Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
Terence J Goodchild I am an English writer born in Manchester in the north of England and now live in Tasmania with my wife on a farm with our horses. After travelling in Europe for many years my wife and I came to Australia for a holiday in 1981 and found that we could live in this country, so we migrated in 1988 to Melbourne, but now live in Tasmania. I have been writing for about 12 years, and have written 17 novels of fiction and about 100 poems that I may put in a book one day, I try and make my books somewhere the reader can escape to, and hope they enjoy my stories, I put in a few truths, just for spice to make it more interesting, and a few one liners, I put the characters in my stories of people I have met and places I have travelled to and write how I see things, I have had two books published in the UK one by i2i publishing.co.uk called The Joker, and one by Austin Macualey called The legacy of Tallow manor, which has just had a five star review, my web pages are
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
The Soul of Gordi Fitzsimons, when I lived in the UK there was a house at the end of a long lane and it seemed no one lived in the house, but rumours were rife about kids seeing strange shapes behind the curtains and some weird happening at night, now long after and many years from then, I sat down and wrote this book.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
Yes my one habit is I don’t get writers block and don’t know why, I can work on at least three books at once
What authors, or books have influenced you?
Frank Yearby, Jeffery Archer, Brice Courtney
What are you working on now?
Fifteen Minutes of Fame, a story about a publisher’s clerk who has to interview a famous Rugby Player with dire consequences.
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
My own web page and pages like this one, which are very good
Do you have any advice for new authors?
Don’t give up
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Be proud of what you write even if one person reads it
What are you reading now?
nothing at the moment
What’s next for you as a writer?
I am hoping to do some book signing for my last book which will be featured in the New York book fair in May 2016
If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
Tobias and the Angel, Frank Yearby, The eleventh commandment, Jeffery Archer, Insomnia Steven King
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