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- RT @The7Line: Our passports are ready, @MLB. Make it happen! @The7LineArmy with bells on. 1 week ago
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April Review of Work
Fiction * Complete BACCARA BURNING – done * Start revision of GATECRASH – IP * Send GATECRASH to beta readers – not done * Re-write DAFFODILS for Bloody Scotland competition – IP Poetry * Complete production of POEMS FROM A … Continue reading
Goals, Dreams, and Resolutions – December Plan
Fiction * Complete tidy up of SLICK and prepare final ebook formats * Final edits on BACCARA BURNING with beta-readers’ critiques * Submit BACCARA BURNING to publisher * Start work on polishing GATECRASH * Submit and recycle short fiction returns … Continue reading
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
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Goals, Dreams, and Resolutions – November Review
Fiction * Complete BACCARA BURNING and send to “trusted readers” – complete * Complete full revision of HUNTING JACK – postponed till 2012 * Start work on polishing SLICK *NEW* – IP; on target * Submit and recycle short fiction … Continue reading
Jo Nesbø Catches Scorsese’s Eye
Image: Jo Nesbø The Crime Fiction Crown I’m not in any way surprised to hear that Norwegian crime writer, Jo Nesbø, is to have one of his novels turned into a movie. Not only does this cement his reputation as … Continue reading
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Tagged 3 book deal, advertising, Baccara Burning, beta readers, Books, cover art, crime fiction, criticism, eBooks, Facebook, Facebook Ads, Family, feedback, Fiction, Jo Nesbø, JT Lindroos, marketing, Newhaven, Norway, novels, Reading, revising, Slick, tartan noir, The Peacock Inn, Writing
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Cookin’ on the Costa Del Sol
Image: Jess Conrad On Friday I left Scotland and flew south to the sunny el paradiso that is the Spanish Blackpool, Benidorm! My fellow Diners and I jumped on board a morning plane from Glasgow, and after a raucous flight … Continue reading
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Freedom from the Mundane 
From Wanking to Effigy Burning: A New St. Andrews Uni
<img src="http://www.barack-obama-bio.com/images/political/barack-obama-7.jpg" alt="From Wanking to Effigy Burning: A New St. Andrews Uni” width=”170″ align=”left” /> Image: barack-obama-bio.com What on earth is going on up at the University of St. Andrews? The prestigious university, with senior royals among its alumni, has … Continue reading →