brain chat – Page 5 – Francesca's Thoughts

23/06/2021

Chilling out with Lorde and a lil chat

Good evening lovelies, I hope you’re all well. Today is the fifth anniversary of the Brexit referendum, so here’s to another five years of national stability!!! (Seriously, though, did that go very quickly or very slowly?) I do not have any news or suchlike for this post; I am working on some bigger ones and Continue reading

brain chat, Christmas

Indifferent Ignorance, Lorde 'Solar Power', Månneskin, midsummer, The Great British Sewing Bee

01/06/2021

A Week in the Life of an Author/Freelancer/Stationery Shop Owner ft. Chronic Pain

When I was doing the quarterly income post I remembered that the life of a creative person/student (well, not a student now my work is handed in) is a bit opaque. I’ve had people tell me I don’t have a job, or don’t work, so I figured, let’s keep a diary of a week in Continue reading

brain chat, Lists

a week in the life of a creator, author life, Francesca’s Words, freelance work, freelancing, Indifferent Ignorance, Maggie Stiefvater's writing seminar, The No. 1 Readers' Club, watching The Hobbit, week in the life of a Patreon creator

24/05/2021

On Getting the Second Covid Vaccine (Side Effects, Getting AstraZeneca, Long Term Impact)

Ah, the end of a series. And the beginning of long term immunity! Hopefully! (For anyone new, here is my post about getting offered the vaccine and having a small existential crisis over it, and here is my post about getting my first dose and the side effects.) I had the second dose on Friday Continue reading

brain chat, DISCUSS., Health

AstraZeneca Covid vaccine, effects of the Covid vaccine, getting the Covid vaccination, Indifferent Ignorance, second Covid vaccine, UK covid vaccine rollout, younger people getting vaccinated

08/05/2021

Pre-Empting Burnout and Turning Off the Internet for a Bit (except not here, here is nice)

This time a month ago I wrote about feeling like we were all living in the Nine of Wands. I still do, but the end is in sight. Or if not sight then it’s around the corner and down the road a bit. My diploma is almost finished. This stage of lockdown is almost finished. Continue reading

Books, brain chat

Call Down the Hawk, easing out of lockdown, getting your eyebrows waxed for the first time since Christmas, Mister Impossible, nine of wands, No. 1 Reader's Club, taking a holiday, taking a social media break, The Raven Cycle