The anthology, including one of my short stories – Full Moon over Tawi-Tawi, is now available both as an eBook and paperback. Look for it in your local bookshop, or order it from any of the global and regional online retailers, e.g. Amazon UK. Whether you already know and love Southeast Asia, or are curious about this, the most alluring and mysterious part of… Read More
An announcement to my readers around the world!
As this is the season of vacations despite the silly virus, I have made a decision to halt the weekly publishing of chapters from The Influence on my website. This will resume in September and continue until further notice. However, the printed novel will be available for purchase beginning of 2022, in hardcover and soon after that in paperback, with the first 100 hardcover… Read More
Social Media Censoring at its Worst
Would you believe that this old photograph of a Malekula warrior with a penis sheath has been censored by facebook? Allegedly for ‘[going] against our Community Standards on nudity or sexual activity’! Where’s the sexual activity? And does nudity nowadays include other than ‘the naughty bits’? Like feet? Or legs? Or even male nipples? Has facebook been taken over by brainless American evangelicals? Or… Read More
Sex? Yes, please – we’re human!
Any allusion to intimate interaction between consenting adults invariably provokes a reaction. Whether it’s positive or negative is really moot, as numerous brands (and not least their marketing agencies) have discovered to their advantage. Hey – you can sell anything from beer to cars to language courses with a bit of sex. And if it results in the ire of militant feminists or religious… Read More
What’s in a word?
Kill, murder, maim, torture, decapitate, garrotte, execute, hang, eviscerate, strangle… What do these words have in common? No, it’s not what you’re thinking! They are all perfectly acceptable in any country in the world, in any media, even allowed on BBC before their self-imposed watershed. Yet they all conjure up unpleasant images of ways to kill and inflict pain on another human being. Our… Read More
The Influence: A Very Unpleasant Man
Back in KL, the third instalment sees Alex having to deal with some inquisitive and anything but friendly people. Meanwhile, in her search for answers, Kris discovers rumours about a legendary Pacific artefact, centuries old, and learns of the ruthlessness of unscrupulous individuals intent on finding and possessing it. Unwittingly, she gets Alex and herself started on a journey from which they may never… Read More
You didn’t think this could happen in Singapore, did you?
To brighten up your Sunday I’ve published the rest of the second part of the novel – the three remaining chapters. However, if you are squeamish about reading explicit yet brief descriptions of sex, you may want to skip parts of Chapter 13. The plot thickens, and Alex starts getting concerned about his health and general well-being. Read it all at https://www.jovancic.com/the-influence-singapore-fling/
Unhappy editors
Janis and Tiggy are still not convinced that my latest chapter in Blatteparadis is finished – or even good enough – after I read it out to them. ‘Where’s the expected description of yummy food that we’ve gotten used to and want to continue reading about,’ Janis complained loudly while Tiggy pointed out that there was no explicit sex whatsoever in the chapter, ‘not… Read More
The Influence: next chapter is now online for your reading pleasure
The Influence – Singapore Fling
A pictorial guide to The Influence
For a novel to attract readers and continue to captivate them, it always needs to fulfil the three Ps: a twisty Plot, a believable Protagonist and an exotic Place. The plot is there (And, oh boy, you’ve no idea just how far it’s going to take you, do you?), as well as the protagonists (or possibly antagonists, it’s up to you to figure it… Read More