May McGoldrick

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May McGoldrick, Nik James, and Jan Coffey are pen names for USA Today bestselling authors Nikoo Kafi and Jim McGoldrick. Together, they have crafted over fifty fast-paced, conflict-filled historical, contemporary, and Western novels, and two works of nonfiction.

Nikoo’s education and training was in engineering. She worked in robotics and submarine shipbuilding. Before earning a PhD in sixteenth-century Scottish and English literature, Jim pursued a hundred and one jobs, including a decade in submarine construction.

Storytellers at heart, Nikoo and Jim were always searching for careers that gave them time for both family and writing. Then, after thirteen years of marriage, they recognized each other’s creative strengths. Nikoo is all about c
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May McGoldrick So glad you enjoyed Scottish Relic Trilogy. This year, we've had six more books on the audio. Hope you give them a try. And right now we have four mor…moreSo glad you enjoyed Scottish Relic Trilogy. This year, we've had six more books on the audio. Hope you give them a try. And right now we have four more in production.

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May McGoldrick Jim here. With regard to writer's block, we've been really blessed. Since we collaborate on everything, when one of us is feeling stuck, the other is …moreJim here. With regard to writer's block, we've been really blessed. Since we collaborate on everything, when one of us is feeling stuck, the other is there to keep the ball rolling.
To give an example, it's become a standing joke that when Nikoo is stuck with the beginning of a scene, laboring for hours and coming up empty, she will turn to me and say, 'Get me started.' Since we've already talked and talked and talked about the scene, I just launch into it, spending an hour or so and writing a few pages that I think are just brilliant. Nikoo then reads it over and invariably looks me in the eye and says, "Well, now I know what I DON'T want."
So, in the end, I don't have to deal with writer's block, but Nikoo has to deal with her writer's blockhead.(less)
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May McGoldrick ShoSho wrote: "Thanks for adding me :)
I started reading The Thistle and the Rose last night and I'm loving it !"


So glad you like it. Just started writing a book now that deals with the next generation of these characters.


ShoSho Thanks for adding me :)
I started reading The Thistle and the Rose last night and I'm loving it !


Penelope Marzec Thanks for adding me as a friend. :^)


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