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Tag Archives: Louise Rennison
Something in the Air
Image: Clive Woolls Sunday Breakfast My daughter and I braved the gorgeous sunshine of an Edinburgh morning to go out for breakfast yesterday. It was a lovely day and put one in a mind of Spring, but we will not … Continue reading
Posted in Edinburgh, Family, Fiction, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Freelance, Scotland, Writing
Tagged Big Audio Dynamite, census, coffee shop, Costa, Edinburgh, Fiction, freelance writing, Glasgow, Jacqueline Wilson, Kindle, Louise Rennison, Norman MacCaig, novella, Poetry, revisions, Scotland, Scotland's Census, Sunday breakfast, The Confident Freelancer, Weather, Writing
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New Issue of the Ranfurly Review
Image: Ranfurly Review Decaffeination Problems Last Friday, perhaps through some form on underlying grief, I managed to break the carafe on my coffee maker. The handle came away in my hand thus snapping the glass it was connected to when … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Fiction, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Publishing and Marketing, Reading, Writing
Tagged Amazon, Angus, Baccara Burning, carafe, Coffee, Coffee maker, e-zine, Edinburgh Book Festival, Fiction, GDR's, How to Make Any Twit Fall in Love With You, iBooks, iPad, iPhone, Kindle, lit-mag, Louise Rennison, magazine, marketing, promotion, Publishing and Marketing, Ranfurly Review, Thongs and Perfect Snogging, Writing
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Louise Rennison’s Kisses And Alan Bissett, Superman
Image: ChildrensStorefront.com I started yesterday off with a good deed and I felt like was on a bit of a high for the rest of the day. A lady sat on the top deck of the bus as it moved … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Edinburgh, Family, Fiction, Leith, Reading, Writing
Tagged Alan Bissett, Alex Salmond, BBC, Candia McWilliam, Charlotte Square, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Book Festival, Emerging Writers' Festival Australia, good deed, Ian Rankin, Lars Husum, Leith, Lisa Dempster, Louise Rennison, screenplay, STV, Superman, Twitter
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Crime Writing Thoughts
Image: inloughborough.com I’m often charged with appearing as an aggressive sort. I’m a big guy, I shave my head and I tend to frown a lot. Why? I’ve grown into that shape, I enjoy the freedom of having no hair … Continue reading
Freedom from the Mundane 