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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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Launch Date Announced
Image: HimHo I could hardly keep my eyes open at the day job yesterday. I was so tired I just wanted to do my work quietly and without interruption. Unfortunately, my position doesn’t entail that to be possible so I … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Day Job, eBooks, Edinburgh, Fiction, Poetry, Publishing and Marketing, Video, Websites, Writing
Tagged Amazon, chapbooks, coffee shop, eBooks, Edinburgh, grumpy, insomnia, Kindle, launch day, Leith, Lulu, Mac, media, pen name, poems, Poetry, Portobello, pseudonym, Sleep, Video, web development, Website, YouTube
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Hell Comes to Saturday
Image: paranormalknowledge.com A hellish start to Saturday, and an even more hellish end. There are no two ways about it. I knew I would be working at 6am for the day job, but it should only have taken half an … Continue reading
Posted in Day Job, Edinburgh Book Festival, I.T., Poetry, Writing
Tagged chapbooks, Dad's Army, Dalriada, Day Job, Doug Johnstone, Editing, essay, Hell, hellish, Nasty Little Press, office, on-call, paranormal, pizza, poems, Poetry, Portobello, Portobello Book Festival, Porty, rain, Saturday, Writing
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The Last of the Workload
Image: Glasgow City Council Book Fest It’s Book Fest Eve! Yup, after all the scrambles for tickets, arranging dates so as not to clash with social events, and ensuring there are no clashes with the day job, it is finally … Continue reading
Posted in eBooks, Edinburgh, Film & TV, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Poetry, Video, Writing
Tagged and Bevvy, Apple, Book Festival, Books, chapbooks, Charlotte Square, City of Literature, computer, drink, eBooks, EdBookFest, Edinburgh Book Festival, Edinburgh: City & Festivals, errands, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Friday Vid, GDR's, iMac, movies, PC, Poetry, Reading, rioting, Video, workload, Writing
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The Edinburgh City of Literature Story Shop and Men
Image: JA Cosgrove The Edinburgh City of Literature Story Shop I’m not one to cast unfounded accusations or remarks—I’m the kind of guy who likes to gather evidence when building a case first—but yesterday I raised an eyebrow at something … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Books, Edinburgh, Editorial Comment, Photography, Poetry, Writing
Tagged Books, chapbooks, Charlotte Square, City of Literature, Coffee, coffee shop, Corstorphine, EdBookFest, Edinburgh Book Festival, Edinburgh: City & Festivals, Flickr, illustrations, iMac, male and female, PC World, Pest at Home, photographs, Poetry, Reading, Story Shop, Trackpad, Tropical Fish, writers
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Media and Marketing
Image: Diffusibility Friday is here thank goodness and it feels like it’s been a heck of a long week. The day job is responsible for these feelings of dragged out days, but outwith these shifts I’m making good progress on … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Day Job, Edinburgh, Family, I.T., Poetry, Publishing and Marketing, Video, Writing
Tagged Blogging, book jacket, Books, British Museum, chapbooks, cruise boat, Day Job, eBooks, Family, Friday Vid, front cover, intro music, London, marketing plan, media, media and marketing, newsletter, parents, podcasts, poems, Poetry, Poolside Poetry, Sprearmint Rhino, Thames, The Patter, Video
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Summer Issue of the Ranfurly Review Launched
Image: Ranfurly-Review.co.uk I started my Sunday off, as ever, with a nice coffee and read of the paper in Costa Coffee in town overlooking Edinburgh Castle. I finally fond the perfect seat that allows for the best 3G reception, as … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Day Job, Edinburgh, Leith, Poetry, Publishing and Marketing, Reading, Writing
Tagged Art, chapbooks, Costa Coffee, Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh: City & Festivals, Editing, Facebook, Fiction, newspaper, Poetry, Poetry Supoerhighway, Publishing and Marketing, Ranfurly Review, Reading, recorded poetry, Silly Poems for Wee eople Vol.3, Stella, Sunday morning, Trees for Life, Trevor Jones, websites, Writing
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From Glasgow to London
Image: TortureCare.org.uk Giggidy Did you like yesterday’s video? Hilarious wee cat, eh? I had a fun time at the Jamiroquai gig on Wednesday night with my sister—as is usually the case when we crack open a tinny and go to … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Day Job, eBooks, Edinburgh, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Glasgow, Music, Publishing and Marketing, Travel, Writing
Tagged chapbooks, Clapham Grand Theatre, crime fiction, doner kebab, eBooks, Glasgow, Greener is the Grass, Jamiroquai, Jay Kay, Kindle, live music, London, London International Ska Festival, manuscript, novella, Poetry, press releases, public transport, revisions, Scotrail, SECC, train, Twitter, Writing
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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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Freedom from the Mundane 
The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award
Image: DofE.org The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award scheme seems to have gained unfashionable status lately, and I’m not sure why. It’s a scheme that’s been running with the Duke of Edinburgh as Chairman since 1965, and can take participants up … Continue reading →