The Swindon Advertiser broke with tradition last week and turned book reviewer to accommodate the efforts of the Swindon Bard, James Goddard. In his new role, replacing the great Andy Partridge of XTC fame who had held it for over 35 years, himself replacing the seminal Gilbert O’Sullivan, Goddard has now had reviews of his […]
About James Goddard
Radio Knowledge
So, two months since ‘Knowledge Waits’ appeared and what now? Well last week I did a piece at a local radio station, and since then ‘Knowledge Waits’ has plummeted down the Amazon charts! Not that I ever imagined that a quick interview and reading an extract on a local station might launch me into the national […]
Swearing Blind
A friend last week sent a card featuring Jane Austen with her publisher who is saying “We like the plot Miss Austen, but the effing and blinding has to go.” I’d seen the card before but was struck by Cilla’s comment that the card seemed somehow apt for me. I have been slightly worried that the opening chapter of […]
Keeping An Eye On The Charts
Two weeks since ‘Knowledge Waits’ was published and sales seem, according to the Guru Godleman, to be moving along well enough. So why do I feel that by now it ought to be in the charts that appear in the quality papers every weekend? The comments and reviews that have appeared on Facebook and Amazon […]
One Week On
So, ‘Knowledge Waits’ was finally released last week and the company launch took place in London where my consumption of red wine was quite enough to liven me up, but not quite excessive enough to prevent me catching the train back home from Paddington. So how does it feel to have a novel ‘out there’? Well, […]