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Donna Talarico @donnatalarico.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

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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Hippocampus Magazine & Books @hippocampusmag.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

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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Donna Talarico @donnatalarico.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

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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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.

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Hippocampus Magazine & Books @hippocampusmag.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

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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Donna Talarico @donnatalarico.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

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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Hippocampus Magazine & Books @hippocampusmag.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

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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Donna Talarico @donnatalarico.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

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

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Donna Talarico @donnatalarico.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

Empathy. Have it. That’s the post.

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Donna Talarico @donnatalarico.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

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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Donna Talarico @donnatalarico.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

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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Hippocampus Magazine & Books @hippocampusmag.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

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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Donna Talarico @donnatalarico.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

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I recommend - [ CAVEDAY ]

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Donna Talarico @donnatalarico.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

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

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Donna Talarico @donnatalarico.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

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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Donna Talarico @donnatalarico.bsky.social · 27/12/2024

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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Donna Talarico @donnatalarico.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

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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Donna Talarico @donnatalarico.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

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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Donna Talarico @donnatalarico.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

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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Donna Talarico @donnatalarico.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

For your #CNF reading pleasure this weekend.

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Donna Talarico @donnatalarico.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

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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Donna Talarico @donnatalarico.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

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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Donna Talarico @donnatalarico.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

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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Donna Talarico @donnatalarico.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

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

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Donna Talarico @donnatalarico.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

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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Donna Talarico @donnatalarico.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

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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Donna Talarico @donnatalarico.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

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

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Donna Talarico @donnatalarico.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

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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Donna Talarico @donnatalarico.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Thank you! I intended the list to be just CNF pubs, but I might expand it to editors too!

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Donna Talarico @donnatalarico.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

I would love a breakfast empanada!!

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Donna Talarico @donnatalarico.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Happy accident. The empanada baskets weren’t in front of the right labels so instead of ham and cheese I got pizza — and this pepperoni is AH-mazing. I will def order this again. (in hindsight, the baskets seem to have just shifted down one to account for an empty space in the lunch rush.)

me holding a pepperoni and cheese empanada on my walk to work

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New York Review of Architecture @nyreviewofarch.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

This is great. We also put together a kindred one for small magazines: bsky.app/starter-pack...

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Donna Talarico @donnatalarico.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

Thank you! Glad you’re here and hope more CNF pubs/outlets join so I can add to the list!

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Donna Talarico @donnatalarico.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

That's EXACTLY what I mean! Thank you! I haven't explored here enough to know it existed here too. Yay!

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Donna Talarico @donnatalarico.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Good mail day!! PAX Unplugged badges have arrived! (This is a massive board/card game con, and it will be my second year, but this time Kevin’s coming and we’re doing the whole weekend.)

two three-day conference badges for PAX Unplugged

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Donna Talarico @donnatalarico.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

One of the things I miss the most about the heyday of Twitter was OH (Overheards). Can we please bring that back into the ether?

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Donna Talarico @donnatalarico.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

You're welcome! I started to build the starter pack before I Realized there wasn't enough accounts to start yet so I had to add people too, but hope to grow the list as more CNF pubs join BlueSky!

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Donna Talarico @donnatalarico.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Paging our CNF buds at Under the Gum Tree, Fourth Genre, In Short, and podcasts CNFPod and Let's Talk Memoir. (And any other outlet/place I'm missing!)

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Donna Talarico @donnatalarico.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Made a nonfiction pub starter pack, but there’s a minimum of accounts so I added a few editors for now just until more solely-CNF mags, pubs, podcasts & events join BlueSky! go.bsky.app/ALZoHKu

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🥧 suzanne 🥧 @425suzanne.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

BOARD GAME PUBLISHER starter pack! Official accounts. go.bsky.app/DSNtxDE

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Donna Talarico @donnatalarico.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Sorry for the typo! Had to shorten my post bc I was over — and I changed “the need to click” with “clicking” but ended up leaving “need.” Ha! I wish there was a 15-min editing allowance like at Threads.

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Donna Talarico @donnatalarico.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Hi new folks! It *really* helps if fill in your bio. The way usernames are truncated (I can only see a few letters), it’s hard to tell who someone is w/o need clicking on each link. It’s also a best practice bc it helps others know the value they’d get from following. :) Tell your story!

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