‘The Raven Cycle’
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‘Am I Screwing Over the Book Industry By Releasing My Work for Free?’ and Other Existential Questions
Over the weekend Maggie Stiefvater wrote about the implications of book piracy and, when the Internet told her off, told a story about dealing with book piracy. You can read them both at your leisure (the story is worth five minutes of your time for its sneaky genius alone). Today I want to talk about Continue reading
‘The Raven Cycle’, book piracy, crowdfunding art, Everyday Acts of Murder, Francesca’s Words, free art, free copy of the Raven Cycle, free copy of the Raven King, free writing, Indifferent Ignorance, Maggie Stiefvater, Patreon, pirated copy of The Dream Thieves, second hand books, should writing be free, using libraries -
Broody BFF Challenge: YA & Music (ft. Maggie Stiefvater, Troye Sivan and… fan fiction)
Okay, so you might have noticed I’m a Maggie Stiefvater fan. I reviewed The Raven Boys way back, I met Maggie at YALC last summer and offered her my dad’s Mustang, I irritated my brother into reading The Raven Cycle and he took The Dream Thieves to Asia with us and now it looks like Continue reading
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I Got Mail and It Wasn’t Something I Ordered for My Shop
I submitted a piece of writing to a publication today and holy shit I had forgotten how stressful it is. Not the writing (okay maybe a little bit the writing) but the titling and proofing and second guessing whether you can even speak English. I’m going to de-stress by looking at my recently-filled bank account Continue reading
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Book Hangovers & Nine Hamlets
Good news: I’ve worked out how to live with a fucked keyboard. Bad news: I haven’t gotten off my arse to buy a new one. I did get off my arse when I got a text last weekend that my copy of The Raven King was in Waterstones – literally as I walked through the door Continue reading
Francesca's Thoughts 