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Tag Archives: e-zine
New Issue of the Ranfurly Review
Image: Ranfurly Review Decaffeination Problems Last Friday, perhaps through some form on underlying grief, I managed to break the carafe on my coffee maker. The handle came away in my hand thus snapping the glass it was connected to when … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Fiction, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Publishing and Marketing, Reading, Writing
Tagged Amazon, Angus, Baccara Burning, carafe, Coffee, Coffee maker, e-zine, Edinburgh Book Festival, Fiction, GDR's, How to Make Any Twit Fall in Love With You, iBooks, iPad, iPhone, Kindle, lit-mag, Louise Rennison, magazine, marketing, promotion, Publishing and Marketing, Ranfurly Review, Thongs and Perfect Snogging, Writing
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A Submarine in my Coffee
Image: Submarinegear.com Hell of a long couple of days, spent mostly in the darkness due to the fact I live in Scotland and it’s never daylight here at this time of year – not between the hours of 3pm and … Continue reading
Posted in Day Job, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Publishing and Marketing, Scotland, Writing
Tagged associate editor, cappuccino, e-zine, editorial board, literary fiction, magazine, mystery and suspense, Publishing and Marketing, Ranfurly Review, Savvy Authors, Scotland, Scriffy Dog Review, submarine, winter, workshop, Writing
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Submission Tracking Revolution
Image: Priceless Writers Just like I did last week, I decided not to go up town yesterday. By 10am it was way too hot to even consider leaving the sanctuary of the house, so I decided to get an early … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Edinburgh, I.T., Photography, Publishing and Marketing, Writing
Tagged Books, business, coffee shop, competition, Day Job, e-zine, Edinburgh, Fiction, hot weather, Photography, publication, Publishing and Marketing, Ranfurly Review, redrafting, Sonar3, submission software, submission tracking, Submissions, technical, website development, Writing, writing markets
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Gigs Galore
Image: Place Connect I had a fantastic start to yesterday with another couple of gigs lined up to my expanding superlist: The Charlatans in October in Edinburgh and then Roger Waters performing The Wall at the O2 in London next … Continue reading
Posted in Day Job, Fiction, Music, Publishing and Marketing, Reading, Writing
Tagged Australian Pink Floyd, concerts, e-zine, Fiction, GDR's, gigs, lit-mag, London, magazine, Music, O2, Pink Floyd, Publishing and Marketing, Ranfurly Review, Reading, Roger Waters, The Charlatans, The Wall, Writing
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Bits ‘n’ Pieces
Image: Les Chatfield I finished work around 6:30am yesterday but was so tired opted to go back to bed for 90-minutes. It paid off. I felt much better after the extra nap. When I got up for the second time … Continue reading
Posted in Day Job, Edinburgh, I.T., Publishing and Marketing, Scotland, Sport, Writing
Tagged e-zine, GDR, lit-mag, Photography, projects, Publishing and Marketing, rain, Ranfurly Review, rugby, Scotland, Six Nations, sleepover, Weather, Website
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New Issue of The Scruffy Dog Review
Image: thescruffydogreview.com I missed Groundhog Day on Tuesday. I only know about it because of the Bill Murray film of the same title. I love that film—think I’ll have to get a copy and watch it soon. As it turns … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Day Job, Freelance, I.T., Poetry, Publishing and Marketing, Reading, Writing
Tagged article, chapbook, Day Job, e-zine, Freelance, Groundhog Day, I.T., lit-zine, Luke Wright, Poetry, Publishing and Marketing, re-writes, Reading, Scruffy Dog Review
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Slippin’ And A Slidin’
Image: Somers Long are the winter days, and long are the day job days every now and then, too. 17 hours I did yesterday; 10 hours in the office and then 7 once I got home. The shift took me … Continue reading
Posted in Day Job, Edinburgh, Fiction, I.T., Poetry, Publishing and Marketing, Writing
Tagged Day Job, e-zine, Edinburgh, Fiction, free, free download, Friday humour, ice, Leith, long days, magazine, Poetry, Publishing and Marketing, Ranfurly Review, robbery, sliding, slipping, snow, Video, winter
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Macaroni Day
Image: noellium Pretty tired this morning. Not from being up extraordinarily late last night but from a very early start this morning. There’s a lot happening today ranging from training courses to writing and a fair bit of website work, … Continue reading
Posted in Day Job, Fiction, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Freelance, Publishing and Marketing, Writing
Tagged Assistant Editor, Coffee, Day Job, e-zine, Editing, egg & black pudding roll, Fiction, Food, Drink and Bevvy, frreelance writing, gig listings, Hairspray, Leith, live music, London, macaroni, musical, online magazine, plotting, Publishing and Marketing, Punk, Ranfurly Review, Scottish Parliament, Scruffy Dog Review, short story, Submissions, The Leither, The Vibrators, Theatre, Tottenham Court Road, webmaster, websites, work, Writing
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Sunshine On Leith
Image: Juan Tello The weather could not have been nicer this weekend. From Saturday morning until Sunday night the sun shone, the sky was blue, and everyone seemed to get a lift from the summer-come-early weather. The last couple of … Continue reading
Posted in Day Job, Edinburgh, Freelance, Music, Poetry, Publishing and Marketing, Reading, Writing
Tagged Animals, Books, CDs, chapbook, clients, coffee shop, domestic, e-books, e-zine, Edinburgh, Fopp, Freelance, Music, pets, Poetry, Poetry Super Highway, Publishing and Marketing, Rabbits, Ranfurly Review, sunshine, Walking, Weather, Website, Writing
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Freedom from the Mundane 
The World Is Full Of Numpties
Image: FruitFly I found myself dealing with more numpties than I would normally expect to during my day job, yesterday. I mean, one has to wonder where we get the staff from at times. On one hand it boosts my … Continue reading →