Dennis Goodwin

I'm a free-lance historical nonfiction writer based out of Snellville, Georgia (near Atlanta). For over twenty-five years, I've had an interest in writing about the American West, early entertainment, the Civil War period…and basically anything that catches my attention. I've written a number of booklets as well as numerous articles for magazines like Wild West, True West and Old West. Through the years, I've learned that the secret to bringing people from the past alive in the present, is to realize that they were very much in the present when they were living. It's not like the emigrants plodding across the Oregon Trail looked up and said, "Wow, Chimney Rock is really awesome…but isn't it weird living in the past like this!" So I try to write about past people and events with the same intensity and immediacy as if they were right outside my window. Incidentally, I also love to write historically based song lyrics. If anyone reading this happens to be in a bluegrass, folk or western band and likes to compose music, I would love to co-write with you. I've had several songs recorded by artists and groups including Randy Kohrs, The Dave Rowe Trio, Jean Prescott, Susan Nikas, Bill Barwick, Rick Pickren, Aaron Ramsey, Runaway Freight & Marvin O’Dell. I've been fortunate enough to have had three charted songs: "Handmade Nails and Homemade Love" (#4 on the Power Source Top 20 charts), "Rockwell's Gold" (# 3 on the Bluegrass Unlimited charts) & “Devil of the Trail” (# 12 on Bluegrass Music Profiles Top 30). If you might be interested, just contact me @ ezywriter47@hotmail.com and I'll be glad to send you an e-mail attachment of some of my new & unpublished lyrics.