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letters for saturn's avatar

ur zine was a real experience, the playlist just made it 10X better!

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Hannah Connolly's avatar

omg thank you so much Hollie!! <3

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Ceylan's avatar

Love this article! So so true - and over the years, itโ€™s why Iโ€™ve come back to writing time and time again. Itโ€™s also why the name of my newsletter/coaching business is โ€œSharedโ€, because I think everything we crave and benefit from comes from shared experiences and connection. Itโ€™s so so beautiful and powerful ๐Ÿค

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Hannah Connolly's avatar

honestly, the longer I live the longer I feel that connection is... the core of everything ๐Ÿฅบ

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AimeeSarahCarmichael's avatar

Love this so much! Especially the first line, as someone who decided she wanted to become a writer in my late teens early twenties I always read โ€œso and so always knew they wanted to write since the age of 5/6โ€ and I used to think I havenโ€™t wanted it that long so Iโ€™m not a writer but it doesnโ€™t matter when you start.

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Hannah Connolly's avatar

yes yes yes!! I think it's such a dangerous rhetoric that you 'always know' if you're a writer <3 IT DOESN'T MATTER WHEN YOU START !!!

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letters for saturn's avatar

i love the way you word things!! i really want to start writing, i have so many thoughts but dont know how to put them lol

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nina popovic's avatar

i look forward to reading your articles every sunday and this whole piece is absolute perfection Hannah ๐Ÿซถ๐Ÿผ๐Ÿคฉ๐Ÿฅน i felt that the line about the link between empathy and reading in the very core of my being. itโ€™s just. so. true.

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Hannah Connolly's avatar

thank you so much Nina !! <3 <3

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Stefanie's avatar

How I love being a (Belgian) heart on your map and how I love the idea of reading your zine very very soon <3

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Hannah Connolly's avatar

ahh this is so exciting!! I can't wait for it to arrive!! xx

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Jenna's avatar

The first time I tried to order, there wasnโ€™t an option (that I could figure out, lol!) for international shipping. I just tried again and I was able to order. Yay!!!

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Harlie Briggs's avatar

oh Hannah โฃ๏ธ๐Ÿ’˜ so lush to be a part of your zine

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Reading And Relating's avatar

I hope the zine is still available by February payday! Thereโ€™s been a lot of treating myself this month (rightly so!) and so it will have to wait a while. I love your page and gave it a shout-out in my first post on Substack โค๏ธ

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Idun Mossberg Fjรฆstad's avatar

I'm so exited to be the swedish heart on the map! I can't wait until it gets here<33

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katie jotham's avatar

I read this with a cup of coffee in hand and lofi coffee shop beats in my noise cancelling headphones - thank you for creating this cozy little community! โ™ฅ๏ธ

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