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Jonathan Gould has lived in Melbourne, Australia all his life, except when he hasn’t. He has written comedy sketches for both the theatre and radio, as well as several published children’s books for the educational market.

He likes to refer to his stories as dag-lit because they don’t easily fit into recognisable genres (dag is Australian slang for a person who is unfashionable and doesn’t follow the crowd – but in an amusing and fun way). You might think of them as comic fantasies, or modern fairytales for the young and the young-at-heart.

Over the years, his writing has been compared to Douglas Adams, Monty Python, A.A. Milne, Lewis Carroll, the Goons and even Enid Blyton (in a good way).



It should be pretty obvious really, shouldn't it? Everybody knows that we should avoid cliches like something that isn't the plague (but is still really bad).

Just last week, I was reading another one of those blog post tips for writers thingees that was going on about all those cliches you should make sure you avoid. And this one even came from an agent.

Yes, yes, I've heard it all before. Clich... Read more of this blog post »
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Published on May 17, 2013 18:00 • 4 views
Average rating: 4.10 · 187 ratings · 119 reviews · 4 distinct works · Similar authors
Doodling
4.01 of 5 stars 4.01 avg rating — 88 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions
Flidderbugs
4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 52 ratings — published 2011
Magnus Opum
4.38 of 5 stars 4.38 avg rating — 39 ratings — published 2012
Scribbling
4.25 of 5 stars 4.25 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2012

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Doodling (Humor)
3 chapters   —   updated Nov 12, 2011 06:59pm
Description: The amazing adventures of a man who falls off the world
Swimming with Sharks (Humor)
1 chapters   —   updated Oct 07, 2011 10:15pm
Description: A somewhat surreal and rather bloody look at heroism and storytelling
The Strange Case of Arthur Fribble (Humor)
1 chapters   —   updated Oct 06, 2011 02:00am
Description: The story of a man with a very peculiar affliction

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Jonathan Gould is now friends with Anita Gleeson
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Jonathan Gould made a comment in the group Writers and Readers Magnus Opum topic
"Thanks to A.F. for featuring me.

If anyone would like a copy, feel free to use the code UT98T at http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/... which is vali...more
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Jonathan Gould made a comment on I'm not me
"Thanks Troy,

At least there's one time saver - you can feed your main blog direct into Goodreads, so you don't have to do a separate one here. That's w...more
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date: October 25, 2012 11:34AM
location: Australia
description: Neville Lansdowne might be back on the world, but that doesn’t mean the end of his strange and highly unexpected adventures.

Scribbling is the sequel (sort of) to the Goodreads Choice nominated Doodling. Once again, poor Neville finds himself in strange circumstances, surrounded by people whose behaviour is just a little odd (to put it mildly). This time, he manages to keep both feet firmly on the ground (mostly), but that doesn’t make things any less peculiar. In a world that has been pushed rig...more

Jonathan Gould made a comment in the group Writers and Readers Doodling topic
"Thanks to A.F. for posting this. Doodling is a pretty strange and random kind of book so if anybody wants to join in with a strange and random convers...more "
"Thanks Judy.

Apologies for procrastinating with this response but - well I guess you know...
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"Hi Darlene,

Thanks for your comment. I know my mission will be complete when the term can be found in all common English dictionaries.
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Discussing and Sharing ideas and projects aimed at marketing our writing. What works, what doesn't?
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Claire Thanks for accepting my friend request :)


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