Hey there, Firecrackers!

How’ve you been doing? I guess this outrageous heat is pretty universal, so I hope you’ve been able to cope and stay cool! How do you like to stay cool? Personally, I like freezing cold showers and ice cream- popsicles too! Lots of either, because why not???

Ok, heat aside…I made an oopsie. I wasn’t able to attend Liesl’s Script Consulting last month, but I do intend to this month. If I’m not mistaken, it’ll be held on September 6. Of course, you’ll find more info on our Facebook Group.

Speaking of Liesl, I’m happy to announce that our lovely core member from British Columbia will be joining on as a Thursday night Writing Burst Moderator. Our current schedule is coming to an end, so Liels will be added in for the next rotation. For those of you that may be new, let me explain what a Writing Burst is.

Every Thursday from 6pm-7pm ET/3pm-4pm PT the Writing Department hosts a Writing Burst session where all are welcomed to come in and get inspired to write by our moderator’s prompts. We start off with 1 minute writing prompts to warm up, then go into 3 minute ones for the rest of the night. Every last Thursday of the month we host a Long Burst Night where we skip the 3 minute prompts and get to write for 10 minutes! It’s a lot of fun, and it’s a safe creative space for all. You don’t need any experience at all, you literally just show up and get inspired. If a prompt doesn’t inspire you, that’s ok too. There’s no right or wrong way to engage.

I hope after that explanation I get to see more new faces on Thursday nights!

In other news, our Tiff Party & Red Carpet is happening soon! Yes, it’s Tiff season, baby! I’m incredibly excited because this will be my first Tiff season with Firecracker Department. Based on past Tiff events, I just know this is going to be great. Guess what? The Writing Department will be hosting a room at the party as well.

It feels like I say this way too often here, but we really do have a bunch of fun times ahead!

That being said, it’s time for end my end of blog call to action:

Hydrate! It’s super hot out there friends, so make water your best friend

Treat yourself! Be it by getting takeout, eating your favourite dessert, or buying something you’ve been putting on hold for way too long
Take time for yourself and relax

Talk to you next month, aka spooky season!

Fran 💥

September??? You betcha!