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Tag Archives: Writing Process
Goals, Dreams, and Resolutions Year End Review
Well, here it is, my annual review of my2010/11 writing year. This is where I take a look back at where I was one year ago, examine what my objectives were, and see if I’ve actually made any progress. As … Continue reading
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Tagged annual review, dreams, GDR's, Goals, Goals Dreams and Resolutions, Resolutions, work review, Writing, Writing Process
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GDR Round Up for July and August
Fiction * Submit GREENER IS THE GRASS – not done; have made a contact at EBF on this matter * Submit and recycle fiction – all returned fiction resubmitted * Redraft new short fiction – done Poetry * Work on … Continue reading
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Tagged dreams, GDR's, Goals, Goals Dreams and Resolutions, rresolutions, work review, Writing, Writing Process
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Goals, Dreams and Resolutions – October Work Plan
Fiction * Polish and complete GREENER IS THE GRASS * Send GREENER IS THE GRASS out to Trusted Readers * Start work on 2nd draft of BACCARA BURNING * Keep on top of fiction submissions * Submit to all selected … Continue reading
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Tagged dreams, GDR's, Goals, Resolutions, work review, Writing, Writing Process
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The Keyboard and The Pen
Image: R!!Space I seem to be growing tiredness mushrooms on my eyes the further into this week I get. I’m starting the days off in great spirit, then as the day wears on and I start to get ground down, … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Day Job, Fiction, I.T., Reading, Writing
Tagged Books, chapbook, comppetition, computers, Day Job, fatigue, Fiction, I.T, keyboard, long hand, manuscript, newsletter, notebook and pen, Ranfurly Review, tiredness, word processor, Writing, Writing Process
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Undoing The Bonds
Image: Gaian Economics One thing I’ve started doing as a result of reading Stephen King’s book, On Writing, is reading on the way to the office and during my break. I’ve decided to take my current book with me everywhere … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Day Job, Edinburgh, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Reading, Writing
Tagged Books, commuting, Day Job, dinner, dogs, Family, friends, lad's trip, Reading, Stephen King, sunny, The Diners, Writing, Writing Process
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Going Mad For A Bit
Image: bized.co.uk It’s Monday morning, it’s cold outside, I’m leaving for work and I’m sore from the weekend. But best of all, I’m happy. The last three days had much of what we have come to love about a Diners’ … Continue reading
Posted in Food, Drink and Bevvy, Travel, UK, Writing
Tagged alcohol, beano, beer, bevy, friends, GDR's, Glasgow, lad's trip, lager, Writing, Writing Process, York
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Hooray For Harold Lloyd
Image: ANL.gov Those lovely people over at Eternal Press, the company that published my latest book, STELLA, are in celebration mode. 2009 was one of their best ever year’s for sales, and to celebrate it they are giving away FREE … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Fiction, Writing
Tagged Arts Market, black and white movies, block art, Drill Hall, DVDs, Eternal Press, GDR, Harold Lloyd, Leith, Out of the Blue, Photography, silent movies, Stella, Writing, Writing Process
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One Of Those Days
It was one of those days. Everything I started didn’t seem to follow through, and I ended up fiddling around trying to work out what was going wrong and getting bogged down with it all. Not good. I’m behind on … Continue reading
Posted in Day Job, Edinburgh, Family, Freelance, I.T., Politics, Publishing and Marketing, Writing
Tagged articles, charity, creativity, Fiction, Forth Rail Bridge, freelance writing, Hunting Jack, I.T., ideas, novels, redrafts, websites, Writing Process
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The (not so) Great Book Festival Ticket Scramble
No problem getting out of bed this morning. I was in the day job before 7:30am and had checked my logon to the EBF website was working, and that I had all my events narrowed down and targeted. All I … Continue reading
Posted in Edinburgh, Publishing and Marketing, Reading, Writing
Tagged Books, Edinburgh Book Festival, Fiction, Publishing and Marketing, Reading, Writing, Writing Process
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Freedom from the Mundane 
What If…?
Image: BigMamaCass All that stuff about Leith in yesterday’s blog post has been building for a while. I had to get it off my chest. I go through good periods and bad periods with Leith (and to a lesser extent … Continue reading →