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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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01/07/2023

Breaking Down How Different Forms of Support Help Indie Creators (and why it’s all genuinely helpful)

Hello! I’ve been tidying up my Patreon page, because Patreon’s done that thing where they’ve redesigned the website and now the page looks different and I thought I’d better check it’s still easy for people to find information. It got me thinking about how Patreon factors into my working life, and how grateful I am… Continue reading

Books, brain chat, DISCUSS., Internet, Social Media

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26/06/2023

Read, If You Like: Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

A few weeks ago a friend and I swapped books for the summer. I leant them my favourite series, they leant me theirs. We solemnly swore to never, ever mention it if we disliked the other’s. It’s a risky business, loaning someone a book you adore. If the other person hates it, will your friendship… Continue reading

Books, Read If You Like

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26/05/2023

Friday evening soup thoughts

Hello lovely humans, It has been so long since I’ve written here that WordPress just tried to give me a tour of the post-builder. Bit personal, that. Anyway I find myself with zero desire to think about anything academic or worsky, but very little desire to just scroll Am I The Asshole, so I thought… Continue reading

brain chat

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