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Stella Blog Tour – The Big Kick Off
Image: johndavis.co.uk The blog tour for STELLA kicks off loud and proud today, with my first stop over at Words on the Page. My host today is the fantastic Lori Widmer, so please pop over to her site and have … Continue reading
Posted in Day Job, Politics, Publishing and Marketing, Writing
Tagged ballot paper, blog tour, Books, Boris Johnson, Day Job, e-books, elections, Lori Widmer, marketing, Mayor of London, podcasts, Politics, promotion, voting, Words on the Page
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Runaway Steam Train
Image: Aussiegall Hope you all enjoyed yesterday with Michelle Miles – isn’t she a wonderfully spirited and entertaining author? Yesterday saw the temperature finally drop to more acceptable levels. Tuesday was cloudy but still extremely humid, but yesterday, thank goodness, … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Fiction, Poetry, Politics, Publishing and Marketing, Scotland, Writing
Tagged Amazon, book reviews, Books, Cancer Research, Derek Mackay MSP, e-books, Elspeth Murray, Evening Times, Fiction, Flip Flotsam, Lulu, Michelle Miles, novella, Paisley, Paolo Nutini, Poetry, Poetry Super Highway, Publishing and Marketing, short story, SNP, sponsorship, Submissions, Weather
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Lollipops In The Sun
Image: Me Anyone who lives or was visiting any part of the British Isles over the past two days, will know it is no understatement when I say the weather has been nothing short of Mediterranean. Even today as I … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Edinburgh, Family, Fiction, Publishing and Marketing, Writing
Tagged Animals, Baccara Burning, back garden, blog tour, Books, e-books, Edinburgh Marathon, Edinburgh: the City & the Festivals, Fiction, gardening, GDR's, hot weather, Leith, marketing, newsletter, promotion, Rabbits, Reading, relaxing, Stella, sun, sun bathing, Walking, Writing
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Saturday Morning On Sunday
Image: DDS I was kind of glad the weekend finished when it did. It was all over the place and at times not in the least enjoyable. Parts of it were, though, so they are the bits I’ll talk about. … Continue reading
Posted in Edinburgh, Fiction, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Freelance, I.T., Music, Photography, Publishing and Marketing, Theatre
Tagged album chart, bad mood, black pudding supper, Books, e-books, Festival Theatre, Freelance, Gail Galbraith Photography, gig review, Irn-Bru, Madness, mobile phone, Netbook, News of the World, PC World, Photography, Publishing and Marketing, Quadrophenia, relegation, Samsung NC10, SPL, St Mirren, Stella, Theatre, UK music, Vodafone, wedding photography, weekend
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DIY Man
Image: Nadya Peek I had a packed day yesterday; no day of rest for moi, put it that way. After getting up early (6am kind of early) to work on day job stuff, I gave the back garden a complete … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Fiction, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Publishing and Marketing, Writing
Tagged cooking, DIY, e-books, Fiction, french fry, gardening, laptop, literary, magazine, Netbook, painting, Publishing and Marketing, Ranfurly Review, Samsung NC10, sanding, Sunday dinner, walls, Writing
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Life And Art
Image: BBC Online Since I was feeling much better yesterday morning, I started the day off with a glorious bap containing a beautifully runny fried egg lain across a spicy and thick slice of black pudding. Washed down with a … Continue reading
Posted in Day Job, Edinburgh, Fiction, Publishing and Marketing
Tagged anniversary, competition, Day Job, digital camera, e-books, Eternal Press, Fiction, Freeview box, horse racing, Leith, medieval remains, newsletter, novella, Ranfurly Review, Stella, The Patter, trams, Twitter
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The Coming Of Ska
Image: Me I’m feeling it increasingly difficult to think about anything else apart from Wednesday’s gig. I’ll keep the full spiel for tomorrow’s post, but from yesterday morning into last night I saw an increase of my excitement levels ten … Continue reading
Posted in Editorial Comment, Music, Poetry, Publishing and Marketing, Writing
Tagged British music, chapbook, e-books, EZEE Internet, GNHosting, houlnet, Karl Gray, Music, Poetry, Poetry Super Highway, reggae, Selektion, ska, The Specials, Trading Standards, Watchdog, Writing
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Hampden In The Sun
Image: glasgowguide.co.uk Well the Buddies got beat; another semi-final disappointment, this time at the hands of the Forces of Darkness. As far as footie matches go it wasn’t one of the best, but St Mirren, I felt, could have taken … Continue reading
Posted in Edinburgh, Family, Film & TV, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Glasgow, I.T., Music, Scotland, Sport, Writing
Tagged alcohol, Beltane, bevy, Chinese meal, DVD, e-books, Family, Festival of Fire, Football, friends, gigs, Glasgow, Hampden Park, hot and sunny, live music, Mount Florida, PC, Pub, Rangers FC, reggae, Scottish Cup, ska, St Mirren, The Specials, Weather, work, Writing
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Freedom from the Mundane 
Better Than The Day Before
Image: coolfunnyshirts.com Another day and another brace of ballistic baw heids. Where oh where do they come from, and why oh why do they keep crossing my path? Is it a national thing or is it just Edinburgh? Is this … Continue reading →