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Tag Archives: Porty
A Day at the Portobello Book Festival
Image: portobellobookfestival.co.uk Nothing to Lose Yesterday’s trip to the seaside in the guise of the Portobello Book Festival, was both as enjoyable a day out as it was groundbreaking. Not only did I meet up with some other extremely talented … Continue reading
Posted in Edinburgh, Edinburgh Book Festival, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Writing
Tagged Allan Guthrie, author, Canongate Books, crime writer, Francis Bickmore, how to get published, literary agent, Marianne Paget, new writer, Portobello, Portobello Book Festival, Portobello Library, Porty, publishing advice and tips, Publishing and Marketing, publishing industry, Writing
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Hell Comes to Saturday
Image: paranormalknowledge.com A hellish start to Saturday, and an even more hellish end. There are no two ways about it. I knew I would be working at 6am for the day job, but it should only have taken half an … Continue reading
Posted in Day Job, Edinburgh Book Festival, I.T., Poetry, Writing
Tagged chapbooks, Dad's Army, Dalriada, Day Job, Doug Johnstone, Editing, essay, Hell, hellish, Nasty Little Press, office, on-call, paranormal, pizza, poems, Poetry, Portobello, Portobello Book Festival, Porty, rain, Saturday, Writing
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A Trip to Porty
Image: Undiscovered Scotland Two Halves On the weather front, it was a weekend of two halves: on Saturday, Edinburgh was enshrouded with cloud apart for a brief part of the afternoon when the sun came out. It was warm and … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Book Festival, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Publishing and Marketing, Websites, Writing
Tagged book festivals, bookmarks, Books, boudoir, bus, business cards, characters, Coffee, coffee shop, crime fiction, design, driving school, Editing, essay, Fiction, fog, muggy, novella, Poetry, Portobello, Porty, Princes Street, promo, promotion, Publishing and Marketing, rain, Ranfurly Review, Reading, Silly Poems for Wee People, The Sky Project, thriller, tramworks, Weather, websites, Writing
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