This Writing Life
Lisa FranssonJoin me for a behind the scenes look at author life.
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Sea campion, Lady's bedstraw, Herb Robert and Thistles
It’s May, a time for bird song, for flowering, for awakening, and I have spent too much time indoors recently. But this morning I walked into the hills and into all the loveliness, which lasts such a short while each year. I photographed fl...
A perilous rescue at sea
A warm welcome to new subscribers to This Writing Life. This first post you’ll come across is normally a perk for paying subscribers to thank them for making it possible for me to keep writing stories, but this month I’m doing things differ...
How to forge a sense of purpose
I’m on a quest.
The quest consists of two things:
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Not to dwell, and
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to be content.
Things I’m not to dwell on are:
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The empty space left behind by my two girls who are at university.
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Having depleted energy due to...
Video Diary, This Writing Life, April 2026
A recording from Lisa Fransson's live video
I did things a bit differently this month, by going live, only I somehow neglected to turn on the camera. But that’s fine, I’m experimenting. Next time I’ll work it out. Hope you enjoy my news no...
A tightrope walk between hardships with a view towards a better future
Hot off the press: Today my short story An Attempt at Drawing Breath was published over at Fairlight Books, you can read it here.
I’ve been thinking about “hope”, both what it means to us as humans and how it might manifest in reali...
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Lisa is a bilingual author, translator and proofreader who writes honest behind-the-scenes observations of author life. Subscribe to This Writing Life to feel less alone in an industry where rejection is the norm.
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