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I’m Back and with Book News Galore
Image: JT Lindroos Hello again an welcome back to Freedom from the Mundane, the daily writing blog I have been keeping up since sometime in 2004. My blogging record since 2012 began has been dismal. In fact, I’ve not blogged … Continue reading
Posted in Books, eBooks, Fiction, Poetry, Publishing and Marketing, Websites, Writing
Tagged Blogging, book news, Chas Stramash, crime, eBooks, Fiction, GDR, Greener is the Grass, Penicuik Arts Festival, poems, Poetry, Reading, readings, Slick, thriller, Website, Writing
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Fighting Back Against the Fare Dodgers
Image: The List TIME Newsfeed summed it up perfectly: if you ever find yourself on a Scottish train without a ticket, don’t even think about trying to sneak a free ride. The video in this article (which has now caused … Continue reading
Posted in Day Job, eBooks, Fiction, Scotland, Travel, Websites, Writing
Tagged Books, Christmas, Coffee, Day Job, eBooks, fare dodgers, feedback, Fiction, free, giveaway, Internet, novel, novella, online, readers, Reading, Scottish, Shopping, Slick, Time magazine, Time Newsfeed, trains, Website
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Paranormal Sequel to ‘Stella’ is Complete
Image: Eternal Press A lot of things came together at once yesterday, and huge strides forward are being made on everything I’ve got going at the moment. Everything is very good at the moment! Baccara Burning I finished the final … Continue reading
Posted in eBooks, Freelance, Poetry, Publishing and Marketing, Websites, Writing
Tagged Baccara Burning, chapbook, Compass Freelance, crime, driving school, ebook, Fiction, Freelance, freelance web designer, freelance writer, Hunting Jack, Jackie McCann, Leith, Living Leith, novella, paranormal, poems, Poetry, readers, thriller, web design, websites
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Cookin’ on the Costa Del Sol
Image: Jess Conrad On Friday I left Scotland and flew south to the sunny el paradiso that is the Spanish Blackpool, Benidorm! My fellow Diners and I jumped on board a morning plane from Glasgow, and after a raucous flight … Continue reading
Posted in eBooks, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Glasgow, Publishing and Marketing, Websites
Tagged 3 Ebook deal, Benidorm, bookmarks, booze, Costa del Sol, dinner, eBooks, free books, friends, marketing, nightlife, promotion, sunny, websites
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Making an Arse of It, Part 2
I’ve written before about how great the recently re-released debut album from Kid Canaveral Shouting at Wildlife is, and I’ve also mentioned how much I enjoy listening to singer/songwriter King Creosote. As luck would have it, both of them kicked … Continue reading
Posted in eBooks, Edinburgh, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Music, Publishing and Marketing, Websites, Writing
Tagged Ali Wilson, arse, Bannerman's, beer, Blue Drill Hall, eBooks, Fiction, Finnegan's Wake, gig, Kid Canaveral, King Creosote, Leith, Liquid Room, live music, Music, Out of the Blue, Poetry, Rab Howat, review, The Dalry Lamas, The Rab Howat Band, Trees for Life, websites
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The Dawning of a New Era
Image: Kameron Lombard To quote The Specials, this weekend marked what can only be described for me as the dawning of a new era. New Website I launched my new website, chopping off all the unnecessary clutter and focussing the … Continue reading
Posted in eBooks, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Book Festival, Fiction, Poetry, Publishing and Marketing, Reading, Websites, Writing
Tagged Baccara Burning, Books, Chas Stramash, crime fiction, Dawning of a New Era, eBooks, Facebook, feeds, Fiction, free, giveaway, iTunes, paranormal fiction, podcasts, Poetry, Reading, RSS, soundcloud, Website, Writing
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The New Website is Go!
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November, and Why It Rocks
November I love November. I love the shift from the unsettled weather of October, which can often have Scotland shivering under a bitter sky one minute then basking in warm sunshine the next. Technically, it’s classed as autumn, but it’s … Continue reading →