by franky-loveaudrey | Jan 4, 2024 | Creative Living, Creative Working
I’ve been writing a version of this post since 2010. Even in the midst of a global pandemic, I’ve always been able to reflect and find something positive to share despite the chaos. This January, it should be an easy task. 2023 was a great year for us as a family. Of...
by franky-loveaudrey | Oct 30, 2023 | Creative Working
At the beginning of the September, I hadn’t booked any new work since April. I’d finished my last big project in early August, and I had nothing in my diary {excluding my retainer clients} for the rest of the year. Fast forward to the end of the month. I’d booked...
by franky-loveaudrey | Oct 24, 2023 | Creative Living, Creative Working
I remember exactly how I felt when I wrote Part 1 and Part 2 of this series. In those first few weeks after my return from Australia, I used words like ‘ease’ and ‘spaciousness’ to describe my experience of taking six weeks off. What I called my ‘summer of radical...
by franky-loveaudrey | Aug 7, 2023 | Creative Working
When are you going to write a book, Franky?’ my father-in-law asked, raising his voice above the noise of the theatre bar. I took a sip of my gin and tonic. ‘Oh, I don’t know, Paul, soon,’ I replied, playfully batting the idea away with my free hand. ‘I’m serious. You...
by franky-loveaudrey | Jun 12, 2023 | Creative Living, Creative Working
I’ve been thinking about quitting. Mainly because Lisa Congdon has too. This post stopped me mid-scroll and stayed with me for days. ‘I’ve been on a systematic mission to examine and quit everything in my life/work that feels finished or draining or...
by franky-loveaudrey | Mar 14, 2023 | Creative Working
I recently stumbled across Maggie Smith’s Substack, For Dear Life. Her latest piece, A Pep Talk, delivered the following quote: ‘As I prepare to launch this book in April, I’m thinking a lot about all of the other books that made it possible for this...