Freedom From The Mundane

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It’s been a lengthy period of heavy work lately and finally I have a couple of midweek days off. The occasion? Today’s the day of the annual St. Patrick’s Day gig by Stiff Little Fingers at the Glasgow Barrowland.
For 19 years these guys have been coming here to inject some top notch punk [...]

March 17th, 2010 | Tags: Barrowland, Glasgow, Music, Punk, St Patrick's Day, Stiff Little Fingers | Category: Glasgow, Music | Comments (2)

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Pretty tired this morning. Not from being up extraordinarily late last night but from a very early start this morning. There’s a lot happening today ranging from training courses to writing and a fair bit of website work, so I wanted to get a head start on everything.
I’ve just wolfed down a roll with [...]

September 25th, 2009 | Tags: Assistant Editor, Coffee, Day Job, e-zine, Editing, egg & black pudding roll, Fiction, Food, Drink, and Bevvy, frreelance writing, gig listings, Hairspray, Leith, live music, London, macaroni, musical, online magazine, plotting, Publishing and Marketing, Punk, Ranfurly Review, Scottish Parliament, Scruffy Dog Review, short story, Submissions, The Leither, The Vibrators, Theatre, Tottenham Court Road, webmaster, websites, work, Writing | Category: Day Job, Fiction, Food, Drink, and Bevvy, Freelance, Internet, Publishing and Marketing, Writing, Writing Process | Comments (1)

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I spent a long day in the office yesterday—really long. Same hours as normal but the final drag up to 5pm seemed to go on forever. I was just so tired from the night before I felt exhausted at the thought of going out. But I did and I’m glad I did.
I met [...]

August 8th, 2009 | Tags: 9 Cellars, Day Job, Edge Festival, Edinburgh: the City & the Festivals, HMV Picture House, Indian food, live music, Punk, punk rock, The Stranglers | Category: Day Job, Edinburgh: the City & the Festivals, Food, Drink, and Bevvy, Freelance, Music | Comments (4)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAD!!!
I received an email over the course of the weekend that has had me thinking quite heavily, once more, about Jackie McCann. I can’t seem to get away from him or his story. Let me explain. The email concerned a publisher that I have often thought of pitching the story to. In fact, [...]

July 28th, 2008 | Tags: Books, Fiction, gig, Hunting Jack, Jackie McCann, Liquid Rooms, live music, novel, Punk, submission, The Dickies, Writing | Category: Day Job, Edinburgh: the City & the Festivals, Editorial Comment, Music, Publishing and Marketing, Writing, Writing Process | Comments (1)