Freedom From The Mundane

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I spent yesterday working on BACCARA BURNING. I hit another sticky patch with it early on but I think I was just missing the obvious. I put it down to being rusty having had so long away from it, but over the course of the day I made good progress with some important plot [...]

February 22nd, 2010 | Tags: characterisation, charity, Comedy, DVD, Fiction, genius, novel, novella, plotting, Spike Milligan, spring clean, The Goon Show, writer, Writing | Category: Fiction, Film & TV, Writing, Writing Process | Comments (2)

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As I stretch my neck up and look back, I peer fondly over what was my birthday weekend. If you remember, my actual birthday was in September, but the gifts bought for me by my two sisters had been coordinated to fall on this weekend. And it worked into a most memorable occasion.
First up [...]

October 27th, 2009 | Tags: bevy, birthday weekend, Clockwork Pub, Comedy, Football, friends reunited, GDR's, Glasgow, Indian meal, Michael McIntyre, Mother India, Paisley, SECC, St Mirren | Category: Family, Film & TV, Food, Drink, and Bevvy, Glasgow, Scotland, Sport, Theatre | Comments (1)

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Another half-day at work and another afternoon spent at the Edinburgh Book Festival; life is tough!
Today, a man whom I last saw perform was back in 1992. Smith and Jones were on a national tour of their extremely popular two-man comedy show, and I had managed to bag tickets to see them at the [...]

August 22nd, 2009 | Tags: Books, Comedy, Day Job, Edinburgh Book Festival, environment, Gruff Rhys Jones, rivers, Writing | Category: Day Job, Edinburgh: the City & the Festivals, Politics, Publishing and Marketing, Reading, Writing | Comments (1)

I had a very weary start to the day. All the way in to the day job my heels felt like they were dragging, I was lethargic, and my eyes sagged like rotten olives on a branch. My brain felt like what it did all those years ago at college after a weekend of studying; [...]

August 11th, 2008 | Tags: AL Kennedy, Comedy, Edinburgh Book Festival, Edinburgh: the City & the Festivals, Editing, Freelance, Hunting Jack, novel, Writing | Category: Edinburgh: the City & the Festivals, Freelance, Writing, Writing Process | Comments (2)