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Posts by Donna Talarico

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I recommend - [ CAVEDAY ]

As I get ready to hop into "the cave" for the first time in a month or so, I thought I'd invite you try it out, too. It's been a LIFE saver for someone like me who struggles with focus. With my CaveDay referral link, you can get one month for one dollar: www.caveday.org/try?via=donna

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Next on STORIES ON SUNDAY (3/16, 7ET): Hear Shannon Luders-Manuel read from The One Who Loves You: Growing Up Biracial in a Black and White World. Between readings we'll chat with Shannon about her memoir, writing process & and publishing journey. Details: hippocampusmagazine.com/event/storie...

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Writing & Publishing Op-Eds - Kelly Caldwell | Hippocampus Magazine Learn about writing op-eds, including how to find markets for opinion writing, with Kelly Caldwell at our January 2025 How-To Tuesday from Hippocampus Magazine.

If you were to write a thoughtful, well-researched opinion piece for a local/nat'l paper, what timely or evergreen issue would you discuss? That's exactly what we're talking about in tonight's (1/28) How-To Tuesday w/ Kelly Caldwell & Hippocampus Mag. Details: hippocampusmagazine.com/event/how-to...

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Reminder! Our first How-To Tuesday of 2025 is tomorrow (1/28 @ 7ET) and it's all about writing and publishing opinion pieces (op-eds). Come learn with us and the brilliant Kelly Caldwell. (It will be recorded if you can't make it live!) hippocampusmagazine.com/event/how-to...

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a cartoon cat is eating noodles from a bowl ALT: a cartoon cat is eating noodles from a bowl

The new "forgetting you made coffee" for me is "forgetting you made instant ramen." I'm here for you, Dear Noodles, even if you're a bit bloated and soggy.

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Writing & Publishing Op-Eds - Kelly Caldwell | Hippocampus Magazine Learn about writing op-eds, including how to find markets for opinion writing, with Kelly Caldwell at our January 2025 How-To Tuesday from Hippocampus Magazine.

Next week! Come outline an op-ed with me, and let's talk about how to share our opinions more effectively, in this @hippocampusmag.bsky.social How To Tuesday event!

hippocampusmagazine.com/event/how-to...

#WritingCommunity #WriteTip

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Our We Love Short Shorts Contest for #FlashCNF returns for 2025. Basics: No theme/up to 250 wds/$250 grand prize/$100 to two runners-up; all 3 will be pub'd in April. Submit through Feb. 1-28. Full guidelines, submissions tips & links to last year's winners: hippocampusmagazine.com/2025/01/we-l...

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You should not legally be able to fly unless you are a decent human being.

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Yay! Hi! How funny!!

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Empathy. Have it.

That’s the post.

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It's me. But it's likely because I have a tendency to put things back when I find them where they don't belong. Or turn a box or jar so it's facing the right way.

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Just registered for the 2025 American Crossword Puzzle Tournament! Looking forward to being in Stamford, seeing puzzle pals, playing lobby games and, of course, two days of crosswords. #ACPT #ACPT2025

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Our first issue of 2025 will hit the virtual newsstand the week of Jan 6th. Until then, there's so much to explore in our November-December issues (and the archives!). Happy reading!

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I recommend - [ CAVEDAY ]

If you're like me and looking for greater focus in 2025, I HIGHLY recommend Caveday, a virtual co-working platform and community. It's not only game-changing; it's life-changing. You can try it for one month for only $1 using my affiliate link: www.caveday.org/try?via=donna

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Just me, walkin’ to the office wondering why things typically closed on Mondays are open today….

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My only resolution this year is for it to be the year $hit**gets done.

**The $hit that’s been put off far too long. Only I can change it. ⚡️⚡️

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I just woke up from a nap and was having a dream where the term “industrial space” was the name for the second space after a period (from typing days of yore).

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I don’t know why but seeing this pumpkin on a fire hydrant while it was flurrying made me happy. Had to go outside to capture it. But does someone want to tell the pumpkin it’s illegal to park there? #lancasterpa #citylife #citystreets

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Left a work timer running during my Thanksgiving road trip. Oops! Thankfully from Google Drive timestamps I can get a read on when I actually stopped before leaving last Tues. 🤣

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Well, the industry went and changed on me in the meantime. A comm degree was different in the 90s for sure. Ha. But, I still use the broadcast journalism skills (and radio/TV/print experience) today in many ways. And the fundamentals truly are the same.

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For your #CNF reading pleasure this weekend.

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Someone I went to elem. school with just made a "2 truths & a lie" post on FB and I'm like: I still never forgot how you bragged in 2nd grade that not only had you been in an airplane before, but also that you TASTED A CLOUD. [A BFF and I laugh about that to this day whenever we fly together.]

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The sleep option on my desktop power menu has been missing for a week now, and if that's not a metaphor for November 2024, I'm not sure what is.

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My downstairs neighbor yelled at her puppy to down three times and now I have “Ring of Fire” stuck in my head.

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I meant to say surveys, not reviews. The ones you get on your receipt that only the store sees.

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OK, I'll play.

Introduce yourself with:
One book 📚 — The Glass Castle
One movie 🎥 — The Goonies
One album 💿 — Damn the Torpedoes
One TV show 📺 — Severance

#writingcommunity
#higheredmarketing
#creativenonfiction

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Such BS that retail performance reviews rely on reviews. Ex: Hubs texted pic of a "0" rating he just got that basically said: "Nothing wrong w/ store or service. I just refuse to recommend a store unless they're going to pay me to advertise for them." Like, you weren't paid to write THAT either.🤦

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Me: Breathing a sigh of relief after finishing a season of a show, promising I’ll stop with TV get back to reading more at night. Also me: **starts Kaos.**

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Hi! This specific pack is for outlets—places to publish and/or learn about CNF vs. individual people. :)

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Lost my mom 13 yrs ago today; she was 51. I'm 46 and as our ages get closer to meeting, it's harder to grapple w/ just how young she was. Grief is there every day, but milestone dates hit hard. Here's a pic of her as a DJ in '82 in the Poconos. I share it every year, but first time on BlueSky.

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