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Jay Stringer. Hi-Tech Low-Life. Impurist. Writer Of Crime Fiction.

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Brainslaw

"The awful truth - and it is awful, in both senses of the word - is that the response most great drama asks of us is neither "yes please" nor "no thanks" but "you too?"" - David Edgar.

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A rough approximation of the tone I'm aiming for on a current project. 

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Pro Tip

Pitching a crime novel in the UK;

“It’s abut a cop with a ........... and it’s set in ............”

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Inside The Daredevil Writers Room..

"Hey what was the thing that drew the most attention in season one?" "The hallway fight." "Okay, let's do seven of them in season two."

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This movie. That is all.

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People of Glasgow. People who can travel to Glasgow. People who've been THINKING their whole lives of travelling to Glasgow, but needed the perfect excuse.

Checkit.

We've got a special Noir At The Bar next month, with the AYE WRITE! festival.

Denise Mina. Brooke Magnanti. James Oswald. Leye Adenle, Emma L Clapperton, Russel McLean and my own smelly self.

Did I say 'smelly'? I meant 'FABULOUS.'

Click. Share. Come to the event. SOMEBODY GET ME A BURRITO.

13th Mar 2016  •  7:30PM - 9:00PM  •  Mitchell Library

Facebook.com/NATBGlasgow

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Brainslaw

"Money's not the root of evil. It's the dowsing rod of evil." -Franz Nicolay

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This show, man. This show.

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I think a plan is just a list of things that don’t happen.

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Love this film.

#MyPettyObsessions 

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Teehee.

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This guy, right here...

Photo by Christian Lantry

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Brainslaw

"Everyone in this business called show, has had something peculiar about them that they've been made fun of for, or singled out in an unpleasant way, or made to feel like they were not good enough to fit in. And at some point, you realise, 'Well, dammit, fine. Maybe I can make some dough off it.'"

-Tom Waits

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I’ve been haunted by this multimedia work by Hugh Hood since Tony Black brought it to my attention a few days ago.It perfectly depicts the Glasgow of my childhood. I was eight years old, and I remember these places well, especially Gerry’s Snack Bar. Anyone who’s read my Scottish books and would like to see how the setting looked should watch this.