Francesca's Thoughts

Let's go old-school internet and hold a conversation.

‘Ghost Stories’

13/05/2016

Behind the Scenes, Friday 13th Edition

To view this content, you must be a member of Francesca’s Patreon Unlock with PatreonAlready a qualifying Patreon member? Refresh to access this content. Continue reading

Art, Books, Colour, Internet, May 2016, Paywall, Tumblr

‘Ghost Stories’, Etsy, Fall Out Boy, Francesca’s Words, freelancing, Ghost Stories zines, Halloween, Halloween art, Hell’s Belles, Indifferent Ignorance, Maggie Stiefvater, My Chemical Romance, neon hair, pink hair, The Story Shack
13/11/2015

It Never Rains But It – Oh Wait, It’s Stopped.

When we walked the dogs this morning the sky was that white-blue hue unique to autumn and winter months; the air was crisp and verging on cold; the sun was low and almost too bright. What the hell happened, Essex? Within half an hour you deleted the autumn setting in favour of the English downpour… Continue reading

(All Hail) Creation, Art, November 2015

‘Ghost Stories’, English weather, Etsy, Friday 13th, Halloween zine, IndifferentIgnorance
13/02/2015

Ghost Stories Zine Volume I

I don’t know about you, but in January, while midway through adding notes and deadlines to my Benedict Cumberbatch Work Calendar, I noticed that 2015 has a large number of Friday 13ths: today, 13th March and 13th November. ‘What a great day to promote quirky or weird art or work,’ I thought. ‘Too bad I don’t have any… Continue reading

(All Hail) Creation, Art, February 2015, Internet

‘Ghost Stories’, art zine, Benedict Cumberbatch Work Calendar, Etsy, Friday 13th, Ghost-Mortal Alliance Office, Indifferent Ignorance, my art

Let’s close the door on the rest of the internet.

Francesca Astraea here.

When I began this blog in 2009, I was a teenager. That’s why you’ll find some posts have been hidden behind a paywall. I was an incredibly different, less eloquent person when I was a teen, so if you want to read the thoughts of that teenager, you can join the No. 1 Readers’ Club for access.

What will you find here now?

This blog continues to evolve with me. My favourite topics are books and reading, travel adventures, the extensive works of up and coming rock band My Chemical Romance and the occasional update about my life and work as an author and scriptwriter. I’m also interested in digital minimalism, how we can solve environmental issues and why it’s probably a better idea to make a cup of tea than it is to shout at people you disagree with.

Speaking of tea… Make a cup and settle in.

Leave a comment on posts to continue the conversation and tell me your favourite MCR song! Oh, and while you’re here: this is a no-gen-AI household. You may not put any of my posts through an LLM. If you’re going to email me or write a comment, do it yourself.

Here’s how we can stay in touch:

Stories to escape into

Algorithm-free newsletter

let’s keep chatting at the No. 1 Readers’ Club

Keep this independent, conversational, anti-AI part of the internet going with a tip.

Or enter a custom amount

‘Ghost Stories’

Behind the Scenes, Friday 13th Edition

It Never Rains But It – Oh Wait, It’s Stopped.

Ghost Stories Zine Volume I