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Reviews of Books on Amazon

Posted by Owen on August 27th, 2017 01:41 PM | No Comment
Reviews of Books on Amazon
Reviews of Books on Amazon The Reviews of Books on Amazon I have been with Amazon for a relatively very long time - since a few weeks after it started, I think, but I can't help thinking the the people at the ...
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Pirated eBooks – Writers

Posted by Owen on August 3rd, 2017 03:39 PM | No Comment
Pirated eBooks – Writers
Pirated eBooks - Writers Pirated eBooks - Writers There seems to be two schools of though amongst writers concerning pirated ebooks: those who think it's a good thing or irrelevant and those who would have pirates walk the plank. I am ...
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Editing Tips For Indie Writers

Posted by Owen on April 26th, 2017 06:16 PM | No Comment
Editing Tips For Indie Writers
Editing Tips For Indie Writers Editing Tips For Indie Writers Here are my editing tips for Indie writers, because editing is a most important and time-consuming task for writers, especially those who do everything themselves, which is the vast majority of Indie ...
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Kindle vs Book

Posted by Owen on December 31st, 2015 03:42 AM | No Comment
Kindle vs Book
Kindle vs Book Kindle vs Book If you are an avid reader, I am sure that you have heard of Amazon and its electronic book device called the Amazon Kindle? So, what are the pros and cons of the Kindle vs ...
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NaNoWriMo 2015

Posted by Owen on October 10th, 2015 02:39 PM | No Comment
NaNoWriMo 2015
Tiger Lily of Bangkok - NaNoWriMo Winner NaNoWriMo 2015 Are you aware of NaNoWriMo 2015? I imagine that if you are not a writer then you are probably not. However, NaNoWriMo 2015 is very important to the world at large and ...
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Starting a New Novel

Posted by Owen on August 30th, 2015 03:24 PM | No Comment
Starting a New Novel
Starting a New Novel Starting a New Novel I have been thinking of starting a new novel for a while now, because I feel at a loose end unless I'm writing. That's why I bombard my regular readers with posts like ...
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Site Overview Update

Posted by Owen on August 11th, 2015 06:08 AM | No Comment
Site Overview Update
Site Overview Update Site Overview Update: August 11 2015: Megan Publishing Services Quite a lot has been happening at Megan Publishing Services over the last few days culminating in the following changes. Today, I want to report in this Site Overview Update that I ...
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Marketing Your Work

Posted by Owen on July 30th, 2015 03:01 PM | No Comment
Marketing Your Work
Marketing for Small Businesses in 52 Parts Marketing Your Artwork Marketing, advertising, promoting, publicising... it's all basically the same thing, ie getting the word out there that you have something fantastic to sell. So, where do you begin? This may sound odd, ...
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Progress

Posted by Owen on July 6th, 2015 02:34 PM | No Comment
Progress
Progress Progress The concrete boys were back today and surprised me yet again. Instead of just laying storm-water drainage, they are resurfacing the road (lane) to a depth of five or six inches with reinforced concrete. Now that's what I call ...
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Pitching A Book

Posted by Owen on July 1st, 2015 03:57 PM | No Comment
Pitching A Book
Pitching A Book Pitching A Book I've just been pitching my book to a literary agent, like I've been talking about for a while, so I'm full of hope that this will be a big turning point in my career as ...
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Luxury

Posted by Owen on June 30th, 2015 03:19 PM | No Comment
Luxury
Luxury Luxury If buying books is a luxury, which it probably is, then the USA is doing far better than the UK, no matter what Cameron says. For the last six months, Americans have been buying more of my books every ...
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Mental Cruelty

Posted by Owen on June 24th, 2015 03:43 AM | No Comment
Mental Cruelty
Mental Cruelty Mental Cruelty I have turned my attention away from 'Asian Shorts' temporarily, because it is 'out there' already and my novel isn't. Not only that but 2,000-odd links on my websites will stop working on July 15th. thanks to ...
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First Edition of Asian Shorts

Posted by Owen on June 17th, 2015 07:21 AM | No Comment
First Edition of Asian Shorts
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% ...
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Final Chapter

Posted by Owen on June 13th, 2015 03:11 AM | No Comment
Final Chapter
Final Chapter The Final Chapter I am finally on the final chapter of that book I told you I was starting, which is why I haven't posted for a long time. The story flowed easily from my subconscious, or wherever, to ...
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Storm Not Monsoon

Posted by Owen on June 2nd, 2015 07:58 AM | No Comment
Storm Not Monsoon
Storm Not Monsoon 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, ...
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Dead Centre II is Finished

Posted by Owen on March 1st, 2015 09:03 AM | No Comment
Dead Centre II is Finished
Me finishing Dead Centre II, my latest novel. Photo by David Taylor  Dead Centre II is FinishedI have always thought that photos like this were posed, but this one honestly wasn't. I was on the point of finishing, Dead Centre ...
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Pantsing vs Planning a Book

Posted by Owen on February 20th, 2015 05:57 AM | No Comment
Pantsing vs Planning a Book
Owen JonesPantsing vs Planning a BookWriters, 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' ...
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Tiger Lily of Bangkok

Posted by Owen on November 9th, 2013 04:56 PM | No Comment
Tiger Lily of Bangkok
Tiger Lily of Bangkok Tiger Lily of Bangkok 'Tiger Lily of Bangkok' is my entry into the NaNoWriMo 2013 challenge. The challenge is to write a book of 50,000 words during the month of November. This is the diary of my ...
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NaNoWriMo Challenge 2013

Posted by Owen on November 9th, 2013 06:53 AM | No Comment
NaNoWriMo Challenge 2013
NaNoWriMo Challnge 2013 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 ...
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Happy Days Are Here Again…

Posted by Owen on September 14th, 2013 11:30 PM | No Comment
Happy Days Are Here Again…
Owen Jones Happy Days! Hi, Happy days are here again... Two good things happened to me yesterday, as opposed to the shed-load of bad things that I am getting used to these days. No 1: I had a lovely email from a guy that ...
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My Experience As A Writer

Posted by Owen on September 11th, 2013 01:56 PM | No Comment
My Experience As A Writer
Owen Jones My Experience As A Writer My first novel as a 'real writer' was called 'Behind The Smile', but it was not my first experience in self-publishing, since I had already created over 150 web sites and a hundred-odd 'How ...
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