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Revving Up The Writing Engine
Image: F1 Rewind Okay, so I’m back in the saddle and things are in a low gear, but I’m building up revs. It takes a fair amount of will power to get back into the swing of things properly after … Continue reading
Posted in Day Job, eBooks, Family, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Travel, Writing
Tagged Annabel Aidan, Assumption of Right, Auld Reekie, birthday party, Blogging, charity auction, coffee shop, Day Job, Edinburgh: City & Festivals, Family, gigs, Holiday, Indian food, Interview, Leith, Music, niece, Raj Restaurant, Rhodes, Savvy Authors, The Shore, The Sky Project, tickets, Travel, Water of Leith, West End, Writing, Writing Magazine
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Book Festival Tickets Secured (Eventually)
Image: EBF Book Festival I couldn’t sleep on Saturday night. I was too excited about the book festival tickets going on sale. Little did I know the drama that was to unfold through the day. I’d been up early for … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Day Job, eBooks, Edinburgh, Music, Reading, Scotland
Tagged BBC, Book Festival, Charlotte Square, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Book Festival, Glastonbury, music festival, T in the Park, tickets
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Bachelor Boy
Image: SELL Yesterday morning was all about one thing: the ticket launch for this year’s Edinburgh Book Festival. As you can see if you scroll down to yesterday’s post, I got all the tickets I was looking for. Will Self … Continue reading
All Go For The Edinburgh Book Festival
Image: EBF Tickets for this year’s Edinburgh International Book Festival went on sale this morning. In fact, as I type this I’ve just closed down my browser after waiting patiently for a session, then tentatively working my through the Book … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Edinburgh, Reading, Writing
Tagged Books, Edinburgh Book Festival, Edinburgh: the City & the Festivals, Reading, tickets, Writing
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Not A Lot
Image: Ian Munroe I never made it to the Usher Hall gig last night. Disappointing, but in the end a family matter came first and to be honest, I was so tired I don’t think I would have been much … Continue reading
Posted in Day Job, Music
Tagged Day Job, gigs, Limp Bizkit, Music, tickets, Usher Hall
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The Writing Trance
Image: Eye Make Art I chanced my arm on a whim and logged into my account at the St. Mirren ticket office over lunch yesterday. Lo-and-behold the cup final tickets were available early for non-season ticket holders!! I got two … Continue reading
Posted in Music, Poetry, Sport, Writing
Tagged Animals, Cup Final, Hampden Park, James Bulger, Luke Wright, Poetry, poetry process, Saturday Live, St Mirren, Stiff Little Fingers, tickets, Writing
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Clockwise
Image: FMD Check me out today over at the blog of freelance writer, photo journalist, and long-time cyber buddy, Diane Parkin!!! I’ll be answering questions all day after what was a very different and interesting interview to do, so please … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Day Job, Edinburgh, Interviews, Publishing and Marketing, Reading
Tagged Amazon, Animals, author events, author page, blog tour, Blogging, Books, Cate Masters, competition, Day Job, Diane Parkin, e-book, Edinburgh Book Festival, Edinburgh Zoo, free stuf, Interview, marketing, penguins, promotion, Reading, sales, Stella, ticket sales, tickets, web cam
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Digging Holes
Hell of a busy weekend that was. But then it usually is on the run up to holiday season. But before I could even think about doing anything of a literary nature, I had some labouring to do in the … Continue reading
Freedom from the Mundane 
To Kill A Mocking Bird Is Still Relevant Today
Image: Mike Baird My tickets for the Edinburgh Book Festival arrived yesterday, all 35 of them. Holding the bundle in my hand brought it home just how busy August is going to be. And of course, there’s still one very … Continue reading →