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Two Years Ago … a Baby Came

31st March 201818th February 2019 Mac Logan 3 Comments being there, big boys don't cry, birth, childbirth, Dan Biggar, doing her breathing, Edinburgh, fandango movieclips, Fangio, Grand Prix, Granny, greased lightning, John Wayne, Lewis Hamilton, life's purpose, new arrival, pain-free, Searchers, spare-part, The Searchers, two-year-old, Welshman

Having a baby is easy. I walked away to distracted murmurs of thanks. Imagine me, John Wayne, to the end, in total, manly, control.

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Clear and Factual Danger

23rd March 201818th February 2019 Mac Logan 6 Comments £450 million lie, alternative to truth, Angels Cut, Boris Johnson, Damian Green, dishonest communications, ethical standards, hypocrisy, Iraq, Liam Fox, petition, PMQ, police funding statement untrue, SKY News, slash and burn, spin, the seven principles of public life, Theresa May, Westminster bubble

Naturally enough, a choice of spin over fact is at best annoying and at worst criminal (remember Iraq). Yet our government hires spin doctors. Did the PM tell porkies?

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Conceit and Defeat Generate Heat

21st March 201818th February 2019 Mac Logan 0 Comments 75 keys, Apple, author, Bluetack, complex problem solving, conceit and defeat, easy solutions, ego, egotism, fun, hippy, humor, humour, keyboard, keyboard cleaning, Mac Logan, morality tale, paperclip, qwerty, rubber band uses, scientific study, simple solutions, writer

it clicked in and then stayed loose like an ageing hippy …

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Settled Will? Anybody Seen One?

19th March 201818th February 2019 Mac Logan 4 Comments #Scotland, Angels Share, carillion, Daily Express, Daily Telegraph, David Davis, Hilary Benn, Jacob Rees Mogg, Jeremy Lefroy, Liam Fox, Mac Logan, Mac Logan Writes, political conspiracy, political thriller, Sam Duncan, Sam Duncan Tonka and Eilidh, Scottish Crime, Scottish Mystery, settled will, Society of Authors, Stephen Crabbe, Stephen Kinnock, The Guardian, Windrush

With all the fog, you have to ask a question, what is the truth? What’s in our best interests? Then with mounting concern, do any of these people know? Finally, with sadness, how many in the Bubble actually, care?

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The Meek Shall Inherit the Dearth (video)

15th March 201822nd February 2019 Mac Logan 2 Comments #Scotland, Angels Cut, Angels Share, Angels' Sare series, austerity, Bourne Identity, British detective, British Mystery, conspiracy, creed, Crime Writers Association, crime. British Crime, crooked, Dark Art, Devil's Due, dishonest, doctrine, dogma, double-dealing, Eilidh, false, Financial Crash, Great Depression, ideology, inherit, meek, meek shall inherit, pay the price, PFI, political conspiracy, Prime Minister, Sam Duncan, Sam Duncan Tonka and Eilidh, Scottish Crime, Society of Authors, Taken, the Crash, Yanis Varoufakis

“The meek shall inherit the dearth.” Our leaders implemented ”Austerity”. In fact, they promised the misery would cure our crash-related problems. As it turns out, they got it wrong, missed their deadline and hammered the meek.

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Tips for a Great Synopsis by Gale Winskill

14th March 201826th October 2020 Mac Logan 0 Comments 4 tips for a great synopsis, first impression, grab someone’s attention, plot development, quality synopsis, sound-bite of text, stands up to scrutiny, submission, synopsis, thoughts, very busy people, Winskill Editorial, write a synopsis

A synopsis is an author’s one chance to grab someone’s attention and make their work stand out from a pile of other submissions, and thus a unique opportunity to encourage a particularly influential reader to consider the actual book, with a view to publication or sales distribution

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Who Harvests the Magic Money Tree?

31st January 201822nd February 2019 Mac Logan 2 Comments #Brexit, Angels Cut, angels share series, austerity, Big Ben, capita, carillion, City, crime, Errol Flynn, Establishment criminality, food banks, get away with it, greed, KPMG, Mac Logan, news, NHS IT, politicians, politics, pollution kills, procurement, Public Accounts Committee, PWC, theiving, thriller, Treasury, unaccountable government

We’re broke, the system’s broke and our leaders have no understanding or competence in fixing things.

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Marsali Taylor – Free Workshops at Colinsburgh Galloway Library

16th November 201718th February 2019 Mac Logan 0 Comments 25 November, Cass Lynch, Colinsburgh Galloway Library, crime writer, fun, ideas, imagination, Learning, Marsali, Marsali Taylor, murder and mayhem, mystery, research, sailing, sailor, Shetland

Marsali Taylor in Colinsburgh, East Neuk of Fife, 25th November, 10am to 12 noon This is your chance to meet,

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Wendy Jones interview … a return match

14th November 201718th February 2019 Mac Logan 0 Comments books, CRA, crime writer, CWA, fun, murder and mayhem, video, violence, Wendy H Jones

Wendy H Jones is the first Crime Writer interviewed by me in the Colinsburgh Galloway Library reading room. There’s a

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TICKETS for 8 Crime Writers, a Killing and an Investigation … Join Us

10th November 201718th February 2019 Mac Logan 8 Comments #Colinsburgh, British detective, Caroline Dunford, Chris Longmuir, Colinsburgh Galloway Library, crime, Crime writers event, Criminal, CWA, Jackie McLean, Lesley Kelly, Mac Logan, Marsali Taylor, murder, murder and mayehm, murder and mayhem plus, Neil Broadfoot, Scottish detective, SoAiS, Wendy H Jones

Meet 8 crime writers with murder on their minds, and not just in their books. Join us for a fun-filled evening of questions, lies, tall tales and murder.

Sourdough a go-go? Easy Imagine a calm Scottish seascape, Grasshopper, and lose your anxiety, it’s sour dough, a go-go, time … This is a quick guide for my pal Bob to help him make a sourdough loaf using a proven method. the aim This approach is designed to save time. Key pointers and stages are covered in the headings […]