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Tag Archives: John Wayne
On a Roll
Image: ratestogo.com Day Job High When I left the day job on Friday I was on a major high; I’d had a fantastic week. Not only had I made two technological breakthroughs for a long term project I’ve been working … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Day Job, Edinburgh, Family, Fiction, Film & TV, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Leith, Reading, Writing
Tagged bonus, Day Job, Dean Martin, drafting, DVD, England, Fiction, GDR's, John Wayne, movie, novella, pizza, revisions, Rugby Union, salary, Scotland, short story, Six Nations, Spoon Cafe, The Sons of Katie Elder, Twickenham, Westerm, Writing
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Strong Characters Make Strong Stories
Image: iBug Quack An early doctor’s appointment yesterday morning meant I was up at my usual time – actually that’s a lie – I was up earlier than normal to make up for the loss of time towards BACCARA BURNING … Continue reading
Posted in Edinburgh, Family, Fiction, Film & TV, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Poetry, Writing
Tagged Baccara Burning, chapbook, characters, cinema, coffee shop, Costa, Devon Ellington, Editing, Family, Fiction, Hailee Steinfeld, Jeff Bridges, John Wayne, newspaper, Omni Centre, Poetry, revisions, sister, True Grit, Westerns, Writing
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