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Andrew John Rainnie


I Get Knocked Down (But I Get Up Again)
I am alive by sheer luck, and because my dog, my sweet beautiful Amber, who has no recall, managed to run home and alert my wife.
Andrew Rainnie
Feb 123 min read


Ending the year on a low
It seems apt that I am going to end 2024 on a low note, coughing and wheezing to the finish line, feeling my age in my weary bones.
Andrew Rainnie
Dec 23, 20242 min read


The Art of Procrastination
Seeing as this is my first blog post in four months, I thought procrastination might be a good subject to touch upon, and why it's...
Andrew Rainnie
Jun 9, 20244 min read


I should talk about my books more
I often think of myself as a screenwriter who stumbled into writing books when a fantasy word grew beyond the confines of a screenplay....
Andrew Rainnie
Feb 1, 20242 min read


Saviour of our Streets
It's 11:30 p.m. and I'm listening to the storm outside threaten to tear the roof off of my house. My wife would say I am being...
Andrew Rainnie
Jan 21, 20241 min read


Starting the year as I mean to go on
Happy New Year, everyone, and as we say in Scotland, "Lang May Your Lum Reek," which means 'long may your chimney smoke', In other words,...
Andrew Rainnie
Jan 2, 20244 min read


Judging a book by its cover
We all do it. I thought the first cover I did of my first novel, Spirits of Vengeance: The Stone of Spirits, was amazing. When a small...
Andrew Rainnie
Dec 1, 20235 min read


Flirting with filmmaking
I am primarily a writer. That is how I define myself first and foremost. But I am also a filmmaker. It's like an itch that needs to be...
Andrew Rainnie
Oct 28, 20233 min read


Prologue: The Blog
Hello and welcome to what I hope is the first in a long running blog series. I’ve decided to start a blog because...
Andrew Rainnie
Aug 27, 20232 min read
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