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A Bit Of A Maddy
Took a bit of a maddy yesterday. I had a 9:30 meeting in Ratho on the very western edge of Edinburgh and managed to get there 1 hour and 10 minutes late. I TOTALLY buggered up the buses and managed … Continue reading
Time Out with Annabel Aidan
Image: Devon Ellington/Champagne Books Assumption of Right is the first novel to come from romantic suspense author, Annabel Aidan. But this isn’t just any ordinary romantic suspense story in the traditional sense, for Aidan has spiced this genre up by … Continue reading
Posted in Books, eBooks, Fiction, Interviews, Reading
Tagged Annabel Aidan, Assumption of Right, book, Interview, Morag D'Anneville, novel, Reading, Secret Service, Simon, United States, Vice President, witchcraft
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Building Up to the Edinburgh Book Festival
The Colin Galbraith Podcast is launched with episode 1: Building Up to the Edinburgh Book Festival. Continue reading
Posted in Books, Edinburgh, Podcasts, Poetry, Publishing and Marketing, Writing
Tagged Annabel Aidan, Assumption of Right, bagpipes, Book Festival, Books, chapbook, Charlotte Square, City of Literature, coffee shop, Colin Galbraith Podcast, EdBookFest, Edinburgh Book Festival, Edinburgh Council, Edinburgh: City & Festivals, Interview, London, newsletter, podcast, podcasting, Poetry, Reading, Rhodes, tartan, Tartan Shops
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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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Ten Questions
Image: Sam Churchill Did anyone notice the funny faux pas in yesterday’s post? “I’ve never actually been to Cornwall, Devon…” Gee, how I laughed when I noticed the English county confusion I caused. I thought for today’s post I would … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Film & TV, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Interviews, Poetry, Publishing and Marketing, Writing
Tagged Blockheads, Daily Telegraph, Domino's pizza, DVD, Every Day Poets, Ian Dury, Interview, Madness, movie, Paul Auster, Poetry, publication, questions, Stephen Frears, The Pink Panther, The Specials
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Maximum High
Image: Lucidnap.com There’s been a flurry of activity on the gig ticket purchasing scene in the last 24 hours. Suddenly I can look forward to the last ever Supergrass gig (Barrowlands), Gorillaz (SECC), Limp Bizkit (Academy) and Biffy Clyro (SECC); … Continue reading
Posted in Day Job, Edinburgh, Family, Fiction, Interviews, Music, Poetry, Writing
Tagged Biffy Clyro, Edinburgh, Fiction, gigs, Glasgow, Gorillaz, Interview, life, Limp Bizkit, London, Music, rewriting, rock concert, Shed Seven, sunshine, Supergrass, Weather, Writing, Writing New Year
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In The Groove
Image: Dave Bleasdale It was one of those days where the more small items I managed to tick off my GDR list, the more of the bigger ones followed on thereafter. By the end of play late in the evening, … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Fiction, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Freelance, Interviews, Music, Publishing and Marketing, Writing
Tagged Editing, Fiction, GDR's, Globespan, Hen weekend, Interview, manuscripts, Publishing and Marketing, Ranfurly Review, rejections, rewriting, Submissions, websites, Writing
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Freedom from the Mundane 