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As Busy as a Mosquito in a Nudist Colony
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
Posted in eBooks, Edinburgh, Fiction, Freelance, I.T., Leith, Photography, Poetry, Publishing and Marketing, Writing
Tagged eBooks, Fiction, Freelance, Gail Galbraith Photography, GDRs. writing, Leith, Malmaison, Photography, poems, Poetry Superhighway, revisions, Selektion, websites, wedding fair
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Books and Boudoir
Image: BoudoirPhotography.org.uk I had to work on day job tasks late into Tuesday night and then very early yesterday morning, so by the time it came time to leave yesterday, I was shattered. I saved the evening by grabbing a … Continue reading
Posted in Day Job, eBooks, Edinburgh, Music, Photography, Publishing and Marketing, Writing
Tagged Amazon, articles, Big Audio Dynamite, Blogging, Books, boudoir, Day Job, eBooks, Eternal Press, Gail Galbraith Photography, gig review, Kindle, Man in the East, Music, Poetry, poetry competitions, portrait photography, Rachel Sermanni, Sleep, Twitter, wedding photography, Wide Days, Withered Hand, work
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No Shit, Sherlock
Image: Wantoobee Baccara Revisions BACCARA BURNING is fully under way now that I’ve begun the regime of getting up WELL before the day job to work on it. By 6am I was ready and writing and it felt great; I … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Day Job, Fiction, Photography, Writing
Tagged Anthony Horowitz, Baccara Burning, Bill Murray, Books, Canada, Fiction, Gail Galbraith Photography, GDR's, Goals Dreams and Resolutions, Groundhog Day, novella, portrait photography, Punxsutawney Phil, revisions, Sherlock Holmes, USA, wedding photography, Writing
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Time for a Pub Crawl
Image: The All Seeing One The day job has squeezed much of my time over the last couple of days but I’ve still managed to get through some good work. Savvy Workshop Comments on my first optional extra script came … Continue reading
Posted in Day Job, Family, Film & TV, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Photography, Travel, Writing
Tagged alcohol, beer, booze, Chinese food, cinema, dream land, dreams, drinking, Facebook, Family, Gail Galbraith Photography, male bonding, movies, Photography, Savvy Authors, script writing, social networking, The Diners, Twitter, Website, Writing, writing workshop
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Fun in the Scottish Borders
Image: Colin Galbraith I don’t know about you, but if you had half as good a weekend as I did then you’ve had a great time. Mine was a belter: relaxing, great company, lots of fun with two great dogs, … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Photography, Scotland, Travel
Tagged and Bevvy, Animals, B&B, bed and breakfast, Border region, country life, Crifts, dog training, dogs, drink, farmers, farming, fields, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Gail Galbraith Photography, home cooking, Photography, portrait photography, portraiture, rural, Scotland, Scottish Borders, websites, wedding photography
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A Glass A Day
Image: The Daily Mail Not a bad weekend all things considered. Despite the culmination of what I think may have been the flu – or something like it, on Friday – by Saturday I was feeling a lot better. I … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Edinburgh, Family, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Photography, Poetry, Writing
Tagged baby, Books, chapbooks, coffee shop, Comedy, comedy writing, curry, discounts, drink, Family, Flu, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Gail Galbraith Photography, GDR's, Indian meal, Madras, money off, niece, Photography, Poetry, red wine, roast chicken, Savvy Authors, sickness, sisters, small business, Walking, website development, websites, workshop, Writing
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From Snowballs To Fireballs
Image: Daily Mail I’m as bored talking about the snow and ice as I am having to walk about in it so I’ll say no more. Unless, that is, I should fall arse over tit again and jar my coccyx … Continue reading
Posted in Edinburgh, Food, Drink and Bevvy, I.T., Photography, Publishing and Marketing, Scotland, Writing
Tagged and Bevvy, BBC, CGI, Christmas, Christmas presents, computers, cooking, design, drink, falling star, fireball, Flash, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Gail Galbraith Photography, GDR's, home office, I.T, ice, Internet, meteor, Publishing and Marketing, Ranfurly Review, shooting star, snow, software, stars, Weather, Website, Writing
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Freedom from the Mundane 
Things that Irk
Image: cat.biz Things that Irk As I get older I find it easier not to get riled by things. Practice and a degree of self-awareness has led me to the point where I can let most things lie, and walk … Continue reading →