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A Couple of New Releases
Bit of a mad weekend: two books released, a play, a lot of writing, more reading, and a new project on the horizon. Let me explain. New Crime Novella Released On Friday my newest crime book was released to the … Continue reading
Posted in eBooks, Fiction, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Leith, Poetry, Publishing and Marketing, Theatre, Writing
Tagged crime, Fiction, Greener is the Grass, Leith, play, Poems from a Coffee Shop Window, Poetry, Siege Perilous
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Time is Tight and the Scotrail Fiasco Rumbles On
Image: FoxNoMad Tight with Time Things are starting to get tight with time and for once it’s NOT to do with the eternal battle between the day job and my writing career. This time, it’s Christmas versus DIY. The house … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Day Job, eBooks, Family, Leith, Poetry, Scotland, Travel, Writing
Tagged Art, art students, assault, Christmas, Christmas cards, Christmas presents, Christmas tree, decoration, DIY, eBooks, free ebooks, giveaway, home, House, illustrations, iMac, iPhone, Kamila Ratajczak, Leith, Leith School of Art, living room, loung, novels, Scotland, Scotrail, Silly Poems for Wee People, thrillers, ticket dodgers, time, time is tight, train, violence
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The Illustrated ‘Silly Poems for Wee People’ Edges Closer
Image: Chas Stramash The temperature was almost at freezing yesterday on the way to the day job. As good a reason as any then, to stop off via the coffee shop and warm myself up. I thought I might use … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Books, eBooks, Poetry, Publishing and Marketing, Scotland, Writing
Tagged Apple, bad weather, Blogging, eBooks, Editing, illustrated poems, illustrations, iMac, Leith, Living Leith, manuscript, poems, Poetry, Publishing and Marketing, revisions, Scotland, Silly Poems for Wee People, temperature, The Sky Project, workload, Writing
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Manky Scotland
Image: Flickr A manky day, truly manky. It was below freezing for most of it, the overnight snow (yes, snow!) had iced up hard, and I nearly skidded onto my arse at least twice on my way into the day … Continue reading
Posted in Day Job, eBooks, Leith, Music, Poetry, Scotland, Travel, Writing
Tagged freezing, gig review, Kilmarnock, Leith, Living Leith, Music, planning, Poetry, preparations, Scotland, Scottish weather, Shed Seven, SKY Project, sleet, snow, Travel, Weather
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The Future is Bright
Image: Unknown I had the entire day away from the day job yesterday and it was absolute bliss. Not that I used the time to laze about, oh no, I got off my arse and got wired into tying up … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Day Job, eBooks, Edinburgh, Family, Fiction, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Leith, Poetry, Publishing and Marketing, Writing
Tagged 3 Ebook deal, app, artist, breakfast, bright future, commission, cover art, Day Job, eating out, eBooks, Edinburgh, Fiction, free, free ebooks, free novels, GDR's, Goals Dreams and Resolutions, illustrations, iPhone, Kids' Poems, Leith, Living Leith, Mac, marketing, newsletter, poems, Poetry, publisher, short fiction, Silly Poems for Wee People, Story Tracker, submission tracker, Submissions, Windows PC
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Not Even Hurricane Bawbag Can Squelch the Scottish Humour
Image: Spoof Yesterday was probably one of the most exciting days Scotland has had with regards to the weather, in decades. And while the aftermath of the storm will mean a lot of cleaning and tidying up, in true Scottish … Continue reading →