This section covers posts that in general do not fit into other sections easily. They will mostly be made by admin on whatever I am adding at that moment, which is usually something to do with writing, publishing, websites, eating or Thailand, which is where I live :-)
Stubbornness, Pride, Age and Being Wrong It’s funny how stubbornness, pride, age and being wrong are often interlinked. Some people readily admit it when they are wrong and say sorry, some do it grudgingly, while others just find excuses for it in an attempt to shift the blame onto someone else. This can be a …
Behind The Smile: The Trilogy 27/2/2014 “I thoroughly enjoyed reading all 1/2/3 BTS books even though I was getting annoyed in book 2 with Lek’s selfish and self-centred attitude regarding the house and her image and standing in the village, but fell over laughing with the image of Craig staying in the old timber shack he’d bought, and trying to get some sleep …
Touching Thai Women Most people who travel to Thailand (and that is men) only visit the large cities and tourist islands, and only meet girls in bars. There is nothing wrong with that, but it does lead them to think that the whole of Thai society is as open as those girls. There could be …
The Disallowed Giveaway Chupacabras on Backpacker Blood Milkshake a Rafflecopter giveaway Heng Lee is a goatherd in the remote mountains north-east of Chiang Rai in northern Thailand, very close to the border with Laos. It is a tight-knit community where everyone knows one another. Heng gets sick all of a sudden, but not too sick …
A Prayer For Strength Great Spirit, whose voice is on the wind, hear me. Let me grow in strength and knowledge. Make me ever behold the red and purple sunset. May my hands respect the things you have given me. Teach me the secrets hidden under every leaf and stone, as you have taught people …
Buying Likes and Other Social Indicators All of us who have web sites, which includes blogs, want them to be read. I think that that goes without saying, even if the site has not been monetised to earn commission or sell something. What is the point of writing if no-one is going to read it? …
Backpacking in Thailand I lived in Europe in the Sixties and Seventies, the hay days of backpacking, although in those days, I called it hitchhiking. I’m not really sure if backpacking is the same thing. I used to wear a rucksack if I was going a long way or carry a sports bag if not. …
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Holiday in North Thailand Last week I finished writing my latest book, ‘The Disallowed‘. I had originally planned to locate it in Laos, but a few Thai friends persuaded me to place it in north Thailand, so I made a compromise and put the family in the top eastern corner of north Thailand on the …
The Disallowed Hi , Owen here, I hope you are well and that you had a lovely Christmas. Best wishes for 2014 from my wife, Neem, and myself. This post is to inform you that my next book ‘The Disallowed’ is coming on well. In some regards, anyway. I’ll give you some background first. In …
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 my decision whether to buy the book in question or not. As far as I …
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 to buy the book in question or not. As far as I know anyway, because …
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 years, but I had never heard of NoNoWriMo either. Despite it describing itself as a …
Differences in Interracial Customs This article highlights how cultural differences can easily cause difficult problems between people from two different countries that have different customs. Such small differences in two races’ different cultures can betray important differences in background that can result in challenges in interracial, personal relationships such as marriage and how a couple deals …
Geo-Targetting It seems that everything on the Internet is geo-targetted these days. Just in case you are not sure what I am talking about, I mean that advertisers (and others) first check where your Internet Service Provider (ISP) is located by reading IP address in the message header and then assume that you are a …
So You Want To Access My Email Inbox? You see people on line, guru types, giving advice on how to get into surfers’ email inboxes all the time, so first we’ll just be certain what they are talking about or what I am talking about anyway. They are talking about getting hold of your email …
Standing Out From The Crowd For centuries, it did not require much more education than ‘average’ to stand out head and shoulders above the ‘average guy’, because the ‘average guy’ had no education at all. Standing out from the crowd was as simple as having money or being a priest. However, not only that, but …
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 To…’ manuals plus a book of my father’s automatic writings. However, I did feel that publishing …
