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Ploughing Forward
Image: Dwight Sipler If I said to you the words “Bunny Chow” and “Durban Curry” would anyone know what I mean? I wouldn’t have until yesterday afternoon, when I discovered that Bunny Chow and Durban Curry is actually a food; … Continue reading
Posted in Day Job, Fiction, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Writing
Tagged Bunny Chow, curry pie, Day Job, Durban Curry, Editing, Food, Drink and Bevvy, isomnia, Muse Conference, NaNoWriMo, revisions, rewriting, Sleep, Writing, writing workshops
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Get Your Triposo Edinburgh Travel Guide Today
Image: Triposo I forgot to mention I received a citation for jury duty in November. I knew I’d be up for it at some point this year and was hoping to get a call to the High Court, but it … Continue reading
Posted in Edinburgh, Fiction, Food, Drink and Bevvy, I.T., Leith, Video, Writing
Tagged and Bevvy, Andriod apps, Catherine Lockerbie, chili con carne, drink, Edinburgh Book Festival, Edinburgh: the City & the Festivals, Editing, FC Ukulele, Food, Drink and Bevvy, jury duty, manuscript, rewriting, Sheriff Court, Triposo Travel Guide, Twitter, Writing
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English For A Day
Image: The Mirror England got a taste of what it’s like to be Scottish yesterday: dramatic failure after a bunch of promises about what might and should have been. Yes, England failed in the most Scottish of ways; they inflated … Continue reading
Posted in Edinburgh, Fiction, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Publishing and Marketing, Sport, Writing
Tagged 4-1, beer, bevy, coffee shop, Edinburgh, Editing, England, England fans, Fiction, Football, Germany, manuscript, Poetry, proofing, Reading, rewriting, royalties, soccer, World Cup
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Bachelor Boy
Image: SELL Yesterday morning was all about one thing: the ticket launch for this year’s Edinburgh Book Festival. As you can see if you scroll down to yesterday’s post, I got all the tickets I was looking for. Will Self … Continue reading
Reasons To Be Cheerful
Image: Elegant Chic Yesterday was the 14th anniversary of my first ever Madness gig at a London venue. I’d seen them before by then, but travelling to London to see the Magnificent 7 on their home turf is like going … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Day Job, Edinburgh, Fiction, Music, Poetry, Publishing and Marketing, Sport, Writing
Tagged Amazon, anniversary, Books, critique, Edinburgh Book Festival, Edinburgh UNESCO City of Literature Trust, England, Euro 96, Every Day Poets, Fiction, Finsbury Park, Football, Gail Galbraith Photography, Gazza, gigs, Kindle, London, Madness, Madstock, Music, novella, Photography, poems, Poetry, proofing, publications, rewriting, special offer, Sport, wedding photography, World Cup
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Edinburgh’s Shame Part 2
Image: BBC Margo Macdonald is at it again. She’s talking sense when all around her are going mad. Again. She’s the first MSP to come out with a case for scrapping the Edinburgh Trams farce altogether, citing the council’s plans … Continue reading →