Tag Archives: Freelance

Making Changes

Posted on January 19, 2013 by

It’s been a while. I’ve not written anything, fictional or poetic, since last spring. That’s the best part of nine months. And I’ve not blogged since the middle of last September. The reason for this has been a shift of … Continue reading →

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A Giant U-Turn

Posted on November 23, 2011 by

Image: Eternal Press Something struck me last night as I was walking through Edinburgh after the day job. Well actually, two things struck me, and I’ll tell you about them both here. I should explain that the route of my … Continue reading →

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Paranormal Sequel to ‘Stella’ is Complete

Posted on November 22, 2011 by

Image: Eternal Press A lot of things came together at once yesterday, and huge strides forward are being made on everything I’ve got going at the moment. Everything is very good at the moment! Baccara Burning I finished the final … Continue reading →

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As Busy as a Mosquito in a Nudist Colony

Posted on May 2, 2011 by

Image: Unknown Thanks to everyone who downloaded the latest iteration of my free ebook, SELEKTION, in yesterday’s Poetry Superhighway 24 Hour Free-For-All. I’m delighted to say that my ebook came in as the 2nd most popular with 75 downloads, only … Continue reading →

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Tweet Meet #2

Posted on March 29, 2011 by

Image: WWW Oasis My day kicked off in blistering fashion yesterday, with an hour in a city centre coffee shop reading the paper and enjoying a lovely cappuccino. It’s the perfect way to start the week; stick an oasis in … Continue reading →

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Oasis

Posted on February 17, 2011 by

Image: Paul Blinch Mad Bit of a mad day at the Day Job. I’m managing to clear a backlog of work caused by several months of “deep dive” technical work, which is good to finally get off my plate and … Continue reading →

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Making Reading A Priority

Posted on September 4, 2010 by

Image: EduChoices.org I’ve been asked why one of my goals is to “Read 42 books”. I originally thought I would set my goal to read 50 books, i.e., around 1 per week with a bit of slippage, but with my … Continue reading →

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June Review Of Work

Posted on July 1, 2010 by

Image: Weekly Reader Looking back, June was a great month. May had been good and I had been wanting to build on it, so when carrying out my GDR review of the past 30 days I was delighted with the … Continue reading →

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Camels In Princes Street

Posted on May 24, 2010 by

Image: Yes China Tour It was a scorching weekend—Scotland’s summer came early this year and now we (us Scots) are all heading back to work sporting skin all shades of pink and red the spectrum has to offer. Yes, we … Continue reading →

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The Longest Week

Posted on March 27, 2010 by

Image: David Blaine Long week it has been and I’ve not been feeling too great at all. I’m not sure if I came down with something or if I was just generally run down, but for the latter half I … Continue reading →

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