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Tag Archives: rejection
Good
Image: Anonymous My yesterday in a sentence: good work at the day job, good to get home, good to eat a home-made dinner, good to relax, good editing session on GREENER, good book from which I read, and good bar … Continue reading
Warehouse Grub
Image: Business Pundit I began the mammoth task of sifting through my email yesterday. I’m still missing several days from last week despite being assured they will come through once all the data is copied over, but I remain dubious. … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Day Job, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Publishing and Marketing, Writing
Tagged cold, Costco, coughing, Day Job, emails, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Football, League Cup, muffins, phlegm, rejection, semi final, short story, St Mirren, Writing
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The Submission Discipline
Image: Umberto Salvagnin One of my things I decided to pay more attention to this year was keeping up the level of submissions I have out and ensuring they get turned around after a rejection as quickly as possible. It … Continue reading
Posted in Day Job, Edinburgh, Family, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Publishing and Marketing, Theatre, Travel, Writing
Tagged Acceptance, advert, Coffee, Day Job, Edinburgh, Family, GDR's, Hairspray, London, lunch, marketing, musical, promotion, Publishing and Marketing, rejection, roast chicken, Sheffield, Submissions, Theatre, train, Video, Waverly Station, Writing, YouTube
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Major Thomas Weir
Image: The Punch Pizza I had six hours of sleep before I had to log back into the Company network to complete yesterday’s marathon software installation. It felt like I’d had half an hour. Thankfully, it all went reasonably well, … Continue reading
Posted in Day Job, Edinburgh, Family, Fiction, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Publishing and Marketing, Writing
Tagged Anderson Close, birthday, Cowgate, crime, Day Job, Devil, Edinburgh, Editing, Family, Fiction, ghost, Grassmarket, history, Major Weir, meal, pizza, Publishing and Marketing, Ranfurly Review, rejection, Research, Sleep, West Bow, witchcraft, Writing
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The Bitterest Pill
Image: NYC.com Yesterday was all about mellowing, my sister, and the Modfather. After a nice long sleep I woke up and got ready and had breakfast with Lindsay; hot filled rolls cooked to order. Then we cracked open the Guinness … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Fiction, Glasgow, Music, Politics, Publishing and Marketing, Writing
Tagged Books, concert, Family, Glasgow, novels, Paul Weller, Politics, Publishing and Marketing, rejection, The Jam, Writing
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Meltdown
Image: Image Editor Thursday … I can’t believe I slept in this morning. I should never have stayed up so late reading Rankin’s new book, Doors Open. Serves me right, and it knocked me right off my plans for the … Continue reading
Posted in Day Job, Family, Fiction, Film & TV, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Glasgow, Publishing and Marketing, Reading, Travel, Writing
Tagged Books, Chinese takeaway, Day Job, Fiction, Ian Rankin, James Bond, NaNoWriMo, novels, publishing. movies, Quantum of Solace, Reading, rejection, Submissions, William McIlvanney, Writing
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Blair Drummond Safari Park
Today was a non-writing day. I had the day off work so I could head up to Blair Drummond Safari Park near Stirling. The weather was so nice for the trip, I should really have worn a hat or some … Continue reading
Posted in Editorial Comment, Family, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Reading, Scotland, Writing
Tagged Animals, Blair Drummond Safari Park, Books, Ivan Denisovich, literature, picnics, rejection, Russia, Solzhenitsyn, Submissions
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It Ain’t So Bad
Slept in and had to get the trawler bus up Leith Walk through all the tram works as a result. Total nightmare. With all the tunnels and shafts underneath this city you’d think an underground system would be more appropriate. … Continue reading
Posted in Edinburgh, Family, Freelance, I.T., Poetry, Publishing and Marketing, Scotland, Travel, Writing
Tagged A Friend to Die For, DI Lennox, Dirk Benedict, Drill Hall, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Book Festival, Editing, exhibition, Family, Fiction, gallery, Gatecrash, GDR's, Holiday, Internet, Leith, novel, Photography, Publishing and Marketing, rejection, Scotland, Scruffy Dog Review, Slick, Templeton Peck, The A-Team, trams, transport, Travel, Writing
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Freedom from the Mundane 
A Hard Day
A hard day yesterday as we cremated a colleague and friend from our office. A large fleet of cars made its way to Mortonhall Crematorium to say our last respects to Kerr Duncan, who died last Sunday. It was a … Continue reading →