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Day 8 at the Edinburgh Book Festival
Image: Porto & Fi Another cracking, if somewhat shorter day at the Edinburgh Book Festival–only 8 hours spent in Charlotte Square instead of the requisite dozen. Tiredness, however, is beginning to creep into affairs. Long days coupled with intense periods … Continue reading
Posted in Edinburgh, Edinburgh Book Festival, Fiction, Poetry, Publishing and Marketing
Tagged bloggers, Blogging, Book Festival, Books, Britannia Spice, British literature, Charlotte Square, City of Literature, Diane Parkin, Douglas Adams, EdBookFest, Edinburgh Book Festival, Edinburgh: City & Festivals, Indian food, JF Derry, Joseph Brooker, Leith, Louise Welsh, Paul Mundoon, photo shoot, Poetry, Pulitzer prize, Ray Ryan, Reading, Robin Robertson, Sam Leith, self-publishing, Shakespeare, Simon Lelic, Spiegeltent, T S Eliot, The Guardian, writers
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Revving Up The Writing Engine
Image: F1 Rewind Okay, so I’m back in the saddle and things are in a low gear, but I’m building up revs. It takes a fair amount of will power to get back into the swing of things properly after … Continue reading
Posted in Day Job, eBooks, Family, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Travel, Writing
Tagged Annabel Aidan, Assumption of Right, Auld Reekie, birthday party, Blogging, charity auction, coffee shop, Day Job, Edinburgh: City & Festivals, Family, gigs, Holiday, Indian food, Interview, Leith, Music, niece, Raj Restaurant, Rhodes, Savvy Authors, The Shore, The Sky Project, tickets, Travel, Water of Leith, West End, Writing, Writing Magazine
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Great Gig, Shame About The Indian Food
Image: BBC Online I spent a long day in the office yesterday—really long. Same hours as normal but the final drag up to 5pm seemed to go on forever. I was just so tired from the night before I felt … Continue reading
Posted in Day Job, Edinburgh, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Freelance, Music
Tagged 9 Cellars, Day Job, Edge Festival, Edinburgh, HMV Picture House, Indian food, live music, Punk, punk rock, The Stranglers
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The Prodigious Prodigy
Image: Britannica I got back from a couple of days through in Glasgow around 4pm today; sore, weary, but very happy. The reason for my visit was to stay at my sister’s flat, do some catching up, and go to … Continue reading
Posted in Day Job, Edinburgh, Editorial Comment, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Freelance, Glasgow, I.T., Music, Poetry, Publishing and Marketing, Writing
Tagged articles, Carling Academy, Christmas lunch, Fiction, Freelance, Glasgow, Indian food, Khushis, live music, Madness, poems, Prodigy, Scruffy Dog Review, Submissions, T in the Park, tribute album
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Catching Up
Image: Paul Friel Okay, where to begin is the big question. To say I’m glad to see the back of this week is an understatement, but purely because it means I can get back to the computer and back to … Continue reading →