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Phyllis Goodwin

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Born
Bath, Somerset, The United Kingdom
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Genre
Historical Fiction, Nonfiction, Dog Books Short Stories

Influences
Jane Austen, C.S.Lewis, Joanna Trollope, Joanne Harris

Member Since
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Born in England but spent first twelve years in Argentina. Married with two children and four grandchildren. Bought my first Field Spaniel in 1984 and became besotted by the breed! Bred them, shown & worked them and written about them in books, articles and newspapers.
First novel 'Cry for me Argentina' published in 2014 (details and excerpts on my blog at
Published a book of forty five Short Stories ( with 45 colour illustrations) 'Dog Tales & Other Gems' Ghosts, Journeys & Field Spaniels. (2016)
At present I'm working on my second novel: 'Father's Dead Where's Mother' A girl's search for the Truth', an historical mystery.
I live on a south coast island of England, U.K. with my four Spaniels. ...more

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Hi Phyllis, was very excited just to read that Joanna Trollope was an influence on your writing.I love her books...how do you think she affects your writing?
Phyllis Goodwin I think I was drawn to her writing by the reviews I read. As one said ' they are sparkling readable novels about every day life in rural England. 'Gir…m´Ç°ù±ðI think I was drawn to her writing by the reviews I read. As one said ' they are sparkling readable novels about every day life in rural England. 'Girl from the south' is one of my favourites because it is set in two places - London and South Carolina. I was influenced by this and used the idea in my first novel 'Cry for me Argentina' that takes place at different times in Bath, Manchester, Switzerland and Argentina. I hope to improve on this idea in my next novel 'Father's Dead & Mother's Vanished - a girl's search for the truth'. This novel takes place in England, Bordeaux in France and finally Haiti.(less)
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What’s the best thing about being a writer?
Phyllis Goodwin In my opinion the best thing is completing a project, novel, short stories or whatever and holding the published book in your hand. Amazon/ Createspac…m´Ç°ù±ðIn my opinion the best thing is completing a project, novel, short stories or whatever and holding the published book in your hand. Amazon/ Createspace has made this possible for us all. Not too keen on the marketing side because it is too time consuming and prevents us from getting on with the next book!(less)
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“Sybil and Nancy leaned over to catch a glimpse of the sun sparkling on the muddy waters of the River Plate. The skyscrapers stood proudly in clumps and Sybil assumed that the patches of green were parks. In no time the plane was screeching to a halt and they had arrived in Buenos Aires.”
― Phyllis Goodwin, Cry for me Argentina: Inspired by a true story
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“The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.”
― Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey
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“Oh! Who can be ever tired of Bath?”
― Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey
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“Qui me amat, amet et canem meum. (Who loves me will love my dog also.)”
― Bernard of Clairvaux
tags: dogs, friendship, love, people, pets
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“Brothers and sisters, I bid you beware
Of giving your heart to a dog to tear”
― Rudyard Kipling
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“Lock up your libraries if you like; but there is no gate, no lock, no bolt that you can set upon the freedom of my mind.”
― Virginia Woolf, A Room of One’s Own
tags: freedom, women, writing
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message 2: by Majenta
Oct 13, 2016 03:37PM

Majenta Greetings, Phyllis! Thanks for contacting me. Congratulations on your books, good luck with future ones! Happy reading, writing, and everything else. I hope you're having a good week and month. Blessings!

Best wishes from Majenta


message 1: by Carol Cork *Young at Heart Oldie*
Apr 25, 2016 08:24AM

Carol Cork *Young at Heart Oldie* Thank you for your friend invite, Phyllis.

I'm actually English by birth, born in the town of Walsall on the edge of the Black Country, but have lived in Wales for nearly 11 years. My husband is Welsh by birth but his mother moved to the Midlands when he was only one year old. He has taught me the correct pronunciation for lots of Welsh words and can easily pronounce Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch !!


I read almost exclusively historical romances with the exception of J. R. Ward's Black Dagger Brotherhood series (paranormal romance) which a friend on Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ recommended to me some years ago. Reluctantly, I read the first book and became totally addicted to the series!


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