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Teressa P.

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LGBTQ Community: Thank You For Being a Friend

An Open Love Letter To The Community! —

LGBTQ

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Black Girl Magic Is Real and Helps You Heal: Spend a Day With a Sister Friend and See How You Feel

Sisterhood, sanity, and good vibes #BlackJoy — Black girl magic is real and it has healing powers. Yesterday, I spent the day with my best friend — who I call my sister. I hadn’t seen her or much of anyone else for the last couple of months due to a dangerous bout of #LongCovid induced insomnia. I…

Women

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Black Girl Magic Is Real and Helps You Heal: Spend a Day With a Sister Friend and See How You Feel

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My Gam’s Strawberry Shortcake Shortcut Secret

Shh, don’t tell nobody — Gam’s poundcake was really Sara Lee’s — My beloved Gam could almost make anything in her magical cast iron pots and pans. With just a few caveats, she could not make a decent bowl of oatmeal to save her life and she wasn’t a skilled baker, but 9 out of 10 ain’t bad. The cakes from my…

Food

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My Gam’s Strawberry Shortcake Shortcut Secret

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My Magnificent and Magical Baked Macaroni and Cheese

A family recipe that’s changed over the years — just like me — I LOVE CHEESE! All kinds of cheese from good old traditional cheddar to chevre. I love it whether it’s made from cow’s or goat’s milk. I like creamy fontina to salty and somewhat chalky feta. My all-time favorite cheese-centric recipe is macaroni and cheese. It’s just the perfect dish. It’s…

Writehere

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My Magnificent and Magical Baked Macaroni and Cheese

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5 Unexpected Ways to Promote Your Articles

Some quick and creative ways to get readers for your pieces, on Medium and beyond — I’ve been a writer on Medium since 2019, and since co-founding my writing group, Writers and Editors of Color (WEOC), I’ve learned some tips and tricks along the way. I’ve written about growing your audience through the tried-and-true method of reading reciprocity. Here are some more tips and tricks to…

Writing Tips

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Five Unexpected Ways To Market Your Articles

5 days ago

An Elephant Trampled a Woman, then Traveled 124 Miles to Her Funeral To Trample Her Again

Toni Crowe

This story is amazing - I heard that elephants have amazing memories but I didn't know they were…

This story is amazing - I heard that elephants have amazing memories but I didn't know they were fatally petty and vengeful... I love that you brought FAAFO into the story - it adds a full African diasporic full circle moment. My Pop and Mom use to say it and…

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This story is amazing - I heard that elephants have amazing memories but I didn't know they were fatally petty and vengeful...

I love that you brought FAAFO into the story - it adds a full African diasporic full circle moment. My Pop and Mom use to say it and…

6 days ago

On the other hand, as a Medium writer, you could fly low, with few viral articles but very consistent writing. This is my strategy. Focused, consistent writing should grow followers, but I make the following disclaimer: I do not know how the Medium algorithm works or how the powers that be choose what stories to distribute. I know that making money on Medium is not a sprint but a marathon. You must write whatever makes you want to keep writing to be successful or writing turns into a daily slog.

How to Pull In the Big Bucks on Medium

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Toni Crowe

Consistency is key!

Consistency is key! I also don't know how the algorithm works because it seems that the weeks that I publish more content have the least reads - but then a few days later the views and read time magically jump.... I don't know Having a core group of faithful readers…

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Having a core group of faithful readers…

Jun 21

A Special Thank You To Nurses — Hospital Heroes

Thanks to all nurses before, during, and after the pandemic — Thanks to all nurses before, during, and after the pandemic It took me six months to try to explain what my and I family went through with COVID-related hospitalizations in West, Northwest Philadelphia, and Montgomery and Delaware counties. My story is a work in progress as I tried to remove…

Nursing

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A Special Thank You To Nurses — Hospital Heroes

Jun 21

Black Hair: My Hair, Our Crown

A poem for my beautiful, natural hair — — Why won’t you stay tight when I want to have a fro? Or stay straight when I want to show -my hang time and how long you’ve grown and continue to grow Why do let my scalp get so dry, and angry? It’s ok — I still love you anyway…

Black Hair

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Jun 17

Happy Juneteenth 2022: Food and Festivities

Freedom Day menus, live and virtual celebrations — Juneteenth (June 19th) is now a national holiday and becoming another food-focused celebration and I’m all for it! I’m not from Texas, where the celebration originated, but the common thread woven in all Freedom Celebrations is soul food. Here are some ideas to help you start or refresh your Juneteenth…

Juneteenth

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