies of this platform. All contributors need to comply with the platform rules.
If your account is not added to the requested publications, please comment on this post. There may be some glitches. You can contact our editors on our Slack to add your account again. You can leave a message with your Medium ID on the channel #writerstobeadded on Slack. Dr Mehmet Yildiz and other editors on Slack can help you.
Please check publication guidelines before submitting your stories. We serve writers at all level.
The first point to remind is handling your story photos. Please note that if you submit well-cited and copyright-free images, your stories can be published much faster. Thus please check the image handling policies in this story.
We don’t accept plagiarized content. If you attempt plagiarism, we remove your account and stories from our publications. Plagiarists can also face penalties from Medium and legal entities.
You may enjoy participating in writing challenges. They are helpful to get you started and gain more readers. Here is a 100-day writing challenge. We also have a writing prompt. The aim of this prompt is to increase your readers, views, and reading times.
We have a writing challenge called 1,000 Short Posts in 100 Days for prolific writers. Its purpose is to introduce you to more readers. You can submit several short forms. Instructions about creating short-form stories: Short-Form Stories Not For Income But For Visibility. Think Of Them As A Tripwire: Creative and productive use of short-form posts on Medium.
To help you become a top writer, we created a story with steps to follow. How To Become A Top Writer In Three Months: An experience-based practical guide for new writers on Medium.
Viral stories can increase your followers and reading times.You may check this story for details: The Beginner’s Guide to Write Viral Articles & Blogs: Learn 17 proven techniques and unique metrics. Find the key points that may work universally for every platform on the…
I created a guide for those who may be interested in affiliate marketing. Here is my story: I’m a Writer/Editor: Why the Heck I Built An Affiliate Marketing Business After the Age of 60: The importance and value of affiliate marketing for content developers and freelance writers.
For ILLUMINATION and ILLUMINATION-Curated, you can write about any topic. To cover our growing workload, we created a mirror of ILLUMINATION. It is called ILLUMINATION’S MIRROR. The purpose is to cater requirements of prolific writers. You can submit multiple stories a day.
ILLUMINATION’S MIRROR also serves as a backup publication. You have access to both publications in case you want to submit multiple stories a day. Here is more info about ILLUMINATION’S MIRROR: Balancing Load of ILLUMINATION: Actions for prolific writers.
New members keep asking how to submit stories to publications. It is easy. In the edit mode, you can click on the three (…) dots. You will find the publications listed in your profile. Then, you can choose the relevant publication you plan to send your story to.
Let me give some info about other publications. Technology Hits serves a audience interested in information technology, entrepreneurship, tech news, and futuristic topics.
Here are stories you can learn more about this pub: Value Propositions of Technology Hits: Why you should join this tech pub as a writer and enjoy as a reader. Introduction to Technology Hits: Scope, overview, and participation methods. Inviting Storytellers From All Aspects of Technology: Join a unique publication aiming to bring writers penning about technology. Reach out to a broad audience using the…
We have a unique publication, SYNERGY, designed for freelance writers to share experiences. SYNERGY aims to bring writers, editors, and bloggers together. Purpose of Synergy: And how to publish your stories in this publication.
We also invite writers from other platforms such as Vocal Media, NewsBreak, Hub Pages, Patreon, Substack, and other freelancing platforms. Engaging Stories on SYNERGY: Stories about concerns, aspirations, achievements, and progress of writers.
ILLUMINATION Book Chapters serves published and indie authors. We help our aspiring authors to get published. ILLUMINATION Book Chapters: A publication giving voice to published authors on Medium.
ILLUMINATION Book Chapters has the following objectives:
1 — Published authors can gain new readers via their repurposed book chapters. They can also earn income from their published content on Medium.
2 — Published authors can gain new followers and beta readers who can provide feedback for their new manuscripts.
3 — Aspiring writers can gain by creating manuscripts derived from their published stories. They can transfer them into the ILLUMINATION Book Chapters, obtain reader reviews, and publish them as books later.
More info: How Can Published Authors Create Visibility? A sample and guiding introduction to book chapters. Here is a sample editorial bulletin for ILLUMINATION Book Chapters ILLUMINATION Book Chapters: Editorial Bulletin #9 New resources. And here is the Index of Published Book Chapters: Easy access to chapters for readers on Medium
Onboarding pack
Our publications support various levels of writers, including aspiring, experienced, accomplished, and influential.
We help writer to cross-pollinate to get the best out of our pubs. Contributors come from different professional backgrounds, skill levels, and expertise.
As a contributing writer, you are not exclusive to our pubs. You can publish in any publication you want. You may remove your articles whenever you want . You can leave our publications with no permission. Everything we recommend is by invitation. No obligations for our recommendations except publication and Medium rules.
We can help you create your own publications. If you have publications, we can help you promote them.
Dr Mehmet Yildiz (our lead editor) will send you an invitation for the Slack workspace shortly. An Introduction to ILLUMINATION Slack Workspace: No more solo riding: Join Slack group, collaborate with your fellow writers and enjoy the vitality of our joyful…
Let‘s meet new writers who joined ILLUMINATION Integrated Publications today.
Welcome new writers joined ILLUMINATION and ILLUMINATION’S MIRROR:
John Grisham, Kavi_de, Triparna, Stephanie Florczyk, Umair Feroze, Tochukwu E. Okoro, Matthew Baudewig, Donna L Roberts, PhD (Psych Pstuff), Jason Milton, Tamil, Kelly Joy, Randomly Useful, Shriwant Choudhary, Damian Ejlli, Ph.D, Mandi Angelique, Jurgen Shperdhea, Ronald Boothe, Chris Freyler, Randomly Useful, Sahir Dhalla, Stephen, Amine, Kimia Eslah, Monika Velin, Patti Flinn, Ali, Mamduh Halawa, Pamela Kazmierczak, Elise LaChapelle, Julladonna Park, Isabelle Clark, Alla Gonopolsky, Geri Paige Butner, Rich Bitterman, Joshua J. Lyon, R. Haque, Paul Speed, Mark Armstrong, Avi, Karen Kasaba, Adam Hoxha, Karma., Stephen Bhasera, The Positive Journal, Lipika, Live Love Quiz, JoJoBonetto, Richard Appiah, Winston, Preshy Bennett, Brenda Cyr, Sonya Philip, Akshay Gautam, Mary Holman, Nova Richards, PrudenceC, Alice Dixon, Jeremiah Mars, Sanika Tillway, Tricia Schimpp, Nina Vinot, Mark Armstrong, Georgia NeSmith, Arnas Mik, Florin Marchis, Susan Barrett Price, Nathan Timothy Handoko, Mandi Angelique, Faraz Ali, Crystal Mathews, Radu Galan, Dr. Abdel-Kader Ben-Mohamed, mallory james, Amy Stokes, Nicholas H. Simpson, Kushal Jyothi Prakash, Lorenzo Giacomella, Carl Jennings, Suzanne Erickson, Suzanne Johnson, Nicolle Sloane, Muhammad Waseem, Richard Bell, Mirrelle Beneffitte, Devakinandini Narayan, Ray Zink, Ami Jackson, Elvira Camdzic, Anirudh, Petra, Dee S White, Sherrell Writes, Kristy Westaway, Russell Lim, Samantha Gassman, Jason Phang, Ram Vegiraju, Susie Kearley, Nikita Dhumal, Valerie, Megan Desjarlais, Susan Bostian, Julie Lynn, Richard Fast, Elvira Camdzic, Katherine Katherine, Kushal Jyothi Prakash, Ami Jackson, Bohai Lu, Galen Bjarnesen, Susan Bostian, Muhammad Waseem, Olivia Parrott, Marie A. Rebelle, Shirley Lee 🍟, Nz Sarah Lloyd, Dr Leanne Mullan, Anirudh, Nusrat Shabnam, Abdullahshah, Natassha Selvaraj, Randall Surles, Jose Granja, Christye Lynn, Mark Farnsworth, Alexandra Duncan, Clare Z Young, Barry Taylor, Afifa Nadeem, Matthew Gray, Galen Bjarnesen, Paige Andrews, Passiveblog, docmariaadil(mariaashfaq), Troy B. Jordan, Joseph Lam, Jennifer Baldwin, Kristina de Corpo, Afifa Nadeem, Franklin Ferreira de Lima, Javeria Rafique, Raveena Anjalee, Abhishek Nyati, Javeria Rafique, Isa Nan, Deepak Mahtoliya, Deepanshi Rathor, Bob Dumont, Afrar, Heather Lynne Sparks, Chris Cerra, Christine Ward, MD, Alison Costolo, Alexander Ito, Deepanshi Rathor, Patti Murray Voncannon/Broke Smith, Anastasia Soul Gypsy, Brian F. Theobald, Chris Anthony, Uzair Khan, Through the social glass, Caitlin McColl, Joseph Lam, Leeann Pennington M.ed LPC, Emily Richard, Kunal Agarwal,
Welcome new writers joined SYNERGY:
John Grisham, Kavi_de, Triparna, Stephanie Florczyk, Tochukwu E. Okoro, Matthew Baudewig, Donna L Roberts, PhD (Psych Pstuff), Jason Milton, Tamil, Kelly Joy, Randomly Useful, Shriwant Choudhary, Damian Ejlli, Ph.D, Mandi Angelique, Jurgen Shperdhea, Ronald Boothe, Chris Freyler, Randomly Useful, Stephen, Monika Velin, Patti Flinn, Ali, Mamduh Halawa, Pamela Kazmierczak, Elise LaChapelle, Isabelle Clark, Alla Gonopolsky, Rich Bitterman, Joshua J. Lyon, R. Haque, Paul Speed, Mark Armstrong, Karen Kasaba, Adam Hoxha, Karma., Stephen Bhasera, The Positive Journal, Lipika, Live Love Quiz, JoJoBonetto, Richard Appiah, Brenda Cyr, Sonya Philip, Akshay Gautam, Mary Holman, Nova Richards, PrudenceC, Alice Dixon, Jeremiah Mars, Sanika Tillway, Tricia Schimpp, Nina Vinot, Georgia NeSmith, Arnas Mik, Florin Marchis, Susan Barrett Price, Nathan Timothy Handoko, Mandi Angelique, Faraz Ali, Crystal Mathews, Radu Galan, Dr. Abdel-Kader Ben-Mohamed, mallory james, Amy Stokes, Kushal Jyothi Prakash, Lorenzo Giacomella, Carl Jennings, Suzanne Erickson, Suzanne Johnson, Nicolle Sloane, Muhammad Waseem, Richard Bell, Mirrelle Beneffitte, Ray Zink, Ami Jackson, Elvira Camdzic, Anirudh, Petra, Dee S White, Sherrell Writes, Kristy Westaway, Samantha Gassman, Jason Phang, Ram Vegiraju, Valerie, Megan Desjarlais, Susan Bostian, Julie Lynn, Elvira Camdzic, Katherine Katherine, Kushal Jyothi Prakash, Ami Jackson, Bohai Lu, Galen Bjarnesen, Susan Bostian, Muhammad Waseem, Olivia Parrott, Marie A. Rebelle, Shirley Lee 🍟, Dr Leanne Mullan, Natassha Selvaraj, Randall Surles, Jose Granja, Christye Lynn, Alexandra Duncan, Clare Z Young, Barry Taylor, Matthew Gray, Paige Andrews, Troy B. Jordan, Jennifer Baldwin, Kristina de Corpo,Javeria Rafique, Raveena Anjalee, Javeria Rafique, Bob Dumont, Afrar, Heather Lynne Sparks, Chris Cerra, Christine Ward, MD, Briddy, Anastasia Soul Gypsy, Chris Anthony, Haris Khan, Malky McEwan, Leeann Pennington M.ed LPC, Kunal Agarwal,
Welcome new writers joined ILLUMINATION-Curated
Bohai Lu, Donna L Roberts, PhD (Psych Pstuff), Penny Grubb, Nicholas H. Simpson, Briddy, Anastasia Soul Gypsy,
Welcome new writers joined ILLUMINATION Book Chapters
Anna Marques, H.D. Ingles, Penny Grubb, Shirley Willett, Ed Smith, Shari Walker, Susan Alison, Anastasia Soul Gypsy, Malky McEwan,
Welcome new writers joined Technology Hits:
Nichola Scurry, Kylie Fuller, Russell Lim, Anirudh,Dazzling Shene, Anastasia Soul Gypsy,
You will receive an invitation to our Slack workspace via an email from Dr Mehmet Yildiz. If you don’t receive the invitation, please leave a message or apply again.
Our Slack workspace is optional and free. Networking on Slack might help you build meaningful relationships with other writers and editors. This workspace is our central communication and collaboration platform. Our Slack workspace has 8,700+ members. You can learn about Slack.
Our readers expect engaging, informative, and quality content. We strive to meet their requirements and expectations. Please use this checklist before submitting your articles.
ILLUMINATION-related articles and writer resources are hosted on ILLUMINATION’s Blog publication.
We recommend you to submit your best work to satisfy your readers. Your stories must be the type of content that you want to read yourself.
You need to cite your copyright-free photos with source links. “Publication Policy: All photos must be captioned with source links.” Please see this resource for guidance: New policy about story photos on ILLUMINATION-Curated.
Medium sees plagiarism and duplication. Plagiarism is illegal. And duplication is against Medium rules. Copyright Matters: Zero tolerance to plagiarism on ILLUMINATION.
We allow three short-form stories per publication. Details are in this story. Give Your Long Stories a Second Life: I offer an additional opportunity and privilege to our contributing writers to use short-form stories to increase the…
You need to check private messages sent by our editors. If your private messages are turned off in settings, you will not receive notifications. You can find private notes on your story checking * sign. Editors might request you to fix problems of your story. Please address the issues and inform editors.
Here is our guidelines. Publication Conduct Guidelines: Rules of engagement and cross-pollination at three levels
How to Survive and Thrive on Medium: Essential guide to new writers. This article focuses on fundamentals points for new writers.
Please review the quality checklist before submitting your stories. Many new writers found this resource very useful and helpful. Checklist for Quality Submissions: Improve the quality and readability of your stories.
Medium allows affiliate links. You need to declare them. Please see the details: Use Of Affiliate Links On Medium: Guidance to writers who need to use affiliate links in stories.
Dr Mehmet Yildiz published a book about affiliate marketing on ILLUMINATION Book Chapters, free for members. The Power of Digital Affiliate Marketing -Chapter 1: How Authors Can Write More And Earn Passive Income.
Please take responsibility to create visibility for your content. Here are some guides to get you started with our social media tools.
How to Get Started with Quora and Amplify Your Medium Stories
How to Get Started with Pinterest and Amplify Your Medium Stories
You can join the ILLUMINATION LinkedIn group from this link and post your articles links.
If you are published author, Goodreads can be an ideal place to create visibility. Collaboration on Goodreads is helpful. It is a massive platform with 20 million members.
We use multiple platforms and tools to amplify your stories. Details for each item can be found in this story.
Our editors craete daily digests. Here is a sample of our latest daily digest. This daily digest can be useful for writers to explore the stories of other writers in our publication. Collection of Featured Stories: Easy access to daily selected stories from engaging writers of ILLUMINATION
For ILLUMINATION-Curated we create daily volumes. Outstanding Stories — Volume 83: Selected stories from top writers of ILLUMINATION-Curated. We keep a link to all volumes in this story. Stories on ILLUMINATION-Curated — All Volumes: Easy access to curated and outstanding stories.
Editors tweet your stories after reviewing and publishing them. ILLUMINATION Twitter Account: https://twitter.com/illum_official. You can follow Dr Mehmet Yildiz on Twitter and LinkedIn. He enjoys sharing your stories on social media. He has significant followers and his posts get many views.
We automatically post your stories. But, you can supplement your posts. Instructions to participate are in this story. Amplify Your Medium Stories with Facebook Pages and Groups: Use ILLUMINATION Facebook pages and group to create visibility for your Medium stories
We have a private FaceBook group just for our writers. It is called SYNERGY. This will be our main external social network. Facebook Groups SYNERGY has 157 members.
You can also share your stories in Quora spaces. Details in this story: How to Get Started with Quora and Amplify Your Medium Stories: Use Quora Spaces to create visibility for your Medium Stories. We automatically post your stories to our Linked page and groups.
Pinterest automatically pins your stories to the pinboards. How to Get Started with Pinterest and Amplify Your Medium Stories: Use Pinterest to create visibility for your Medium stories.
We syndicate links of your stories to Flipboard magazines. Here are the links:
We have a community on Reddit. We recommend our writers join this community. Reddit is a useful tool that may create further visibility of your stories. Do you want to increase the chance of your stories going viral on the Internet? Now, you have an opportunity to join our Reddit community designed for contributors of ILLUMINATION.
Sample story collections using topics and tags
The Power of Freelancing for Writers
Business Collection: A Mini MBA Bundle
Education and Learning From Many Aspects
Mental Health Collection on ILLUMINATION
How Storytellers Articulate Cryptocurrencies and Blockchain
Featured Stories About “Writing” From The Top Writers of SYNERGY
Top Stories About Artificial Intelligence on ILLUMINATION
Top AI Stories on Technology Hits
NFT Story Collection on ILLUMINATION Integrated Publications
ILLUMINATION-Curated summarized these valuable collections.
If you are a fiction writer, you can participate in a new series of writing competitions on Vocal. Invitation to Join the Summer Fiction Challenges, Offering Attractive Prizes: Create fiction stories, join competitions, earn income, and gain new readers. All Vocal Media challenges can be accessed at this link.
Useful resources for writers and about writing
We keep publication-related stories on the ILLUMINATION Blog. ILLUMINATION Blog This publication holds all stories related to ILLUMINATION, ILLUMINATION-Curated, and ILLUMINATION’S MIRROR.
Process and Procedures — Frequently Asked Questions. ILLUMINATION Process & Procedures: Answers to frequently asked question for writers and editors of ILLUMINATION publication.
A Practical Guide for Writers — Collection of Useful Stories. A Practical Guide for Writers: My collection for writing and writer performance on Medium
Learn about ILLUMINATION-Curated. References about ILLUMINATION-Curated can be accessed from this single story. Learn About ILLUMINATION-Curated: Essential articles about ILLUMINATION-Curated publication.
Writer bios from their pen. Discover ILLUMINATION Writers: BIOs of writers from their pen. Please find out why writers need to submit bios. Six Reasons Writers Need Bios: The most compelling one is visibility.
You can request to be interviewed by Dr Yildiz. Interviews with Writers Featuring inspiring writers of ILLUMINATION.
How to join ILLUMINATION YouTube Channel and share your videos. Invitation to ILLUMINATION YouTube Channel: Writers need visibility.
You can meet our Top Writers. Meet Top Writers on ILLUMINATION Featuring writers with top writer status writing for ILLUMINATION.
Meet editors of ILLUMINATION. Meet Editors of ILLUMINATION The powerful minds & leaders behind the success of a large publication on Medium.
Remember to link your Twitter handle to your Medium account. How to Link Your Twitter Handle to Your Medium Account: An easy, step by step guide with reasons to link your Twitter to your Medium account.
Guide on how to earn good money on Medium. How to earn good money on Medium: Answering a frequently asked question by new writers with realistic findings articulated in 10 proven and critical…
Here is a guide on how to create viral stories on Medium. How to Create Viral Stories on Medium: Patterns and Lessons learned from the content of successful writers on ILLUMINATION. How to increase the chance of your…
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Guidance on how to make “Six-Figure Income” on Medium. How To Make Six-Figure Income On Medium: A quick taste from my realistic perspectives and editorial insights
How to triple your writing income methodically. How To Triple Your Writing Income Methodically: Content development and marketing strategy for freelance writers, indie authors, and bloggers in difficult economic…
We can promote your publications. WRITERS INVITED TO PROMOTE THEIR PUBLICATIONS: A give back and collaboration initiative of ILLUMINATION to support visibility of writers.
Here are the publications owned by our writers. PUBLICATIONS OWNED BY ILLUMINATION WRITERS: Introducing eclectic and specialized publications created by writers contributing to ILLUMINATION.
Testimonials about ILLUMINATION. Testimonials for ILLUMINATION Thoughts and sentiments of ILLUMINATION writers.
Storybooks and publication indexing guidance. Storybooks and Indexing Publications: They work. Here is the evidence.
An Unexpected Move From Medium: A game changing approach to keep talent. Another Sunny And Joyful Day On Medium: Many engaging writers received substantial bonuses, and they are grateful.
Here is a story to help you become a top writer. How To Become A Top Writer In Three Months. An experience-based practical guide for new writers on Medium
Collaboration With Other Writers. Here is information about our Slack Workspace An Introduction to ILLUMINATION Slack Workspace No more solo riding: Join Slack group, collaborate with your fellow writers and enjoy the vitality of our joyful…
We have several virtual clubs. ILLUMINATION Fiction Club, ILLUMINATION Poetry Club, Technology Hits — The TSEE Club, Fiction and Poetry Bios of ILLUMINATION Writers. We are now introducing ILLUMINATION Book Club. Details are in the Slack group.
Our Editors
ILLUMINATION-Curated, ILLUMINATION, Dr Mehmet Yildiz, Tree Langdon, Brian E. Wish, PhD, Dr Ron Pol, Dr Michael Heng, Paul Myers MBA, Karen Madej, Joe Luca, Dipti Pande, Kevin Buddaeus, Kate Maxwell, Arthur G. Hernandez, Bill Abbate, Michael Patanella, Aurora Eliam, CMP, René Junge, Geetika Sethi, Ahmed Jamal, Britni Pepper, Selma, Earnest Painter, Dew Langrial, B. A. Cumberlidge. Lanu Pitan, Agnes Laurens, EP McKnight, MEd, CR Mandler MAT, Sumera Rizwan, Liam Ireland, Tony Young, Jr., Neha Sandhir S, Desiree Driesenaar, Stuart Englander, Ntathu Allen, Thewriteyard, Haimish Mead, Maria Rattray, Cristo Lopez, PhD, Dr Preeti Singh, Holly Kellums, Kristina Segarra, Yohanan Gregorius, Audrey Malone,janny’s heart, Sabana Grande, Jennifer Friebely, Zen Chan, Aamir Kamal 🚀🚀🚀, John Cunningham, [arlie] PEYTON, Georgia Dimitrious, Kim Petersen, Josh Balerite Acol, Noorain Hassan, BMS, Mallika Vasak, Ikram Al Mouaswas, George Blue Kelly, Scott Hughey (TheWriteScott), Claire Kelly, Pranjal Saxena, Aldric Chen, Bryan Dijkhuizen
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