December – My Month of Disk Work

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…

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

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

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…

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

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

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…

At one time I was desperate for a speedy Spanish translation of some important documents. The Translation Service came up trumps!!!

I have started an Insiders' Newsletter :-) I thought there were people, friends, family, and readers of my books, who wanted to know more

Revenue To paraphrase a TV advert of many years ago concerning my current revenue, I ain’t never seen a year like this one and I never want to again neither. Based on previous years’ figures and the fact that my…

Choose Your Web Site Host Carefully I have had many hosts for my web sites since the first one I made for our old construction firm in 1995, which I hosted on the now long-defunct Geocities, because it had an…

Home Remedies I have always believed that if you can self-medicate using natural or home remedies it is better than going to the doctor. Of course, this approach will not suit everyone and not every occasion, but trying home remedies…

Pronunciation I have formally studied six languages to fluency, taught myself another and am now learning Thai and Thai is hard enough for me! I perfectly understand how difficult pronunciation must be for most other students of it. However, I…