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Tag Archives: studying
Onwards and Upwards
Image: Civil Society If you don’t like the wind and the rain, the last couple of days will have been utterly miserable for you here in Scotland. If, however, you quite enjoy the sound and effect of the wind and … Continue reading →
Posted in Art, eBooks, Edinburgh, Fiction, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Leith, Poetry, Scotland, Writing
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Tagged 3 Ebook deal, artwork, book, Cameo Bar, digital, ebook, Edinburgh, Editing, Fiction, free, free ebooks, free novels, GDR, illustrations, Kamila Ratajzcak, Kids' Poems, Leith, manuscript, novel, onwards and upwards, poems, Poetry, rain, Scotland, Scottish weather, Silly Poems for Wee People, Slick, studying, thriller, Weather, wind, work review
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Toilet Decisions
Image: PetTastics I must have stayed up way too late working on SLICK on Sunday, because I was shattered yesterday morning on the way into the day job. It took copious amounts of coffee to get me up to speed, … Continue reading →
Posted in Art, Day Job, eBooks, Family, Leith, Poetry, Publishing and Marketing, Writing
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Tagged Art, artists, charity, Christmas, Day Job, DIY, exams, exhibition, ezine, Family, Fiction, GDR's, Goals Dreams and Resolutions, Kids' Poems, Leith, literature, Living Leith, novel, poems, Poetry, Publishing and Marketing, Ranfurly Review, Silly Poems for Wee People, Slick, studying, Submissions, tiredness, Trees for Life, Writing
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Study Leave
Image: eMitten It turns out there was more to the University of St. Andrews story I mentioned in yesterday’s blog post. What wasn’t reported in the press (or it may be that I missed it) was the revelation that the … Continue reading →
Posted in Day Job, eBooks, Edinburgh, Family, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Poetry, Writing
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Tagged Chas Stramash, cover art, curry, Day Job, Edinburgh, education, exams, Fiction, Indian mea, learning, Poetry, preliminary examination, prelims, revising, scam, Spice Pavilion, St. Andrews, Standard Grades, study, study leave, studying, University of St. Andrews, viral prank, Writing
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Writing & Studying
Image: The Borg One very busy weekend later, and it’s back to the day job today for more of the same that went before. How thrilling is that? No comment. Ranfurly Friday ended up being a day off at the … Continue reading →
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Tagged Amber Decker, Baccara Burning, bevy, contest, ezine, Fiction, Food, Drink and Bevvy, literature, novella, paranormal, Poetry, Poetry Super Highway, Pub, Publishing and Marketing, Ranfurly Review, restaurant, Standard Grades, studying, The Blind Poet, The Pear Tree, The Pink Olive, The Southsider, winner, Writing
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Freedom from the Mundane 
Advertising Pays
Image: Foothills Data Slick The launch date for SLICK is January 2nd, and with the marketing ball already rolling (and working for once), everything seems to be going rather excitingly and spiffingly well. I got through a huge chunk of … Continue reading →