Freedom From The Mundane

Image: AHI

Suddenly, I am back up to full speed without even noticing. After my recent lay off I decided to concentrate on one project at a time and to clearing my outstanding GDRs from last year. Now, I find I have several projects all running at once—they kind of crept up on me—all these plates [...]

February 11th, 2010 | Tags: chapbooks, Day Job, Editing, Eternal Press, Fiction, GDR's, poems, Poetry, projects, Publishing and Marketing, royalties, sitcom, stageplay, Stella, Writing, writing competitions | Category: Books, Day Job, Fiction, Food, Drink, and Bevvy, Poetry, Publishing and Marketing, Writing, Writing Process | Comments (3)

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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)

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It was a fine Sunday to complete a full weekend of writing. For a Monday morning I feel oddly invigorated and somewhat charged, though the actual writing process over the last two days was pretty sore and uncomfortable.
After a bright and early start to my Sunday I was onto the page writing more on [...]

October 12th, 2009 | Tags: Baccara Burning, chapbooks, Fiction, healthy eating, Indian food, Poetry, poetry pamphlet, Short Stories, writers' block, writin process, Writing | Category: Fiction, Food, Drink, and Bevvy, Poetry, Publishing and Marketing, Writing, Writing Process | Comments (3)

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Great news! GNHosting (aka Ghoulnet) has finally gone bust! In an email released yesterday morning the company said, “It is with deep sadness we have to inform you that for reasons beyond our control Ghoulnet Ltd has ceased trading.” Let me repeat the important bit here: “…reasons beyond our control.” Beyond their control? There [...]

April 22nd, 2009 | Tags: album, bankrupt, bust, chapbooks, Dust Devil, e-books, Editing, Fiction, Ghoulnet, GNHosting, insolvency, Madness, out of business, Poetry, Poetry Super Highway, single, The Liberty of Norton Folgate, TweetDeck, Twitter, UK2 Net, Video, web hosting, Writing | Category: Editorial Comment, Fiction, I.T., Internet, Poetry, Writing, Writing Process | Comments (7)

Image: Dino Giordano

The more I work on Greener is the Grass the more I’m not happy with the title. It’s crap, to put it mildly. It’s not reflective of the story and nor does it create the right emotional response. I’ll keep it just now as a working title, but I’m definitely going to change [...]

April 3rd, 2009 | Tags: Aintree, Backspace, chapbooks, Day Job, e-books, Fiction, Grand National, Greener is the Grass, horse racing, newsletter, novella, poems, Poetry, Poetry Super Highway, Stella, Writing | Category: Animals, Day Job, Fiction, I.T., Poetry, Sport, Writing | Comments (2)

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I didn’t sleep much last night, my stomach still turning over in spasm and gurgles. I tried to eat some bread and consume a cup of tea about an hour before putting out my light last night, but it didn’t sound like it was sitting too well. I hardly ate yesterday at all, and [...]

January 13th, 2009 | Tags: AL Kennedy, articles, Blood Ties, blue hours, Books, chapbooks, dawn, Day, Day Job, dusk, Edinburgh: the City & the Festivals, Fiction, Food, Drink, and Bevvy, GDR's, ill, novel, poems, Poetry, Reading, Scruffy Dog Review, SDR, Sick, Writing | Category: Day Job, Edinburgh: the City & the Festivals, Fiction, Food, Drink, and Bevvy, Poetry, Reading, Writing | Comments (1)