In, out shake E.U. about...
This week’s ‘read aloud passage’ has Bobby meeting up with his underworld connections. It’s a world he knows and it’s one that knows him....
Ghetto Pride
I grew up in an area of Edinburgh called Liberton. It was just beside ‘the Inch’. I wanted to be from ‘the Inch’. The Inch was tough. The...
Wee jobs...
Need another? Addiction! Compulsive behaviour! Most of us have experienced one of those and many have experienced both. Drink, drugs,...
Don't Judge a Book by it's Cover
Some feedback I have had for my Amazon Kindle novel ‘Bricks’ has remarked about the fact that Bobby, the narrator, gives the impression...
Election Day!
Election day! The struggle for Scotland’s soul continues apace. While my novel ‘Bricks’ is not overtly political, I myself am. And today...
‘C’ what I’m saying?
Swearing, swearing, swearing…why would a writer make his own work obscene? It’s not big and it’s not clever. No it isn’t. But it might be...
Launch Day!
Well this is very exciting. Launch day cometh! We decided to do this just over a fortnight ago and Andy Lees has broken all records in...
Manifestos and Muses
Manifestos and Muses. My novel ‘Bricks’ is a story that has been a long time coming. First novels are, perhaps, like that. The most...