Doreen Frances
@doreenfrances.bsky.social
Storyteller | Writer
🎭 A touch vintage with a shot of nostalgia, and a slice of self deprecating humor
📝 Memoir in progress!
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https://doreenfrances.com/
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🎭 A touch vintage with a shot of nostalgia, and a slice of self deprecating humor
📝 Memoir in progress!
she/her
#vintagestylenotvintagevalues
https://doreenfrances.com/
https://doreenfrances.substack.com/
Two new books to add to my reading list!
Attention #austintexas - come to the launch of my debut novel, The Whole Enchilada, on 12/13. I'm co-launching with my friend and creative partner, @ileenieweenie.bsky.social who is launching her first boo, too!
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#BookSky #WritingCommunity
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#BookSky #WritingCommunity
October 15, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Two new books to add to my reading list!
I used to feel guilty that I never took my kids to Disney. Not anymore!
September 22, 2025 at 3:38 PM
I used to feel guilty that I never took my kids to Disney. Not anymore!
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Padilla: "What if I was outside a Home Depot, because I like to do some work around the house, not dressed in a suit. Would I be a target of ICE enforcement under Tom Homan? Probably. And it is just wrong."
July 13, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Padilla: "What if I was outside a Home Depot, because I like to do some work around the house, not dressed in a suit. Would I be a target of ICE enforcement under Tom Homan? Probably. And it is just wrong."
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What happens when cruelty becomes central to our national character? open.substack.com/pub/greattra...
When Cruelty Becomes Our National Character
"Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities" - Voltaire
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July 2, 2025 at 6:07 PM
What happens when cruelty becomes central to our national character? open.substack.com/pub/greattra...
What am I reading? Substacks I subscribe to - Here's one: @lisacooperellison.bsky.social Writing Your Resilience and @ronitplank.bsky.social "Let's Talk Memoir" I finished reading the memoir " I Must Have Wandered" by MaryEllen Gambutti. What am I going to read next? Not Sure!
🌞 Morning! 🌞 It’s time for another WWW Wednesday post where I share what I’ve been reading lately. Finished a popular book & am enjoying a Kingfisher audiobook! 📚💙
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WWW Wednesday: June 4, 2025
A Literary Escape participates in WWW Wednesday, a meme where current, recently finished, and future reads are discussed.
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June 4, 2025 at 2:00 PM
What am I reading? Substacks I subscribe to - Here's one: @lisacooperellison.bsky.social Writing Your Resilience and @ronitplank.bsky.social "Let's Talk Memoir" I finished reading the memoir " I Must Have Wandered" by MaryEllen Gambutti. What am I going to read next? Not Sure!
Part three of my "Donut Shop Diaries" is a true story about boundaries, kindness, and the bittersweet way someone can touch your heart, even when things go sideways.
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Rocky III
The Final Countdown
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May 29, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Part three of my "Donut Shop Diaries" is a true story about boundaries, kindness, and the bittersweet way someone can touch your heart, even when things go sideways.
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Has anyone had a sensitivity read or consultation done on their nonfiction work (like a memoir)? Why did you choose to do that, and what was the experience like? #nonfiction #sensitivityread Who did you work with? #indieauthorchat
May 28, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Has anyone had a sensitivity read or consultation done on their nonfiction work (like a memoir)? Why did you choose to do that, and what was the experience like? #nonfiction #sensitivityread Who did you work with? #indieauthorchat
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VAN HOLLEN: Like the McCarthy era witchhunts of the 1950s, your campaign of fear & repression is eating away at foundational values of our democracy. I have to say directly & personally that I regret voting for you for sec for state
RUBIO: Your regret for voting for me confirms I'm doing a good job
RUBIO: Your regret for voting for me confirms I'm doing a good job
May 20, 2025 at 4:23 PM
VAN HOLLEN: Like the McCarthy era witchhunts of the 1950s, your campaign of fear & repression is eating away at foundational values of our democracy. I have to say directly & personally that I regret voting for you for sec for state
RUBIO: Your regret for voting for me confirms I'm doing a good job
RUBIO: Your regret for voting for me confirms I'm doing a good job
The cutest..
May 16, 2025 at 2:42 PM
The cutest..
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"Be useful. Blaze a trail. Shine forth with the light of your faith and your love. With your apostolic life wipe out the slimy and filthy mark left by the sowers of hatred. And light up all the way of the earth with the fire of Christ that you carry within your heart." #SaintJosemariaEscriva
May 15, 2025 at 7:09 PM
"Be useful. Blaze a trail. Shine forth with the light of your faith and your love. With your apostolic life wipe out the slimy and filthy mark left by the sowers of hatred. And light up all the way of the earth with the fire of Christ that you carry within your heart." #SaintJosemariaEscriva
If I were to join a biker "gang," this would be my choice. #librarysky #readtolive
May 16, 2025 at 2:38 PM
If I were to join a biker "gang," this would be my choice. #librarysky #readtolive
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More than 295 million people faced acute hunger in 2024, with the outlook ‘bleak’ due to funding cuts for aid efforts.
Global hunger hits new high amid conflict, extreme weather: UN
More than 295 million people faced acute hunger in 2024, with the outlook ‘bleak’ due to funding cuts for aid efforts.
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May 16, 2025 at 1:30 PM
More than 295 million people faced acute hunger in 2024, with the outlook ‘bleak’ due to funding cuts for aid efforts.
I've been at this for almost a year. Will I ever think it's good enough? #writerslife #editing #rewriting
May 15, 2025 at 4:59 PM
I've been at this for almost a year. Will I ever think it's good enough? #writerslife #editing #rewriting
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MUST WATCH: Rep. Garcia just dragged Nancy Mace to the gates of political hell and back. “I support LGBTQ rights,” she said… before voting against them.
Don’t piss on us and call it rain, Nancy. We see you.
Don’t piss on us and call it rain, Nancy. We see you.
May 8, 2025 at 2:17 PM
MUST WATCH: Rep. Garcia just dragged Nancy Mace to the gates of political hell and back. “I support LGBTQ rights,” she said… before voting against them.
Don’t piss on us and call it rain, Nancy. We see you.
Don’t piss on us and call it rain, Nancy. We see you.
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“We cannot resign ourselves and stand at the windows and watch, we cannot remain indifferent or apathetic without assuming responsibility for others and for society.” #PopeFrancis #SantoSubito
May 2, 2025 at 1:50 AM
“We cannot resign ourselves and stand at the windows and watch, we cannot remain indifferent or apathetic without assuming responsibility for others and for society.” #PopeFrancis #SantoSubito
This is part one of the Donut Shop Diaries.
#writingcommunity #nonfiction #personalessay #comingofage
#writingcommunity #nonfiction #personalessay #comingofage
What was your after-school job? During my senior year, I was a counter girl at Mister Donut, where I discovered that being nice to a customer led to a rather, shall we say, "interesting" outcome. #amwriting #personalessay #writingcommunity
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Coffee, Donuts, Tea
And Red Roses for Me
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May 2, 2025 at 4:20 PM
This is part one of the Donut Shop Diaries.
#writingcommunity #nonfiction #personalessay #comingofage
#writingcommunity #nonfiction #personalessay #comingofage
What happens when a 17 donut shop girl is pursued with flowers by a 47 year old male admirer? #writingcommunity #memoir #comingofage #boundaries #toonice
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Rocky II
The cost of being "too nice"
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May 2, 2025 at 4:16 PM
What happens when a 17 donut shop girl is pursued with flowers by a 47 year old male admirer? #writingcommunity #memoir #comingofage #boundaries #toonice
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Great advice!
Reminder:
Take a deep breath once in a while and look at the sky.
~ Waylon Lewis
Take a deep breath once in a while and look at the sky.
~ Waylon Lewis
April 25, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Great advice!
How beautiful!
April 24, 2025 at 5:54 PM
How beautiful!
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"What I don't like at all, in general, is that we look at the so-called 'sin of the flesh' with a magnifying glass...If you exploited workers, if you lied or cheated, it didn't matter, but instead relevant were the sins below the waist (2023)." #PopeFrancis
April 23, 2025 at 11:27 AM
"What I don't like at all, in general, is that we look at the so-called 'sin of the flesh' with a magnifying glass...If you exploited workers, if you lied or cheated, it didn't matter, but instead relevant were the sins below the waist (2023)." #PopeFrancis
A "Trump Style Pope"? 😖
Maga Catholics hope for a ‘Trump-style Pope’: ideological clash after Francis’ death
Maga Catholics hope for a ‘Trump-style Pope’: ideological clash after Francis’ death
In the US, conservatives close to Trump hope for a less progressive pontiff. But the composition of the conclave seems to favour a continuity with Francis’ reformist agenda The death of Pope Francis has rekindled tensions within the Catholic world, particularly in the United States, where a section of the electorate close to Donald Trump […]
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April 23, 2025 at 5:17 PM
A "Trump Style Pope"? 😖