AI on Opher Goodwin as a writer
Opher Goodwin is a versatile writer known for his works on music, particularly rock music. He has authored several books, including biographies and analyses of musicians like Roy Harper and Captain Beefheart12. His writing often delves into the intricacies of rock music, exploring the lives and works of influential artists.
Goodwin’s books are well-regarded for their depth and insight, with titles such as In Search of Captain Beefheart and Roy Harper: Every Album, Every Song receiving positive reviews1. He also writes on broader cultural and philosophical topics, as seen in works like The Antitheist’s Dictionary and Anthropocene Apocalypse1.
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AI on Ron Forsythe and Writing
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Ron Forsythe has given several insightful interviews where he discusses his writing process, the scientific concepts behind his stories, and his views on the future of science fiction. Here are a few highlights:
Key Interviews
- Sci-Fi Today Podcast: In this interview, Forsythe talks about the inspiration behind “God’s Bolt” and how he balances scientific accuracy with storytelling. He also shares his thoughts on the role of science fiction in addressing real-world issues.
- The Writer’s Corner: Forsythe discusses his journey as an author, the challenges he faced while writing his first book, and his advice for aspiring writers. He emphasizes the importance of perseverance and continuous learning.
- Future Visions Magazine: This interview delves into Forsythe’s views on emerging technologies and their potential impact on society. He also talks about his upcoming projects and what readers can expect from his future works.
Common Themes in His Interviews
- Scientific Rigor: Forsythe often highlights the importance of thorough research and understanding of scientific principles to create believable and engaging science fiction.
- Ethical Considerations: He frequently explores the ethical dilemmas posed by advanced technologies and how they might shape our future.
- Creative Process: Forsythe shares insights into his writing routine, the importance of feedback, and how he overcomes writer’s block.
These interviews provide a deeper understanding of Forsythe’s work and his perspective on the intersection of science and fiction. If you’re interested, you might find some of these interviews available on platforms like YouTube, podcast services, or literary magazines
Opher Goodwin Books on Rock Music – available from Amazon and Burning Shed
These are some of my Rock Music books available from Sonicbond press at Burning Shed or from Amazon.
Roy Harper book in Burning Shed Sale!
My Roy Harper book has now sold out apart from a few remaining copies held by Amazon and Burning Shed. Consequently they have reduced the price of the book! Time to snap up a bargain!
Opher Goodwin Books Available on Burning Shed!
Burning Shed is the publisher Sonicbond’s site.
I have contributed to two series:
On Track – Every Album, Every Song: Roy Harper, Bob Dylan, Captain Beefheart, Neil Young, Phil Ochs (released on the 18th October) and Leonard Cohen (In editing right now – due out later this year)
Classic Albums: Bob Dylan – Bringing It All Back Home and The Beatles White Album
Why not have a look:
Thank you!
Books – My writing career – Publishing History
Books – My writing career – Publishing History
I thought I’d written around a hundred but there are a few more than that. Some exist just as typescript waiting to be rewritten in a digital format. One day I might get around to it. Some are works in progress.
It’s been hell getting this into WordPress. It doesn’t like tables!! It’s still not completely right.
Rock Music Published with Sonicbond Press
| On Track Series | Published |
| 1. Roy Harper: Every Album, Every Song (On Track) Paperback 2. Captain Beefheart On Track: Every Album, Every Song – Paperback 3. Bob Dylan 1962 to 1970 On Track (Decades) Paperback 4. Neil Young 1963 to 1970: Every Album, Every Song (On Track…) Paperback 5. Phil Ochs On Track: Every Album, Every Song (On Track…) Paperback 6. Leonard Cohen On Track: Every Album, Every Song (On Track…) Paperback | Sonicbond publishing Sonicbond publishing Sonicbond publishing Sonicbond publishing Sonicbond publishing Sonicbond publishing |
| Classic Albums Series | |
| 7. The Beatles: White Album – Rock Classics Paperback 8, Bob Dylan Bringing It All Back Home: Rock Classics Paperback | Sonicbond publishing Sonicbond publishing |
Education – Oxford University Press
| Education books | |
| 9. Coordinated science multiskill practicals 10. Coordinated science practicals 11. Headship – a passion for education | Oxford University Press Oxford University Press Self-Published |
Science Fiction – Published as Ron Forsythe
| Sci-Fi novels | Published |
| 12.Gordian Fetish 13. God’s Bolt 14. Reawakening (Sequel to God’s Bolt) 15. Star 16. Green 17. Neanderthal 18. Schizoid 19. Farm 703 – The Human Project 20. Quantum Fever 21. Conexion 22. New Eden 23. The Pornography Wars 24. Terra 3 (The Cabal) 25. The Scrolls of Pandora 3 26. DremeWorld 27. A Message From Hermes 28. Ghenghis Smith | Self-Published Self-Published Self-Published Self-Published Self-Published Self-Published Self-Published Self-Published Self-Published Self-Published Self-Published Self-Published Unpublished Unpublished Unpublished Unpublished Unpublished |
| Sci-Fi novels written as Opher Goodwin | Published | Notes |
| 29. Pornographic Syndromes 30. Destination Self 31. Hallucination 32. Nosedive 33. Green 34. Intergalactic Rockstar – Star turn 35. Ebola in Eden 36. Zero to Infinity 37. Reality Dreams Vol 1 38. Reality Dreams Vol 2 39. October 14th is too far 40. Trapdoor 41. Journey into time 42. Sorting the Future | Self-Published Self-Published Self-Published Self-Published Self-Published Self-Published Self-Published Self-Published Self-Published Unpublished Unpublished Unpublished Unpublished Self-Published | Exists as typescript Exists as typescript Exists as typescript Exists as typescript |
| Fiction – Avant Garde Novels | ||
| 43. Danny’s Story 44. City Angels 45. Goofin’ with the Cosmic Freaks 46. 53 & Imploding 47. Reflections From a Ditch 48. Farther From the Sun 49. The Universe – a Users Guide 50. The Apartment 51. Torture 52. Bodies in a Window | Self-Published Self-Published Self-Published Self-Published Self-Published Self-Published Self-Published Self-Published Self-Published Self-Published | |
| Antitheist | ||
| 53. Antitheist’s Bible 54. Book of Ginny 55. Antitheist’s Dictionary | Self-Published Self-Published Self-Published | Rewritten (Kathy & Tobes) |
| Sixties | ||
| 56. Diary of a 60s freak | Self-Published | |
| Poetry | ||
| 57. Poetry Vol 1 – Prose and Cons 58. Poetry Vol 2 – Vice and Verse 59. Poetry Vol 3 – Rhyme and Reason 60. Poetry Vol 4 – Stanzas & Stances 61. Poetry Vol 5 – Poems & Peons 62. Poetry Vol 6 – Codas, Cadence and Clues 63. Poetry Vol 7 – Rituals & Odes 64. Poetry Vol 8 – Poems for Hard Times 65. Poetry Vol 9 – Diddles, Riddles, Enviroscribbles & political Tribbles 66. Poetry Vol 10 – Weaponising Words 67. Poetry Vol 11 – Guns, Rhymes, Elephants & Dreams 68. Poetry Vol 12 – Dead Ducks, Own Goals & Greed 69. Poetry Vol 13 – Moroccan Skies, Wonder Whys, Disguise & Lies 70. Poetry Vol 14 – Fana Ticks, Fantast Ticks, Miss Ticks, Polly Ticks 71. Poetry Vol 15 – Dark Matter for Dark Ages 72. Poetry Vol 16 – A Cosmic Dance Through Life 73. Poetry Vol 17 – Long Ago & Inbetween 74. Poetry Vol 18 – Polly Ticks, Squawks & Parasites 75. Poetry Vol 19 – Poems For The Planet 76. Poetry Vol 20 – Random Muses From My Mind 77. Poetry Vol 21 – 350 Million, Oven-Ready, World-Beating Poems 78. Poetry Vol 22 –Out Of The Covid & Into The Frying Pan 79. Poetry Vol 23 – Visions From The Pits Of Love & Despair 80. Poetry Vol 24 – Escapees From the 60s (In process ) 81. Poetry Vol 25 – Toxic Times 82. Poetry Vol 26 – Crying For Ukraine 83. Poetry Vol 27 – Broken Britain 84. Poetry Vol 28 – More Futile Gestures 85. Poetry Vol 29 – Fusion, Fission & Chain Reactions 86. Poetry Vol 30 – Wonder, Awe & Anger in Rhythm 87. Poetry Vol 31 – My Thoughts Are Quantum (In process ) 88. Poetry Vol 32 – Futile Gestures of Defiance 89. Poetry Vol 33 – Fighting Words | Self-Published Self-Published Self-Published Self-Published Self-Published Self-Published Self-Published Self-Published Self-Published Self-Published Self-Published Self-Published Self-Published Self-Published Self-Published Self-Published Self-Published Self-Published Self-Published Self-Published Self-Published Self-Published Self-Published Self-Published Self-Published Self-Published Self-Published Self-Published Self-Published Self-Published Unpublished Self-Published Unpublished | |
| Art | ||
| 90. My Art & Outpourings | Self-Published | |
| Rock Music | ||
| 91. Rock Strata Vol 1 92. Rock Strata Vol 2 93. Rock Strata Vol 3 94. Rock Strata Vol 4 95. Rock Streams 96. Rockin my life away 97. Roy Harper Vol 1 98. Roy Harper Vol 2 99. Roy Harper Vol 3 100. Roy Harper Vol 4 101. Roy Harper Biog 102. Under the covers 103. In Search of Captain Beefheart (A memoir) 104.. 537 Essential Rock Albums pt 1 105. Ruminating on Roy Harper (Me & Roy Harper) 106. Nick Harper the Wilderness Years 107. Tribute to Rock Geniuses Vol 1 108. The Blues Muse (a novel) 109. Rock Routes (History of Rock Music) | Unpublished Unpublished Unpublished Unpublished Unpublished Unpublished Unpublished Unpublished Unpublished Unpublished Unpublished Unpublished Self-Published Self-Published Unpublished Self-Published Self-Published Self-Published Self-Published | Typescipt Typescipt Typescipt Typescipt Typescipt Incomplete Completed for publication Typescript Typescript Typescript Partial and incomplete Incomplete Fully edited & ready novel tracing Rock history |
| Short Stories & Anecdotes | Published | Rewritten as |
| 110. A Universe of Shorts, Tails and Tales, and the Truth 111. Anecdotes, Weird Science, Writing & Ramblings From Life 112. More Anecdotes, Essays, Beliefs & Flotsam | Self-Published Self-Published Self-Published |
| The Environment | Published | Rewritten as |
| 113. Anthropocene Apocalypse | Self-Published |
| Covid Diaries | Published | Rewritten as |
| 114. The Corona Diaries – Pt. 1 – (210 days from March 15th 2020 to October 19th 2020) 115. The Corona Diaries – Pt. 2 – (Day 211 – Day 410 – October 12th 2020 – May 7th 2021) 116. The Corona Diaries – Pt. 3 -(Day 411 – Day 630 May 8th 2021- December 15th 2021) 117. The Corona Diaries pt. 4 | Self-Published Self-Published Self-Published | Still on the computer |
Designing the book cover!
Nobody is going to know how good your book is until they start to read it. The only things they have got to go on is the book cover and what you have written about the book on the back cover. If you are not a well-known name you have to rely on attracting potential readers through the visual medium.
An eye-catching cover, along with enticing back-cover notes, might just convince a reader to take a chance on you as a new writer.
I remember having a depressing conversation with an editor. He asked me how many Sci-Fi books an average Sci-Fi fan might read in their lifetime. I enthusiastically replied ‘thousands’. He was more sceptical but asked me how many good Sci-Fi books, by established writers, were already published and out there. We left that hanging.
He then asked me to imagine I was going on a long flight and I wanted to buy a novel for the journey. He told me to imagine I was browsing the Sci-Fi section at a book shop. Would I be more attracted to an Isaac Asimov or an Iain Banks that I had not read than taking a chance on a Ron Forsythe?
It was a tad disheartening.
All one can do is to design a cover that attracts, like a flower touting for bees. The cover can be a make or break. It has to stand out from the crowd.
A cover should say something; it should visually relate to the story. It is a statement. It tells the reader what the book is about within a scan of the eye.
The cover should also capture something of the author.
A picture says more than a thousand words.
Designing a cover is crucially important.
Here are the covers I have designed for my books:
Check out Opher Goodwin books – Beatles Classic Album release TODAY!!
My books are available from Burning Shed (Sonicbond publishing) and Amazon. Please take a look!
Thanks for the reviews.
Opher
Reviews
Reviews are the lifeblood of writers. A bad review can kill a book. To be successful a book requires a large number of good reviews.
Many readers will trawl through and reject books lacking in reviews or with few reviews. They will be attracted to books with many good reviews. They check out the reviews before purchasing.
Here lies the catch. To gain good reviews one has to attract readers. Without reviews you do not attract readers.
A good review can be a mega boost for a writer. To read that somebody out there has really enjoyed the writing makes it worthwhile. A good review provides an adrenaline rush.
I check my reviews daily and reread them. When I am feeling down it gives me a lift to know that people think that what I am doing is worthwhile and they are enjoying it.
I know it is a pain to leave a review but it really does make a different on a number of levels. I thank everyone who has gone to the trouble of writing a review. Thank You! You give me strength!