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Ruth Nicol and Cover Problems
I first met Ruth Nicol back in 1997 when we both worked for a now defunct life assurance company. We worked in the I.T. department, which in itself was pretty much as you’d imagine: dull, soul-sucking, and barely bare-able. My … Continue reading
A Trip to Porty
Image: Undiscovered Scotland Two Halves On the weather front, it was a weekend of two halves: on Saturday, Edinburgh was enshrouded with cloud apart for a brief part of the afternoon when the sun came out. It was warm and … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Book Festival, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Publishing and Marketing, Websites, Writing
Tagged book festivals, bookmarks, Books, boudoir, bus, business cards, characters, Coffee, coffee shop, crime fiction, design, driving school, Editing, essay, Fiction, fog, muggy, novella, Poetry, Portobello, Porty, Princes Street, promo, promotion, Publishing and Marketing, rain, Ranfurly Review, Reading, Silly Poems for Wee People, The Sky Project, thriller, tramworks, Weather, websites, Writing
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From Snowballs To Fireballs
Image: Daily Mail I’m as bored talking about the snow and ice as I am having to walk about in it so I’ll say no more. Unless, that is, I should fall arse over tit again and jar my coccyx … Continue reading
Posted in Edinburgh, Food, Drink and Bevvy, I.T., Photography, Publishing and Marketing, Scotland, Writing
Tagged and Bevvy, BBC, CGI, Christmas, Christmas presents, computers, cooking, design, drink, falling star, fireball, Flash, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Gail Galbraith Photography, GDR's, home office, I.T, ice, Internet, meteor, Publishing and Marketing, Ranfurly Review, shooting star, snow, software, stars, Weather, Website, Writing
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Kix Takes A Stage Dive
Image: Neil Lupin/neillupin.com The snow relented for a second day yesterday – not that I wanted to go anywhere – but it encouraged hopes across the nation that within a couple of days, the frozen white blanket that has enshrouded … Continue reading
Posted in Edinburgh, Freelance, I.T., Music, Scotland, Writing
Tagged album, CGI scripts, CSS, design, Flash, Gail Galbraith Photography, HTML, ice, Internet, Lee ‘Kix’ Thompson, Madness, Magic Carpets, Nicky Woodgate, Photography, saxophonist, Scotland, small business, snow, stage dive, Steve Turner, Violin Monkeys, Weather, Website
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Making A Spectacle
Image: net_efekt Pay day yesterday—lovely jubbly! I celebrated by getting a pizza for dinner. I’m such a big spender. I had a decent day overall but it wasn’t without incident. I’ve had a right palaver getting all my pairs of … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Day Job, Edinburgh, Editorial Comment, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Poetry, Publishing and Marketing, Writing
Tagged Australian Shooter Magazine, Day Job, design, Edinburgh Castle, glasses, kids' books, Leith Walk, optometry, pay day, pizza, Poetry, Publishing and Marketing, Silly Poems for Wee People Vol.2, spectacles, US gun laws, Valentine's Day, Vision
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Edinburgh Council Wins Top Pathetically Crap Award
Image: Edinburgh.gov.uk I took Tuesday morning off work for one reason or another. I worked from home but it was a bit of a drag having to go in at all through all the ice and snow come lunchtime. Such … Continue reading
Posted in Day Job, Edinburgh, Editorial Comment, Publishing and Marketing, Scotland
Tagged Council Tax, Day Job, design, Edinburgh City Council, Edinburgh.gov, Edinburgh: the City & the Festivals, Editing, Leith Walk, living in Edinburgh, Lothian Buses, New Year Resolutions, Publishing and Marketing, Ranfurly Review, snow clearing, working from home
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The Big Yin Comes Home
Image: BC I actually forgot to blog on Saturday morning. When I got up, I got tore into my “to-do” list for the day and stayed in the zone all day, and I just forgot to do it. When I … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Edinburgh, Fiction, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Freelance, Glasgow, Music, Publishing and Marketing, Reading, Theatre, Writing
Tagged Aramadillo, Blogging, competitions, curry, design, Edinburgh's Hogmanay, evening out, Football, Glasgow Billy Connolly, M8 motorway, Madness, Reading, red wine, rejections, Scruffy Dog Review, SECC, Sport, St Mirren, steak dinner, Submissions, The Pixies, websites, Writing
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One To Remember
Image: Ena G Although I was on standby for my day job all weekend, which meant I couldn’t really leave the house and go far, it didn’t put a spoiler on my weekend at all. In fact, it was a … Continue reading
Posted in Day Job, Family, Fiction, Film & TV, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Freelance, Scotland, Sport, Writing
Tagged Binny Bag, design, DVD, Fiction, Glasgow, Great Scottish Run, Indian meal, movie, project work, relaxation, running, sleepy, Sport, websites, Writing
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Designing The Promo Material
Image: Eternal Press/Colin Galbraith Shattered. I was up late last night doing the promotional artwork for my impending Stella marketing campaign. I’ve ordered a whole bunch of juicy stuff that I will be using to promote the book from one … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Books, Day Job, Fiction, Freelance, Publishing and Marketing, Writing
Tagged competition, cover art, Day Job, design, e-book, Editing, flash fiction, freelance writing, gig review, Jean Michel Jarre, literature, marketing, Mods, News of the World, prizes, promotional material, publishnig, Quadrophenia, Reading, Stella, The Who, Theatre, Writing
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Freedom from the Mundane 
Death by Digital
Image: DigitalAssetManagement.org.uk So, what d’you think of the new blog look? Not bad, eh? I’m very pleased with it. I fancied a new look, something quirkier and different. I particularly like the flash drive as the search bar! You know … Continue reading →