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National Crime Fiction Week

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I was rather disappointed to see not a single Scot among the shortlist of best young crime writers from the CWA’s inaugural National Crime Fiction Week awards. All the finalists were English or Welsh, which I hope isn’t an indication that “tartan noir” is on the droop. Mind you, if it is, that [...]

June 16th, 2010 | Tags: Amazon, Catherine Lockerbie, crime fiction, Crime Writer's Association, crime writers, CWA, Edinburgh Book Festival, Edinburgh: the City & the Festivals, Editing, Fiction, Gail Galbraith Photography, Kindle, literary magazines, novella, Photography, poems, Poetry, portaiture, rejections, rewriting, Short Stories, Stella, Submissions, wedding photography, Writing, young writers | Category: Books, Edinburgh: the City & the Festivals, Fiction, Photography, Poetry, Publishing and Marketing, Writing, Writing Process | Comments (4)

Keeping Balanced

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I felt much better yesterday morning. I‘d got a great sleep the night before and was into work bright and early. Working early means I seem to get more done; less distractions and people sapping my time.
My week is turning into an obsessive nightmare with all the technical problems at work pushing me [...]

January 15th, 2010 | Tags: creativity, CWA, Day Job, Fiction, GDR's, I.T., ideas, Poetry, Sleep, Val McDermid, Writing | Category: Day Job, Fiction, Freelance, I.T., Music, Poetry, Publishing and Marketing, Writing, Writing Process | Comments (1)