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The Last of the Workload
Image: Glasgow City Council Book Fest It’s Book Fest Eve! Yup, after all the scrambles for tickets, arranging dates so as not to clash with social events, and ensuring there are no clashes with the day job, it is finally … Continue reading
Posted in eBooks, Edinburgh, Film & TV, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Poetry, Video, Writing
Tagged and Bevvy, Apple, Book Festival, Books, chapbooks, Charlotte Square, City of Literature, computer, drink, eBooks, EdBookFest, Edinburgh Book Festival, Edinburgh: City & Festivals, errands, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Friday Vid, GDR's, iMac, movies, PC, Poetry, Reading, rioting, Video, workload, Writing
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Commercialised Love
Image: Washington Watch Valentine Did you celebrate Valentine’s Day yesterday? We usually go out for a meal but it’s a bit difficult with our schedules just now so we’ve agreed to find a quieter time to go out. The problem … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Fiction, Film & TV, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Poetry, Writing
Tagged Baccara Burning, chapbook, cinema, Clinton Cards, commercialism, Editing, Fiction, Food, Drink and Bevvy, love, movies, Poetry, prose, restaurants, revisions, Valentine's Day, Writing, writing arcs, writing project
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A New Jedi Knight
Image: Surfur Dude It was a drookit day from dawn till dusk yesterday; overcast, grey, manky and just plain wet. Just as well I spent several hours in an office complete with regular shapes, strip lighting, keyboards and monitors. Earning … Continue reading
Posted in Day Job, Edinburgh, Family, Fiction, Film & TV, Food, Drink and Bevvy, I.T., Writing
Tagged Baccara Burning, Darth Vader, Day Job, dentist, DVD, Edinburgh: the City & the Festivals, Fiction, Han Solo, hygenist, I.T, Jedi, movies, office work, overtime, paranormal fiction, pizza, Princess Leia, rain, revisions, Skywalker, Star Wars, teeth, The Force, Weather, Writing
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The Diners in Durham
Image: Crowborough Social Club A fantastic weekend. The Diners made the best of Durham and we had a great time, although we all suspected by Sunday, that it had yet to reveal the majority of its secrets. The Flix It … Continue reading
Posted in Day Job, Edinburgh, Family, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Photography, Travel, Writing
Tagged Chinese takeaway, cinema, drink, Durham, Edinburgh, Family, Food, Drink and Bevvy, GDR's, movies, Newcastle, Odeon Springfield Quay, Peter Mullan, pubs, Waverly, Western Hospital, Writing
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Time for a Pub Crawl
Image: The All Seeing One The day job has squeezed much of my time over the last couple of days but I’ve still managed to get through some good work. Savvy Workshop Comments on my first optional extra script came … Continue reading
Posted in Day Job, Family, Film & TV, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Photography, Travel, Writing
Tagged alcohol, beer, booze, Chinese food, cinema, dream land, dreams, drinking, Facebook, Family, Gail Galbraith Photography, male bonding, movies, Photography, Savvy Authors, script writing, social networking, The Diners, Twitter, Website, Writing, writing workshop
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The Problem with Teeth…
Image: The Telegraph Bad day’s writing and it was all down to my teeth. I’d felt smashing when I got up yesterday: fresh, alert and renewed as though I’d slept the perfect sleep. Basically, I went to work feeling brilliant … Continue reading →