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. …

With a great deal of love — A little over three years ago I was living in the South of Spain and wracked with so much physical pain from some mystery illness, I felt like I was knocking very hard at death’s door to get in. It was at the same time that Coronavirus hit European shores…

In real life and in fiction — Since I started writing three years ago here on Vocal Media, my writing has developed quite dramatically. The part that has perhaps changed the most in that time is my fictional stories. …

He’s Probably Right — Well this little milestone kinda crept up on me, story number 400 on Vocal Media. I suppose it stands for something, maybe a triumph of optimism over experience. Or perhaps a sign of stubborn determination to keep doing something despite the odds of anything meaningful coming from it. Another way…

Relative, Subjective and Uncountable — Success is a highly subjective and relative word. It all depends on the person and what it is you are talking about. So let me ask you a question. How do you measure success here on Vocal Media? Is it how much money you can earn? What about how many…

A New York Movie — She stood at the bottom of the stairs in a New York movie theatre, pensively reflecting on the dark past story of her life and how it had all come to this. Waiting in the wings whilst her story was being played out on the silver screen. …