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Christmas Headaches
Image: News.com.au I was into everything over the weekend—everything! Not only did I get through a ton of Christmas cleaning, DIY work, TV and gadget fixing, and writing work, but I also managed a Day Job Xmas bash, and a … Continue reading
Posted in Day Job, eBooks, Edinburgh, Family, Fiction, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Writing
Tagged alcohol, bevy, birthday party, brunch, Chrimbo, Christmas, Christmas cards, Christmas headaches, Christmas tree, cleaning, Cloisters, coffee and pastries, computer games, curry, daughter, DIY, eBooks, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Castle, ereaders, Family, Fiction, Food, Drink and Bevvy, free ebooks, Greener is the Grass, Indaba, Indian meal, Khushis, Kindle, Kobo, Mother-in-Law, novel, novella, pizza, pubs, Slick, South African food, summer reading, The Pear Tree, work, Writing, Xbox, Xmas
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Revving Up The Writing Engine
Image: F1 Rewind Okay, so I’m back in the saddle and things are in a low gear, but I’m building up revs. It takes a fair amount of will power to get back into the swing of things properly after … Continue reading
Posted in Day Job, eBooks, Family, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Travel, Writing
Tagged Annabel Aidan, Assumption of Right, Auld Reekie, birthday party, Blogging, charity auction, coffee shop, Day Job, Edinburgh: City & Festivals, Family, gigs, Holiday, Indian food, Interview, Leith, Music, niece, Raj Restaurant, Rhodes, Savvy Authors, The Shore, The Sky Project, tickets, Travel, Water of Leith, West End, Writing, Writing Magazine
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Christmas Day Pt.2
The spirit of Christmas returned with vengeance on Saturday, when we took a trip through west to stay with my parents for the weekend. We were making up for lost time after the recent snow storms and work schedules put … Continue reading
Posted in Edinburgh, Family, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Music, Scotland, Travel, Writing
Tagged Amaretto's, birthday party, Bridge of Weir, country house, Ella Fitzgerald, Family, Frank Sinatra, friends, Glasgow, Gullane, Gullane beach, Italian food, Italian restaurant, Paisley, parents, Sammy Davis Jr., Ted Heath, Whatton House
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Party Time
Image: John Haslam Woke up feeling pretty dire this morning, but within seconds of scanning my overnight email all that changed. There was one email in my inbox that contained the most brilliant news, my happiness dial went from zero … Continue reading
Posted in Day Job, Family, Fiction, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Video, Writing
Tagged birthday party, computers, Day Job, Fiction, friends, geeks, happy, Jean Michel Jarre, Muse Online Conference, Music, news, tired and stressed, Windows 98, Writing, writing workshop
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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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That Was Thursday
Image: Florencia&Pe It’s a dank, drizzly day over Edinburgh and the only thing putting a spring in my step is the fact that today is Friday. And yesterday wasn’t a great day either, leaving me nothing much to talk about … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Edinburgh, Family, Film & TV, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Glasgow, Music, Writing
Tagged art exhibition, artist, Billy Connolly, birthday party, bollywood, Channel 4, Charlotte Square, Comeo Dine With Me, Edinburgh Book Festival, gallery, Glasgow, Madness, Madness Night, New Writing Scotland, ska, television, Trevor Jones, Weather, Writing, writing muse
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Taking A Break
Image: Jessica FM I wanted to complete my daily NaNo quota early to keep me on track today, and I did just that. I knew I would have no other time today other than between 5am and 7am, what with … Continue reading
Posted in Day Job, Edinburgh, Family, Fiction, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Writing
Tagged birthday party, Books, Day Job, Dockers Club, Family, Fiction, Leith, NaNoWriMo, word count, Writing
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Freedom from the Mundane 