As many of you know, I finished writing Dead Centre II at the end of last month, but it was also the first book that I had written solely on a tablet. It went well, but editing a novel on a tablet is a different kettle of fish!
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NANOWRIMO 2018 starts on November 1st 2018. If you have ever dreamed of writing a book, now is the time to do it!
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The Legend of Sleepy Hollow Originally by Washington Irving Abridged by Fiza Pathan and Michelangelo Zane Illustrated by Farzana Cooper Reviewed by Barry Boy The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Fiza Pathan and Michelangelo Zane is a rewrite, an abridged version of the 1799 American classic by Washington Irving, and illustrated by Farzana Cooper. The …
Literary Agents Past and Present It was only five years ago that I sought to have my first novel published, but a lot has happened, and charged, since then, making it feel much longer ago. It had taken me five years to write Daddy’s Hobby, and knowing nothing about publishing, I thought that the world …
I entered my novel The Ghouls of Calle Goya into a big competion. This involved putting Calle Goya on KindleScout. Please help
Read the first chapter of my novel The Ghouls of Calle Goya, and then deciide tto vote for it, please. Thanks in advance, Owen
New Story Isn’t it funny? Before, when I was office manager for our family construction firm, I always had dozen things to do a day, now I think it’s a lot if I have seven a week! The tasks take longer to complete now though, in general, like finding a new story to write. I …
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 Amazon and that would be a catastrophe. I have to start tackling that problem tomorrow. Mental …
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 from writing books, and I have failed too. You see, I published a novel in …
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 my friend David Taylor came to visit. “Don’t say a word,” I whispered only one …
Leaving Shadows By Eric J. Gates Review by Owen Jones ***** In my opinion, Leaving Shadows, has the best storyline of the three of his books that I have read so far and that is saying something, as all of his readers will know, because Gates writes superb thrillers. This one involves the British …
Outsourced by Eric J. Gates Review by Owen Jones Outsourced by Eric J. Gates is a typical book of its kind. In fact, it is just what I would have expected… From Eric J. Gates that is, because it is up to his normal, but well-above average, high standards of suspense-thriller novels. I have …
Pattaya Beach By John Elray A Common Tale of Woe Told in an Uncommon Way Review by Owen Jones When I was given this book by it’s author because he had heard that I lived in Pattaya, it was two years ago, but little did he know that I was writing my own first novel …
Full Disclosure By Eric J. Gates Review by Owen Jones Full Disclosure is about the power that the state can wield to fool its citizens into believing anything that it pleases, whether for good or bad reasons. However, Eric J. Gates seems to give us hope that at least in this …
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 …
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 MaNoWriMo 2013 experience. 1/11/2013: I have never entered before, but I am ready to write a new book. …
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 …
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 …
