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Tag Archives: Star Wars
The Problem with Teeth…
Image: The Telegraph Bad day’s writing and it was all down to my teeth. I’d felt smashing when I got up yesterday: fresh, alert and renewed as though I’d slept the perfect sleep. Basically, I went to work feeling brilliant … Continue reading
Posted in Editorial Comment, Family, Film & TV, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Music, Writing
Tagged Baccara Burning, BBC4, Day Job, dentist, DVDs, Empire Strikes Back, fillings, gums, manuscript, movies, Music, nerves, pizza, reggae, Reggae Britannia, revisions, ska, Star Wars, teeth, Writing
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A New Jedi Knight
Image: Surfur Dude It was a drookit day from dawn till dusk yesterday; overcast, grey, manky and just plain wet. Just as well I spent several hours in an office complete with regular shapes, strip lighting, keyboards and monitors. Earning … Continue reading
Posted in Day Job, Edinburgh, Family, Fiction, Film & TV, Food, Drink and Bevvy, I.T., Writing
Tagged Baccara Burning, Darth Vader, Day Job, dentist, DVD, Edinburgh: the City & the Festivals, Fiction, Han Solo, hygenist, I.T, Jedi, movies, office work, overtime, paranormal fiction, pizza, Princess Leia, rain, revisions, Skywalker, Star Wars, teeth, The Force, Weather, Writing
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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
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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Freedom from the Mundane 
Reaching For The Stars
Star Wars Rather sadly (to some), I’ve now seen Star Wars: the Force Awakens a grand total of six (6) times. I suppose one might argue I’m a little bit obsessed, but actually that’s quite wide of the mark. It’s more … Continue reading →