This is my short biog that I use in my books. Do you think it isn’t serious enough? Does it need amending?
About the Author
Opher Goodwin was born in the Deep South on the Thames Delta. He ran wild in the fields, ditches and trees lost in the wonders of nature until girls enticed him out of that first obsession and straight into another.
He developed a passion for Rock Music at the age of ten and has followed that through until now. He went to his first gig at the age of fourteen when he saw the British Birds at the local Palais. The second band he saw was Them with Van Morrison. There was no looking back. He was smitten by the excitement.
He lived in London as a student during the sixties and went to at least three gigs a week catching all the major acts in small clubs at their very peak. He is still travelling the world and making sure that he sees everything (though not with a rucksack these days), reads avidly and enjoys life to the full.
In the seventies he had a career in teaching, first with his beloved Biology and progressing to become a Secondary School Headteacher. Always the philosophy was the same – tolerance, empathy, respect and responsibility. You don’t alter the world for the better with hatred and violence. He is still an idealist who believes in building a positive zeitgeist.
Throughout that career, as he helped raise four children with his long-suffering wife, he practiced another of his obsessions which was writing. So far he has only written forty five books (but there’s a lot more still in his head).
Now he sits in his den on the Costa Del Humber surrounded by five thousand vinyl albums, ten thousand CDs, 2 computers full of MP3s, shelves of books on Rock, Beat Poetry, novels and Sci-Fi, drawers full of singles and magazines, and writes, while his wife does her thing and his kids are flown. He is content.
Nobody is more obsessive. Nobody is more passionate. He tells it like it is with all the fury of a radical zealot – Love one another! – Look after the world! – Enjoy yourself!
This is fun! It seems complete and makes you feel lovable. I believe it should be enough 🙂 Congratulations on another book 😀
Thank you Saloni.
Shorten it a bit. Is that the correct spelling for the “British Birds”? The American band was The Byrds. I’ve started reading “Reality Dreams”. I take it that it is autobiographical.
Hi Bede – Yep – correct spelling.
I hope you like it. Yes – absolutely 100% autobiographical.
I like it Opher – it gives the reader a peek inside your head and gives context for what appears on the page of your books/blogs.
Thanks John. That’s what was intended. I wasn’t sure if it worked though. Very reassuring.
But you didn’t mention your sojourn in the states… That was pretty much a part of your life lessons, too, wasn’t it?
So many things I had to leave out Cheryl! Do you think I should add it? Bernard was telling me to shorten it.
I like it and didn’t find it too long. Tt has that Opher’ish ring to it that is pure you 🙂
Thanks Raili. Nice to be reassured.
Your den sounds like a fun place to hang out!
Oh Pooj – it’s hell. It’s so noisy, so full of stuff, so busy. But someone has to be there doing it. That unfortunate job has fallen to me. I have to make the best of it.
I will be happy to take over if you feel overwhelmed by it! 😉
No Thank you for the kind offer but I could not possibly allow you to do that. You have college to deal with. I will just have to soldier on, choose the right CDs, endure the loud noise and persevere with the agony of writing.
Okay that’s fair 😜
I’m always fair.
A quick question – did you watch the 60s series “The Prisoner” with Patrick McGoohan?
Oh yes. I loved it. I’ve got it on DVD.