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A ‘Special’ Day’s Work
Image: KGB Clothing A decent day’s work. My final two blog posts from the West Port Book Festival went live over at my (Unofficial) Edinburgh Book Festival Blog: Click here to read David Gaffney & Hannah McGill. Click here to … Continue reading
Posted in Day Job, Edinburgh Book Festival, Fiction, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Glasgow, Music, Poetry, Websites
Tagged bevy, Blogging, dancing, David Gaffney, Day Job, Fiction, gig, Glasgow, Hannah McGill, Music, party, Poetry, pseudonym, Rob Shearman, SECC, ska, skanking, STV Edinburgh, The Specials, web dev, website development, websites, West Port Book Festival, Writing
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From Glasgow to London
Image: TortureCare.org.uk Giggidy Did you like yesterday’s video? Hilarious wee cat, eh? I had a fun time at the Jamiroquai gig on Wednesday night with my sister—as is usually the case when we crack open a tinny and go to … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Day Job, eBooks, Edinburgh, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Glasgow, Music, Publishing and Marketing, Travel, Writing
Tagged chapbooks, Clapham Grand Theatre, crime fiction, doner kebab, eBooks, Glasgow, Greener is the Grass, Jamiroquai, Jay Kay, Kindle, live music, London, London International Ska Festival, manuscript, novella, Poetry, press releases, public transport, revisions, Scotrail, SECC, train, Twitter, Writing
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Poems and Planning
Image: Natalie Roberts The strained headache I had all day wasn’t conducive to work but I fought through it. There was much head rubbing and the occasional pill dropped to get there, and in the end I made some good … Continue reading
Posted in Books, eBooks, Edinburgh, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Leith, Music, Poetry, Publishing and Marketing, Writing
Tagged Apple, Blackpool, chapbooks, Day Job, eBooks, free ebooks, Fringe Fantastic, GDR's, gig, Glasgow, Greece, Headache, Holiday, iBooks, iBookstore, Jamiroquai, Jay Kay, Kindle, Music, planning, poems, Poetry, press releases, Publishing and Marketing, Rhodes, SECC, Silly Poems for Kids, Twitter, Writing
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Catch Up Pt. 1 – Biffy Clyro
Image: Princes Street: The scene of my trapeze-like fall It’s the final day of November, a month that has been full of research, excitement, fun, partying, the unforeseen, but little writing. After all that has happened this month, the final … Continue reading
Posted in Food, Drink and Bevvy, Glasgow, Music, Scotland, Travel
Tagged Bevvy, Biffy Clyro, Edinburgh: the City & the Festivals, Glasgow, live music, rock gig, SECC, snow, travelling, Weather
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The Big Madness Weekender
Image: The Magnificent 7 Interesting day. The snow never came though most of the country did get it. We’ve been promised it today but as I write, still nothing. I’m glad, though, because today I am Glasgow bound. Today I … Continue reading
Posted in Edinburgh, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Glasgow, Music, Poetry, Scotland, Travel
Tagged Alan Spence, Biffy Clyro, Edinburgh: the City & the Festivals, gigs, Glasgow, Glasgow Academy, haiku, live music, Madness, Poetry, Scotland, SECC, snow, tanka, The Specials, Twitter, Weather
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Birthday Weekend Part 2
Image: wikimedia.org As I stretch my neck up and look back, I peer fondly over what was my birthday weekend. If you remember, my actual birthday was in September, but the gifts bought for me by my two sisters had … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Film & TV, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Glasgow, Scotland, Sport, Theatre
Tagged bevy, birthday weekend, Clockwork Pub, Comedy, Football, friends reunited, GDR's, Glasgow, Indian meal, Michael McIntyre, Mother India, Paisley, SECC, St Mirren
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The Big Yin Comes Home
Image: BC I actually forgot to blog on Saturday morning. When I got up, I got tore into my “to-do” list for the day and stayed in the zone all day, and I just forgot to do it. When I … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Edinburgh, Fiction, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Freelance, Glasgow, Music, Publishing and Marketing, Reading, Theatre, Writing
Tagged Aramadillo, Blogging, competitions, curry, design, Edinburgh's Hogmanay, evening out, Football, Glasgow Billy Connolly, M8 motorway, Madness, Reading, red wine, rejections, Scruffy Dog Review, SECC, Sport, St Mirren, steak dinner, Submissions, The Pixies, websites, Writing
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A Kind Of Magic
I missed Saturday’s post because I was through in Glasgow visiting my parents. We didn’t leave until early afternoon, which suited me fine as it meant I could get on with some work before we left. I have so much … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Freelance, Music, Writing
Tagged articles, Brian May, Clyde Tunnel, DIY, Fiction, Freelance, Glasgow, Muse Conference, parents, Paul Rodgers, Photography, Queen, River Clyde, Roger Taylor, SECC, Submissions, Suggs, synopsis, wedding, Winston Churchill, Writing
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Freedom from the Mundane 
Oddness And Loveliness
An odd day. For some obscene reason I’m suddenly finding it difficult to rise from my kip in the mornings of late. It’s not like I don’t get up; this morning for instance, I got up later then normal and … Continue reading →