Tag: Francesca’s Words
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Closing my Numonday Shop & Closing Down Sale!
Hi hi everyone, I’ve taken the decision to close my NuMonday shop. It might be back online one day, but for now it’s time to focus on my Folksy shop. You can get 10% off until closing by entering the code INSTA at the checkout; do me a solid and help me clear it before…
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Feminism Friday: F Word Warning
Happy Feminism Friday! I actually made the F Word Warning print on a whim and posted it online on even more of a whim; I came back to my Instagram page to a request for a repost on a giant feminism account (yes please) and another non-requested, non-credited repost (no thank you). I still can’t decide…
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Civil Writes: Feminism Friday – Strong Female Character
Happy Feminism Friday! When I was small (smaller) I was very academic, very precocious and was the reluctant owner of a mane of untameable hair. So was Hermione Granger. When I discovered The Internet I fell a bit in love with all the Hermione fan art – sometimes she had just hair like mine, sometimes she…
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Mythology Mayhem: Zeus is a Terrible Father
It’s time to talk about the head honcho, the King of the Gods, the… absolute unrelenting sex addict with a fancy lightning bolt and more children than the civil service has paperwork: Zeus. Zeus was hidden from his dad, Kronos, as an infant because Kronos had been systematically swallowing his children (not a dirty joke,…
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Mythology Mayhem: the History of Saturnalia
I’m pretty sure I’ve plugged Saturnalia already, but I thought I’d recap. Sources differ, but here is what we know: The Romans held a celebration around every winter solstice called Saturnalia, honouring the god Saturn, in which they took a week-long holiday, ate themselves silly and partied. Slaves and their owners hung out together as…
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Chapter One of Dragonnovel 1.0 Available for Patrons!
Happy new year everyone! I wanted to do something fun as it’s January (and I hate waiting around to hear from agents) so I’m making the first three chapters of dragonnovel 1.0 available for my lovely patrons! Chapter one is available here. I’ve written a blog about why I wanted to share the draft as…
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Instagram Giveaway (ends 5th Jan)
Happy new year! For those of you on Instagram, I’m running a giveaway until 5th January: View this post on Instagram A post shared by Francesca Astraea (@francescas_words) Head on over there to enter! There’s still 20% off all items on Folksy and nuMonday until 31st January too – just enter the code MOVINGONOUT at…
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20% Off Sale Until 31st January
Hi everyone, I’m moving in January and having a clear out so I’m offering 20% off on Folksy and nuMonday with the code MOVINGONOUT until 31st January. Happy new year! Francesca
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