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Tag Archives: Blackpool
Poems and Planning
Image: Natalie Roberts The strained headache I had all day wasn’t conducive to work but I fought through it. There was much head rubbing and the occasional pill dropped to get there, and in the end I made some good … Continue reading
Posted in Books, eBooks, Edinburgh, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Leith, Music, Poetry, Publishing and Marketing, Writing
Tagged Apple, Blackpool, chapbooks, Day Job, eBooks, free ebooks, Fringe Fantastic, GDR's, gig, Glasgow, Greece, Headache, Holiday, iBooks, iBookstore, Jamiroquai, Jay Kay, Kindle, Music, planning, poems, Poetry, press releases, Publishing and Marketing, Rhodes, SECC, Silly Poems for Kids, Twitter, Writing
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Heatwave
Image: Jesse Bikman As the title says, I’m back but not for long. I think I’m just about ready for a break. My weekend away turned into a bit of a nightmare. Just as things had started off so well … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Travel
Tagged alcohol, Blackpool, celebration, death, dehydration, Family, funeral, GDR's, heat stroke, ill, primary school, vomiting
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Blackpool 18
Image: popsci.com Tomorrow I’m on the road for a few days on my annual trip to Blackpool with my best mate. While I’m gone, please make welcome the awesome author (you really should buy her book!) Cate Masters. Yesterday I … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Interviews, Publishing and Marketing, Travel
Tagged bevy, Blackpool, Books, friends, Holiday, Lancashire, Reading, Stella, weekend away
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Holiday Pt.1
This is it, I’m afriad. The last post until next Monday. My (tiny) rucksack is packed, I’ve got my toothbrush and deodorant. Can’t think of anything else I’ll need except some beer money – check! It’s a great feeling knowing … Continue reading
Slick – A Full Novel
While it’s likely I’ll be present at the day job next Tuesday, today represents my last full day of work in this hole for 3 weeks and 1 day. Tomorrow I leave for my annual trip to Blackpool with my … Continue reading
Dentistry Wonders
Image: Unknown Teef For my birthday last week, my mother-in-law bought me an electric toothbrush. I’d been meaning to get one for some time, ever since my dentist recommended it to me several visits ago. I finally charged the thing … Continue reading →