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Visiting Friends and Family
Image: Ena Galbraith Visit to the Folks I was out and about over the weekend. I was through to see my folks on Friday night and then down south to see my mate. I drive down with my pal, Mikey, … Continue reading
Posted in eBooks, Family, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Leith, Poetry, Writing
Tagged 3 ebooks deal, bevy, Cecils, cooking, crime fiction, dinner, drinking, eBooks, foom, free, free ebooks, friends and family, home-cooked, Kindle, Little Chef, Living Leith, manuscript, mother, paranormal fiction, parents, Poetry, Submissions, thrillers, tradition
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The Future is Bright
Image: Unknown I had the entire day away from the day job yesterday and it was absolute bliss. Not that I used the time to laze about, oh no, I got off my arse and got wired into tying up … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Day Job, eBooks, Edinburgh, Family, Fiction, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Leith, Poetry, Publishing and Marketing, Writing
Tagged 3 Ebook deal, app, artist, breakfast, bright future, commission, cover art, Day Job, eating out, eBooks, Edinburgh, Fiction, free, free ebooks, free novels, GDR's, Goals Dreams and Resolutions, illustrations, iPhone, Kids' Poems, Leith, Living Leith, Mac, marketing, newsletter, poems, Poetry, publisher, short fiction, Silly Poems for Wee People, Story Tracker, submission tracker, Submissions, Windows PC
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Beer and Curry Medicine
Image: Curry Council Intensity Lull After the intensity of my blogging at this year’s Edinburgh Book Festival, September feels quiet, low and almost uninteresting on the availability of things to write about. It’s a lull that happens each year; one … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Day Job, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Leith, Music, Publishing and Marketing, Reading, Writing
Tagged 9/11, Animals, Bannerman's, beer, beer and curry, Book Festival, Books, change, contributors, curry, Day Job, dialoge workshop, Edinburgh, Editing, egotism, Leith, Malt and Hops, pets, Rab Howat Band, rabbit hutch, Rabbits, Raj Restaurant, Ranfurly Review, Reading, rejections, Submissions, The Shore, whisky, Writing
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Phew! First Draft of New Crime Novel Written
Image: shirleyjacksonawards.org Haiku I think I mentioned it before, but if you missed it, clock over to the Trees for Life exhibition website and check out my Haiku. While there, why not also check out some of the fantastic paintings … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Edinburgh, Fiction, Poetry, Publishing and Marketing, Writing
Tagged Baccara Burning, charity exhibition, Coffee, coffee shop, crime, crime novel, Father's Day, Fiction, fire, Gatecrash, manuscript, newspaper, novel, online submissions, Ranfurly Review, sleeping in, submission manager, Submissions, Trees for Life, Trevor Jones, Writing
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Edinburgh Book Festival Launch
Image: Stock Gatecrash Last night I wrote two of the best chapters I have ever written. They were for my new novel, GATECRASH, and contain some of the best dialogue and action, pulling on the two characters involved, their location … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Edinburgh, Fiction, Poetry, Scotland, Writing
Tagged author events, Baccara Burning, book events, Books, Charlotte Square, debates, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Book Festival, Edinburgh International Book Festival, Fiction, Gatecrash, haiku, meetings, networking, novel, Poetry, Reading, seminars, social occasions, Submissions, Trees for Life, Writing
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Achieving a Balance in Literary Magazines
Image: Eden Arts Finding the Time That’s me on the full 8am till 5pm day shift for the rest of the week—the holiday is over. What it means is I lose time on other projects because I don’t have time … Continue reading
Posted in Day Job, Edinburgh, Fiction, Poetry, Publishing and Marketing, Writing
Tagged application, City of Literature Trust, Day Job, Edinburgh International Book Festival, Editing, Haiki, literary magazines, literature, Poetry, Publishing and Marketing, Ranfurly Review, rejections, Story Shop, Submissions, time, Trees for Life, Writing
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Freedom from the Mundane 
No Hope for a Scottish Academy of Literature
Image: alba.org.uk Birthday wishes My dear young Mother (you owe me a fiver) had her birthday yesterday. 9th February 19-canteen saw my Mum coming into the world and yesterday she celebrated by having a nice meal out with family and … Continue reading →