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Book Sales and Rising
Image: Blogspot Get Over It I felt absolutely downtrodden going to the day job yesterday and it was all down to the thought of missing that blasted Arab Strab gig. It got stupid when people were tweeting they had a … Continue reading
Posted in eBooks, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Glasgow, Music, Poetry, Video, Writing
Tagged Arab Strap, Baccara Burning, crime, dining out, dinner, drinks, ebook, eBooks, Editing, Family, Fiction, Friday Vid, friends, gig, Glasgow, Leith, meal, Music, Nice n Sleazy, paranormal, Poetry, revising, royalties, sales, Shed Seven, The First Big Weekend, Twitter, Video, Writing
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Cookin’ on the Costa Del Sol
Image: Jess Conrad On Friday I left Scotland and flew south to the sunny el paradiso that is the Spanish Blackpool, Benidorm! My fellow Diners and I jumped on board a morning plane from Glasgow, and after a raucous flight … Continue reading
Posted in eBooks, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Glasgow, Publishing and Marketing, Websites
Tagged 3 Ebook deal, Benidorm, bookmarks, booze, Costa del Sol, dinner, eBooks, free books, friends, marketing, nightlife, promotion, sunny, websites
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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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The Party is Over
Image: VividLife The party is over; the fun’s all done! My hair has been truly let down and I have wound back down to zero. Three nights on the razz is more than enough for me anyway, but the end … Continue reading
Posted in Day Job, Edinburgh, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Glasgow, Writing
Tagged beer, Day Job, DIY, Edinburgh: City & Festivals, friends, GDR's, gigs, Glasgow, home improvement, Music, O2 Academy, party, pub crawl, reggae, Toots and the Maytals, Whighams, Writing
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A Day Off from the Edinburgh Book Festival
Image: Porto & Fi I had a day away from the Edinburgh Book Festival yesterday, the first of only two days off from the 17 that make up its run. There was no particular reason for this other than a … Continue reading
Posted in Edinburgh, Edinburgh Book Festival, Family, Food, Drink and Bevvy
Tagged Apple, Book Festival, Books, Charlotte Square, City of Literature, Diane Parkin, dining, EdBookFest, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Book Festival, friends, iMac, Newhaven, Porto & Fi, Reading, restaurant, wedding anniversary, writers
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A Scottish Summer
Image: Unknown The weather was somewhat unpredictable yesterday. When the wind blew, it blew hard and cold then calmed as fast as it had picked up. The rain followed the same pattern; sudden downpours, hard and cold, the nothing. In … Continue reading
Posted in Edinburgh, Family, Fiction, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Scotland, Writing
Tagged baby, coffee shop, crèche, Cumbria, curry, Day Job, Edinburgh, friends, Indian meal, kids, Prince Balti House, rain, Research, Scotland, Scottish summer, Wallyford, Weather, Writing
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The Scotrail Sagas
Image: BBC Online I felt quite ruffled yesterday. Having to be in Glasgow last night disrupted my planned schedule of events big time, and I felt frustrated with things all day. It meant I could get no work done at … Continue reading
Posted in Edinburgh, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Glasgow, Leith, Travel, Writing
Tagged bacon roll, beer, Food, Drink and Bevvy, friends, Glasgow, Leith, Monday morning, Poetry, Pub, Queen Street station, restaurant, robbery, Scotrail, sickness, TGI Fridays, train, Travel, vomit, Writing
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Meeting Bethany
Image: Laura Galbraith A fine day; an all round family day that lifted my spirits even higher than they’ve been growing these past couple of weeks. Bethany Yesterday I met the newest member of our family, my wee sister’s week … Continue reading
Posted in Edinburgh, Family, Fiction, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Photography, Scotland, Travel
Tagged Animals, Assembly Rooms, babies, dogs, Edinburgh Fringe, Family, Fiction, fog, Forth Bridge, friends, gifts, hot tub, niece, romance genre, Savvy Authors, Scottish Borders, sisters, Writing, writing workshop
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Freedom from the Mundane 
Suddenly Life Was More Than French Fries, Gravy and Girls
By the time you read this I shall be on my way to northern England with a few of my chums, The Diners. We call ourselves The Diners after the 1982 movie Diner, starring Steve Guttenberg, Mickey Rourke and Kevin … Continue reading →