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Slick Cover Art and a Happy Shed Seven Anniversary

Posted on December 2, 2011 by Colin Galbraith

Image: eFestivals An awesome day’s work yesterday and a blasting start to December! GDRs for December I started off by setting up my December plan of work, using the success of November as a springboard for launching into the next … Continue reading →

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Toilet Decisions

Posted on November 29, 2011 by Colin Galbraith

Image: PetTastics I must have stayed up way too late working on SLICK on Sunday, because I was shattered yesterday morning on the way into the day job. It took copious amounts of coffee to get me up to speed, … Continue reading →

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Writing & Studying

Posted on November 21, 2011 by Colin Galbraith

Image: The Borg One very busy weekend later, and it’s back to the day job today for more of the same that went before. How thrilling is that? No comment. Ranfurly Friday ended up being a day off at the … Continue reading →

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A Weekend at West Port

Posted on October 17, 2011 by Colin Galbraith

Image: WPBF All things considered, it was a pretty good weekend. Smashing a plate as I dropped my Sunday dinner on the floor face down last night, wasn’t perhaps the ideal way to end a week-full of blunders, but nevertheless, … Continue reading →

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Lift Off at the West Port Book Festival

Posted on October 13, 2011 by Colin Galbraith

Image: GuerrillaGeek.com West Port Book Festival I nipped up to Peter Bell’s Books in West Port after the day job to collect my tickets for the West Port Book Festival that begins today. Over the next four days I’ll be … Continue reading →

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Achieving a Balance in Literary Magazines

Posted on June 15, 2011 by Colin Galbraith

Image: Eden Arts Finding the Time That’s me on the full 8am till 5pm day shift for the rest of the week—the holiday is over. What it means is I lose time on other projects because I don’t have time … Continue reading →

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No Sign Of The Seven Year Itch

Posted on August 16, 2010 by Colin Galbraith

Image: Unknown Day 2 of the Edinburgh Book Festival and my first full day in the Square. The weather, as it did on Saturday, started off cool and overcast but by lunchtime it was sunny and very warm ,perfect weather … Continue reading →

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Goals, Dreams and Resolutions Review for 2009/10

Posted on August 14, 2010 by Colin Galbraith

Image: Ed Fest Guide Finally, it is here. The 2010 Edinburgh International Book Festival will begin in a little under two hours, and in a little under three my first of over thirty events shall begin. Between today and August … Continue reading →

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Supergrass And An Evening with Yann Martel

Posted on June 11, 2010 by Colin Galbraith

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 →

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Designing The Promo Material

Posted on May 26, 2009 by Colin Galbraith

Image: Eternal Press/Colin Galbraith Shattered. I was up late last night doing the promotional artwork for my impending Stella marketing campaign. I’ve ordered a whole bunch of juicy stuff that I will be using to promote the book from one … Continue reading →

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