Writing My Books

Writing My Books Regular readers will know what I’m like by now – if I’m not writing my books or talking to you like this, I’m reorganizing my files or trying to improve them, but writing my books has 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!

Writing My Books Regular readers will know what I’m like by now – if I’m not writing my books or talking to you like this, I’m reorganizing my files or trying to improve them, but writing my books has to…

Personal Style We all have our own personal style, our own way of doing things, don’t we? And we all know what we do and do not like – that’s part of it. I personally am not keen on Shakespeare.…

Storm Not Monsoon Yesterday, late afternoon, black clouds could be seen on the horizon, then a wind appeared from nowhere and suddenly the clouds were overhead emptying their contents all over us. When I say suddenly, I mean, I knew…

Writing for Pleasure and Profit If I don’t mention the temperature for a while, it’s because it is still in the forty-five to forty-seven range. I have slept nearly all day today because of it, and people assure me that…

Hung-over and Still Bored Since it was our seventh wedding anniversary on Monday, I treated myself to a ‘pub crawl’ around the village. I put it in inverted commas because there are no pubs where we live and only six…

A Boring Sunday I really can’t understand Kobo’s attitude. I know they won’t write to me today because it’s Sunday, but they blocked selling Behind The Smile II for suspected ‘illegal activity’ yet haven’t answered any of my three emails…

Pantsing vs Planning a Book Writers, of books and probably other forms of writing, are divided into two kinds: those who write their book as they go, that is, by the seat of their pants – and hence ‘pantsing’ –…

Critical Book Reviews I write books and buy books and, needless to say, I read books too. However, at the age of 60 , I can honestly say that I have never read any critical book reviews that have influenced…
Book Reviews I write books and buy books and, needless to say, I read books too. However, at the age of 60 , I can honestly say that I have never read a review that had influenced my decision whether…

NaNoWriMo Challenge 2013 Hi, I have entered into the NaNoWriMo 2013 challenge. This is my first time. For those of you who don’t know what NaNoWriMo stands for, it is National Novel Writing Month. It has been going for about twelve…