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Tag Archives: publishers
All The Fun Of The Fair
Image: clspeace Murder is a thought not often contemplated by the sane and the civilised, but it crossed my mind today. This probably only serves to prove my theory, that if you had to work with some of the wallies … Continue reading
Posted in Day Job, Edinburgh, Family, Fiction, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Poetry, Publishing and Marketing, Writing
Tagged Blood Ties, Day Job, Fiction, Hunting Jack, Leith, murder, novels, Ocean Terminal, poems, Poetry, publishers, Starbucks, Submissions, Writing
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Back To Life
Image: Herval For most of the country today was back to school, college, and work day. The holidays are over, the excesses have ceased, and now the cold hard reality hits home – it’s January, it’s winter, and the summer … Continue reading
Posted in Day Job, Fiction, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Publishing and Marketing
Tagged Christmas, Day Job, Fiction, Food, Drink and Bevvy, GDR's, gifts, life, novels, publishers, Ranfurly Review, reality, Submissions, Weather, winter
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Buzzing
My head was a veritable hive of buzzing nonsense today. After the intensity of last week’s Muse Conference, a high load of freelance work, and coping with a busy day job, I ended up sleeping in slightly this morning. Waking … Continue reading
Posted in Edinburgh, Fiction, Film & TV, Publishing and Marketing, Writing
Tagged agents, Black Plague, cinema, De Niro, Edinburgh, Editing, novellas, novels, Pacino, publishers, Research, Sleep, submission, tired
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Celebrities Taking The Literary Piss
What’s happening in the literary world with celebrities? For a while we have seen celebrity biographies hitting the shelves in favour of genuine works of cultural benefit, which has culminated in Weidenfeld & Nicolson being slated for “turning its back … Continue reading
Posted in Editorial Comment, Freelance, Publishing and Marketing, Reading, Writing
Tagged Ant & Dec, articles, bald, BBC, biographies, Blogging, Books, celebrities, Daily Writing Tips, Editorial Comment, freelance writing, Lily Allen, Orange Prize for Fiction, publishers, Research, Scruffy Dog Review, Writing
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Freedom from the Mundane 
A Giant U-Turn
Image: Eternal Press Something struck me last night as I was walking through Edinburgh after the day job. Well actually, two things struck me, and I’ll tell you about them both here. I should explain that the route of my … Continue reading →