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Sometimes it Pays to be Bold
<t able style=”float: left;” border=”0″ width=”170″> Image: Alliance Online A good day. A very good day. Workshop I worked through and revised the final exercise on the Advanced Dialogue course. The next stage will come after the course, so I’m … Continue reading
Posted in eBooks, Edinburgh, Family, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Publishing and Marketing, Video, Writing
Tagged advanced course, agents, author, birthday, dialogue, eating out, eBooks, emails, Friday Vid, GDR's, Newhaven, novella, pays to be bold, Peacock Inn, Publishing and Marketing, work review, workshop, Writing
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Indian Summer
Image: Fernlea Hotel Summertime Really slow and warm day yesterday, and I mean really slow and warm. In fact, it was slower than a fish swimming through jelly, and warmer in the Athens of the North than it was in … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Book Festival, Film & TV, Scotland, Writing
Tagged (Unofficial) Edinburgh Book Festival Blog, Athens, Blogging, cinema, Clive Owen, dialogue, Edinburgh, flix, GDR's, heat, Indian Summer, Jason Statham, Killer Elit, Literary Salon, movie, Ocean Terminal, Robert De Niro, Savvy Authors, summertime, West Port, West Port Book Festival, workshop, Writing
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Four and a Bit Decades
Image: Wikimedia Anniversary My parents, Dave and Ena, were married 41 years ago today. Yes, that’s two score and one years ago – four decades and a bit – they took their vows in Mount Florida Parish on the south … Continue reading
Posted in Books, eBooks, Reading, Websites, Writing
Tagged 41, anniversary, Books, boudoir, coding, decades, Devon Ellington, dialogue, eBooks, forty one, four decades, Glasgow, JA Konrath, Jack Daniels, Kindle, marriage, Mount Florida, Origin, parents, Reading, scenes, web development, websites, wedding, workshop, Writing
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A Book I Couldn’t Put Down
Image: davidnichollswriter.com One Day I practically ran to the coffee shop yesterday morning, such was my desire to get seated and keep reading One Day. I had under one hundred pages to go and was really, REALLY, enjoying the read. … Continue reading
Web Development on the Mac
Image: OmniTechNews I took the easy route into the day job yesterday, i.e., I got up at 9am, made some strong coffee and wholemeal toast, and then left the house so I arrived dead on 10. As I said, nice … Continue reading
Posted in Day Job, Edinburgh, Writing
Tagged Adobe Dreamweaver, Alastair Darling, book event, Books, Chancellor of the Exchequer, Day Job, dialogue, Edinburgh Bookshop, Gordon Brown, iMac, Mac, RapidWeaver, Reading, web development, websites, wilderness, workshop, Writing, writing retreat
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New Characters and Old Friends
Image: MensMeditation I cannot believe how long this week is turning out. I’m sleeping again—always good when that happens—but I nearly tripped over my eye lids on my way to the day job yesterday morning—not so good—hate it when that … Continue reading
Posted in Day Job, Writing
Tagged Advanced Dialogue Workshop, Book Festival, Coffee, Day Job, dialogue, DIY, Edinburgh, friends, Holiday, insomnia, Madness, paint stripping, rain, Savvy Authors, Seton Sands, ska, Sleep, Writing, writing course
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Freedom from the Mundane 
Piecing Together a Plot
Image: Row Three Workshop Over lunch, I wrote and posted the revised version of part 2 of the fourth exercise at the Advanced Dialogue workshop. I’ve edited in a sentence or two to subtly indicate where the antagonism is coming … Continue reading →