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I went into Edinburgh in the rain yesterday. Well, not so much rain, more of a dank drizzle that my Harrington absorbed like a sponge. My intention was simple: buy some holiday clothes, checkout a couple of recommended books and grab a coffee. Nothing is ever that simple, though.
Ever wondered why middle-aged men [...]
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A bath of ice. That’s what I need to cool my skin and return to a more normal temperature. I’m not really enjoying this week’s “great weather” because I can’t find a balance with clothes.
It’s not sunny but icky and sticky and sweaty (I’ve used that phrase before but I like it). The [...]
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Bit of a slow day yesterday. It’s become so sticky and muggy over the past couple of days that commuting has become a misery (I’m sweating way too much) and sleeping is almost impossible (like lying in a pool of water). It’s so bad I actually yearn for the air conditioned office where my [...]
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I’ve decided what I’ll submit to the Edinburgh UNESCO City of Literature Trust’s programme for reading slots at this year’s Edinburgh Book Festival. I wanted it to be something punchy, engaging and would prove a good advert.
I had two stories immediately in mind. I was cut between LETTING GO, a sad story [...]
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Busy, but miraculously short day at the office.
I met my wife for lunch. She collected me in the car and we took some sandwiches to a nice wee spot next to the Royal Botanical Gardens. While we were tucking into our chicken mayo ciabattas, we noticed a cameraman and a lady behind [...]
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The office was like a morgue yesterday. So many people took the bank holiday off as a holiday, it left the rest of us feeling rather depressed and hacked off that we were still in the office. Not to worry, next week I am off for a couple of days to go through [...]
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I had a lovely morning in Edinburgh yesterday. I arrived in town about 9:15am to find the streets deserted. Walking alone through Edinburgh when it’s like that is a real pleasure, and by the time I’d been for a coffee and read of the paper it seemed the only other people on the [...]
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Yet again I’m struggling with the front cover for the next issue of the Ranfurly Review. Every flippin’ time I struggle to find something suitable that fits my image of what the issue should convey. Thankfully, I have one week remaining to fulfill this most rudimentary requirement for magazine publication, more than enough time [...]
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It was a scorching weekend—Scotland’s summer came early this year and now we (us Scots) are all heading back to work sporting skin all shades of pink and red the spectrum has to offer. Yes, we know how to handle the sun.
Saturday saw me up town in the morning to enjoy a [...]
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Yesterday day was a day of getting things done: interview completed, worked on GATECRASH, printed off GREENER manuscript ready for editing and had a pizza and DVD night with my daughter in the evening. I’m pleased with my progress with everything as I sail towards the end of my writing year, I’m hoping when [...]
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There’s been a flurry of activity on the gig ticket purchasing scene in the last 24 hours. Suddenly I can look forward to the last ever Supergrass gig (Barrowlands), Gorillaz (SECC), Limp Bizkit (Academy) and Biffy Clyro (SECC); four awesome gigs, all by bands I’ve never seen but have been high on my would-love-to-see [...]
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My royalty statement for sales of STELLA came in for the last quarter yesterday—nothing—zilch—not a single sale! In the entirety of my writing career this is most definitely a first.
I’m sure it’s not a bad book, though personally I don’t think it’s my best, but is it that bad that sales plummeted to zero [...]
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It was around 11am yesterday when the feeling of being on holiday really kicked in. It was Monday morning and I was able to get up when I wanted and ease into the day; no stresses of getting to work and getting into gear for the day ahead.
I took everything just as slow as [...]
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I finished work around 6:30am yesterday but was so tired opted to go back to bed for 90-minutes. It paid off. I felt much better after the extra nap. When I got up for the second time it was still raining but I felt like a ray of sunshine. *barf*
One thing I forgot [...]
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