Calle Goya (First Chapter)
Read the first chapter of my novel The Ghouls of Calle Goya, and then deciide tto vote for it, please. Thanks in advance, Owen
Self-Publishing
Conventions In Writing
I am a writer. I have always loved words and writing. As such, I recognise Conventions In Writing, and try to adhere to them most of the time
Our New Insiders’ Newsletter
I have started an Insiders’ Newsletter 🙂 I thought there were people, friends, family, and readers of my books, who wanted to know more
What is a Story For?
What is a Story For? I am writing this article because I was listening to a famous reader telling a story by a very famous writer and I struggled to stick the fifteen-minute instalment, although it was the first and despite the fact that the title was fascinating, the cover image beguiling and the reader’s
Free Wi-Fi Internet Access
Free Wi-Fi Internet Access I live in Northern Thailand; many of you know that already and I would like to tell you something about it, and hopefully shame my own country, if not yours. When you hear the word ‘Thailand’, what springs to mind? Buddhism and Buddhist Temples? Stunning landscapes, seascapes and beautiful beaches? Beautiful
Internet Radio
Internet Radio The Internet has evolved and made many changes to our way of life including personal Facebook pages, individual blogs and the way we trade information as well as the way the public finds and listens to music using Internet radio. One of the upcoming and most popular formats is Internet Radio. Let’s discuss
Advertising on Megan
Advertising on Megan I have been receiving an increasing number of requests from visitors to my blog about advertising opportunities. At first, I thought it odd because there are pages on there about advertising on Megan. So, I went to have a look at what I ha to offer this morning and was surprised to
Twitter Feeds
Twitter Feeds I have three Twitter feeds ranking in age as @owen-author, @lekwilliams and @Megan_and_Grrr. They were always meant to be kept separate. One was for me, one for Lek from the Behind The Smile series, and one for Megan from that series. Unfortunately, over the years, due to my ignorance, the difference between the
Validation of Files
Validation of Files If ‘publishing’ was my word of the day yesterday, today’s is ‘validation’. As you might remember from my post yesterday, I was publishing my websites on a new host. Well, to be absolutely truthful, the host was doing it for me, but it did require a little input from me from time
Publishing
Publishing I am having quite a time of publishing at the moment. Yesterday, I published the 112,000-word fifth sequel to Behind The Smile, called The Dream and today I published the second in the Megan Compilation Series of five 11,000-word novelettes on the psychic development of Megan, a teenage Celtic psychic. I should be ready
Amazon Book Reviews
Amazon Book Reviews My take on the recent controversy regarding Amazon book reviews is that Amazon seems to be disregarding the modern trend in the book reader-writer relationship. In the ‘old days’, readers were not encouraged to form any type of relationship with their favourite writers, who mostly liked to maintain an image of cool
Promotion
Promotion for Art-Lovers If you are one of the growing number of creators of art without an agent, then you will have to do your own promotion. This was the realisation that I came to three years ago, when I joined the not always so merry throng of indie writers and artists. Promotion is tough
Follow-Up on ‘Asian Shorts’
Follow-Up on ‘Asian Shorts’ This is just a quick follow-up on ‘Asian Shorts’. A lot of the last seven weeks and nearly all of the last four days has gone into launching an anthology called ‘Asian Shorts’ which contains twenty stories by ten authors, so I was ecstatic to see a sale hours after it
First Edition of Asian Shorts
First Edition of Asian Shorts I am inordinately proud to announce that the first edition of ‘Asian Shorts’ will be available as from tomorrow, June 18th – Yay! On the negative side first, it is only 74.4% (see update below) of the length that I wanted it to be, but perhaps I was over-ambitious in
Couldn’t Help Myself
I Couldn’t Help Myself There it is, I just couldn’t help myself! A very good friend of mine tried to slow down on his blogging earlier this month, and failed, and I said that I would take this month off from writing books, and I have failed too. You see, I published a novel in
A Few Days Ago
A Few Days Ago This early afternoon, my friend Dave came calling. I think that that is the earliest by three or four hours he’s ever come around. Anyway, the reason was that a mutual friend, Murray is leaving the country in two days and he thought that my email from yesterday inviting him to
Dead Centre II is Finished
Dead Centre II is Finished I have always thought that photos like this were posed, but this one honestly wasn’t. I was on the point of finishing, Dead Centre II, my latest novel at my usual watering hole, when my friend David Taylor came to visit. “Don’t say a word,” I whispered only one
Colin Jones – My Dad
Colin Jones – My Dad All Spirit is Endowed with Light All Spirit is endowed with light Of varying strengths and coloured hue, From everlasting glory bright To everlasting love so true. For light and love and truth are one And one is God the Father, For He is the ‘Law’ and with