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Tag Archives: paranormal fiction
Visiting Friends and Family
Image: Ena Galbraith Visit to the Folks I was out and about over the weekend. I was through to see my folks on Friday night and then down south to see my mate. I drive down with my pal, Mikey, … Continue reading
Posted in eBooks, Family, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Leith, Poetry, Writing
Tagged 3 ebooks deal, bevy, Cecils, cooking, crime fiction, dinner, drinking, eBooks, foom, free, free ebooks, friends and family, home-cooked, Kindle, Little Chef, Living Leith, manuscript, mother, paranormal fiction, parents, Poetry, Submissions, thrillers, tradition
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The Dawning of a New Era
Image: Kameron Lombard To quote The Specials, this weekend marked what can only be described for me as the dawning of a new era. New Website I launched my new website, chopping off all the unnecessary clutter and focussing the … Continue reading
Posted in eBooks, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Book Festival, Fiction, Poetry, Publishing and Marketing, Reading, Websites, Writing
Tagged Baccara Burning, Books, Chas Stramash, crime fiction, Dawning of a New Era, eBooks, Facebook, feeds, Fiction, free, giveaway, iTunes, paranormal fiction, podcasts, Poetry, Reading, RSS, soundcloud, Website, Writing
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A Scottish Summer Solstice
Image: The Herald Summer Solstice Today is the Summer Solstice. In astronomical terms it’s when the sun’s apparent position in the sky reaches its northernmost extreme, and appears to come to a standstill before reversing in direction. In Scottish terms … Continue reading
Posted in Day Job, Edinburgh, Family, Fiction, Scotland, Writing
Tagged awakening, Baccara Burning, coffee shop, crime fiction, Day Job, Edinburgh: City & Festivals, Fiction, Gatecrash, Glastonbury, notebook, novel, novella, paranormal fiction, plotting, Scotland, Stonehenge, summer solstice, Writing
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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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Time Out With Cate Masters
Image: Eternal Press/Cate Masters Today, I’m delighted to welcome fellow Eternal Press author and romance writer, Cate Masters, to Freedom from the Mundane. Cate’s short stories and flash fiction has appeared at Eternal Press (2009), Wild Child Publishing (2009), Freya’s … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Fiction, Interviews, Reading
Tagged authors, book giveaway, Books, Cate Masters, competition, e-books, Eternal Press, Fiction, Interviews, One Soul For Sale, paranormal fiction, Reading, Writing
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Dentistry Wonders
Image: Unknown Teef For my birthday last week, my mother-in-law bought me an electric toothbrush. I’d been meaning to get one for some time, ever since my dentist recommended it to me several visits ago. I finally charged the thing … Continue reading →