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No Reply I suppose the phrase ‘No Reply’ can apply to several situations… phone calls, letters and emails, etc, but I want to talk specifically about email, since it is so easy to reply to… There is no need to…

Discover thrilling tales from Thailand to Wales – 60 novels by Owen Jones!

Discover thrilling tales from Thailand to Wales – 60 novels by Owen Jones!
This section covers posts that in general do not fit into other sections easily. They will mostly be made by admin on whatever I am adding at that moment, which is usually something to do with writing, publishing, websites, eating or Thailand, which is where I live :-)

No Reply I suppose the phrase ‘No Reply’ can apply to several situations… phone calls, letters and emails, etc, but I want to talk specifically about email, since it is so easy to reply to… There is no need to…

Returning To Old Haunts Returning to old haunts is said to be a guaranteed disappointment, and I am wondering whether that’s true… hoping that it is not. At least, not necessarily so… However, instinct tells me that the saying is…

The weather on the Costa del Sol is usually fabulous. I love it in Andalucia! However, it can turn surprisingly cold around Christmas time!

Alexa Rankings Almost from the day I went online in 1996, or perhaps a few years after that, I discovered Alexa, which was a tool for ranking the popularity of websites. In those days, a high Alexa ranking was de…

Literary Agents Past and Present It was only five years ago that I sought to have my first novel published, but a lot has happened, and charged, since then, making it feel much longer ago. It had taken me five…

December – My Month of Disk Work December is a strange month for selling books, I have always thought. I have tried to rationalise it many times… Many people try to get all their presents ‘out of the way’ before…

Promoting Books and Artwork is a necessary distraction for the artistically inclined. Some love it, but most loathe it. Here is a solution

Mariscal and Abogados is a firm of Spanish solicitors that provides lots of useful information on its website and not only in English

My wife and her friend worked in the Thai-Lanna Restaurant in Los Bolices, Fuengirola, southern Spain. Their boss ripped them off! AVOID

Pirated Books are not free books! They are stolen goods. Stolen from authors who have put months of work into producing a piece of artwork

There are new Thai Catering Services available in Fuengirola! Neem is a professional Thai chef with decades of experience. Book her now!

Obtaining a Spanish residence permit was quite easy looking back on it. Especially when compared to the UK! Frustrating at the time though

The Three Lions – Fuengirola The Three Lions is fairly large pub in Reyes Catolicos, a street in north Fuengirola about fifty metres from the beach. It is not far from Los Boliches and easy to find on the Internet,…

Fuengirola and Los Boliches It is my pleasure to introduce to the residents of, and the holidaymakers in, Fuengirola and Los Boliches, Pranom Jones, better known as Neem. Neem is a Thai lady who moved to Fuengirola with her husband…

Thai Catering Services in Fuengirola The lady behind Fuengirola Home Help Services, Pranom Jones, better known as Neem, today launched a new service to add to her already impressive array – home Thai catering services in Fuengirola and Los Boliches.…

Working Abroad in Fuengirola Often, it seems that everything takes longer when living abroad, and this can make you really short of time when you are also working abroad. For example, in Britain, we tend to work for eight hours…

Raising a Family Abroad Raising a family abroad is usually the task of young, busy people. Some parents may be sent abroad to work by their company, or they might just choose to do it for the lifestyle. One thing,…

Fuengirola Home Help Services There is a new Home Help Service in Fuengirola, called, not surprisingly, the Fuengirola Home Help Services. It is run by Neem Jones, a Thai lady who is living on the Costa del Sol with her…