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Dreamworks
Image: Dreamworks Dream Resolve It was a weekend of squeezing; squeezing all that I could out of the time available and trying to get through as much as possible. There’s a lot going on, both on the writing front and … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Edinburgh, Music, Publishing and Marketing, Reading, Writing
Tagged Alistair Darling, annual plan, CDs, charity, cooks, DIY, dreams, Dreamworks, eBooks, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Bookshop, Eleanor Updale, exhibition, GDR, GDR's, iTunes, JA Konrath, Kindle, magazine, Music, Publishing and Marketing, Ranfurly Review, Reading, Savvy Authors, Simon van Booy, The Sky Project, Trees for Life, vinyl, work, workshop, 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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The Grindstone Grinds
Image: chestofbooks.com Long day back at the grindstone yesterday. I went in for 8am planning to take a long lunch and get away early, but neither happened. I suppose, looking back, it was as good a way as any to … Continue reading
A Submarine in my Coffee
Image: Submarinegear.com Hell of a long couple of days, spent mostly in the darkness due to the fact I live in Scotland and it’s never daylight here at this time of year – not between the hours of 3pm and … Continue reading
Posted in Day Job, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Publishing and Marketing, Scotland, Writing
Tagged associate editor, cappuccino, e-zine, editorial board, literary fiction, magazine, mystery and suspense, Publishing and Marketing, Ranfurly Review, Savvy Authors, Scotland, Scriffy Dog Review, submarine, winter, workshop, Writing
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Mixing Things Up
Image: Ernie Back still sore. Dull, constant and at times, muscle twanging pains that shoot through the area above my bum. It’s really awful. I can’t relax or get comfortable in any position. I had to get up from my … Continue reading
Posted in Day Job, Edinburgh, Fiction, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Poetry, Publishing and Marketing, Writing
Tagged back pain, Day Job, deconstruction workshop, drinking, Editing, Fiction, fun, lit-zine, magazine, Poetry, Publishing and Marketing, quaffing, Ranfurly Review, Writing, writing course, Yoga
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Rollin’, Rollin’, Rollin
Image: TampaBay While perusing the pages of the electronic version of The Guardian yesterday lunchtime, I was delighted to discover that this very blog was highlighted for its Edinburgh Book Festival coverage in their Edinburgh Today supplement. This isn’t the … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Edinburgh, Fiction, Freelance, Leith, Music, Poetry, Publishing and Marketing, Reading, Writing
Tagged Alan Spence, Anthology, Apple, Autumn, book fair, commissionn, Edinburgh Book Festival, Edinburgh: the City & the Festivals, Edwin Morgan, Fiction, GDR's, gig review, iPhone, Leith, Limp Bizkit, Macmillan Cancer Support, magazine, Music, newspaper, Poetry, Publishing and Marketing, Ranfurly Review, short story, summer, The Guardian, Walking, weater, websites
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Gigs Galore
Image: Place Connect I had a fantastic start to yesterday with another couple of gigs lined up to my expanding superlist: The Charlatans in October in Edinburgh and then Roger Waters performing The Wall at the O2 in London next … Continue reading
Posted in Day Job, Fiction, Music, Publishing and Marketing, Reading, Writing
Tagged Australian Pink Floyd, concerts, e-zine, Fiction, GDR's, gigs, lit-mag, London, magazine, Music, O2, Pink Floyd, Publishing and Marketing, Ranfurly Review, Reading, Roger Waters, The Charlatans, The Wall, Writing
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Slippin’ And A Slidin’
Image: Somers Long are the winter days, and long are the day job days every now and then, too. 17 hours I did yesterday; 10 hours in the office and then 7 once I got home. The shift took me … Continue reading
Posted in Day Job, Edinburgh, Fiction, I.T., Poetry, Publishing and Marketing, Writing
Tagged Day Job, e-zine, Edinburgh, Fiction, free, free download, Friday humour, ice, Leith, long days, magazine, Poetry, Publishing and Marketing, Ranfurly Review, robbery, sliding, slipping, snow, Video, winter
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DIY Man
Image: Nadya Peek I had a packed day yesterday; no day of rest for moi, put it that way. After getting up early (6am kind of early) to work on day job stuff, I gave the back garden a complete … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Fiction, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Publishing and Marketing, Writing
Tagged cooking, DIY, e-books, Fiction, french fry, gardening, laptop, literary, magazine, Netbook, painting, Publishing and Marketing, Ranfurly Review, Samsung NC10, sanding, Sunday dinner, walls, Writing
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Freedom from the Mundane 