Francesca Astraea's Blog, page 8
May 25, 2022
Rainy afternoon chatter
Hello hello,
Three posts in a week? It is definitely 2011. How’s everyone? I’m sitting in my newly acquired MCR dress* and having a coffee. Today’s a loooong day, because I’m doing an online writing class that starts at 11pm. I’m normally in bed or thinking about bed at eleven, so I feel like I’m doing a very nerdy marathon. I’ve got a small amount of academic reading and one seminar between now and the end of my first year as an undergraduate, so to celebrate I decided to go see MCR again th...
May 20, 2022
In which my Killjoy jacket went on an adventure to Milton Keynes
Hello darlings,
Two posts in a week? Is it 2011? Perhaps perhaps. I tap this out on a train back to Uni City, with The Raven Boys propped in front of me, and when I’m not falling asleep sitting up (quite the ability if you ask me) I am thinking about how grateful I am for all the music and books and creations I get to consume. I’ve slept maybe 8 hours in two or three days, because I’m doing an online writing course taught from the USA, and the first class was the day before/day of MCRMK. So I...
May 17, 2022
Making a Killjoy Jacket Part Three
It’s been almost 18 months since I last posted about customising my jacket? What is time?! Anyway, it’s nearly done. For the purposes of Thursday’s spiritual experience Milton Keynes show, it is done. I want to add one or two more things, but we’ll get to that.
So, here and here are where I talk about finding a plain-ish, second hand, cigarette-y jacket back in… 2019. I don’t think MCR had even returned, I think I just liked the look of the thing… Anyway, in 2020 I added an Aglionby Academy p...
April 24, 2022
Lil Bit of Spring in Southend
Hello!
Happy spring! It’s sprung, you guys. It’s here. I’ve been walking. I’ve been eyeing up people’s front gardens and evaluating their tulips. That’s a lie. All tulips are excellent. I went back to Southend for a week over Easter, and she had her best face on. Well, mostly. The Shakedown was back and it was loud. I do not remember it being so noisy. For those of you not from Southend, the Shakedown is a huge motorcycle rally along the seafront in which a lot of people park, look at and tal...
April 17, 2022
'The Princess and the Dragon' is just £4.99 on Google Play!
https://play.google.com/store/books/d...The Princess and the Dragon and Other Stories About Unlikely Heroes
March 31, 2022
Read, If You Like: Red, White and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
Welcome back to Read, If You Like, my occasional book chatter series. I don’t love doing book reviews, so I usually style them as recommendations. I think I’ll add a few more thoughts to this one, though.
Read Red White and Royal Blue (Casey McQuiston, 2019) if you like:American politics. I know, I know, trust meA fictional world where Trump was never in the running for the presidencyHe’s not mentioned once. It was like getting into a warm bathA diverse cast of characters, but not in a ‘l...March 29, 2022
March Chat and Story Updates for Patreon
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March 13, 2022
Ringing in some changes
I am balancing a pot of tea, a cup, a teeny milk jug and a large slice of cake next to this laptop, on a table designed to hold about a third as many objects. I’ve set everything up now, though, so I feel obligated to do something while the tea steeps. So I’m here! Hi!
If you’re new here, welcome. If you’re not new, I feel like I should reintroduce myself. I’m Francesca, I’m a writer and an undergrad at I’m Not Telling You My Uni, studying I’m Not Telling You That Either. I’m from Southend, w...
February 22, 2022
A quick chat and a cool tree photo
Hi hi. Happy palindrome day! Apparently today’s date is also an ambigram, which means it looks the same upside down. This feels fitting. A bloke on the radio this morning* kept referring to Russia invading Ukraine as a bit like the Cuban Missile Crisis and let’s just say that if this was 10 years ago and I was still doing GCSE history, I would appreciate that reference! As it is all I can think of is that X Men film.
How are we all? Dealing with the weather? I keep hearing about ancient trees...
January 21, 2022
Read, If You Like: Non Fiction Edition
Happy new year! I don’t usually gravitate towards non fiction, but there are a handful I’ve read over the last couple of years that I’ve really enjoyed, so I thought I’d share them here. As usual, you can find them on my Bookshop.org recommendations.
Read The Importance of Being Interested, by Robin Ince (2021), if you like:A bit of science, but not so much you have to actually be a professional with a specialism in that specific, finickity little bit of scientific research to understand ...
