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Category Archives: Theatre
A Couple of New Releases
Bit of a mad weekend: two books released, a play, a lot of writing, more reading, and a new project on the horizon. Let me explain. New Crime Novella Released On Friday my newest crime book was released to the … Continue reading
Posted in eBooks, Fiction, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Leith, Poetry, Publishing and Marketing, Theatre, Writing
Tagged crime, Fiction, Greener is the Grass, Leith, play, Poems from a Coffee Shop Window, Poetry, Siege Perilous
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Pop Up Theatre Comes to Leith
Image: Siege Perilous Mad at Marketing A rather hectic day as it turned out. The 3 Ebook Deal began to take off in the evening, with word of mouth actually having a visible effect on visits to the promo page, … Continue reading
Culture in Glasgow
Image: Samantha Nicol It’s been some weekend! I started last Friday off with a very large and strong black coffee (apparently this is called an Americano in some places—places I now avoid) and a healthy and bountiful morning roll with … Continue reading
Posted in Edinburgh, Family, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Glasgow, Theatre, Writing
Tagged Advanced Dialogue Workshop, Alishan Tandoori, Cafe Ludovic, Citizens Theatre, City of Literature, Clockwork Pub, culture, Culture in Glasgow, Dropbox, Edinburgh, Ena Lamont Stewart, Family, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Glasgow, Indian meal, Literary Salon, Men Should Weep, Merchant City, Mount Florida, sisters, Sizzlers, Sloan's pub, The Sky Project, UNESCO, workshop, Writing
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A Right Royal Day Out
Image: simplyairlines.com My mother came to town yesterday and what a day we did have. We were all over and took in royalty, government, museums, pubs, a meal and a show. And all the while the sun shone brightly and … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Edinburgh, Family, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Photography, Theatre, UK
Tagged bus travel, day out, eBooks, Edinburgh: City & Festivals, Festival Theatre, Glasgow, Lenny Henry, Marcus Adams, mother, Museum of Childhood, Museum of Edinburgh, Palace of Holyroodhouse, Pink Olive Restaurant, Royal Family, Royal Mile, Royal photography, Royal portraits, Scottish Parliament, Southsider Pub, Spoon Cafe, The Pink Olive, The Queen's Gallery, Twitter
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Masterplan
Image: Patrick Hoesly Saturday was a fun day. Up and out the house early but not to a coffee shop or anything like that, to Waverley train station and the 10am to Glasgow Queen Street. My target destination: St Mirren … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Edinburgh, Family, Fiction, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Glasgow, I.T., Politics, Reading, Sport, Theatre, Travel
Tagged birthday party, Books, Edinburgh Playhouse, Football, General Election, government, Les Miserables, Paisley, Politics, Reading, SPL, St Mirren, Theatre, websites
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Birthday Weekend Part 2
Image: wikimedia.org As I stretch my neck up and look back, I peer fondly over what was my birthday weekend. If you remember, my actual birthday was in September, but the gifts bought for me by my two sisters had … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Film & TV, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Glasgow, Scotland, Sport, Theatre
Tagged bevy, birthday weekend, Clockwork Pub, Comedy, Football, friends reunited, GDR's, Glasgow, Indian meal, Michael McIntyre, Mother India, Paisley, SECC, St Mirren
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The Big Yin Comes Home
Image: BC I actually forgot to blog on Saturday morning. When I got up, I got tore into my “to-do” list for the day and stayed in the zone all day, and I just forgot to do it. When I … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Edinburgh, Fiction, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Freelance, Glasgow, Music, Publishing and Marketing, Reading, Theatre, Writing
Tagged Aramadillo, Blogging, competitions, curry, design, Edinburgh's Hogmanay, evening out, Football, Glasgow Billy Connolly, M8 motorway, Madness, Reading, red wine, rejections, Scruffy Dog Review, SECC, Sport, St Mirren, steak dinner, Submissions, The Pixies, websites, Writing
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The Submission Discipline
Image: Umberto Salvagnin One of my things I decided to pay more attention to this year was keeping up the level of submissions I have out and ensuring they get turned around after a rejection as quickly as possible. It … Continue reading
Posted in Day Job, Edinburgh, Family, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Publishing and Marketing, Theatre, Travel, Writing
Tagged Acceptance, advert, Coffee, Day Job, Edinburgh, Family, GDR's, Hairspray, London, lunch, marketing, musical, promotion, Publishing and Marketing, rejection, roast chicken, Sheffield, Submissions, Theatre, train, Video, Waverly Station, Writing, YouTube
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Chris Hadfield
Chris Hadfield I went to see Colonel Chris Hadfield, the Canadian astronaut of some considerable fame, speaking at the Usher Hall last week. Talk about inspirational! His 90-minute presentation with videos, sound, imagery and even song, was as enlightening as it was gripping, … Continue reading →