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Time is Tight and the Scotrail Fiasco Rumbles On
Image: FoxNoMad Tight with Time Things are starting to get tight with time and for once it’s NOT to do with the eternal battle between the day job and my writing career. This time, it’s Christmas versus DIY. The house … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Day Job, eBooks, Family, Leith, Poetry, Scotland, Travel, Writing
Tagged Art, art students, assault, Christmas, Christmas cards, Christmas presents, Christmas tree, decoration, DIY, eBooks, free ebooks, giveaway, home, House, illustrations, iMac, iPhone, Kamila Ratajczak, Leith, Leith School of Art, living room, loung, novels, Scotland, Scotrail, Silly Poems for Wee People, thrillers, ticket dodgers, time, time is tight, train, violence
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Fighting Back Against the Fare Dodgers
Image: The List TIME Newsfeed summed it up perfectly: if you ever find yourself on a Scottish train without a ticket, don’t even think about trying to sneak a free ride. The video in this article (which has now caused … Continue reading
Posted in Day Job, eBooks, Fiction, Scotland, Travel, Websites, Writing
Tagged Books, Christmas, Coffee, Day Job, eBooks, fare dodgers, feedback, Fiction, free, giveaway, Internet, novel, novella, online, readers, Reading, Scottish, Shopping, Slick, Time magazine, Time Newsfeed, trains, Website
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The Dawning of a New Era
Image: Kameron Lombard To quote The Specials, this weekend marked what can only be described for me as the dawning of a new era. New Website I launched my new website, chopping off all the unnecessary clutter and focussing the … Continue reading
Posted in eBooks, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Book Festival, Fiction, Poetry, Publishing and Marketing, Reading, Websites, Writing
Tagged Baccara Burning, Books, Chas Stramash, crime fiction, Dawning of a New Era, eBooks, Facebook, feeds, Fiction, free, giveaway, iTunes, paranormal fiction, podcasts, Poetry, Reading, RSS, soundcloud, Website, Writing
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Like a River in Spate
Image: TheHindu.com Coffee Shop Chronicles Yesterday represented the only day this week I’ll get the chance to write into my notebook and enjoy a coffee before I hit the day job. Today, and for the rest of this week, I’m … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Day Job, eBooks, I.T., Music, Poetry, Publishing and Marketing, Writing
Tagged Books, coffee shop, competition, crafting, eBooks, Fiction, flash fiction, giveaway, Hunting Jack, Kindle, London, Moleskine, Music, notebook, Reading, Scottish music, shaping, Twitter, Vic Galloway, websites, Writing
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