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R.J. Gould

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The United Kingdom

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Fiction, Humor and Comedy, Romance

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Thanks for wanting to find out about my writing.

I have been published by Lume Books and Headline Accent and I also self-publish. I write contemporary fiction about relationships, using humor and pathos to describe the tragi-comic life journeys of my characters. I tend to flip the traditional romantic novel with my insecure male leads in search of an alpha female. I’m a rare male member of the UK Romantic Novelists’ Association and a member of both Cambridge Writers and the Society of Authors.

Ahead of writing fiction full time, I led a national charity and am the co-author of a major work on educating able young people. Although I enjoy writing about education, fiction is my passion.

I live in Cambridge. In addition to writing, I help promot ...more

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I love writing about people - delving deep into their thoughts and actions provides a wealth of material. Consider your own character, the complexity, mood swings and mix of rational and irrational behaviour. Next, think of the person closest to you, a partner, a relative, your best friend. Despite the feeling that you're on the same wave length, they are of course so very different to you. With b Read more of this blog post »

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R.J. Gould made a comment on ItaPixie’s review of Once We Were Lovers (At the Dream Café) " So glad you enjoyed the read - and thank you for taking the time to review the novel. Richard (R J Gould) "
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R.J. Gould made a comment on Karen Mace’s review of Once We Were Lovers (At the Dream Café) " Thank you, Karen, you have highlighted the very issues that I was keen to confront in the novel. Much appreciated! "
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