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Tag Archives: Silly Poems for Wee People Vol.2
The Kindle Experiment
Image: Windell Oskay Greener is the Grass I’ve not given up on BACCARA BURNING yesterday morning while working on the final polishing up of GREENER IS THE GRASS, the world felt normal again. I felt like I was a writer … Continue reading
Posted in Books, eBooks, Fiction, Poetry, Publishing and Marketing, Reading, Writing
Tagged Baccara Burning, Calibre Ebook Management, chapbooks, competition, eBooks, Editing, Fiction, Fringe Fantastic, Greener is the Grass, Hunting Jack, Kindle, manuscripts, Poetry, poolside, revisions, self-publishing, Silly Poems for Wee People Vol.2, Twitter, Writing
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Visions For The Future
Image: Scrape TV So the general election campaigning is well under away with all the major parties now having set out their manifestos, each a vision for the direction the UK should move if it is to prosper and flourish. … Continue reading
Script Writing At Ten
Image: Rupert Neve Am I struggling to get back into the daily routine or what? Yes, is the short answer. Taking a week off is one thing, getting back on top of day job requirements afterwards is quite something else … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Day Job, Fiction, Leith, Poetry, Politics, Reading, Video, Writing
Tagged autobiography, Blogging, book trailers, chapbook, cigarettes, Day Job, Douglas Adams, Fiction, General Election, plagiarism, Poetry, radio broadcast, Reading, script writing, Silly Poems for Wee People Vol.2, Star Wars, Stephen King, The Hitch Hikers Guide to theGalaxy, videos, Writing
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First Draft Of Baccara Burning Down, Finally
Image: Unknown Deary me, yesterday was long and tiring. If you haven’t already heard my new book, SILLY POEMS FOR WEE PEOPLE VOL.2 was made available to the public at large, which for me involved much PR work and marketing-related … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Edinburgh, Family, Fiction, Poetry, Publishing and Marketing, Reading, Writing
Tagged Animals, book, book launch, daughter, Easter Friday, Family, Fiction, marketing, plotting, PR, Publishing and Marketing, school holidays, Silly Poems for Wee People Vol.2, teenager, Writing
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It’s True, I’m On Holiday
Image: Nattu It was around 11am yesterday when the feeling of being on holiday really kicked in. It was Monday morning and I was able to get up when I wanted and ease into the day; no stresses of getting … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Fiction, Music, Poetry, Publishing and Marketing, Writing
Tagged Atlantic 252, Baccara Burning, blog comments, Central Station, chapbook, Fiction, Holiday, I became a writer because, marketing, Passion Radio, Poetry, press release, promotion, rain, Silly Poems for Wee People Vol.2, snow, Submissions, Weather, Writing
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Proofs And Presses
Image: Colin Galbraith I’m shattered. My eyes hurt, my head is sore, I have that run down snivelly thing going on and I want to sleep for hours while at the same time go out and let my hair down. … Continue reading
Posted in Day Job, Food, Drink and Bevvy, I.T., Interviews, Poetry, Publishing and Marketing, Scotland, Sport
Tagged chapbook, Day Job, I.T, Philistine Press, Poetry, Poetry Super Highway, rugby, Rugby Union, run-down, salary, Scotland versus England, Silly Poems for Wee People Vol.2, Six Nations, stress, tired
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Moving Ever Closer To The Mac
Image: Macbitz After much tinkering with the email client on my PC I can formally announce I am now 100% back in action. But I’m still not happy; not happy with the fact I have to go through this every … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Fiction, Food, Drink and Bevvy, I.T., Poetry, Publishing and Marketing, Writing
Tagged Apple, Baccara Burning, Books, desktop, Fiction, Indian curry, Mac Mini, PC, PC World, Poetry, Silly Poems for Wee People Vol.2, software, Submissions, Writing
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Magnifying A Constable
Image: The Hay Wain, John Constable (1821) Lately I’ve been re-ordering albums I used to listen to when I was younger but only ever had on cassette tape. Vinyl is covered since I got my USB Turntable, which I use … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Day Job, Family, Food, Drink and Bevvy, I.T., Poetry, Publishing and Marketing, Writing
Tagged 3 Feet High and Rising, Art, artist, beans on toast, chapbook, Day Job, De La Soul, dinner, Family, Food, Drink and Bevvy, GDR's, I.T., John Constable, landscape painting, marriage, Music, Poetry, Publishing and Marketing, Silly Poems for Wee People Vol.2, Writing
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Always The Innocents
Image: Brainstorm A bad day in Cumbria. 12 people dead and 25 injured by a coward who went on the rampage with a gun. As soon as I heard something was happening, and at the point only 3 were dead, … Continue reading →