Francesca's Thoughts

23/11/2023

Self Publishing? In This Economy? (chatting about why it’s fun)

Is going into a creative career an admirable pursuit of one’s passion or an act of epic financial self-sabotage? Don’t look at me for the answer, I once stuck my finger in a plug socket. Anyway, I’ve been chatting with arty friends and less arty friends alike about publishing Rotting Trees (from 11th December! Read… Continue reading

(All Hail) Creation

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31/10/2023

Introducing ROTTING TREES, a ‘Bezzina’s Emporium of Magical Artefacts and Antiquities’ novel, with FAQ

Once upon a time, I nicknamed a manuscript ‘cursenovel.’ More recently I finished it, named it Rotting Trees and, when no one I’d approached wanted to sell it, decided to publish it myself. Then I wrote this post. I do have some graphics planned to share to my social media as part of the never… Continue reading

30/09/2023

wasp rooms

Good evening, I have one thing I can’t talk about yet and a room full of wasps. Let me fix the grammar of that sentence. There are Things afoot about which I cannot talk (yet), and one of them is a big-ish thing I’m looking forward to. Separately, my place of work now has a… Continue reading

Animals…

Francesca’s Thoughts, wasps

22/08/2023

A Guide to What You Should Take to University (featuring some things that aren’t things)

Hark, what is that? The sound of a thousands of first year university students receiving their email login details and finding out their timetables? Lo, but it is. Fresher’s week is around the corner, and after folk on Patreon suggested it might be fun for me to write about uni life or studying, I thought… Continue reading

Francesca’s Life Advice, Lists, School

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