Freedom From The Mundane

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I found myself on the bus going through Edinburgh at the unfeasibly early time of 6:30am yesterday morning. I was to spend the day working in an unfamiliar building on the other side of Edinburgh and it was one of my longest working spells in many a day. 12 hours without a lunch [...]

July 9th, 2010 | Tags: Amsterdam, Books, buses, Day Job, Edinburgh: the City & the Festivals, Family, fiction competitions, Football, Holiday, Holland, Netherlands, poetry competitions, Portugal, Reading, Sleep, soccer, Travel, Val McDermid, weekend, World Cup, World Cup Final, Writing | Category: Books, Day Job, Edinburgh: the City & the Festivals, Reading, Sport, Travel, Writing, Writing Process | Comments (1)

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I’ve been gone a few days. If you were following me on Twitter you’ll already know I was on a wee trip to Amsterdam with the lads, soaking up all the bevy and sunshine we could permit ourselves the luxury of enjoying.
It was a great few days but as is always the case [...]

May 18th, 2010 | Tags: Amsterdam, Anthology, bevy, Gus MacPherson, lads weekend, poem, publication, St Mirren | Category: Editorial Comment, Food, Drink, and Bevvy, Politics, Travel, Writing | Comments (1)

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I noticed out of my office window yesterday that I’d still to pick up the bird table that got blown over on Friday night. It’s still to attract the attention of any little feathered friends, so I repositioned it nearer the garage where I can see it and restocked it with seed and bread. [...]

January 18th, 2010 | Tags: Amsterdam, bird table, birds, Bluegate Poets, chapbooks, creative energy, Day Job, European tour, Facebook, Fiction, Fringe Fantastic, live gigs, Madness, Music, nature, novella, paranormal, Paris, Poetry, Poolside Poetry, Stella, Writing | Category: Animals, Books, Day Job, Edinburgh: the City & the Festivals, Fiction, I.T., Music, Poetry, Reading, Writing, Writing Process | Comments (1)

I’ll be gone until Monday.
I’m away to Amstersdam with the boys: Peno, Group Captain, Big Chap, Lord Skelmorlie, and myself, will be touring all the sights of the famous city over the next few days, donned in full Tartan Army regalia.
We’ll maybe take in the tulip fields, the windmills, the canals, and a few relaxing [...]

April 24th, 2008 | Tags: Amsterdam, kilts, lads, Tartan Army | Category: Travel | Comments (1)

MAJOR hectic day at work, mostly because I had so much to do with being off the next couple of days, but also because a friend of mine lost his father a couple of days ago, and I received a lot of calls about it. Unfortunately I can’t attend the funeral because I’ll be in [...]

April 23rd, 2008 | Tags: Amsterdam, author, Daily Writing Tips, freelance writing, images, Internet, leg, mailing lists, photographs | Category: Day Job, Freelance, Reading, Writing | Comments (3)

I think I’m suffering from a spot of burn out. All the signs are there: not overly tired but unable to raise myself to get into anything for any length of time. It’s not like I haven’t been varying my work or making any progress to get excited about, it’s been a good month, I [...]

April 17th, 2008 | Tags: Amsterdam, Animals, burn out, Edinburgh: the City & the Festivals, Editorial Comment, Fiction, Film & TV, fire, Fire Service, Freelance, GDR's, Hunting Jack, Love Hurts, Mopsy, novel, Paul Auster, rabbit, Reading, sequel, Slick, The Brooklyn Follies, Writing | Category: Day Job, Edinburgh: the City & the Festivals, Editorial Comment, Family, Food, Drink, and Bevvy, Freelance, Reading, Travel, Writing, Writing Process | Comments (1)

Having to work late in the day job last night, then going home to work on the website, then getting up early to go straight back into the day job again, only feels like one is working constantly without a break. I did 15 solid hours yesterday, not counting the time it took me to [...]

April 16th, 2008 | Tags: Amsterdam, articles, Brooklyn Follies, chapbook, Day Job, diet, Editorial Comment, Freelance, Holiday, novel, Paul Auster, Poetry, Reading, Silly Poems for Wee People Vol.2, Slick, Writing | Category: Day Job, Editorial Comment, Freelance, I.T., Poetry, Reading, Writing, Writing Process | Leave a comment