Terence Goodchild

Biography

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,

Smashwords Interview

What is the greatest joy of writing for you?
I Love to tell a story, and have written 17 novels of fiction and had four published, they are based around my life, my travels and the many people I have met and also known throughout my life, one book is name Jacob Foley which I will put into smashword's shortly it is the story of two brothers put in and orphanage when they mother could not cope, it is based on my brother and I being put in an orphanage by our father when our mother was sick
What do your fans mean to you?
Fans I suppose mean everything to everyone who is, an author, footballer, singer I just hope all my fans like what I write and lose themselves in my stories, and it takes them of their lives and into some other world
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Where to find Terence Goodchild online

Books

3592 West Ghost Squad Knowhere Men
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 36,330. Language: English. Published: May 1, 2022 . Categories: Fiction » Adventure » Action
Mark, Rubin and Scotty were all SAS soldiers and part of a team of soldiers with no family or friends to mourn them if they died and if they died they were buried where the lay and no one would know
A Witch by Any Other Name
Price: $2.50 USD. Words: 6,980. Language: English. Published: February 23, 2022 . Categories: Fiction » Fantasy » General
A witch named Solengena Aristona now Solengena did not like the name her parents had given her they were both gardeners and thought it a good idea to name her after a plant
A Man Named Boris
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 19,950. Language: English. Published: January 15, 2021 . Categories: Fiction » Inspirational
Once upon a very long time there lived a man named Boris. Now Boris was not a very clever man and had no qualifications as such, but he knew how to speak and communicate with animal’s not just birds and snakes but horse’s cow’s goats and any other animals living on the earth.
15 Minutes of Fame
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 20,050. Language: English. Published: January 9, 2021 . Categories: Fiction » Sports, Fiction » Themes & motifs » Family sagas
I work for a publishing company as a fiction editor my boss in named Brian he is a nice guy but one day he called me into his office and with a greeting of Dennis my man I knew something was going on, ‘Do you know Malcolm Treddanick.’ I looked at him then I said ‘is this a trick question’
Tapestry of My Life in Ryme
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 12,510. Language: English. Published: January 3, 2021 . Categories: Fiction » Educational, Poetry » U.K. Poetry
My name is Terence Joseph Goodchild I was born in Manchester in the UK, at the age of nine years old I was put in an orphanage named St Josephs convent orphanage in Salford with my brother who was 6, we stayed in there for about two years and when we were released we were total wrecks, and all through my life I had to put up with having a stammer, being picked on laughed at and many other things
The Second Coming
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 23,110. Language: English. Published: December 19, 2020 . Categories: Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Supernatural, Fiction » Horror » Weird fiction
It has been some years since Rachael had to send her dog Jess back to the other world, but now years later a new chapter in the life or death of the Egyptian Queen Norgassa and her two dogs invaded Joss and Rachael’s lives but things are not what they seem and a new scenario appears and no one knows the answer until a police woman figures it out and then the game is on
Jacob Foley
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 62,540. Language: English. Published: May 23, 2019 . Categories: Fiction » Romance » Action/adventure, Fiction » Coming of age
Jacob and Bobby are brothers left in an orphanage by their mother Bobby is taken away from Jacob as soon as their mother leaves them to the anger of Jacob who was told to look after his brother. after six months Jacob is told by the doctor that Bobby has died of some rare illness and had to be cremated which makes Jacob very sad.
The Printer and the Russians Daughter
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 47,330. Language: British English. Published: May 23, 2019 . Categories: Fiction » Romance » Suspense, Fiction » Cultural & ethnic themes » Cultural interest, general
Donald a printers son, meets Natalie a Russian’s daughter, who takes him on a bumpy road to romance, not knowing where he is heading goes blindly on, until one day breaks away but knows he cannot live without her, and she in turn cannot live without him, but they don’t know this yet, until they meet again and love conquers all
Time Passing
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 62,260. Language: English. Published: April 4, 2018 . Categories: Fiction » Romance » Adult, Fiction » Historical » United Kingdom
Kevin Connor and his family mother, Josie brother Paul and sister Lucy lived and tried to survive in world war two, with not much food and little luxuries times were hard for the family, their father, Bernard was away doing something very secretive for the army on a need to know basis and the family had no need to know. Then one day a letter came from the government telling them their father had
Bridge of Sorrel
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 54,680. Language: English. Published: March 31, 2018 . Categories: Fiction » Romance » Suspense, Fiction » Themes & motifs » Family sagas
On a lonely deserted highway a truck driver picks up a man carrying a sick child, asking where he came from knowing no villages or towns were in 100 miles of the highway the man replies Sorrel, the man and child are dressed in clothes you would see in films like Oliver and the Charles Dickens era, The driver takes the man and child to the nearest hospital and leaves them in emergency
The Joker
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 46,860. Language: English. Published: March 6, 2018 . Categories: Fiction » Humor & comedy » Satire, Fiction » Themes & motifs » Psychological
The Joker, is a story of Darren Bennet, a motor mechanic with aspirations of becoming a full time stand up comedian. He his newly married to Mavis, who loves him deeply and dearly. While in his dressing room in some sleazy theatre, he voices his desire to become a great comedian and offers to sell his soul to the first person who can make him rich and famous and make all his dreams come true.
Jess
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 1,770. Language: English. Published: February 20, 2018 . Categories: Fiction » Horror » Crime, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Action & suspense
A young girl and her dog Jess are being naughty in her bedroom and her father takes the dog and locks it in the shed, Rachael lets it out at night because it is crying and once again brings it up to her room, her father has had enough and takes the dog outside and shoots it, what happens next over many years is every time someone upsets Rachael the dog appears as a monster and kills the person
The Legacy of Tallow Manor
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 160,910. Language: British English. Published: December 9, 2016 . Categories: Fiction » Romance » Historical » 20th Century, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » General
Childhood sweethearts, Family Secrets and Lies, convicts, travel to many countries, violence,
Dam Head Farm (The Return)
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 45,540. Language: British English. Published: December 6, 2016 . Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Hard-Boiled, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Action & suspense
A new Famous owner of Dam Head Farm but with a new agenda, but still criminal tendencies
Dam Head Farm
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 40,370. Language: British English. Published: December 6, 2016 . Categories: Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Crime thriller
Andy was the son of Tom a detective sergeant on the local police force one day Andy and his mates went to Dam Head Farm to see what the new owner was doing. The farm had been bought by a gangster named Tony Costigan linked to protection, drugs and many other unlawful things organised crime, murder of witnesses, corruption in high places,
Lancelot Bottomley the Reluctant Knight
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 39,660. Language: Commonwealth English. Published: February 18, 2016 . Categories: Fiction » Coming of age
Lancelot Bottomley was born and given this name because his mother had a thing for Richard Gere, all through his childhood he was plagued by this name and what happens is, he is tested for his being a hero many times, by the children in his school, and later in life he finds his name linked to a very brave man in history, but things don’t go according to plan
The Soul of Gordi Fitzsimons
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 41,150. Language: Commonwealth English. Published: February 9, 2016 . Categories: Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Supernatural, Fiction » Religious
Sylvia and Shaun Lethbridge buy an old house to turn into a night club, a guide price of 400,000 pound at auction, when they bought it for 50 thousand , little did they know why, until the builder started to renovate it, and things began to happen, until they looked into the owners of the house and found some things were not right, ghosts appeared, words were written (tell them to find me)
Colli Polansky
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 45,970. Language: Commonwealth English. Published: February 9, 2016 . Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » International crime
The town of Coalville is run by the Falkirk’s who keep the miners hungry for work they own every house in Coalville Polanski family of which Colli is the eldest, their father a drunken bully thinks beating his wife when he has spent all the money is the normal thing to do, one night Colli has had enough while the father beat’s his mother once again plunges a knife into his back and kills him.