“Chasing the Impossible and a Sword of Damocles” Book Promo Vol.1
My Pride and Joy.
Welcome one and welcome all to the first of three volumes of self-promotion for my third self-published book (May 2023) and my absolute pride and joy. “The book I’ve always wanted to write”………is perhaps a cliche too far even for me but it’s true, and I’m immensely proud of her.
540+ pages long, the book comes in two parts: Season 2021–2022 (Chasing the Impossible) and Season 2022–2023 (Sword of Damocles) and intertwined throughout are eight elongated personal stories of following the Mighty Reds of Liverpool throughout England and Europe.
I tried, but not overly so, to get this published via a traditional publisher, but without any form of representation, track record or an Agent, I knew I stood very little chance and so I took the great leap forward and decided to “publish and be damned” lest it sit forever inside the tiny confines of my mind or just an unrealised pipe dream.
Here’s the blurb on the reverse cover:
“Forever a 14 year old kicking around a tennis ball or playing for the school team, I am now a 50 something football fan who rails against the unwanted intrusion of VAR into our “Beautiful Game”. This is my second book on football and first on Liverpool FC”
“This season isn’t going to be a “messy” one for Liverpool as I’ve previously suggested. It’s going to be a “Sword of Damocles” season, where there’s a poor performance or impending draw or a scrappy route through the initial stages of the Champions League and where once there was the inevitability of a brilliant win, there’s always going to be an air of impending doom. After last season’s heroics, could there be anything else?”
“From the chasing of the impossible to a mid-season rebuild amid reinventions and an evolution of his team going forward, this is two seasons with Jürgen Klopp’s Liverpool, as well as a personal story watching the football team of my Red heart”.
As a way of self-promoting my book I decided in the Summer of 2023 to create my very first Youtube channel “The Blackford Book Club” and so following you’ll find a selection of videos of your humble narrator, author and self-publisher reading extracts and chapters from this book and, as you’ll quickly realise, these were recorded either in the lounge, the garden or even perched precariously on the end of a rickety old “fishing peg” on the banks of the River Severn here in middle England and with the incredible backdrop of Ironbridge, the world’s oldest iron bridge and World Heritage accredited site.
If you’re not a fan of Youtube, all of these videos and many more can also be found within my Rumble Channel under the same “The Blackford Book Club” name. So here follows a selection of videos, a couple of promotional images and a link to www.amazon.com where you can not only purchase my pride and joy but also read it for FREE should you have an Amazon Kindle “Unlimited” package.
As an independent writer, all support is gratefully received and I thank you for reading.
"Chasing the Impossible and a Sword of Damocles" - Available via Amazon
"The Two Steve's Head to Europe For The First Time" - Youtube
Liverpool 7 Manchester United 0 - Youtube
Liverpool 1 Brentford 0 (recorded in Ironbridge) - Youtube
Liverpool 4 Manchester United 0 - Youtube
"Brighton March to Solly's Tune" (recorded in Ironbridge) - Youtube
Liverpool 5 Deportivo Alaves 4 (recorded in Ironbridge) - Youtube
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