Donna Talarico
New to the Neighborhood: Guest post on Inkling Media’s blog
On September 8, 2010
About a month ago, when I started the relocation process from Northeast PA to Central PA, I turned to Twitter to find people, places and things – you know, all the nouns of a new area.
In the process I met Ken Mueller, a social media marketing guru from Lancaster – he runs [...]
Those are a few words I like to say.
Discombobulate. Fiddle. Goop.
Everyone has a few favorite words, but how many of us share the same word choices? ChapbookPublisher.com‘s Dan Waber is setting out to find just that with his 500 Favourite Words chapbook and word cloud series. And, I am so excited [...]
Wilkes University MFA Graduation
On May 23, 2010
In January 2010, I completed the MFA in creative writing from Wilkes. Since there is no winter ceremony, my cohorts and I had to wait until the May 2010 graduation. We all joked yesterday that it was as if we were milking this graduation thing. In fact, some of my acquaintances thought I maybe went [...]
My company, Solid Cactus, hosts a semi-annual event: eCommerce Boot Camp. It’s tons of fun and this spring’s line-up of educational sessions included several newcomers, including Creative Content Kingdom which I co-presented with my friend and Solid Cactus SEO specialist, Cory Brin.
Cory and I attended a creative writing MFA program [...]
Cover Stories from this Quarter: The Weekender
On May 7, 2010
This blog has fallen a little behind with keeping up to date with my recent publications. To catch up, I’ll list some of the cover stories that were not yet featured on this blog.
The Bus Stops Here, March 10, 2010
The Bus Stops Here was a story I pitched to my [...]
My First Open Mic Night
On May 2, 2009
(This is a repost from my personal blog Daily Dose ‘o Donna, but I figured it fit here as well.)
I did it. I did an open mic night. I guess that means I’ve officially performed.
I had originally planned to just attend the open mic night at Barnes & Noble in downtown Wilkes-Barre this [...]
My friend Andrew P.H. Clyde just released LithiumBuzz
On June 15, 2008
Hi all. This blog is mainly used to post where I have been published, but I want to start sharing news from people in my writing community as well.
My friend and classmate, Andrew P.H. Clyde just released his first book, LithiumBuzz. Here is the book jacket flap:
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Norman Mailer & Wilkes University
On November 11, 2007
The front pages of both local papers featured a tribute to the life of the great Norman Mailer. I also think it is appropriate because today is Veteran’s Day, too and Norman Mailer is a veteran. My creative writing classmate, Joe Cetta was quoted in this one:
Mailer connected to Wilkes through creative writing program
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