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Image: Ian Wilson This morning when I let for the work the moon was full and falling through the sky with only a few wisps of cloud training in front of it. It was very atmospheric, but more amazingly, I … Continue reading
Posted in Fiction, Publishing and Marketing, Reading
Tagged Auster, authors, book deal, Books, contracts, Fiction, McDermid, McIlvanney, PD James, Publishing and Marketing, Rankin, Reading, Stella
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All Happening Down At The Flix
It is kind of remarkable that after a few weeks away from Slick how much I love reading it again. I’ve lost count how many revisions the manuscript has seen, yet each time I enjoy it more and more. If … Continue reading
Posted in Day Job, Edinburgh, Editorial Comment, Family, Freelance, Reading, Writing
Tagged Auster, Banks, Books, Camus, Cervantes, Edinburgh Book Festival, Fiction, Freelance, Gail Galbraith Photography, Interview, John Kinsella, Mark Wahlberg, McIlvanney, movies, novels, Photography, Rankin, Reading, Slick, The Happening, websites, Writing
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Freedom from the Mundane 
A Bachelor’s Writing Life
Image: U-Handbag It’s a belter of a day outside. The sun is out, there’s no wind, and it puts me in mind to take a book out the back and read for the day. But there is work to be … Continue reading →