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Tag Archives: daughter
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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Charity Begins at Home
Dodgy Belly I suspect it was the fish I had for lunch on Friday that did it, but for the afternoon, evening, and well into the weekend, I had a very dodgy tummy. No loss of appetite, but within a … Continue reading
Posted in Art, eBooks, Edinburgh, Family, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Leith, Poetry, Writing
Tagged Art, Bay City Rollers, brunch, bunnies, charity, crime, daughter, eBooks, Fiction, fundraiser, Kenny Herbert, Marie Curie Cancer Care, Nobby Clark, paranormal, PC World, Pets at Home, poems, Rabbits, raffle, revising, special offers, The Rab Howat Band, Trees for Life, wireless router, Writing
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Paranormal Novella Back on the Agenda
Image: Stock Father’s Day I had a great day out with my daughter yesterday. I’d been called out during the night for work and although it only took me half an hour to resolve, I struggled to get back to … Continue reading
Posted in Edinburgh, Family, Fiction, Film & TV, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Poetry, Writing
Tagged Baccara Burning, charity exhibition, daughter, Edinburgh, Family, Father's Day, Fiction, food and drink, haik, Junk Fu Panda 2, lunch, Omni Centre, paranormal novella, poems, Poetry, Trees for Life, Vue Cinema, Writing
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Such a Busy Life
Image: MailLife.co.uk Brunch I took my daughter out for a lazy brunch on Sunday. We spent a couple of hours up in town chatting and talking about, amongst other things, both our hopes for the future. We did all of … Continue reading
Posted in Books, eBooks, Edinburgh, Family, Fiction, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Glasgow, Poetry, Publishing and Marketing, Reading, Writing
Tagged Annabel Aidan, Assumption of Right, book release, Books, booze, brunch, chapbook, daughter, Day Job, Devon Ellington, Edinburgh, Erasure, Fiction, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Glasgow, London, marketing, mobile phone, novel, Poetry, Reading, sister, West End Festival, Writing
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First Draft Of Baccara Burning Down, Finally
Image: Unknown Deary me, yesterday was long and tiring. If you haven’t already heard my new book, SILLY POEMS FOR WEE PEOPLE VOL.2 was made available to the public at large, which for me involved much PR work and marketing-related … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Edinburgh, Family, Fiction, Poetry, Publishing and Marketing, Reading, Writing
Tagged Animals, book, book launch, daughter, Easter Friday, Family, Fiction, marketing, plotting, PR, Publishing and Marketing, school holidays, Silly Poems for Wee People Vol.2, teenager, Writing
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Finding The Right Space
Image: Elward Photography I can’t seem to find a minute of peace at the moment; the day job is mad and I’m champing at the bit to get back into some form of regulated writing. I can’t find regular slots … Continue reading
Posted in Day Job, Family, Film & TV, Food, Drink and Bevvy
Tagged cinema, Confessions of a Shopaholic, creativity, daughter, day off, Newcastle, peace, pizza, writing time
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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
Freedom from the Mundane 
Advertising Pays
Image: Foothills Data Slick The launch date for SLICK is January 2nd, and with the marketing ball already rolling (and working for once), everything seems to be going rather excitingly and spiffingly well. I got through a huge chunk of … Continue reading →