I have three Twitter feeds ranking in age as @owen-author, @lekwilliams and @Megan_and_Grrr. They were always meant to be kept separate. One was for me, one for Lek from the Behind The Smile series, and one for Megan from that series.
Unfortunately, over the years, due to my ignorance, the difference between the Twitter feeds blurred and the same posts were sent to all three of them and at the same time, so it wasn’t worth joining them all. This came about because of the way it was using Hootsuite.
So, I am going to put all that right again, and I have started by giving up on Hootsuite and adopting a new system, which may be the subject of a later post.
Anyway, my new system will redraw the original lines between the Twitter feeds, so that you have more choice what you want to receive. There will be a tiny bit of overlap, but I will be consciously trying to keep it to a minimum. Most of it will be concerning books. For example, a post about a new volume in the Megan Series or Behind The Smile will also be posted in my author account.
However, posts related to Thailand will only go to @lekwilliams and posts on fantasy subjects will only go to @Megan_and_Grrr. So, if you follow one or more of my Twitter feeds, I suggest that you decide which one(s) you are interested in and react accordingly.
Most of the changes necessary at my end have already been implemented, now my biggest task is to change my mindset and stick to the new system.
Some of you have already noticed the changes and, most of those approve. It should make for a more targeted news stream, but if you prefer a more general Twitter feed, opt for @owen_author
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Owen Jones, Amazon Best-Selling Author from Barry, Wales, has lived in several countries and travelled in many more. While studying Russian in the USSR in the '70's, he hobnobbed with spies on a regular basis; in Suriname, he got caught up in the 1982 coup; and while a company director, he joined the crew of four as the galley slave to sail from Barry to Gibraltar a home-made concrete yacht, which was almost rammed by a Russian oil tanker and an American aircraft carrier.
“I am a Celt, and we are romantic”, he said when asked about his writing style, “and I firmly believe in reincarnation, Karma and Fate, so, sayings like 'Do unto another...', and 'What goes round comes around' are central to my life and reflected in my work. I write about what I see, or think I see, or dream... and, in the end it is all the same really”. He speaks seven languages and is learning Thai, since he lives in Thailand with his Thai wife of fifteen years.
His first novel, Daddy's Hobby is from the seven-part series 'Behind The Smile: The Story of Lek, a Bar Girl in Pattaya', but his largest collection is 'The Megan Series', twenty-three novelettes on the psychic development of a teenage girl, the subtitle of which, 'A Spirit Guide, A Ghost Tiger and One Scary Mother!' sums them up nicely. He has written fifty novels and novelettes, including: Dead Centre; Andropov's Cuckoo; Fate Twister; The Disallowed (a philosophical comedy); Tiger Lily of Bangkok; and A Night in Annwn (Annwn being the ancient Welsh word for Heaven). Many have been translated into foreign languages and narrated into audio books.
Owen Jones writes stories set in Wales, Spain and Thailand, where he now lives. He is a life-long Spiritualist, and this belief is interwoven, in a very realistic way, into many of his books and storylines. If you like a touch of the 'supernatural', try his books
He sums his life up thus: “Born in the Land of Song, Living in the Land of Smiles”.
