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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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New Characters and Old Friends
Image: MensMeditation I cannot believe how long this week is turning out. I’m sleeping again—always good when that happens—but I nearly tripped over my eye lids on my way to the day job yesterday morning—not so good—hate it when that … Continue reading
Posted in Day Job, Writing
Tagged Advanced Dialogue Workshop, Book Festival, Coffee, Day Job, dialogue, DIY, Edinburgh, friends, Holiday, insomnia, Madness, paint stripping, rain, Savvy Authors, Seton Sands, ska, Sleep, Writing, writing course
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Writing Induced Insomnia
Image: Infoniac Insomnia I’ve been sleeping crappy these last few nights. It’s baffling given that I’ve been working my skinny white ass off and gone to bed knackered each night. I’ve no idea then, why it is I should be … Continue reading
Posted in Family, I.T., Writing
Tagged Advanced Dialogue Workshop, Animals, backup scheduled, Books, data backup, Devon Ellington, DIY, eBooks, exercise, GDR's, iMac, insomnia, Reading, sanding, Savvy Authors, Sleep, special offer, stripping, Tropical Fish, wallpaper, Windows, workshop, Writing, writing course
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Day 13 at the Edinburgh Book Festival
Image: EdBookFest It was kind of muggy over Edinburgh for the 13th day of the Edinburgh Book Festival yesterday. Would it rain or wouldn’t it, the question was on everyone’s lips. I’d arranged a half day from my day job … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Book Festival, Glasgow, Reading, Writing
Tagged Advanced Dialogue Workshop, Alexander Shannon, bloggers, Blogging, Book Festival, Books, British Army, charity, Charlotte Square, City of Literature, criminals. organised crime, David Leslie, Devon Ellington, eBooks, EdBookFest, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Book Festival, exhibition, GDR's, Glasgow, iMac, Irvine Welsh, James Robertson, Knockshinnoch, Louise Welsh, mining disaster, murder, Muriel Spark, Reading, Robert Louis Stevenson, Savvy Authors, Scotland, Scottishness, The Guardian, Trees for Life, underworld, William Burroughs, William McIlvanney, writers
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