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- RT @The7Line: Our passports are ready, @MLB. Make it happen! @The7LineArmy with bells on. 1 week ago
- RT @LondonMarathon: #OTD in 2016, @EliudKipchoge won the #LondonMarathon in a time of 2:03:05, just eight seconds off the WR! Since then… 3 weeks ago
- RT @BallySportsCLE: Fans at Yankee Stadium throw things at Guardians players after the game ends. https://t.co/1LIv66LfBW 3 weeks ago
- RT @BallySportsCLE: Moments before the final scene in the outfield in the bottom of the ninth, Myles Straw went right back at fans at Yanke… 3 weeks ago
- RT @BallySportsCLE: "If I were to do it again I probably would've said the same thing." Myles Straw doesn't regret defending his teammates… 3 weeks ago
- At least it wasn't glass bottles like the old firm. Not surprised Myles Straw jumped in. Gonna be some Subway Serie… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 3 weeks ago
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- RT @EdinburghCityFC: 📸 Ryan Shanley celebrates the opening goal at Ainslie Park this evening #OurECFC https://t.co/7EaYzKYGsT 3 weeks ago
- RT @EdinburghCityFC: YAAAASSSSSSSSS!!! It’s a massive three points for the playoff-chasing Citizens tonight. Thank you to everyone who cam… 3 weeks ago
- RT @EdinburghCityFC: ⚫️⚪️ IT'S MATCHDAY ⚪️⚫️ Get yourself down to Ainslie Park and throw your support behind the team for this crucial gam… 3 weeks ago
Tag Archives: Withered Hand
Death by Digital
Image: DigitalAssetManagement.org.uk So, what d’you think of the new blog look? Not bad, eh? I’m very pleased with it. I fancied a new look, something quirkier and different. I particularly like the flash drive as the search bar! You know … Continue reading
Posted in Books, eBooks, Edinburgh, Editorial Comment, Fiction, Music, Publishing and Marketing, Reading, Scotland, Writing
Tagged Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival, blog, blog theme, Blogging, Central Station, competition, crime, design, digital, eBooks, Fiction, Found, indie publishing, International Record Store Day, Kid Canaveral, Kindle, King Creosote, manuscript, Music, novella, Rachel Sermanni, Scottish music, short story, submission, SXSW, The Phantom Band, Twitter, Withered Hand, Writing
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My Bucket List
Image: Don DeBold Wide Days Well, Wide Days didn’t quite happen for me last night, or at least the gigs didn’t anyway. It turns out there had been some form of massive cock up at their HQ with regards the evening … Continue reading
Posted in eBooks, Editorial Comment, Freelance, Music, Poetry, Publishing and Marketing, Video, Writing
Tagged Adam Ant, Amazon, Books, Bucket List, competition, eBooks, Friday Vid, gigs, Kindle, live music, Poetry, Rachel Sermanni, Reading, The Good, the Mad and the Lovely Posse, Twitter, Video, Wide Days, Withered Hand, Writing
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Books and Boudoir
Image: BoudoirPhotography.org.uk I had to work on day job tasks late into Tuesday night and then very early yesterday morning, so by the time it came time to leave yesterday, I was shattered. I saved the evening by grabbing a … Continue reading
Posted in Day Job, eBooks, Edinburgh, Music, Photography, Publishing and Marketing, Writing
Tagged Amazon, articles, Big Audio Dynamite, Blogging, Books, boudoir, Day Job, eBooks, Eternal Press, Gail Galbraith Photography, gig review, Kindle, Man in the East, Music, Poetry, poetry competitions, portrait photography, Rachel Sermanni, Sleep, Twitter, wedding photography, Wide Days, Withered Hand, work
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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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Freedom from the Mundane 
It’s That Time of the Year Again
Image: Unknown Shocked Lunchtime. I’m munching on a chicken roll and a cup of bacon and sweetcorn chowder soup. I tune into the BBC News website, as I always do, to see what’s happening in the world. One of the … Continue reading →