Freedom From The Mundane

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My yesterday in a sentence: good work at the day job, good to get home, good to eat a home-made dinner, good to relax, good editing session on GREENER, good book from which I read, and good bar of chocolate with a good film in the evening. A good day.
I received a written rejection [...]

April 24th, 2010 | Tags: Books, cleaning, Day Job, Editing, Family, Fiction, Football, GDR's, movie, poems, Poetry, Reading, rejection, SPL, St Mirren, Terry Venables, Writing | Category: Day Job, Family, Fiction, Film & TV, Poetry, Reading, Writing, Writing Process | Comments (2)

A hard day yesterday as we cremated a colleague and friend from our office. A large fleet of cars made its way to Mortonhall Crematorium to say our last respects to Kerr Duncan, who died last Sunday. It was a terribly sad day but the turnout of mourners testament to the man whose life was [...]

March 20th, 2010 | Tags: CIS Cup Final, Clark's Bar, crematorium, Football, funeral, Guinness, Hampden Park, Mortonhall, Rangers, rejection, short list, short story, St Mirren, Writing | Category: Editorial Comment, Fiction, Food, Drink, and Bevvy, Glasgow, Sport, Writing | Comments (2)

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I began the mammoth task of sifting through my email yesterday. I’m still missing several days from last week despite being assured they will come through once all the data is copied over, but I remain dubious. AM – can you resend your email please? It looks like it’s got lost and I [...]

November 10th, 2009 | Tags: cold, Costco, coughing, Day Job, emails, Food, Drink, and Bevvy, Football, League Cup, muffins, phlegm, rejection, semi final, short story, St Mirren, Writing | Category: Books, Day Job, Food, Drink, and Bevvy, Publishing and Marketing, Writing, Writing Process | Comments (2)

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One of my things I decided to pay more attention to this year was keeping up the level of submissions I have out and ensuring they get turned around after a rejection as quickly as possible. It doesn’t always happen, but generally speaking I’ve kept to the discipline, also managing to include more [...]

September 24th, 2009 | Tags: Acceptance, advert, Coffee, Day Job, Edinburgh: the City & the Festivals, Family, GDR's, Hairspray, London, lunch, marketing, musical, promotion, Publishing and Marketing, rejection, roast chicken, Sheffield, Submissions, Theatre, train, Video, Waverly Station, Writing, YouTube | Category: Day Job, Edinburgh: the City & the Festivals, Family, Food, Drink, and Bevvy, Internet, Publishing and Marketing, Theatre, Travel, Writing, Writing Process | Leave a comment

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I had six hours of sleep before I had to log back into the Company network to complete yesterday’s marathon software installation. It felt like I’d had half an hour. Thankfully, it all went reasonably well, despite me running on autopilot for the first hour or so.
My boss came to see me [...]

March 3rd, 2009 | Tags: Anderson Close, birthday, Cowgate, crime, Day Job, Devil, Edinburgh: the City & the Festivals, Editing, Family, Fiction, ghost, Grassmarket, history, Major Weir, meal, pizza, Publishing and Marketing, Ranfurly Review, rejection, Research, Sleep, West Bow, witchcraft, Writing | Category: Day Job, Edinburgh: the City & the Festivals, Family, Fiction, Food, Drink, and Bevvy, Publishing and Marketing, Writing, Writing Process | Comments (3)

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Yesterday was all about mellowing, my sister, and the Modfather. After a nice long sleep I woke up and got ready and had breakfast with Lindsay; hot filled rolls cooked to order. Then we cracked open the Guinness and cider and hung out for the day catching up and listening to music.
In the evening [...]

November 15th, 2008 | Tags: Books, concert, Family, Glasgow, novels, Paul Weller, Politics, Publishing and Marketing, rejection, The Jam, Writing | Category: Family, Fiction, Glasgow, Music, Politics, Publishing and Marketing, Writing, Writing Process | Comments (2)

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Thursday …
I can’t believe I slept in this morning. I should never have stayed up so late reading Rankin’s new book, Doors Open. Serves me right, and it knocked me right off my plans for the day. I had wanted to have written my NaNo quota before I left for work, as it [...]

November 13th, 2008 | Tags: Books, Chinese takeaway, Day Job, Fiction, Ian Rankin, James Bond, NaNoWriMo, novels, publishing. movies, Quantum of Solace, Reading, rejection, Submissions, William McIlvanney, Writing | Category: Day Job, Family, Fiction, Film & TV, Food, Drink, and Bevvy, Glasgow, Publishing and Marketing, Reading, Travel, Writing | Leave a comment

Today was a non-writing day. I had the day off work so I could head up to Blair Drummond Safari Park near Stirling. The weather was so nice for the trip, I should really have worn a hat or some sun cream, but being the baldy idiotic Scot that I am, I never bothered. Result: [...]

August 4th, 2008 | Tags: Animals, Blair Drummond Safari Park, Books, Ivan Denisovich, literature, picnics, rejection, Russia, Solzhenitsyn, Submissions | Category: Animals, Editorial Comment, Family, Food, Drink, and Bevvy, Reading, Scotland, Writing | Comments (2)