Owen Wells - Author

Owen Wells - Author You are important! The things you enjoy and are gifted in can make a difference in your community! C I don’t write to be seen. My name is Owen Wells. They whisper.

I write because some things refuse to stay buried. If you’ve followed this page before, you’ve known me through quiet quotes and passing insights. Now, I’m inviting you into something deeper. I craft introspective fiction that leans into memory, silence, and the long echo of regret. I’m not interested in noise or spectacle. I’m drawn to the moments that haunt us—those that slip past unnoticed, the

n return years later with something to say. I believe the best stories don’t scream. They wait. They linger. Portraits in Time and Life is my debut novel, but it’s been growing inside me for decades. It’s a meditation on memory, grief, and fractured family—told not through grand revelations but through worn edges, quiet failures, and the fragile hope that something beautiful might still be found in the ruins. This page exists so I can share that work with anyone drawn to stories that bruise gently but deeply. If that’s you, welcome. Look around. Listen closely. You might hear something you’ve been trying to forget.

06/11/2025

"We are all apprentices in a craft where no one ever becomes a master." — Hemingway

The hardest work isn’t writing.
It’s wrestling with the darker parts of yourself long enough to create something that might outlive them.
Most days, I’m not sure who’s winning.

06/03/2025
05/30/2025

Big milestone.The manuscript for Portraits in Time and Life is now in the hands of advanced readers. After years of wres...
05/29/2025

Big milestone.

The manuscript for Portraits in Time and Life is now in the hands of advanced readers. After years of wrestling with these characters and their ghosts, it's both terrifying and exhilarating to let the story go.

If you'd like behind-the-scenes updates, sneak peeks, and a front-row seat to the official launch, I’d love to have you on the mailing list:
👉 OwenWellsBooks.com

Thanks for walking this road with me.

Barrie wasn’t just talking to children. He was reminding the rest of us—grown-ups who’ve forgotten how to fly—that belie...
05/26/2025

Barrie wasn’t just talking to children. He was reminding the rest of us—grown-ups who’ve forgotten how to fly—that belief still matters.

05/24/2025

Some chapters close quietly. Others linger. And once in a while, a new one begins without fanfare—just the soft turn of a page.

As some of you may have noticed, this page has shifted. What began as a space for reflection and quiet encouragement is becoming something a little different—still quiet, still reflective, but now more personal. More literary. More mine.

I'm writing stories now. Ones that explore memory, silence, and the things we carry too long. My first novel is on the horizon.

“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.”—Maya Angelou

If that resonates with you, let's journey together.

There’s more to come.
–Owen Wells

04/23/2023

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04/23/2023

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03/12/2023

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