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Tag Archives: Gatecrash
Gatecrash Scheduled for 1st July
I’m delighted to be able to say that my new thriller novel, GATECRASH, will be published on 1st July 2017. It will be available through all the usual online outlets, including Amazon Kindle, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, Apple iBooks, OverDrive, Scribd, … Continue reading
Progress Across the Board
Think of this as my first quarterly check in of the year. I’m aware I never published a GDR (Goals, Dreams & Resolutions) list this year, but I can assure you there is one in existence. I designed my list … Continue reading
Posted in GDRs, Writing
Tagged Baccara Burning, chapbooks, Gatecrash, GDR's, Hunting Jack, London, Slick, Stella, Writing
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Doing the Ironing
I’m really enjoying writing this new novel. How long has it been since I said anything remotely like that? The past couple of weeks have been particularly intense as bit by bit I’ve picked away at what this novel actually … Continue reading
Groundhog Day
Image: Slate.com Happy Groundhog Day! Although this is mainly an American and Canadian custom, I love the whole idea of it. Punxsutawney Phil comes out and if he sees his shadow, we get six more weeks of winter. As it … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Fiction, Glasgow, Poetry, Writing
Tagged America, Animals, Baccara Burning, book sculptures, bunnies, bunny, Canada, Edinburgh, Fiction, Gatecrash, Glasgow, Groundhog Day, jokes, Mopsy, mystery sculptures, performance poetry, Pippin, Poetry, poetry reading, Punxsutawney, Punxsutawney Phil, Rabbits, Reading, rewrites, Shawlands, Slick, spring, winter, Young's Interesting Books
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A Scottish Summer Solstice
Image: The Herald Summer Solstice Today is the Summer Solstice. In astronomical terms it’s when the sun’s apparent position in the sky reaches its northernmost extreme, and appears to come to a standstill before reversing in direction. In Scottish terms … Continue reading
Posted in Day Job, Edinburgh, Family, Fiction, Scotland, Writing
Tagged awakening, Baccara Burning, coffee shop, crime fiction, Day Job, Edinburgh: City & Festivals, Fiction, Gatecrash, Glastonbury, notebook, novel, novella, paranormal fiction, plotting, Scotland, Stonehenge, summer solstice, Writing
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Phew! First Draft of New Crime Novel Written
Image: shirleyjacksonawards.org Haiku I think I mentioned it before, but if you missed it, clock over to the Trees for Life exhibition website and check out my Haiku. While there, why not also check out some of the fantastic paintings … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Edinburgh, Fiction, Poetry, Publishing and Marketing, Writing
Tagged Baccara Burning, charity exhibition, Coffee, coffee shop, crime, crime novel, Father's Day, Fiction, fire, Gatecrash, manuscript, newspaper, novel, online submissions, Ranfurly Review, sleeping in, submission manager, Submissions, Trees for Life, Trevor Jones, Writing
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Edinburgh Book Festival Launch
Image: Stock Gatecrash Last night I wrote two of the best chapters I have ever written. They were for my new novel, GATECRASH, and contain some of the best dialogue and action, pulling on the two characters involved, their location … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Edinburgh, Fiction, Poetry, Scotland, Writing
Tagged author events, Baccara Burning, book events, Books, Charlotte Square, debates, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Book Festival, Edinburgh International Book Festival, Fiction, Gatecrash, haiku, meetings, networking, novel, Poetry, Reading, seminars, social occasions, Submissions, Trees for Life, Writing
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One Day To Go
Image: Robert Young I don’t have a lot of time this morning so this will have to be a quick post, I’m afraid. I’m heading up to Perth for lunchtime to see my sister’s family and I’ve got to run … Continue reading
RMT Union Revolt(ing)
There are some awesome sunrises to be seen from my home office window in the mornings at the moment. All kinds of oranges and pinks rolling across the sky above, like candy floss spilling out of the heavens. I only … Continue reading
Posted in Day Job, Editorial Comment, Photography, Politics, Travel, Writing
Tagged dawn, Day Job, Fiction, Gatecrash, NaNoWriMo, novella, Photography, RMT, Stella, strike action, sunrise, travel chaos, union, Writing
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Freedom from the Mundane 
Chris Hadfield
Chris Hadfield I went to see Colonel Chris Hadfield, the Canadian astronaut of some considerable fame, speaking at the Usher Hall last week. Talk about inspirational! His 90-minute presentation with videos, sound, imagery and even song, was as enlightening as it was gripping, … Continue reading →