You don't choose to be a writer, it chooses you. — In all honesty I really don’t feel that I chose to become a writer, I think it was more of a case of it choosing me. Something reached across the sky and touched me and that was it. As a child I enjoyed writing and at the age of ten…

I am so much more than meets the eye — Well, all you guys on Illumination-Curated know me as Liam Ireland, writer and editor at Illumination. Just like the rest of you I write articles, short stories and poetry, which I submit to this wonderful writers platform. I must admit that even as a professional writer in a previous life…

A collection of my best short stories — Since joining Illumination I have written quite a wide variety of articles, short stories and poems. However, like my life in general, it all became a bit of a clutter. …

Illuminating What It Takes To Succeed As A Writer On Illumination — As you read through this article, bear one thing in mind; myself and Tree Langdon, CPA, CGA, are fellow writers and co-editors of this article and we began our Illumination,Illumination-Curated,Technology Hits and Illumination Mirror journey just like you. …

Learning to be grateful — To say that this past two years has been somewhat tumultuous would be something of an understatement. It all started with the onset of the Corona virus, and yet it had absolutely nothing to do with Covid. One day I was blissfully going about my business and suddenly my whole…

A shining example of passive income — Over three months ago I was forced to stop writing due to being in hospital for three months. I assumed that that would mean that my earnings writing here would go down to zero. …

In the land of the rising sun. — On the 22nd of November 2021 I fell off my bike and landed up in hospital. Its taken me sixty seven years to make that trip, having never spent more than the odd night in a hospital. I guess that means I have had a blessed life. I certainly didn't…

Like A Force of Nature — At times when we are passing something of a hard time we can become very self absorbed to the point of missing what others are going through. Not too long ago I wrote the article below to highlight an amazing human being called Nightbirde. When I first came across this…