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Tag Archives: Leith Festival
Writing Like a Mad Man
Image: Stock I’ve been writing and working pretty mad these last few days, so no blogging made it onto my agenda. Mostly, my time has been consumed with the day job and then writing my new novel in the evening. … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Day Job, Family, Fiction, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Leith, Poetry, Reading, Video, Writing
Tagged Assumption of Right by Annabel Aidan, Blogging, Day Job, Family, Flight of the Bumblebee, Friday Vid, Gala Day, Leith, Leith Festival, Leith Links, NaNoWriMo, Nasty Little Press, Poetry, Reading, Simon van Booy, Writing
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Cleansed On Every Level
Image: Parée My home office has never been cleaner and more organised. Yesterday, I completed giving it a deep clean, which included spring cleaning a lot of paperwork and gumph that was lying around, and as a result there is … Continue reading
Posted in Day Job, Photography, Writing
Tagged cleaning, home office, Leith, Leith Festival, Photography, studio, Writing
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Square Sausages
Image: Kittens in the Kitchen Tired start to the day. Never got my breakfast until I got into work so I missed out on it being a healthy one. Instead of fresh coffee and healthy wholemeal toast, it was minging … Continue reading
Posted in Day Job, Edinburgh, Editorial Comment, Fiction, Publishing and Marketing, Writing
Tagged Editing, Fiction, Leith, Leith Festival, novella, Scottish food, square sausages, Writing
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The Leith Carnival
Today was the day of the Leith Carnival; a procession down Lochend Road and into Leith Links before a day of celebration of all things Leith. The carnival included a fairground, live music and acts on a stage, lots of … Continue reading
Posted in Editorial Comment, Family, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Freelance, Sport, Writing
Tagged arts, Bob Marley, carnival, country dancing, crafts, dancing, drugs, drunk, grass, history, horse racing, Ladies Day, leg, Leith, Leith Festival, marijuana, Musselburgh, race course, reggae, sunshine, Weather
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Freedom from the Mundane 
Supergrass And An Evening with Yann Martel
Image: Leap in the Dark It was back to work for me yesterday after a couple of hell-raising days off work. I was through in Glasgow on Tuesday and got back late on Wednesday afternoon, my mood one of cheery … Continue reading →