Basic author bio:
LE Francis (she/her) is a recovering arts journalist writing poetry & fiction of varying length from the rainshadow of the Washington Cascades. Find her online at nocturnical.com.
Extended bio:
LE Francis (she/her) is a writer, visual artist, & musician living in the pacific northwest. She is a former arts journalist & the current EIC of Sage Cigarettes Magazine. She plays bass in the indie/prog project Hands Above Stars. Find her online at nocturnical.com.
I do things:
I’m the current co-editor-in-chief at Sage Cigarettes Magazine. I also write a quarterly music discussion & review column called Verses on Verses. The theme is discussing music from a poet’s point of view.
I write flash & poetry under the name LE Francis. I write genre fiction under other pen names. My genre fiction ranges from dark sci-fi to paranormal romance.
I draw, paint, design books & fliers, & make paper-crafts.
I’m a former choir kid & was in bands throughout most of my late teens & early 20s & used to organize local shows. I currently play bass in an indie/prog project called Hands Above Stars; I play bass, uke, & sing a little bit in another project called Bone Palace. We are working on a five-song demo that we hope to have done by the end of 2025. I also sang a small part on A Stagnant Motion’s track Angola & you can find some of my goofy jingles on my Instagram.
I used to work as a features writer, & later, an arts & entertainment editor at a newspaper. I spent most of my 20s talking to musicians in bars about their creative processes & the socioeconomic reality of creative jobs/careers. I learned that success is relative & taking yourself seriously is fucking miserable. Take your work seriously, but never yourself. The most miserable people I’ve ever met have been focused on being seen as important or brilliant. The most important thing is to create the things you want to see in the world & refuse to spend any time worrying about the impact or financial/popular viability of anything you do.