Tools for the creative life

Celebrate the work.
Hold the hard parts.

Planners, journals, and guides built for freelancers, musicians, artists, writers, and performers — for the feast days and the valley days alike.

FesteVale — holding both Feste and Vale

Feste and Vale.

Feste

Latin for festival — the feast day, the celebration, the abundance. The moments when the work pays off, the crowd shows up, the lanterns are lit.

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Vale

Latin for farewell, or the valley — the low passage, the quiet between celebrations, the grief that makes the joy matter. The place you walk through to reach the next festival.

FesteVale tools are built for both. Because the creative life is both — always.

What We Offer

Tools, conversations, and writing — all for the creative life.

Tracker

Financial Trackers

Monthly income and expense trackers designed specifically for freelancers, musicians, artists, writers, and performers. Track what came in, what went out, and what it all means.

$14 each

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Journal

Creative Journals

Prompted journals for the inner life of your practice — fear, momentum, identity, seasons of work. One for each creative archetype, plus a universal edition.

$9 each

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Guide

Vocabulary Guides

Plain-language financial vocabulary guides that translate the money world into something a creative person can actually use — no jargon, no judgment.

From $8

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Consulting

Creative Consulting

One-on-one work for actors, writers, speakers, and performers — finding the character, unblocking the voice, braving the stage. Three tiers, from a single session to a full season of work.

From $120

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Writing

Published Work

Essays on the theatre, grief, and the art of becoming — in the Eugene O'Neill Review.

  • "My Anna Christie" No. 45.2, Spring 2024
  • "Mourning Lavinia, Becoming Electra" Spring 2026 — forthcoming
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Coming Soon

"Mourning Lavinia, Becoming Electra" — Essay, Spring 2026 · FesteVale — The Book · An Actor's Autobiography · Let Love Let Go — Poetry · ...and much more
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The First Swim

A seven-stage framework for navigating the early years of a creative practice — from the first terrifying step into the water to finding your stroke.

Whether you're just starting out or finally naming where you are, The First Swim gives language to the journey. Seven stages. Real tools for each one.

1. Standing at the Edge 2. The First Step In 3. Getting Cold 4. Going Under 5. Finding the Surface 6. Learning to Float 7. Swimming
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"The valley is not the absence of the festival. It is the path that leads to it."

— FesteVale

Start Here, At No Cost

Freelancer's First Finance Checklist

The 12 things every freelancer should have in place before their first invoice. No fluff. Print it, check it off.

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The First Swim — Stage 1 Journal Pages

Five prompted journal pages for Stage 1: Standing at the Edge. Free to print and use — no account needed.

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