I don’t have the answer to this, but I know that surely, if it is emotive enough to cause tears to fall, you are writing raw material. Raw material is good. Good is good. Writing is such a self indulgent thing. You are sharing your views on something, a character, a situation, you want every…
Read MoreShine Bright Like a Diamond
Tuesday night in Edinburgh and a light mist descended on us all. It was truly shaping up to be a dismal night, staying in and watching TV the only thing you’d want to be doing. But I had plans. ROX were opening their latest jewellery store in Edinburgh and I was invited along. If you…
Read MoreEverything Has Already Been Done.
When planning a journey, I am not the sort of girl to consult a map. Edinburgh I know like the back of my hand, but when going any further i’d most likely Google the route, check which roads I need to be on, maybe check for landmarks then set out. Half the fun for me…
Read MoreRun, Karlie, RUN!!!!
I must confess to not being a runner. I do however often entertain thoughts I could be a runner. I like the thought of pounding the streets, really pushing my body to its limits and I set out with good intention. Only to find myself hobbling along ten minutes later. (Okay, okay FIVE..) It may…
Read MoreHow To Survive A New Romance.
Urgh! genuinely right now – Urgh is all I have to say about this. I don’t want to be dating again. I feel like I’ve been dating FOREVER. I am not sure if I will become Edinburgh’s most famous single person but here’s to trying. In short, I simply can’t be bothered to go through…
Read MoreI Love Candy
The Robbie Williams song Candy has been going round and around my head these last few days, thank to Forth Radio and Boogie playing it! It’s resonating through my fingers as I drum it on the sideboard and sweetly (?) emitting from my lips, possibly in a sound only Dolphins can understand, but hey.. don’t…
Read MoreA real Jim’ll fix up?
Now then, now then, now then…. Some time in the 80’s, my parents living room floor. We all sit close together, I shoot a look to the left and the right, we all have our fingers crossed. Stuart, Grant, Jay and Me. “I hope it’s today” says Grant and we all immediately “shhh” him. Our…
Read MoreChocolate Diets?
A few week s ago Cadbury launched a new chocolate bar, it was the first chocolate bar they had launched since the Fuse bar in 1996. It was a chocolate bar aimed at women. Designed in two bars so women could ‘save one for later’. Now before you go off into a detailed reverie of…
Read MoreChasing The Dream.
Over the summer I was lucky to meet, work with, hang out and stay friends with some amazing, ambitious and creatively successful people. Working closely with celebrities made me look at ‘the dream’ I chase. I don’t think there’s a writer among us who doesn’t want their work shared, adored and bought by others. Nora…
Read MoreWake Up Call, Coffee And Juice…
As I write this you are not yet gone, and we have been packing up boxes of your life in Edinburgh so far, you’re attending leaving nights and I’m wondering when cleaning your oven became part of the ‘helping you move’ deal. This is a strange time for us, I’m regarding you with bewildered looks,…
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