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Tag Archives: Baccara Burning
Progress Across the Board
Think of this as my first quarterly check in of the year. I’m aware I never published a GDR (Goals, Dreams & Resolutions) list this year, but I can assure you there is one in existence. I designed my list … Continue reading
Posted in GDRs, Writing
Tagged Baccara Burning, chapbooks, Gatecrash, GDR's, Hunting Jack, London, Slick, Stella, Writing
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A Bit More On Baccara
Sales of Baccara Burning are going better than I expected following its release on Friday. From what I can tell, over half of these sales have come through people who already bought and enjoyed Stella, the book that Baccara is … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Publishing and Marketing, Writing
Tagged Baccara Burning, Fiction, paranormal, Writing
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Groundhog Day
Image: Slate.com Happy Groundhog Day! Although this is mainly an American and Canadian custom, I love the whole idea of it. Punxsutawney Phil comes out and if he sees his shadow, we get six more weeks of winter. As it … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Fiction, Glasgow, Poetry, Writing
Tagged America, Animals, Baccara Burning, book sculptures, bunnies, bunny, Canada, Edinburgh, Fiction, Gatecrash, Glasgow, Groundhog Day, jokes, Mopsy, mystery sculptures, performance poetry, Pippin, Poetry, poetry reading, Punxsutawney, Punxsutawney Phil, Rabbits, Reading, rewrites, Shawlands, Slick, spring, winter, Young's Interesting Books
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Jo Nesbø Catches Scorsese’s Eye
Image: Jo Nesbø The Crime Fiction Crown I’m not in any way surprised to hear that Norwegian crime writer, Jo Nesbø, is to have one of his novels turned into a movie. Not only does this cement his reputation as … Continue reading
Posted in eBooks, Family, Fiction, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Publishing and Marketing, Reading, Writing
Tagged 3 book deal, advertising, Baccara Burning, beta readers, Books, cover art, crime fiction, criticism, eBooks, Facebook, Facebook Ads, Family, feedback, Fiction, Jo Nesbø, JT Lindroos, marketing, Newhaven, Norway, novels, Reading, revising, Slick, tartan noir, The Peacock Inn, Writing
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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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Book Sales and Rising
Image: Blogspot Get Over It I felt absolutely downtrodden going to the day job yesterday and it was all down to the thought of missing that blasted Arab Strab gig. It got stupid when people were tweeting they had a … Continue reading
Posted in eBooks, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Glasgow, Music, Poetry, Video, Writing
Tagged Arab Strap, Baccara Burning, crime, dining out, dinner, drinks, ebook, eBooks, Editing, Family, Fiction, Friday Vid, friends, gig, Glasgow, Leith, meal, Music, Nice n Sleazy, paranormal, Poetry, revising, royalties, sales, Shed Seven, The First Big Weekend, Twitter, Video, Writing
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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
Posted in eBooks, Editorial Comment, Publishing and Marketing, Reading, Scotland, Websites, Writing
Tagged album, Allan Guthrie, Amazon, Anstruther, articles, Autumn, Baccara Burning, Blasted Heath, Books, bus pass, Chas Stramash, crime fiction, digitial publisher, dreams, eBooks, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Book Festival, Edinburgh book Festival Blog, Fiction, Fife, free stuff, Fruit Tree Foundation, full moon, GDR's, Goals, Hunting Jack, invitation, Jackie McCann, John Cooper Clarke, Kindle, Kyle MacRae, Lothian Buses, LP, marketing, Music, Northern Lights, November, podcast, Poetry, QR Codes, Reading, Resolutions, revisions, Scotland, shooting stars, special offers, Stella, The Sky Project, websites, winter, Writing, Yello
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Freedom from the Mundane 
A Giant U-Turn
Image: Eternal Press Something struck me last night as I was walking through Edinburgh after the day job. Well actually, two things struck me, and I’ll tell you about them both here. I should explain that the route of my … Continue reading →