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Tag Archives: Non-Fiction
Time Out With Christina Katz
Image: Christina Katz It’s been a while but here’s another guest blog spot for you! Christina Katz is currently on a blog tour for hew new book, and I’d like to welcome her here to Freedom from the Mundane for … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Interviews, Publishing and Marketing, Writing
Tagged author, Books, Christina Katz, Get Known Before the Book Deal, Interview, Non-Fiction
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Meeting McIlvanney
Image: East Ayrshire Council Trying to work in my day job yesterday morning was nigh impossible. I simply could not keep my mind from drifting away from the book festival event with William McIlvanney that I was to attend at … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Day Job, Edinburgh, Family, Fiction, Music, Politics, Publishing and Marketing, Reading, Scotland, Writing
Tagged author, BBC, Book Festival, book signing, Day Job, Edinburgh, Fiction, Madness, meet the author, Non-Fiction, Scotland, Scottish writers, Suggs, William McIlvanney, writer
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November GDR Review
Fiction * NANOWRIMO – Blood Ties – 50,000 words required by end of month (G1,G2,G3,D1,D2) – never completed; 37,073 words (74%) of Blood Ties * Decide on short story possibilities from Muse output; edit and write (G1,G2,D1,D2) – complete; competition … Continue reading
Posted in Fiction, Freelance, Publishing and Marketing, Writing
Tagged design, Fiction, Freelance, GDR, monthly review, Non-Fiction, Publishing and Marketing, Website, Writing
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Head Above The Waterline
I’m still managing to stay clear of the water level, though I get the odd wave that almost throws me off my feet. Having the afternoon off for child care duties helped out enormously today. Laura went shopping with her … Continue reading
Posted in Day Job, Edinburgh, Freelance, Photography, Poetry, Writing
Tagged articles, Day Job, Fiction, Freelance, NaNoWriMo, Non-Fiction, novel, Poetry, productive, school, School Open Day, Slick, treading, water, Writing
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My Latest Epiphany
Life imitates art in the saddest of ways sometimes. A young girl has died in a swimming pool while on a Mediterranean island, reflecting almost exactly the tragic event that I am currently writing about in my novel, . When … Continue reading
Posted in Editorial Comment, Freelance, Politics, Publishing and Marketing, Writing
Tagged 9/11, Editing, Fiction, Freelance, Great Britain, Non-Fiction, novella, novels, Submissions, terrorism, United States, Writing
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Quick Check-In
Just a quick check-in today; my workload has peaked to maximum and my CPU is running at 101% just now. The good thing about it is I’m writing like a crazy person, ensuring I hit my personal deadlines so as … Continue reading
Falling From The Sky Without A Parachute
Today I felt like I was falling from the sky without a parachute. Here’s why – A parcel finally arrived for me at my day job – in the WRONG building. How on earth those pillocks in the mail office … Continue reading
Posted in Day Job, Freelance, Writing
Tagged articles, Bestival, Blogging, charger, Editing, falling, Fiction, Freelance, gig, mail delivery, mobile phone, Music, Non-Fiction, novella, novels, parachuting, post, ska, The Specials, Writing
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The Lull Is Over
My week started off pretty depressingly, but then walking into the day job always has that affect. Of course, the blocked toilets, broken coffee machine, and lack of any form of internal postal service did nothing to improve my mood. … Continue reading
Grey Clouds
Bit of a smelly day today weather-wise – which is just how I like it. Cool, drizzly, and grey. It always brings out the best in me. *Ahem*. One thing me and the other members of my day job team … Continue reading
Posted in Day Job, Edinburgh, Freelance, Poetry, Publishing and Marketing, Scotland, Travel, Writing
Tagged Blogging, Day Job, Dog Blog, Fiction, Freelance, Holiday, Non-Fiction, novels, Poetry, Publishing and Marketing, Ranfurly Review, The Patter, Weather, Writing
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Freedom from the Mundane 
Soaring With The Eagles
Image: Chuck Abbe I woke up feeling a lot lighter on my feet and freer in my head after yesterday’s announcement. When I got stuck into preparing my GDR review for March I realised I had actually gotten through more … Continue reading →