Books by Ian Rogers
Books by Ian Rogers
Yesterday I received an email via a 3rd party from an author in London. She wrote:
‘I have recently published a novel (‘After the Flood’) which is set in the Somerset Levels - beginning in 2014, after the devastation of the floods, and moving back in time to the English Civil campaign in the West Country in the early 1640s before returning to 2014 and current issues. There is a strong thematic content of forgiveness in the face of cruel suffering and violence.
‘I have tried, without success, and without response, to reach local bookshops and local magazines and newspapers, sending copies in the hope that they might be stocked, reviewed etc - or at least that I might get a ‘thanks but no thanks’ response! Such is life! I live in London, [and] am not able to knock on doors.’
This is the problem all self-published authors face. It’s why I visit ‘Creative Space II’ daily to man my stall, doing crafts and firing my home-made cannons to attract potential customers.
We self-published authors need to support each other and create a network of outlets of our own. I have contacted Janet and asked if I can share her book in some way.
You can find her book on amazon here
<< Next Archive Previous >>‘After the Flood’ is set in the Somerset Levels and in Sherborne, after the floods of 2014. As the story unfolds, it moves back in time to the English Civil War in its early years in the West Country, following the campaign from Sherborne into Cornwall and Devon, and highlights the fate of the Cavalier poet, Sidney Godolphin.
It develops themes of fanaticism and revenge, love and faithfulness, tracing parallels between the violent upsurge of war in England in the 1640s and the issues of violence and fundamentalism which we are encountering today.