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A Thank You to Steve Jobs
Image: Unknown RIP Steve Jobs Woke up to the sad news that Steve Jobs died in the early hours of the morning. Shocking to hear it come through although not entirely unexpected; it was public knowledge he had been seriously … Continue reading
Posted in Editorial Comment, Fiction, I.T., Poetry, Writing
Tagged Apple, Bill Gates, cancer, chapbook, crime, death, Duchess of Alba, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Book Festival, essay, iMac, Indiana Jones, iPhone, iPod, magic, Microsoft, novella, pancreatic cancer, paranormal, poems, Poetry, Raiders ofthe Lost Ark, Savvy Authors, Steve Jobs, thriler, Windows, workshop, Writing
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Monday and Tuesday Review of the Edinburgh Book Festival
Image: Colin Galbraith Apologies for yesterday, folks. This blog post is a day late due to the attention of a hacker at about 3:10am the night before last (Monday). It would appear that this technical challenged choob hacked into my … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Book Festival, Photography, Reading, Writing
Tagged Apple, Book Festival, Books, cancer, Celtic FC, Charlotte Square, Christopher Brookmyre, City of Literature, Coffee, Costa, EdBookFest, Edinburgh Book Festival, Edinburgh Bookshop, Edinburgh: City & Festivals, Family, hacking, iMac, Internet, John Hartson, Julie Hill, meal, media accreditation, Pamela Stephenson-Connolly, Pat Nevin, Press Pod, Reading, sister, Spiegeltent, TGI Fridays, Tobias Wolff, William McIlvanney, yurt
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Mr Forgetful
Image: Digital Stores I was shattered going into work yesterday. And I was in a bad mood because of it. Missing my bus didn’t help either. Fucking Lothian left early. Three coffees in the office didn’t really help move things … Continue reading
Posted in Day Job, Family, Fiction, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Writing
Tagged Biblio Paradise, cancer, cooking, Day Job, death, Family, Fiction, Lothian Buses, Marzetti, Patrick Swayze, short story, sleepy, spine-tinger, tired, Writing
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Facebook Farce
Image: Facebook So even if I wanted to close my Facebook account, now I can’t. And the rights to all the images I uploaded now belong to them, too? Can’t say I’m all that impressed with FB making the announcement … Continue reading
Posted in Day Job, Editorial Comment, Fiction, Publishing and Marketing, Travel, Writing
Tagged Big Brother, Blood Ties, cancer, copyright, Day Job, Facebook, Fiction, Gordon Brown, Jade Goody, Labour, marketing, South Shields, Travel, Writing
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Freedom from the Mundane 
Iain Banks: Scotland Won’t Be The Same
Yesterday was a tough day among the readers and writers of Scotland and far beyond, as Iain Banks went public that he is in the final stages of gall bladder cancer and has been given only months to live. It … Continue reading →