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Tag Archives: cappuccino
Removing Stress through Writing
Image: Stock Corporate Sarcasm No blog post yesterday because I’m pretty sure the last thing you want to be reading about in any detail are the trials and tribulations of my working life at the day job. Corporate I.T. challenges … Continue reading
Posted in Day Job, Edinburgh, Fiction, I.T., Poetry, Writing
Tagged cappuccino, coffee shop, computers, corporate, Costa Coffee, creative, Day Job, Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh: City & Festivals, Fiction, GDR's, I.T, National Gallery, novel, Poetry, Prince Street, Scott Monument, stress, technology, Waverley Station, Writing
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A Fruitful Diversion
Image: Anders B. My weekend went nothing like I planned it. It all went wrong on Friday night and the crisis lasted until late last night, and yet – and YET – I still managed to have a highly productive, … Continue reading
Posted in eBooks, Edinburgh, Family, Fiction, Food, Drink and Bevvy, I.T., Leith, Music, Photography, Poetry, Publishing and Marketing, Scotland, Writing
Tagged Animals, cappuccino, coffee chop, Corstorphnie, Costa, Desert Island Discs, eBooks, Edinburgh, Editing, Fiction, gardening, half marathon, hard drive, hardware, HDD, house chores, ideas, Leith, Music, notebook, PC, PC World, Photography, photography studio, poems, revisions, thoughts, Twitter, wedding, Windows, Writing
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Man About the House
Image: class-tv.co.uk Walkies I took the bus way, way out to the south side of Edinburgh yesterday morning, to Cameron Toll in fact, then started walking back into town. It’s a several mile treck but it was perfect walking weather: … Continue reading
A Submarine in my Coffee
Image: Submarinegear.com Hell of a long couple of days, spent mostly in the darkness due to the fact I live in Scotland and it’s never daylight here at this time of year – not between the hours of 3pm and … Continue reading
Posted in Day Job, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Publishing and Marketing, Scotland, Writing
Tagged associate editor, cappuccino, e-zine, editorial board, literary fiction, magazine, mystery and suspense, Publishing and Marketing, Ranfurly Review, Savvy Authors, Scotland, Scriffy Dog Review, submarine, winter, workshop, Writing
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Freedom from the Mundane 
Britain Will Always Be British – Even Without The Right-Wingers
Image: John Byford Would you believe that after all the trials and tribulations of getting my new pair of glasses sorted they STILL aren’t ready? Yesterday morning when I went to collect them, although they did manage to get the … Continue reading →