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An apology to subscribers (in which it’s been 17 years and I’m still not able to use the internet)
The following anecdote is brought to you by someone who has to laugh or they will shrivel up and die from EMBARRASSMENT. So a while ago I decided to link my Patreon page with this blog, because I get a lot of views on posts from 2011 and it is no longer 2011. I’ve changed,… Continue reading
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Pulling Tarot Cards for My Characters | Rotting Trees, Book 1 in the Bezzina’s Emporium Trilogy
So over on Patreon I’m hosting a book club to discuss Rotting Trees. It’s been huge fun revisiting the novel and coming up with conversation points and while I was thinking about the novel’s themes, vibes and many unanswered questions, I got wondering about which cards in the Major Arcana best represent the characters in… Continue reading
behind the scenes books, book blog, book club for YA book, bookish blog, Dead Ends by Francesca Astraea, Major Arcana series, Major Arcana tarot cards, rarot reading, Rotting Trees, Rotting Trees by Francesca Astraea, tarot reading for characters, The Raven’s Prophecy tarot deck by Maggie Stiefvater, YA books, YA series -
Taking action while the kettle’s boiling | Petitions worth your time, July 2026
I don’t know about you, but I’ll see a very worthwhile petition in a WhatsApp group, or in my email inbox and I’ll click it and sign it and then open up WhatsApp or suchlike to send it to people who might also find it worthwhile and then… get distracted. And while I am under… Continue reading
Amnesty International, anit-Palantir, anti-spytech, Campaign for the Arts petition, Defend the right to healthcare for trans youth, Francesca’s Thoughts, get Palantir out of the NHS, is Palantir in your NHS service, Keep the arts in the government’s 10-year plan for the UK, NHS, quick action activism, The Good Law Project
