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Category Archives: Leith
‘Living Leith’ Delayed
I spent last Saturday with my wife in both a professional capacity as well as a social one. I’ll cover the professional part first. I’m still on the hunt for a suitable front cover for my forthcoming poetry chapbook, LIVING … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Leith, Photography, Poetry, Publishing and Marketing
Tagged book, Edinburgh, Le Sept, Poetry, publishing, restaurant
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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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Time is Tight and the Scotrail Fiasco Rumbles On
Image: FoxNoMad Tight with Time Things are starting to get tight with time and for once it’s NOT to do with the eternal battle between the day job and my writing career. This time, it’s Christmas versus DIY. The house … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Day Job, eBooks, Family, Leith, Poetry, Scotland, Travel, Writing
Tagged Art, art students, assault, Christmas, Christmas cards, Christmas presents, Christmas tree, decoration, DIY, eBooks, free ebooks, giveaway, home, House, illustrations, iMac, iPhone, Kamila Ratajczak, Leith, Leith School of Art, living room, loung, novels, Scotland, Scotrail, Silly Poems for Wee People, thrillers, ticket dodgers, time, time is tight, train, violence
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Visiting Friends and Family
Image: Ena Galbraith Visit to the Folks I was out and about over the weekend. I was through to see my folks on Friday night and then down south to see my mate. I drive down with my pal, Mikey, … Continue reading
Posted in eBooks, Family, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Leith, Poetry, Writing
Tagged 3 ebooks deal, bevy, Cecils, cooking, crime fiction, dinner, drinking, eBooks, foom, free, free ebooks, friends and family, home-cooked, Kindle, Little Chef, Living Leith, manuscript, mother, paranormal fiction, parents, Poetry, Submissions, thrillers, tradition
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Manky Scotland
Image: Flickr A manky day, truly manky. It was below freezing for most of it, the overnight snow (yes, snow!) had iced up hard, and I nearly skidded onto my arse at least twice on my way into the day … Continue reading
Posted in Day Job, eBooks, Leith, Music, Poetry, Scotland, Travel, Writing
Tagged freezing, gig review, Kilmarnock, Leith, Living Leith, Music, planning, Poetry, preparations, Scotland, Scottish weather, Shed Seven, SKY Project, sleet, snow, Travel, Weather
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The Future is Bright
Image: Unknown I had the entire day away from the day job yesterday and it was absolute bliss. Not that I used the time to laze about, oh no, I got off my arse and got wired into tying up … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Day Job, eBooks, Edinburgh, Family, Fiction, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Leith, Poetry, Publishing and Marketing, Writing
Tagged 3 Ebook deal, app, artist, breakfast, bright future, commission, cover art, Day Job, eating out, eBooks, Edinburgh, Fiction, free, free ebooks, free novels, GDR's, Goals Dreams and Resolutions, illustrations, iPhone, Kids' Poems, Leith, Living Leith, Mac, marketing, newsletter, poems, Poetry, publisher, short fiction, Silly Poems for Wee People, Story Tracker, submission tracker, Submissions, Windows PC
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Not Even Hurricane Bawbag Can Squelch the Scottish Humour
Image: Spoof Yesterday was probably one of the most exciting days Scotland has had with regards to the weather, in decades. And while the aftermath of the storm will mean a lot of cleaning and tidying up, in true Scottish … Continue reading →