I have been writing for fifty years. Early on I had two things published but my career got in the way. I would come home, play with the children, relax, and start writing late at night into the early hours. I produced around forty books – mostly typed. I had them as A4 copies but did not do much with them.
After I retired I set about writing all the new books in my head and reworking the early books. That is what I am doing.
I discovered self-publishing and honed them into shape. I get tremendous joy out of holding a properly produced paperback of something that has come out of my head. My books are my babies (Nick Harper said that about his songs – and it is true). I care about them.
The sales dribble along. Some don’t sell at all. Others sell a few more. That can get depressing.
Phase two will be marketing and publishing. At present I am still writing out my books. Soon I will look into marketing or publishing. I will put my energies into that. But for me it is the creative process that is prime. My aim is to get my books read.
I am not doing this to make a huge amount of money or fame. It would be nice to get some recognition though and for all my books to have an audience. I see it as the difference between masturbation and sex. Sometimes I wonder why the hell I’m doing it if I’m the only person who reads them.
So perhaps you would like to help me out and make me feel worthwhile –
These are my six books of poetry. They are available as paperback or on Kindle from Amazon – all for under £5 for a paperback. You could buy the whole lot for just £27.62!!
They are not conventional poetry books. They are like you find on my blog with a page of explanatory prose followed by the poem. The prose is as important as the poem to me.
Codas, Cadence and Clues – £4.97
Stanzas and Stances – £5.59
Poems and Peons – £4.33
Rhymes and Reasons – £3.98
Prose, Cons and Poetry – £4.60
Vice and Verse – £4.15
Science Fiction books:
Ebola in the Garden of Eden – paperback £6.95 Kindle £2.56 (or free on unlimited)
Green – paperback £9.98 Kindle £2.56 (or free on unlimited)
Rock Music books
In Search of Captain Beefheart – paperback £6.91 Kindle £1.99 (or free on unlimited)
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Other selected books and novels:
Anecdotes-Weird-Science-Writing-Ramblings – a book of anecdotes mainly from the sixties and other writing.
More Anecdotes – following the immense popularity of the first volume I produced a second
Goofin’ with the cosmic freaks – a kind of On the Road for the sixties
The book of Ginny – a novel
In Britain :
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Opher-Goodwin/e/B00MSHUX6Y/ref=sr_tc_2_0?qid=1461306850&sr=1-2-ent
In America:
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=opher+goodwin
In all other countries around the world check out your regional Amazon site and Opher Goodwin books.