December - My Month of Disk Work - Megan Publishing Services

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4Play - Megan Publishing Services: 4Play A Punk Rock Autobiography The Passion Series: Book One by Trevor Aindow Review by Barry Boy 4Play: A Punk Rock Autobiography – The Passion Series: Book One by Trevor Aindow is the first autobiography of a musician that I have ever read, and it took a bit of getting used to, because, in a …

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4Play: 4Play… is a 66,000 word Punk Rock auto-biography about four Southport bands ‘Trevor’ used to be in; 1980 -1985. Let’s take a look at the Southport Punk-scene some thirty odd years ago after 1976 when Punk showed its ugly head; being Loud, proud, in your face, alive and active - with chaos and politi...

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Promoting Books and Artwork - Megan Publishing Services: Promoting Books and Artwork Whether you are launching a new project or trying to inject life into an older one, the principle is the same. You need to treat your project like a Saturn Rocket in that it needs a huge push …

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THE BEGINNING - Megan Publishing Services

THE BEGINNING - Megan Publishing Services: THE BEGINNING Behind The Smile The Story of Lek, A Bar Girl in Pattaya by Owen Jones Copyright © December 26th, 2017 Owen Jones Fuengirola, Spain. Chapter One BAAN SUAY, NORTH THAILAND, 1972 Pang followed her husband and parents off the large, shaded table that served for breaks from the burning Thai sun when working …

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THE BEGINNING - 1st Chapter - Megan Publishing Services: THE BEGINNING Behind The Smile The Story of Lek, A Bar Girl in Pattaya by Owen Jones Copyright © December 26th, 2017 Owen Jones Fuengirola, Spain. Chapter One BAAN SUAY, NORTH THAILAND, 1972 Pang followed her husband and parents off the large, shaded table that served for breaks from the burning Thai sun when working …

Lek - The Beginning Progress Update - Megan Publishing Services

Lek - The Beginning Progress Update - Megan Publishing Services: There is a Mobile Optimized version of this page (AMP). Open Mobile Version. Lek – The Beginning I just made progress on Lek – The Beginning! So far I’m 21% complete on the Editing phase. 1 Days remain until the deadline. Place your pre-order for delivery on December 26th at a discount of 45% Amazon: http://smarturl.it/lek7am?IQid=mps …

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NaNoWriMo 2017 - Megan Publishing Services: There is a Mobile Optimized version of this page (AMP). Open Mobile Version. NaNoWriMo 2017 I just finished my fifth consecutive NaNo, and I still enjoy it enormously. I overheard a few people talking about it a while ago, and all three of them had written their entry during the year, so that their annual …

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Lek - The Beginning – Review - Megan Publishing Services: There is a Mobile Optimized version of this page (AMP). Open Mobile Version. The Beginning Behind The Smile – The Story of Lek, A Bar Girl in Pattaya (volume 7) by Owen Jones Review by Barry Boy The Beginning is volume seven in the much-liked series Behind The Smile – The Story of Lek, A …

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Lek - The Beginning Progress Update - Megan Publishing Services: There is a Mobile Optimized version of this page (AMP). Open Mobile Version. Lek -The Beginning I just made progress on Lek – The Beginning! So far I’m 59% complete on the Week 4 phase. 7 Days remain until the deadline. Lek The Beginning, now shortened to The Beginning, is now available as a pre-order …

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Lek - The Beginning Progress Update - Megan Publishing Services: There is a Mobile Optimized version of this page (AMP). Open Mobile Version. Lek – The Beginning Behind The Smile volume 7 I just made progress on Lek – The Beginning! So far I’m 82% complete on the Week 3 phase. 2 Days remain until the deadline. Related

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Lek - The Beginning Progress Update - Megan Publishing Services: There is a Mobile Optimized version of this page (AMP). Open Mobile Version. Lek – The Beginning I just made progress on Lek – The Beginning! The seventh volume in the series Behind The Smile. So far I’m 55% complete on the Week 3 phase. 4 Days remain until the deadline in this phase of …

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Lek - The Beginning Progress Update - Megan Publishing Services

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Lek - The Beginning Progress Update - Megan Publishing Services: There is a Mobile Optimized version of this page (AMP). Open Mobile Version.   Lek – The Beginning I just made progress on Lek – The Beginning! So far I’m 56% complete on the Week 1 phase. 1 Days remain until the deadline. Related

Curious Reality - Megan Publishing Services

Curious Reality - Megan Publishing Services: Curious Reality by D. K. Cassidy Review by Barry Boy Curious Reality by D. K. Cassidy is part of the much-acclaimed Spilt Milk series.is not really a novel but a collection of short stories about a group of oddballs who are linked by their tenuous relationship with each other and their more intimate, professional, relationships with …

Kane's Cross - Megan Publishing Services

Kane's Cross - Megan Publishing Services: Kane’s Cross: Witchfinder (Book Two in the Witchfinder Series 2) by E. M. G. Wixley Review by Barry Boy Kane’s Cross is a novel of the genre Fantasy written in the third-person. The time period is current and the location is the United Kingdom. We meet the two main characters right at the beginning of …

Living in Remote Thailand - Megan Publishing Services

Living in Remote Thailand - Megan Publishing Services: There is a Mobile Optimized version of this page (AMP). Open Mobile Version. Living in Remote Thailand I have been living in remote Thailand for nearly twelve years. It is a long time, but other Westerners have lived here two or three times longer. I spent a year in Pattaya and then eleven years in …

Google Bias and Blacklisting - Megan Publishing Services

Google Bias and Blacklisting - Megan Publishing Services: There is a Mobile Optimized version of this page (AMP). Open Mobile Version. Google Bias and Blacklisting If you are still not convinced that there is such a thing as Google Bias and Blacklisting, there is a simple test that you can try. In May 2016, I wrote an article for my blog called ‘Living in …

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Belize Visitors - Megan Publishing Services: There is a Mobile Optimized version of this page (AMP). Open Mobile Version. Hello Dear Readers, Welcome to my new Belize visitors! I have never noticed a lot of Belize visitors to this blog before. In fact, I can’t remember ever having seen any reference to Belize in my logs before. However, in the first …

Bangkok Red Light District - Megan Publishing Services

Bangkok Red Light District - Megan Publishing Services: Bangkok Red Light District I lived in Thailand for thirteen years, and visited Bangkok scores of times because my wife has family there and most visa work is carried out there too, but I’m not completely sure that there is a designated Bangkok Red Light District as such. Bangkok is the Bangkok Red Light District …

Search Engines - Megan Publishing Services

Search Engines - Megan Publishing Services: Search Engines I should imagine that if I asked a hundred people, which is the best search engine, at least ninety percent would say Google, but how many of them ever consider using other search engines? Google has done such a tremendous job of PR that it now attracts at least 85% of search queries. …

Book Review - The Disallowed: The Humorous Tale of a Contemporary Vampire Family- Owen Jones

Book Review - The Disallowed: The Humorous Tale of a Contemporary Vampire Family- Owen Jones: Before I read this I kind of doubted that a story about Vampires could be humorous. Well, was I surprised, happily I might add, that it was...

Mariscal and Abogados - Megan Publishing Services

Mariscal and Abogados - Megan Publishing Services: Mariscal and Abogados Mariscal and Abogados phoned me today, or to say it correctly, Mariscal y Abogados, since I am in Spain. By the way, ‘mariscal’ means ‘marshal’ and ‘abogados’ means ‘solicitors’ (‘y’ is Spanish for ‘and’). Anyway, I had been looking on line for advice on Spanish employment law, came across the above named …

Penny Wise, Pound Foolish - Megan Publishing Services

Penny Wise, Pound Foolish - Megan Publishing Services: Being Penny Wise but Pound Foolish is a common problem. This is the story of how my mistake in this area has affected me for ten years so far

Smoked Salmon - Megan Publishing Services

Smoked Salmon - Megan Publishing Services: Smoked Salmon is my friend Murray Bromley's favourite food and gift, luckily for his friends. I received a kilo of salmon from Murray the other day

The Alien House Progress Update - Megan Publishing Services

The Alien House Progress Update - Megan Publishing Services: Alien House I just made progress on The Alien House! So far I’m 49% complete on the Writing phase. 19 Days remain until the deadline, so it’s looking dodgy whether I’ll make it. Related

Spain and the European Union - Megan Publishing Services

Spain and the European Union - Megan Publishing Services: Spain and the European Union We were talking to an expat here in southern Spain yesterday afternoon. He has lived here for more than twenty years and says that he cannot understand why Spain is in the European Union. His diatribe started with nepotism. “Go to the town hall,” he said, “or the police station …

The Alien House Progress Update - Megan Publishing Services

The Alien House Progress Update - Megan Publishing Services: Alien House I just made progress on The Alien House! So far I’m 41% complete on the Writing phase. 27 Days remain until the deadline. Related

Reviews of Books on Amazon - Megan Publishing Services

Reviews of Books on Amazon - Megan Publishing Services: 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 top  – the ones running the firm (that might not include Jeff Bezos, the guy who set it up) are …

Residence Permit for Spain (final part) - Megan Publishing Services

Residence Permit for Spain (final part) - Megan Publishing Services: Residence Permit for Spain (final part) We applied for my wife’s residence permit for Spain on February 14th. 2017, although we had been working on it for a year before that. When we left Thailand in May 2016, the Spanish Embassy had assured us that we had all the paperwork we needed for my wife …

Thai-Lanna Restaurant, Los Boliches - Megan Publishing Services

Thai-Lanna Restaurant, Los Boliches - Megan Publishing Services: Thai-Lanna Restaurant, Los Boliches, Fuengirola The Thai-Lanna Restaurant is situated at Calle Francisco Cano 80, which is the third street back from the sea in Los Boliches, a suburb of Fuengirola on the Costa del Sol in south-eastern Spain. It is open Monday to Saturday from seven until eleven p.m. but the closing time is …

August 2017 - Megan Publishing Services

August 2017 - Megan Publishing Services: August 2017 This is the month I have tried to take off every year since I left school. August falls in the school summer holidays in the UK. When my father remarried, it was my sister’s birthday on the first, my dog’s on the fourth, my brother’s on the seventh, mine  on the fourteenth, my real mother’s …

Google Support - Megan Publishing Services

Google Support - Megan Publishing Services: Google Support Google is the only company on the Internet that I actively try to avoid, so I am coming clean here: I hate Google. Having said that, I still use some of their services or I have old accounts with them like Google Analytics, gMail and Adsense to name but a few out of …

Thai Food in Fuengirola - Megan Publishing Services

Thai Food in Fuengirola - Megan Publishing Services: Thai Food in Fuengirola I have been living and eating Thai food in Fuengirola for about a year, so I know the place fairly well. I also love Thai food. In fact, I lived in Thailand for thirteen years with my Thai wife and her family in a small, rice-farming village in the north. So …

Pirated eBooks - Writers - Megan Publishing Services

Pirated eBooks - Writers - Megan Publishing Services: 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 in the latter group after discovering that one site was claiming to have given away 1,755 copies of …

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Pirated Books - Readers - Megan Publishing Services: Pirated Books – Readers Have you ever bought any Pirated Books, readers? If you read books in paperback, you probably haven’t instigated any unauthorised transactions, because the investment necessary and the low return make book piracy unprofitable, but now that so many people are buying ebooks, or digital books, there is a new opportunity for the …

Escape - A Review - Megan Publishing Services

Escape - A Review - Megan Publishing Services: Escape (Tip of the Spear: Book 1) by Belle Ami Review by Barry Boy Escape (Tip of the Spear: Book 1) by Belle Ami was given to me in return for an honest review while it was OnlineBookClub.org Book of the Day. Escape is a difficult novel to categorise (but I could say that about …

My Novels on Amazon - Megan Publishing Services

My 50 Novels on Amazon - Megan Publishing Services: This is a list of the novels that Owen Jones has written. It consists of two major series and eleven other books and novels featuring Europe and Asia

Thai Catering Services in Fuengirola - Megan Publishing Services

Thai Catering Services in Fuengirola - Megan Publishing Services: Thai Catering Services in Fuengirola The Three Lions in Fuengirola is now offering authentic Thai Sweet Green Curry made by Neem of Thai Catering Services in Fuengirola and Los Boliches. Nick and Luke of the Three Lions took delivery of two of Neem’s home-made Thai meals this week, so they are now offering Kaeng Kiouw …

Rage and Mercy Part 1 - Megan Publishing Services

Rage and Mercy Part 1 - Megan Publishing Services: Rage and Mercy Part 1 by Scott Dresden Review by Barry Boy I was given Rage and Mercy Part 1 by Scott Dresden in exchange for an honest review while it was OnlineBookClub.org Book of the Day. Rage and Mercy Part 1 is a psychological murder-mystery, or perhaps a psychological revenge murder-mystery written in the …

A Dead Daughter - Megan Publishing Services

A Dead Daughter - Megan Publishing Services: A Dead Daughter by Anna Celeste Burke Review by Barry Boy A Dead Daughter is a murder mystery written in the third person. It involves mostly Americans, but there is a lot of Hispanic dialogue and influence. In fact, at least two of the main characters have Spanish names. I have never been to California, …

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Amazon Book Reviews - Megan Publishing Services

Amazon Book Reviews - Megan Publishing Services: Amazon Book Reviews If you are a writer, you will doubtless have heard of the problem authors are having with Amazon book reviews of their work. If you are not aware of the problem, then please read on, and you will get my thoughts on the matter from my, an unknown indie writer’s perspective. The …

One Last Lie - A Review - Megan Publishing Services

One Last Lie - A Review - Megan Publishing Services: One Last Lie – A Review by Rob Kaufman Review by Barry Boy I was given One Last Lie by Rob Kaufman in exchange for an honest review while it was the OnlineBookClub.org book of the Day. In the first chapter of One Last Lie, which is told in the third person, we are introduced …

Residency in Spain Part 547 - Megan Publishing Services

Residency in Spain Part 547 - Megan Publishing Services: Residency in Spain Part 547 For those of you who have been following the eighteen-month epic story of our, and in particular, my Thai wife’s, quest for residency in Spain, we had to go to the police station again today for what I thought was the final time. Just to fill in quickly for those …

Complaining to PayPal - Megan Publishing Services

Complaining to PayPal - Megan Publishing Services: Complaining to PayPal I have not actually ever had reason to complain about PayPal itself in the twenty or so years I have had an account, but I have had to complain about other account-holders. All but one time, it went my way, and the time it didn’t was because the vendor had a no …

Facebook Friends Part 2 - Megan Publishing Services

Facebook Friends Part 2 - Megan Publishing Services: Facebook Friends Part 2 (From part one: “Then there was a huge group of ‘beautiful women’. This group is the one I found most interesting. Naturally…”) I would say there were about four hundred in my group of new Facebook friends. They all came from Texas, and most of them from Austin. None of them …

Facebook Friends Part 1 - Megan Publishing Services

Facebook Friends Part 1 - Megan Publishing Services: Facebook Friends Part 1 I recently ran a campaign to drum up support for for my latest novel, and a large part of that took place on Facebook. However, I only had 1,100 Facebook friends and it soon became apparent that I would need at least double that for a campaign of thirty days. Now, …

The Requested Operation Requires Elevation - Megan Publishing Services

The Requested Operation Requires Elevation - Megan Publishing Services: The Requested Operation Requires Elevation I have been getting this Windows 10 error message for the last couple of days, when I try to open an attachment to an email. It was driving me mad, and none of the explanations or fixes I found via Google were relevant or worked (in my case). However, I …

The Three Lions - Fuengirola - Megan Publishing Services

The Three Lions - Fuengirola - Megan Publishing Services: The Three Lions – Fuengirola The Three Lions is fairly large pub in Reyes Catolicos, a street in north Fuengirola about fifty metres from the beach. It is not far from Los Boliches and easy to find on the Internet, which will give you more precise directions on how to get to it. The Three …

Complaining to Amazon - Megan Publishing Services

Complaining to Amazon - Megan Publishing Services: Complaining to Amazon I don’t know how much experience you have of dealing with the giant on-line retailer, but complaining to Amazon is probably best compared to complaining to your local electricity, gas or water board. That may be a little harsh, but the feeling is definitely similar. The main differences are: 1) Amazon’s response …

Fuengirola and Los Boliches - Megan Publishing Services

Fuengirola and Los Boliches - Megan Publishing Services: Fuengirola and Los Boliches It is my pleasure to introduce to the residents of,and the holidaymakers in, Fuengirola and Los Boliches, Pranom Jones, better known as Neem. Neem is a Thai lady who moved to Fuengirola with her husband in January 2017, and is now keen to take part in the local community. Neem is …

Finance - Megan Publishing Services

Finance - Megan Publishing Services: Finance I have always been interested in money and finance. You might be thinking, ‘So what? So, is everybody else’, but I don’t mean it like that. I have never been rich in monetary terms, and I am not interested in collecting money in my bank account just for the sake of it. I am …

A New World Awakening - Megan Publishing Services

A New World Awakening - Megan Publishing Services: A New World Awakening There is a new world awakening in the financial sector as there was not so long ago in publishing. It is driven by the same forces too – the Internet coupled with the latest technology. If you are left guessing as to which sector I am talking about precisely, it is …

World Without Fees - Megan Publishing Services

World Without Fees - Megan Publishing Services: A World Without Fees How does a world without fees, financial fees, anyway, sound to you? I used to be quite heavily involved with saving, planning for pensions and buying houses… only for myself, but as a single man, I was able to do all that. The main thing I remember from those activities was …

Thai Catering Services in Fuengirola - Megan Publishing Services

Thai Catering Services in Fuengirola - Megan Publishing Services: Thai Catering Services in Fuengirola The lady behind Fuengirola Home Help Services, Pranom Jones, better known as Neem, today launched a new service to add to her already impressive array – home Thai catering services in Fuengirola and Los Boliches. “Thai food is widely acknowledged to be one of the best cuisines in the world,” …

Free Books on Amazon - Megan Publishing Services

Free Books on Amazon - Megan Publishing Services: Free Books and Amazon I started a page on this blog called Free Books and, needless to say, it is very popular, receiving well over three hundred views a day. ‘Free’ is an extremely powerful word, so that is not surprising in itself. What does surprise many people is Amazon’s attitude towards free books. In …

Free Books on Amazon - Megan Publishing Services

Free Books on Amazon - Megan Publishing Services: Free Books and Amazon I started a page on this blog called Free Books and, needless to say, it is very popular, receiving well over three hundred views a day. ‘Free’ is an extremely powerful word, so that is not surprising in itself. What does surprise many people is Amazon’s attitude towards free books. In …

Growing Old Abroad - Megan Publishing Services

Growing Old Abroad - Megan Publishing Services: Growing Old Abroad Old age creeps up on us, as does getting older in general. Parents regularly wonder what happened to their youth, and older people wonder why they hadn’t noticed it happening to them. These are common experiences, but when you have been growing old abroad, there are other factors. Those who are growing …

Working Abroad in Fuengirola - Megan Publishing Services

Working Abroad in Fuengirola - Megan Publishing Services: Working Abroad in Fuengirola Often, it seems that everything takes longer when living abroad, and this can make you really short of time when you are also working abroad. For example, in Britain, we tend to work for eight hours straight from eight or nine a.m, whereas in southern Spain, like the Costa del Sol, …

Raising a Family Abroad - Megan Publishing Services

Raising a Family Abroad - Megan Publishing Services: Raising a Family Abroad Raising a family abroad is usually the task of young, busy people. Some parents may be sent abroad to work by their company, or they might just choose to do it for the lifestyle. One thing, though, is for sure, raising a family is difficult, and raising a family abroad is …

Fuengirola Home Help Services - Megan Publishing Services

Fuengirola Home Help Services - Megan Publishing Services: Fuengirola Home Help Services There is a new Home Help Service in Fuengirola, called, not surprisingly, the Fuengirola Home Help Services. It is run by Neem Jones, a Thai lady who is living on the Costa del Sol with her British husband of fifteen years, the Welsh writer, Owen Jones. “I have always had a …

The Poems of Robin R. Rabii - Megan Publishing Services

The Poems of Robin R. Rabii - Megan Publishing Services: The Poems of Robin R. Rabii by Robin R. Rabii Review by Barry Boy I was given The Poems of Robin R. Rabii in exchange for an honest review when it was OnlineBookClub.org Book of the Day. The Poems of Robin R. Rabii is a book of poetry prefaced by a long introduction explaining the …

Living Abroad - Megan Publishing Services

Living Abroad - Megan Publishing Services: Living Abroad I have spent a lot of time living abroad, and have recently been wondering why. My history of being and living abroad is roughly as follows. I went on a two-week school cruise to Leningrad in July 1968 when I was fourteen. At sixteen, I wrote to the mayor of Rheinfelden, our sister …

Old Men and Their Routines - Megan Publishing Services

Old Men and Their Routines - Megan Publishing Services: Old Men and Their Routines I was talking to a young man the other day who was worried about his father, whom I know, and is in his mid-Seventies. ‘The problem is’, he said, ‘that since Dad retired, he doesn’t have anything to do. He has lost all his routines’. However, that cannot be true. …

Into Autumn - Megan Publishing Services

Into Autumn - Megan Publishing Services: Into Autumn by Larry Landgraf Review by Barry Boy I was given Into Autumn – A Story of Survival in exchange for an honest review while it was OnlineBookClub.org book of the day. Into Autumn by Larry Landgraf is a  vision of what life in a post apocalyptic world would be like with the focus on a small …

Vacation to Graceland - Megan Publishing Services

Vacation to Graceland - Megan Publishing Services: Vacation to Graceland by Phillip Cornell Review by Barry Boy Vacation to Graceland by Phillip Cornell was given to me in exchange for an honest review when it was the OnlineBookClub.org Book of the Day. Vacation to Graceland is a short story told in narrative format by a young black man, who is one of the people …

Daisy's Chain - Thunderclap - Megan Publishing Services

Daisy's Chain - Thunderclap - Megan Publishing Services: Please help me get Daisy’s Chain published by clicking ‘Join this Thunderclap’ above and agreeing to allow my email to go your followers. Choose either Facebook, Twitter or Tumblr, or be extra helpful and allow all three. It only takes a minute and could get my novel published and you a free copy of it! …

Thais and Authority - Megan Publishing Services

Thais and Authority - Megan Publishing Services: Thais and Authority Thais have a peculiar relationship with authority figures… At least, it seems that way to people from most Western countries and the Antipodes. We often feel very uncomfortable at the way they don’t seem to question authority figures. The situation is probably true of peoples from many other countries, but I have …

Social Media Friends - Megan Publishing Services

Social Media Friends - Megan Publishing Services: Social Media Friends Most people in the West and most young people in the World have a number of social media friends. Some people are very selective about whom they befriend or ‘follow’ (I hate that term), and others are less so. This article is more about those users of social media who are less …

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KindleScout - Megan Publishing Services

KindleScout - Megan Publishing Services: KindleScout KindleScout is a subsection of Kindle, which in turn is owned by Amazon, for those who have never heard of it. Amazon publishes paperbacks through CreateSpace and ebooks through Kindle. Well, KindleScout is the talent-seeking arm of Kindle. Basically, anyone can publish virtually anything through or on Kindle (and by extension, Amazon’s main sites), …

Daisy's Chain Progress Update - Megan Publishing Services

Daisy's Chain Progress Update - Megan Publishing Services: Daisy’s Chain A Story of Love, Intrigue and the Underworld by Owen Jones Daisy, the proud daughter of a wealthy ex-London gangster, John, and his Spanish wife, Teresa, grew up in Marbella on the Costa del Sol, aka, the Costa del Crime. She idolised her parents and sought to impress her ageing father by helping …

Fair of the Peoples - Day Four - Megan Publishing Services

Fair of the Peoples - Day Four - Megan Publishing Services: Fair of the Peoples – Day Four Update: it rained heavily from Thursday evening until late Saturday night, so we didn’t leave our apartment for two days. This morning, I was aroused from my zombie-like state, induced by my daily advertising routine, by a passing band, so we went outside to see what was ascertaining. …

Achieve Your Dreams - Megan Publishing Services

Achieve Your Dreams - Megan Publishing Services: Achieve Your Dreams Why You Don’t and How You Can by Scott Hughes Review by Barry Boy I was given Achieve Your Dreams: Why You Don’t and How You Can by Scott Hughes in exchange for an honest review while it was the OnlineBookClub.org Book of the Day. Achieve Your Dreams: Why You Don’t and …

Fair of the Peoples - Fuengirola 2017 - Megan Publishing Services

Fair of the Peoples - Fuengirola 2017 - Megan Publishing Services: Fair of the Peoples – Fuengirola 2017 We went to the 2017 Fair of the Peoples in Fuengirola yesterday just hours after it opened. It was already quite busy, as the photo shows, despite it being Thursday afternoon, during the Siesta time. The idea of the Fair of the Peoples is to shine a spotlight …

Editing Tips For Indie Writers - Megan Publishing Services

Editing Tips For Indie Writers - Megan Publishing Services: 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 authors, since most authors derive more pleasure than money from their efforts. It requires the editor/writer’s close attention to …

Behind The Smile - Review - Megan Publishing Services

Behind The Smile - Review - Megan Publishing Services: 'Behind The Smile' is the name of a series by Owen Jones about the life of Lek, a bar girl in Pattaya. The first volume, this one, is called daddy's Hobby

A Peripatetic Life - Megan Publishing Services

A Peripatetic Life - Megan Publishing Services: A Peripatetic Life Reminiscences On An Eclectic Lifetime by Raymond Walley Review by Barry Boy I was given A Peripatetic Life, Reminiscences On An Eclectic Lifetime by Raymond Walley in exchange for an honest review while it was OnlineBookClub.org book of the day. A Peripatetic Life is written in the first person and is the …

Roaming Hotspots, Batman! - Megan Publishing Services

Roaming Hotspots, Batman! - Megan Publishing Services: Roaming Hotspots, Batman! I didn’t even know that roaming hotspots existed until two days ago, and now I am one! I need the Internet. Anybody who knows me knows that. I need the Internet more than I need shoes and if the choice was Internet or trousers, I would have to wear some sort of …

Bluetooth and Its Benefits - Megan Publishing Services

Bluetooth and Its Benefits - Megan Publishing Services: Bluetooth and Its Benefits Bluetooth is a method of wireless communication between electronic devices. You can think of it like Wi-Fi, radio or Infra-red in that it has a similar effect, although it is not the same technology. Many phones, computers, tablets, televisions and speakers are provided with Bluetooth these days, because it is convenient and …

We Won't Forget You Mr. McGillicuddy - Megan Publishing Services

We Won't Forget You Mr. McGillicuddy - Megan Publishing Services: We Won’t Forget You Mr. McGillicuddy by Ira L. White Review by Barry Boy I was given We Won’t Forget You Mr. McGillicuddy by Ira L. White in exchange for an honest review while it was OnlineBookClub.org Book of the Day. We Won’t Forget You Mr. McGillicuddy is a dystopian, conspiracy-theory novel written in the third person, …

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Kindle Fire HDX: The Kindle Fire HDX is a colour ebook reader and all-round mini tablet from Amazon. I put off getting one for years, but took the plunge

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MF910L AIS 4G Pocket WI-FI - Megan Publishing Services: MF910L AIS 4G Pocket WI-FI I am back in the remote Thai village of my wife’s birth, where we have a house. We have moved to Spain, but when we lived here, until five months ago, we had an Internet connection from the local telecom company, but it has been discontinued. So, I was stuck …

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MF910L AIS 4G Pocket WI-FI - Megan Publishing Services: MF910L AIS 4G Pocket WI-FI I am back in the remote Thai village of my wife’s birth, where we have a house. We have moved to Spain, but when we lived here, until five months ago, we had an Internet connection from the local telecom company, but it has been discontinued. So, I was stuck …

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Telefunken Flat-screen TV - Megan Publishing Services: Telefunken Flat-screen TV When we moved into our apartment on the day before the Easter celebrations started here in Spain, there was no television. I hadn’t noticed that when I signed the tenancy agreement, and Easter is huge here – most shops shut. Anyway, our landlord turned up on Easter Saturday with the biggest TV, …

Asus X54C Laptop Computer

Asus X54C Laptop Computer: This is my review of the Asus X54C laptop computer, which I have been using for the last 18 months. The Asus X54C has it's good and bad points like every product.

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Kindle vs Book - Megan Publishing Services: Which is better, a book or an ereader? I have shortened this to Kindle vs Book, since the Kindle is the most popular ereader. Read on, you may be surprised

Kindle Fire HDX

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M'TK Sewer Rat - Megan Publishing Services: M’TK Sewer Rat End of Empire Volume 1 by Delinda McCann Review by Barry Boy M’TK Sewer Rat, End of Empire Volume One is written in the first person in the style of a narrative or autobiography. The main protagonist and narrator, Jake Jaconovich, is about four when we meet him. He is living with …

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Price-Matching of My Books - Megan Publishing Services: Price-Matching of My Books I have decided to reduce the prices, in most cases, of my books on the Internet. However, price-matching of my books, all fifty of them across all the outlets where they are sold would take quite some time, so I am going to adjust the prices on Smashwords only. This isn’t …

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Asus F541U Laptop Computer - Megan Publishing Services: Asus F541U Laptop Computer I have had laptop computers  of various makes since 2004. My main bugbear with them was that the battery either died the day after the insurance ran out, or its capacity to hold a charge reduced dramatically – like say from three hours to thirty minutes. Overnight! They also got hot, some very …

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Asus FS41U Laptop Computer - Megan Publishing Services: Asus FS41U Laptop Computer I have had laptop computers  of various makes since 2004. My main bugbear with them was that the battery either died the day after the insurance ran out, or its capacity to hold a charge reduced dramatically – like say from three hours to thirty minutes. Overnight! They also got hot, some very …

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- Megan Publishing Services: Hibernation by S.J. Epps Review by Barry Boy I was given Hibernation by S. J. Epps when it was OnlineBookClub.org Book of the Day in exchange for an honest review. The story opens at a church parade involving floats. Suddenly, an earthquake erupts. However, the main damage as far as we are concerned is in …

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Outlook and Thunderbird Email Clients - Megan Publishing Services: Outlook and Thunderbird Email Clients I have been using Outlook by Microsoft since 1994, along with the rest of the Office Suite. I admit that I didn’t renew the package every year, but had Office 1993 and then 2003 for ages until support for them was discontinued recently. Outlook was the first of the 2003 …

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Moving Again - Megan Publishing Services: Moving Again Circumstances have forced us to move again! That will be five different places in less than six months in Fuengirola! It is becoming tedious, but let’s hope that this will be our last move for the foreseeable future. We have had to move again because the rent where we are now will rise …

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The Moon Poster - Megan Publishing Services: The Moon Poster by Debra Wattes Review by Barry Boy At the time I downloaded The Moon Poster, it was free on Amazon and at the end of the story, the reader was asked for an honest review. The Moon Poster is a short story told in the first person by a devoted daughter. The …

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Lizarran Bar, Fuengirola - Megan Publishing Services: Lizarran Bar, Fuengirola It was our ninth wedding anniversary and our first one in Spain, but my wife wasn’t sure that she wanted to go out to celebrate it. We dithered the whole day long, but at about six p.m. we checked what time it would get dark (about eight thirty) and left for the city …

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Pizzeria La Perla - Megan Publishing Services: Pizzeria La Perla Last night, while walking home, we decided to try the pizzeria located on Calle Salvador Rodriguez Navas, which is about a hundred metres from our apartment in Fuengirola. For those who don’t know the area well, it is almost opposite the local police station. We had been wondering about the place for …

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Buensol Bar - Fuengirola - Megan Publishing Services: Bar Buensol, Fuengirola The Bar Buensol is situated not far from where we live on Calle Salvador Rodriguez Navas, which runs from the Policia Local down to the beach. It is approximately two hundred yards from the sea, but it could be two hundred miles – it would not alter the atmosphere,

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Advertising Index and Rates for Megan Publishing Services: The advertising index on this page lists the five groups of advertising available on this blog. If you have anything else in mind, please ask.

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About Me - Megan Publishing Services

About Me - Megan Publishing Services: Owen Jones – Author Author Owen Jones, from Barry, South Wales, came to writing novels relatively recently, although he has been writing all his adult life. He has lived and worked in several countries and travelled in many, many more.

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Cancelled - Megan Publishing Services: Cancelled The Ultimate October Surprise by Michael Pinsky Review by Barry Boy I was given Cancelled: The Ultimate October Surprise in exchange for an honest review while it was OnlineBookClub.org Book of the Day. Cancelled opens during the American primaries, although the prologue actually takes place after they are over. Austin Howard is the Republican candidate and Samantha Thompson the Democrat. From the very beginning, it is obvious that Pinsky has relied heavily on Trump and Clinton from the 2016 U.S. Election for these characters.

Travel Bloggers and Book-Sellers - Megan Publishing Services

Travel Bloggers and Book-Sellers - Megan Publishing Services: Bloggers on Asia and Book-Sellers Latch onto the success of the popular six-part series Behind The Smile, the story of Lek, a bar girl in Pattaya, by adding an Amazon link to the box set of the series! Linking to Behind The Smile will not only earn you a percentage of a $42 sale, but …

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Pizzeria La Perla - Megan Publishing Services: Pizzeria La Perla Last night, while walking home, we decided to try the pizzeria located on Calle Salvador Rodriguez Navas, which is about a hundred metres from our apartment in Fuengirola. For those who don’t know the area well, it is almost opposite the local police station. We had been wondering about the place for …

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Bargain Properties Spain - Megan Publishing Services: Bargain Properties Spain Bargain Properties Spain is run by Jorge Salviche Luque, or as he introduced himself to me, George. This estate agency is one of the best in Fuengirola and indeed, the province of Malaga and the first choice for me, for reasons which I will come to soon. Bargain Properties Spain is situated …

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Intercopy - Fuengirola - Megan Publishing Services: Intercopy – Fuengirola Intercopy color is a photocopying service, and much more, in the centre of Fuengirola, the Costa del Sol in southern Spain. Intercopy color is situated opposite the bus station, on the beach side, very close to the Las Ramblas Hotel. I had occasion to use them for some quite complicated photocopying – …

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Competition Giveaways - Megan Publishing Services: Competition Giveaways are a useful method of promoting your books. It can be purchased here for $5 per week. A 7-day Competition Giveaways Package for $5!

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Playing Hurt - Megan Publishing Services: Playing Hurt by Gerald L. Nardella Review by Barry Boy I am not American and so was confused when I started reading Playing Hurt, but it soon became apparent that the opening paragraph concerned an American football game. Playing Hurt is a novel about the coming of age of a group of friends who are about …

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Megan Books - Megan Publishing Services: This is a complete list of Megan books in the series - the story of a psychic, Celtic teenage girl. A new novella is written about Megan's life every month

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Megan Books - Megan Publishing Services: This is a complete list of Megan books in the series - the story of a psychic, Celtic teenage girl. A new novella is written about Megan's life every month

Megan's Christmas Progress Update - Megan Publishing Services

Megan's Christmas Progress Update - Megan Publishing Services: I just finished Proofing! Woohoo! Related

Megan's Christmas Progress Update - Megan Publishing Services

Megan's Christmas Progress Update - Megan Publishing Services: I just completed the Editing phase of Megan’s Christmas! Now onto Proofing! Related

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Compushare Share Dealing Service - Megan Publishing Services: Compushare Share Dealing Service This Compushare Share Dealing Service is based in Bristol, the UK and I have been using them for more than fifteen years. The reason I started was because I have always liked the Law Debenture not-mutual society. I was buying shares in LWDB every month and they were paying me dividends …

Andropov's Cuckoo

Andropov's Cuckoo: Andropov’s Cuckoo A dying man recounts the story of the most amazing person he has ever met, a brilliant, Soviet linguist whom he calls Youriko. It is a tale of love, daring-do, spies and danger set in Japan, Germany, Turkey, the USA, Canada and the UK, but mostly in the Soviet Union of the Seventie...

A Night in Annwn

A Night in Annwn: Annwn William Jones, a sheep farmer from the Brecon Beacons, had led a happy life, until his wife, Sarah, died young. It left him devastated and seemingly bent on self-destruction. His daughter, Becky tried to help, but even she was losing patience with her father. One evening, he is is certain that...

Marketing Your Book On and Off Line

Marketing Your Book On and Off Line: Thank you for purchasing this book, I hope that you will derive great benefit from it. It was written for writers and especially indie writers who self-publish. I want to help writers, who use the Internet, realise its potential, but who are spending so much time trying to get their book finished, t...

The Ghouls of Calle Goya

The Ghouls of Calle Goya: When Frank, a staid, middle-aged, confirmed bachelor takes his diplomat Thai wife to a friend’s apartment on the Costa del Sol for their dream honeymoon, they are in Nirvana… until the ghouls of a secret Scandinavian society torment the superstitious young woman to the point of seeking death to end ...

St. David's Day 2017 - Megan Publishing Services

St. David's Day 2017 - Megan Publishing Services: St. David’s Day 2017 We awoke at nine a.m. on St. David’s Day, March 1st., in Fuengirola, Spain. It had been a late night saying ‘Goodbye’ to friends, but we had to get up, finish our packing and leave the luxury apartment as per our contract. Neither of us were in the mood for this, …

Megan's Christmas Progress Update - Megan Publishing Services

Megan's Christmas Progress Update - Megan Publishing Services: I just made progress on Megan’s Christmas! So far I’m 19% complete on the Editing phase. Related

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Poor Responses on Facebook - Megan Publishing Services: Poor Responses on Facebook Do you use Facebook much? Have you noticed any changes in the way other people use it? I use Facebook most days to keep in touch with my friends and people who read my books. I also hope that I will make contact with new readers who might like my style …

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Poor Responses on Facebook - Megan Publishing Services: Poor Responses on Facebook Do you use Facebook much? Have you noticed any changes in the way other people use it? I use Facebook most days to keep in touch with my friends and people who read my books. I also hope that I will make contact with new readers who might like my style …

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The Dead Game - Megan Publishing Services: The Dead Game by Susanne Leist Review by Barry Boy The Dead Game is a horror mystery, located in modern America, and written in the third person. It is slightly florid in style, which is not my favourite manner, but this was not overly so and did not put me off reading it. The story …

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Death Most Wicked - Megan Publishing Services

Death Most Wicked - Megan Publishing Services: Death Most Wicked by Suzi Albracht Review by Barry Boy Death Most Wicked starts with a valid statement about the human weakness of greed and continues by introducing the reader to various characters, most of whom get killed, some in a way that could be called ceremoniously, until we meet the main character in the …

Fiftieth Birthday Party

Fiftieth Birthday Party: Fiftieth Birthday Party Yesterday was my wife’s fiftieth birthday. We emigrated from Thailand to Fuengirola, Malaga, on the Costa del Sol about six weeks ago, and we still don’t know many people, so she sensibly didn’t want to hold a fiftieth birthday party. However, fifty years has to be celebrated, as does every birthday. in …

Junior Inquisitor

Junior Inquisitor: Junior Inquisitor by Lincoln Farish Review by Barry Boy I was given this book, Junior Inquisitor, which was an OnlineBookClub.org Book of the Day, in exchange for an honest review. The Junior Inquisitor is a fantasy novel in the style of a first-person narrative by the protagonist, a monastic Brother by the name of Sebastian. …

Zig-Zag Bar – Fuengirola

Zig-Zag Bar – Fuengirola: Zig-Zag Bar – Fuengirola The Zig-Zag Bar is in the street opposite the bus station in Fuengirola, fifty metres from the beach road, just a little further down from the Bar In The Sun, estate agency. It is run by Mike, a Swede, and Rose, a Filipina. To call the  Zig-Zag just a bar actually …

The Daddy Game – Review

The Daddy Game – Review: The Daddy Game by Shadez Review by Barry Boy I was given this The Daddy Game, which was an OnlineBookClub.org Book of the Day, in exchange for an honest review. The Daddy Game is in the style of a first-person narrative, and uses a slang, which, as a Brit, I have to assume is used …

Shopping and Me

Shopping and Me: Shopping and Me My wife and I are at the huge outdoor market in Fuengirola again, but for the first time this trip. I have written about it elsewhere on this blog, but suffice it to say that many people believe it to be the largest in Europe and I cannot disagree. Not only because …

The Happiest Day of My Life

The Happiest Day of My Life: The Happiest Day of My Life I know that one is supposed to say, and with much justification, that the happiest day of one’s life was the day they got married or had a child, the latter of which I have never experienced, but the happiest day of my life was yesterday and I will …

Residency in Spain for Neem

Residency in Spain for Neem: Residency in Spain for Neem There are several things that you need for residency in Spain, or indeed, in any other Schengen EU country. Most of the EU countries have their own interpretation of the EU directives which are meant to homogenise the rules for living in Europe. However, it seems that they are treated …

My Novels on Amazon

My Novels on Amazon: This is a list of the novels that Owen Jones has written. It consists of two major series and eleven other books and novels featuring Europe and Asia

Dark Serenade

Dark Serenade: Montenegro Series by Estela Vazquez Perez Book Two: Dark Serenade Review by Barry Boy I bought this volume, Dark Serenade, of the Montenegro Series without having read the first volume, but that was not a problem. I did not even know that there was a previous part to the story, so the three volumes seem …

Locked Out in Fuengirola!

Locked Out in Fuengirola!: Locked Out in Fuengirola! We had been in Fuengirola, on the Costa del Sol in Spain, for three weeks and in our fantastic apartment for half of that time and we were loving it. However, it was time to presson with our primary task of getting my wife, Neem, her residency papers. So, we went …

Our Apartment in Fuengirola

Our Apartment in Fuengirola: Our Apartment in Fuengirola We still had three days left to run when we found our apartment, but the staff at the Hostel Jomarijo understood our predicament and allowed us a refund of a day. So, we have had the unnecessary luxury of having two places to be able to stay today. We spent the …

Our First Five Days in Fuengirola

Our First Five Days in Fuengirola: Our First Five Days in Fuengirola We arrived at our hotel, the Reyesol, Calle Marbella, in Fuengirola at ten past midnight on Saturday. I had been hoping for a beer when we arrived, since leaving my sister-in-law’s place in Bangkok at six a.m. the previous morning. However, I was out of luck – everything had …

Book Review-The Ghouls of Calle Goya: When malice results from good intentions!-Owen Jones

Book Review-The Ghouls of Calle Goya: When malice results from good intentions!-Owen Jones: The story begins with the induction of four people into a very secret society that has been in existence for hundreds of years-although ve...

The Devil’s Lieutenant – Review

The Devil’s Lieutenant – Review: The Devil’s Lieutenant by Suzi Albracht Review by Barry Boy The Devil’s Lieutenant is a novel with a dark story about the Devil’s representatives on Earth as conjured up by Miss Albracht. I found it fascinating. At first, I had to see the parallels with the ancient German legend of Dr Faust’s pact with the …

Our Last Night in Thailand

Our Last Night in Thailand: Our Last Night in Thailand I have lived in Thailand for thirteen years, so I should have known better, but I had thought that there would be some sort of a fuss made. After all, I have made it clear that I will probably never come back, and that my wife may not make it …

WHUK – My Webhost

WHUK – My Webhost: WHUK – My Webhost I use WHUK as my UK webhost. It is the first UK webhost company I have stuck with since I started on line in 1996 with a corporate account with Clara.net. I seem to remember…

Spanish Embassy (part 510)

Spanish Embassy (part 510): Spanish Embassy (part 510) Yesterday, we received an email from the Spanish Embassy to say that my wife’s passport was ‘ready for collection’. No mention of whether she had been g…

Dreams: Real and Illusory

Dreams: Real and Illusory: Dreams: Real and Illusory I’ll leave it to you to decide which dreams fall into which category. I, personally, take a lot of notice of my night-time dreams, but I know that many people don&#8…

Puzzle of Fate

Puzzle of Fate: Puzzle of Fate by A. Reza Kamarei, PhD Review by Barry Boy Puzzle of Fate was given to me in exchange for an honest review. The first thing to say is that Puzzle of Fate is not a novel. In Puzzle o…

Seratonin

Seratonin: Seratonin My doctor put me on Seratonin about fifteen years ago. I had had armed robbers tie me up in my own house, our family firm had gone through and my father had died all within a short space …

Do You Feel At Home Where You Live?

Do You Feel At Home Where You Live?: Do You Feel at Home Where You Live? ‘Do you feel at home where you live?’ will sound like a strange question to many of you, and to be honest, I’m not really sure where I’m …

The Plucker

The Plucker: The Plucker From the World of Spilt Milk by D. K. Cassidy Review by Barry Boy In The Plucker, we meet Pria, an Indian girl living with her family in the USA. She has several issues, which seem to s…

Our Last Week in Thailand

Our Last Week in Thailand: Our Last Week in Thailand When we were in the Spanish Embassy in Bangkok a couple of days ago, a man that I think was in charge of the visa section, said to us: “I am prepared to grant you a …

Thai W.C.’s

Thai W.C.’s: Thai W.C.’s I arrived in Thailand thirteen years ago, so I have some knowledge of the subject of Thai W.C.’s, but I have also had to guess some aspects of this article, as you will see.…

Alien Species Intervention – Baby

Alien Species Intervention – Baby: Alien Species Intervention Volume 1: Baby by J. K. Anccinni Review by Barry Boy In the beginning of Alien Species Intervention: Baby, we are introduced to Netty, an uneducated farm girl from Sussex…

The Dreaded Spanish Visa (part 502)

The Dreaded Spanish Visa (part 502): The Dreaded Spanish Visa (part 502) If you have not been following this tale of abject misery, it started in December 2015, with no emails to the Spanish Embassy in Bangkok receiving an answer. In …

Calle Goya on KindleScout

Calle Goya on KindleScout: Calle Goya on KindleScout As you may have heard, I put this, my latest novel, The Ghouls of Calle Goya, in for a ‘competition’ at KindleScout. It did not ‘win’, or to be str…

Translation Service

Translation Service: Translation Service English to Spanish in Twenty-Four Hours My wife and I want to live in Spain for a while. I am British, so that is no problem for me, but my wife is Thai, and the Spanish Embassy…

The Diary of an Immortal (1945-1959)

The Diary of an Immortal (1945-1959): The Diary of an Immortal (1945-1959) by David Castello Review by Barry Boy This book was given to me in exchange for an honest review. In The Diary of an Immortal (1945-1959) we meet Steven Ronson …

To See the Sights

To See the Sights: To See the Sights  by Bridgitte Lesley Review by Barry Boy To See the Sights, by prodigious author Bridgette Lesley, is a romance, but, as with all her stories, is a perfectly credible one. To See …