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
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Discover thrilling tales from Thailand to Wales – 60 novels by Owen Jones!
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Discover thrilling tales from Thailand to Wales – 60 novels by Owen Jones!
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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…
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’,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.
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…
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…
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)…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Just Another Manic Monday
Just Another Manic Monday Weeks ago, a lot nearer New Year, Amazon’s two sprog firms, Kindle and CreateSpace wrote to me, by email, of course, that it was the time of the year that I had to renew my vows…