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Tag Archives: day off
To Catch a Creative Fire
Image: DemonMuse.com A lazy(ish) start to yesterday, but hey, I had a day away from the day job so I was going to do it all my way. And that meant lying in! Remember though, a lie in for me … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Books, Edinburgh, Fiction, Poetry, Publishing and Marketing, Reading, Writing
Tagged Annabel Aidan, Assumption of Right, Blogging, Books, Coffee, day off, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Book Festival, Fiction, flash fiction, haiku, NaNoWriMo, nature, novel, Poetry, Reading, short story, Trees for Life, Trevor Jones, Writing
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An Afternoon With Mark Billingham And Jackie Kay
Image: Edinburgh Guide I had another half day yesterday but this time with an early start, so my hours spent in the day job office weren’t as short as they were on Monday. With work building up around my ears, … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Day Job, Edinburgh, Fiction, I.T., Writing
Tagged autobiography, computer, Corstorphine, crime fiction, Day Job, day off, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Book Festival, Jackie Kay, Leith Walk, Mark Billingham, PC, Poetry, Scottish Poetry Library, Tom Thorne
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A Day For Me
Image: Behzad Rahmati Finally, a day away from the office that gave me time to think about only one thing – writing. I had an easy start to the morning, getting up just after 10am and enjoying a slow breakfast … Continue reading
Posted in Fiction, Film & TV, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Publishing and Marketing, Writing
Tagged book cover, cooking, day off, Editing, Fiction, marketing, me myself and I, movie, novella, promotion, Publishing and Marketing, Shrek, Stella, 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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Freedom from the Mundane 