Ghost in the Machine cover


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I’m going to publish “Ghost in the Machine” by the 14th February 2012, but here is an advance of the book cover:

It was created in GIMP (http://www.gimp.org/) from a …

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Draft five


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Three years ago to the day, I started writing Ghost in the Machine.
Funnily enough, I’d picked up the hardback of Iain M Banks’ The Algebraist, only to discover on the …

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Even braver newer world


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Bloody hell, I can’t make my mind up.
I spent a month turning Ghost in the Machine into a novella (at a plot level) and kind of burnt out with it …

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The Sound of the Smiths


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So I’m a massive Smiths fan.
Just recently got “The Sound of the Smiths” double CD edition.  It is incredible.  The problem with the Smiths has generally been sound quality, from …

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Brave new world


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So in this brave new world of Cullen novellas, I am on fire.
I redrafted Devil in the Detail last week – even better than I remembered. Got another draft to …

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Polishing a turd


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Just kind of realised that I’m getting nowhere with “Ghost in the Machine”. I like the idea, don’t get me wrong, it’s just how I’ve executed it.
It’s a 90k …

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Plans…


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So I’m struggling to find time to write just now. Astonishing that it’s two months since last update…
Up to just shy of 60pc BUT I’ve managed get through a …

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Ghost in the Machine


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Quick update. I’m lying in a hotel in london, away on work. Bit of a pisser being away from home and the other half, relying on going out for a …

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Back in the Saddle


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Okay. I’ve picked up the last edit of Ghost in the Machine from September last year and I’m going through it all again. I think the first eight of fifty …

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Enough about me let's talk about sunshine


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A good friend of mine, Gary Marshall, has just self-published his debut novel on eBook formats:
http://www.bigmouthstrikesagain.com/coffin-dodgers
I know Gary from the old Glasgow music scene, when we were much younger and …

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