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Tag Archives: Vic Galloway
A New Crime Novel
Image: PINewswire.net I’m writing like a crazy person just now; I think I am back on track with my writing after being so out of it after my wisdom tooth removal. It feels good, nae, it feels awesome to be … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Fiction, Glasgow, Music, Poetry, Video, Writing
Tagged Adam And, Adam and the Ants, Books, chapbook, crime, crime fiction, crime novel, GDR's, gig reviews, gigs, Glasgow, Jim Gellatly, London, Music, NaNoWriMo, O2 Academy, poems, Poetry, re-write, revision, Roger Waters, Vic Galloway, wisdom teeth, Writing
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Like a River in Spate
Image: TheHindu.com Coffee Shop Chronicles Yesterday represented the only day this week I’ll get the chance to write into my notebook and enjoy a coffee before I hit the day job. Today, and for the rest of this week, I’m … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Day Job, eBooks, I.T., Music, Poetry, Publishing and Marketing, Writing
Tagged Books, coffee shop, competition, crafting, eBooks, Fiction, flash fiction, giveaway, Hunting Jack, Kindle, London, Moleskine, Music, notebook, Reading, Scottish music, shaping, Twitter, Vic Galloway, websites, Writing
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The Truth About Binny
Image: Colin Galbraith’s iPhone Binny It occurred to me last night that some of you may actually think that my youngest sister, Binny, is actually called Binny. This is not the case. Her real name is Lindsay, Binny is a … Continue reading
Posted in Day Job, Family, Fiction, Freelance, Music, Publishing and Marketing, Video, Writing
Tagged Bag, Baggers, baggy, Bindis, Bindy, Binnis, Binny Bag, Binny Bag of the Baggers Tribe, Binny Bag of the Baggers Tribe who Once Found a Small Lump of Green Putty Hidden in Her Armpit, Blogging, Devon Ellington, Family, Fiction, Friday Vid, Lindsay Galbraith, Lori Widmer, names, revisions, SXSW, The Confident Freelancer, Vic Galloway, Withered Hand, Writing
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The World Keeps Turning
Image: freewebphoto.com I went out on Saturday morning and did something I’d not done for a long while: walk for miles through Edinburgh. It was something I needed to do, to give me time to reflect on Ian’s funeral the … Continue reading
Posted in Edinburgh, Family, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Leith, Music, Reading
Tagged A Room in Leith, albums, Blue Mountain coffee, clothes, Coffee, coffee shop, Cuttea Sark, dining, Edinburgh, Family, Food, Drink and Bevvy, funeral, Grassmarket, grieving, Jamaica, Leith, Music, Ocean Terminal, restaurant, Shopping, Spoon Cafe, The Shore, Vic Galloway, Walking
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Thoughts from a Writing Workshop
Image: Indiana University I have a folder in my computer and its name is ‘One Story Many Voices – Workshop’. When I open it up and look inside, it is has lots of files that follow this format: Ex.n – … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Music, Photography, Writing
Tagged BBC Radio Scotland, coffee shop, Family, Fiction, genre, Photography, sisters, Vic Galloway, websites, Writing, writing workshop
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Freedom from the Mundane 