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

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Edinburgh Book Festival Programme Announced

Image: British Council I logged on to the Edinburgh Book Festival website first thing yesterday morning, but my hopes of an early scan of the 2010 events programme was dashed when I found out it was a 12 noon launch. … Continue reading

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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