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Tag Archives: Hunting Jack
Hunting Jack Hits the Cyber-Shelves
My new novel, a tense thriller set in Glasgow and Edinburgh in 1995, was released yesterday by Blue Sea Publishing. HUNTING JACK is the story of a young Scottish lad brought up in London by his Aunt and Uncle after … Continue reading
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Tagged book release, book trailer, crime novel, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Hunting Jack, Jackie McCann, London, mailing list, release day, thriller
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Hunting Jack Cover Reveal
Attention! Here’s the new cover of my next novel, HUNTING JACK, out in February next year with the terrific Blue Sea Publishing. It’s a tense crime/thriller/gangster story set in Glasgow and Edinburgh and based on the Ice-Cream Wars of 1984. … Continue reading
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Tagged Blue Sea Publishing, crime, Edinburgh, gangsters, Glasgow, Hunting Jack, ice-cream wars, London, new book, new novel, novel, publishing, thriller
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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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An Old Friend
An old friend has been staying with me these past couple of weeks, after nine years in the wilderness. The last time I saw him he was an unsure 16-year old, a bit lost, with a lot of confusion and … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Fiction, Glasgow, Literature, Reading, Writing
Tagged Aye Write!, Glasgow, Hunting Jack, Jackie McCann, Mitchell Library, Sandi Toksvig, William McIlvanney
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Gutting Fish
As you can probably tell, I’ve got a few things on the go. Which is good. One month ago I released BACCARA BURNING and it’s selling well. I’m very pleased considering it’s a sequel to an existing book I wrote … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Fiction, Photography, Publishing and Marketing, Writing
Tagged cover art, Hunting Jack, Living Leith, novels, Poetry, thrillers, Writing
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Paranormal Sequel to ‘Stella’ is Complete
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
Posted in eBooks, Freelance, Poetry, Publishing and Marketing, Websites, Writing
Tagged Baccara Burning, chapbook, Compass Freelance, crime, driving school, ebook, Fiction, Freelance, freelance web designer, freelance writer, Hunting Jack, Jackie McCann, Leith, Living Leith, novella, paranormal, poems, Poetry, readers, thriller, web design, websites
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November, and Why It Rocks
November I love November. I love the shift from the unsettled weather of October, which can often have Scotland shivering under a bitter sky one minute then basking in warm sunshine the next. Technically, it’s classed as autumn, but it’s … Continue reading
Posted in eBooks, Editorial Comment, Publishing and Marketing, Reading, Scotland, Websites, Writing
Tagged album, Allan Guthrie, Amazon, Anstruther, articles, Autumn, Baccara Burning, Blasted Heath, Books, bus pass, Chas Stramash, crime fiction, digitial publisher, dreams, eBooks, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Book Festival, Edinburgh book Festival Blog, Fiction, Fife, free stuff, Fruit Tree Foundation, full moon, GDR's, Goals, Hunting Jack, invitation, Jackie McCann, John Cooper Clarke, Kindle, Kyle MacRae, Lothian Buses, LP, marketing, Music, Northern Lights, November, podcast, Poetry, QR Codes, Reading, Resolutions, revisions, Scotland, shooting stars, special offers, Stella, The Sky Project, websites, winter, Writing, Yello
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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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The Kindle Experiment
Image: Windell Oskay Greener is the Grass I’ve not given up on BACCARA BURNING yesterday morning while working on the final polishing up of GREENER IS THE GRASS, the world felt normal again. I felt like I was a writer … Continue reading
Posted in Books, eBooks, Fiction, Poetry, Publishing and Marketing, Reading, Writing
Tagged Baccara Burning, Calibre Ebook Management, chapbooks, competition, eBooks, Editing, Fiction, Fringe Fantastic, Greener is the Grass, Hunting Jack, Kindle, manuscripts, Poetry, poolside, revisions, self-publishing, Silly Poems for Wee People Vol.2, Twitter, Writing
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Freedom from the Mundane 
A Giant U-Turn
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 →