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Tag Archives: publication
Adam Ant and the Scottish Gales
Image: MusicFeeds.com Short Story Success There was one awesome piece of news that came through last week while I was off recuperating from my wisdom teeth extraction: 11 months after it was first submitted, my short story, REGRETS, was picked … Continue reading
Posted in Fiction, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Glasgow, Music, Publishing and Marketing, Scotland, Travel
Tagged Adam and the Ants, Adam Ant, buses, Dublin Quarterly, Edinburgh, gales, Glasgow, Ian Dury, literary magazine, O2 Academy, publication, rock, Scotrail, Scottish weather, short story, ska, The Blockheads, trains, Travel, windy
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I Love It When A Plan Comes Together
Image: Unknown Saturday did not go as planned. The intention was quite simple: nip up town, buy a DVD, grab some coffee and read the paper. All went well until I tried to the buy the DVD, which I required … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Edinburgh, Family, Film & TV, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Reading, Writing
Tagged Animals, Bevvy, Bill Clegg, Books, coffee shop, DVD, Edinburgh: the City & the Festivals, film critics, films, funeral, Hannibal Smith, night out, Portrait of an Addict as a Young Man, publication, Reading, rejections, The A-Team, The League of Ordinary Gentleman
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Publication Extravaganza
Image: tctechcrunch I’ve got quite a lot of publication news concerning myself to pass on today. It’s not often I get a day like today so I’m going to make the very most of it! My poem, THE FINAL NAIL, … Continue reading
Posted in Day Job, Fiction, Freelance, Poetry, Publishing and Marketing, Video, Writing
Tagged A Biblio Paradise, Autumn, bereavement, Comedy, Day Job, Edinburgh: the City & the Festivals, Every Day Poets, Fiction, friends, New Town, Poetry, publication, rain, short story, Video, Weather
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Ten Questions
Image: Sam Churchill Did anyone notice the funny faux pas in yesterday’s post? “I’ve never actually been to Cornwall, Devon…” Gee, how I laughed when I noticed the English county confusion I caused. I thought for today’s post I would … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Film & TV, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Interviews, Poetry, Publishing and Marketing, Writing
Tagged Blockheads, Daily Telegraph, Domino's pizza, DVD, Every Day Poets, Ian Dury, Interview, Madness, movie, Paul Auster, Poetry, publication, questions, Stephen Frears, The Pink Panther, The Specials
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Horrendous Day
Image: John Morgan Horrendous pretty sums it up. A Friday that would just not let go of my ankle and saw me fighting against it for way too long than was necessary. I couldn’t even be bothered with Clark’s after … Continue reading
Posted in Day Job, Edinburgh, Poetry, Publishing and Marketing, Writing
Tagged Day Job, Edinburgh Book Festival, Friday, Kindle, poem, Poetry, publication, Writing
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NaNoWriMo Possibility?
Image: Black Knight I mentioned yesterday that my wife only took a handful of photographs while in Portugal but the ones she did take were of a sunset. Well, I took some too, quite a few in fact, which is … Continue reading
Posted in Photography, Poetry, Publishing and Marketing, Travel, Writing
Tagged Algarve, crime fiction, dreams, Every Day Poets, Fiction, Freddie Starr, GDR's, Goals, Holiday, Photography, planning, Poetry, Portugal, publication, Resolutions, story inspiration, Writing
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Submission Tracking Revolution
Image: Priceless Writers Just like I did last week, I decided not to go up town yesterday. By 10am it was way too hot to even consider leaving the sanctuary of the house, so I decided to get an early … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Edinburgh, I.T., Photography, Publishing and Marketing, Writing
Tagged Books, business, coffee shop, competition, Day Job, e-zine, Edinburgh, Fiction, hot weather, Photography, publication, Publishing and Marketing, Ranfurly Review, redrafting, Sonar3, submission software, submission tracking, Submissions, technical, website development, Writing, writing markets
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The Diners Do The ‘Dam
Image: Me I’ve been gone a few days. If you were following me on Twitter you’ll already know I was on a wee trip to Amsterdam with the lads, soaking up all the bevy and sunshine we could permit ourselves … Continue reading →