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Openness

Published by Owen Jones on 1 December 2015
Fate Twister - Openness

Fate Twister – Openness

Openness

I don’t know what you think about being open to others, and here I mean strangers as well, but openness of this kind is my natural reaction, much to the distress of my wife, who is Thai. Thais belong to that group of Orientals that we in the West like to describe as inscrutable.

And that is true, they do not give much away on their faces unless they know you, but that is also much like the hierarchy in most countries, I think.

I, however, am willing to tell almost anyone almost anything.

My wife is not the only person in my life who has found this frustrating about me, a lot of people have including my father and several girl friends over the decades. Not that I ever said anything about them, just too much about myself and why I do things. Like writing this post, I suppose.

I have never understood why they object to my being frank though.

I don’t reveal other people’s secrets and I don’t talk about my sex life, so what is the problem with honesty?

It reminds me of those who are less than house-proud and won’t invite anyone in because they are ashamed of the state of the place. I am not ashamed of what I am or do. I am not trying to make myself out to be anything special, because I don’t think that I am, but I am not ashamed of not earning much money, nor of having a Spartan house or not owning a car.

Perhaps, that was an early tell-tale that I would become a writer one day. It certainly seems like it looking back, because all stories have something of the teller in them, but part of the skill of the (self-conscious) writer is being able to cloak the revelations so well that no-one can see them.

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Owen

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Inspiration

Published by Owen Jones on 8 November 2015
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Inspiration

We are six days into NaNoWriMo 2015, and my novel is coming on quite well. I have written about nineteen thousand words in five chapters. However, ‘A Night in Annwn’ far from written. I suppose I am about thirty-five percent through it and looking for more inspiration.

This is the stage in writing a novel that scares me the most. The first third has been written, but at the expense of nearly all the ideas!

So, another wave of inspiration is called for, but will it come? I usually know how I want my stories to finish, but the middle bit, how to get from the opening to the ending is always a worry. It often reminds me of a game of chess. You can learn openings and you can study how to win the end game with a rook, or a knight and a bishop, but the middle game is down to your skill as a player.

On top of that, I need to read at least three chapters of Lek 6 a day in order to meet the deadline imposed by Kindle’s pre-order system and I would like to publish another collection of five of the Megan novelettes as they are doing well on Kindle Unlimited (is it?). That might have to wait though until Lek 6 is out of the way.

I changed the cover of ‘Fate Twister’ yesterday and made two sales within hours. The book has moved slowly in the past, but everyone who reads it praises it (see five-star review on Readers’ Favorites). Let’s hope that the cover change will be just what it needs.

It will work out well if it does, because I want to use the old Fate Twister cover for Annwn. Have any Welsh people here heard of Annwn, and if so in what context?

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Fate Twister – Review

Published by Owen Jones on 10 October 2014
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5.0 out of 5 stars A gentle Paranormal tale with subtle menace, October 10, 2014
This review is from: Fate Twister: The Story of Wayne Gamm (Kindle Edition)
The word paranormal means ‘beyond scientific understanding’ and encompasses far more than vampires and werewolves and the like. I need to clarify this now because in ‘Fate Twister’, author Owen Jones has created a gentle paranormal tale which follows the early life of Wayne Gamm. His protagonist was born in the Welsh mountains, on a sheep farm belonging to his parents, and Jones recreates the ambience of that region and its people with delicate accuracy.

Yet Wayne Gamm is no ordinary child. His mother and Grandmother are both powerful White Witches and young Wayne has inherited their abilities, though, unlike them, has next-to-no control over them. Many live in not a little fear of Wayne’s involuntary reactions to any kind of provocation or conflict that crosses his path. Here, and throughout the novel, the author masterfully creates a sense of underlying menace where Wayne’s, and that of the female members of his family, potential responses to Life’s curveballs are never far from the reader’s mind.

The story follows his life as he grows up in the mountains, using his powers unknowingly to help others. His particular affinity for animals, especially horses, results in his working for a circus and travelling away from his beloved mountains. It’s there where he meets someone who will shape the course of his future.

While reading the story, I was constantly recalling the movie ‘Forrest Gump’, for the character of Wayne Gamm and the adventures he undertakes are, in many ways, a parallel to that tale, minus the celebrities of course. It’s an original story that offers hope and warmth, and a pleasing break from the well-trammelled paths of popular paranormal.

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