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I’m shattered. My eyes hurt, my head is sore, I have that run down snivelly thing going on and I want to sleep for hours while at the same time go out and let my hair down. Maybe I can do both. Scotland are playing England at rugby in the Six Nations Championship [...]
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I found myself dealing with more numpties than I would normally expect to during my day job, yesterday. I mean, one has to wonder where we get the staff from at times. On one hand it boosts my profile, but on the other it is so infuriating to have to lead people by the [...]
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Check out my interview with Blazing Trailers, which was posted on their website yesterday. There were some good questions
Also, if you missed it, check out my gig review in Sunday’s News of the World, this week Theoretical Girl.
Good day’s work yesterday all round. The management have recognised my writing skils and have asked me [...]
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Glasgow was brilliant this weekend; family, laughter, food, drinks, and the weather held up, too. Not that it mattered once my posterior found its way onto my sister’s couch. It could have snowed a blizzard and I wouldn’t have noticed.
It was a relaxing journey through on the bus early on Saturday, listening to [...]
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Check out my review of this week’s Ray LaMontagne gig in today’s News of the World A-Listed music supplement, or online here.
Also, one of the interviews I did last week has been published. Check it out over at A Biblio Paradise, where my great pal Devon Ellington asks me some very interesting questions!
It took slightly [...]
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It’s a belter of a day outside. The sun is out, there’s no wind, and it puts me in mind to take a book out the back and read for the day. But there is work to be done—a lot of it.
I’m just back from my usual Saturday morning jaunt up town. I didn’t [...]
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Did anyone else choke on their cornflakes yesterday morning when BBC News announced that the Taliban have called for a human rights investigation into a recent air strike in Afghanistan? HUMAN RIGHTS—THE TALIBAN—there’s two phrases you wouldn’t normally connect on any level of human decency or respect.
Quite a day yesterday; I have hit [...]
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Arrived in work yesterday under grey clouds and heavy rain, to find signs at the front door indicating a critical incident was underway. The network was down and nobody could get logged in. It’s funny how lost one feels when the technology abandons us temporarily, a reminder perhaps that we used to live [...]
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It’s been a while but here’s another guest blog spot for you! Christina Katz is currently on a blog tour for hew new book, and I’d like to welcome her here to Freedom from the Mundane for a special interview.
So without any further ado, here’s a little about Christina…
Christina Katz is the author [...]
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Saturday was as relaxing as it was productive. I was up very sharp and writing by 7.30am—Friday’s blog entry and some catch-up on BACCARA BURNING. By 9.30am I was in the centre of Edinburgh waiting for the Edinburgh Book Festival to open. Kind of weird standing outside the gates and looking in to see [...]
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I had my busiest weekend so far at the Edinburgh Book Festival. Five authors, one seminar, reading, writing, and discussion, all added together to equal a great time.
My Saturday began at 5pm with a Granta Magazine sponsored seminar on the Art of Short Story Writing. James Lasdun, winner of the National Short Story Prize, [...]
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No matter how much I eat, I’m hungry all the time. Anything I consume seems to be getting processed quicker than ever, and the energy from it is being burnt up and expelled faster than my metabolism can handle. I just want to eat, but thankfully, I’m not ramming food down my throat [...]
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Today, I’m delighted to welcome fellow Eternal Press author and romance writer, Cate Masters, to Freedom from the Mundane.
Cate’s short stories and flash fiction has appeared at Eternal Press (2009), Wild Child Publishing (2009), Freya’s Bower (2009), Shadowfire Press (2009), The Battered Suitcase (2008), The Wild Rose Press (2008), A Long Story [...]
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Tomorrow I’m on the road for a few days on my annual trip to Blackpool with my best mate. While I’m gone, please make welcome the awesome author (you really should buy her book!) Cate Masters.
Yesterday I could hardly concentrate on anything at work what with my weekend of fun and frolics impending. I [...]
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