Where Do I go From Here?

Most people who use the Just Follow The Floodlights Facebook page will know that in 2011 I penned what I thought was a fairly comprehensive look at League of Ireland clubs past & present. Their history, players , ground....you get the drift! 

Just Follow The Floodlights was in fact just one of the nine books I've written to date. Most of you won't be interested in Exeter City , self-penned novels or Pirate Radio in Ireland but the success of JFTF has made me want to dip my toe into the warm, but at times slightly uncomfortable water.

The Liffey Press publication was nominated for William Hill Sports Book of the Year and went into two reprints. Now I'm not looking to re-write that whole book again (though I wanted to address some mistakes) but I wondered was there room for another League of Ireland book on the bookshelf's around the country.

                                                                So I sat in over the weekend, invited my good friends Jack Daniels, Jim Beam and their cousin Johnny Walker over for a drink and penned as many possible titles as I could - always looking for an original angle ...something that still hasn't been written.

I've penned two books on Waterford United (maybe a third?) so that's open to debate.

Clubs-wise I thought , maybe a definitive history on Monaghan United or Longford Town. I'm amazed nobody has gone down that avenue yet , indeed there is something to be said for Galway FC (or United or Rovers.) and a tome to the Galwegians.

Then a 'League of  Ireland Legends' book tickled my fancy, though picking out one player from each club worthy of 'legend status' - hard to pick really!

Perhaps the most definitive view encompassing more sides would be Gone But Not Forgotten - a working title I'd have for all those clubs at the back of JFTF (Drumcondra, Cork United,Kilkenny City, Kildare County ,St.Francis etc) who have slipped by the wayside.Either way it's hard work !

The possibility of my publisher not doing another sports book is real, so would have to be funded and delivered internally, meaning raising funds and asking people to possibly pledge (though it wouldn't be €20)

                     It's also a book I could finally launch in Dublin or any club/place that would have me.

So I'm here stuck between a rock and a hard place.And you know  I'm sure there are another 638 ideas that have not yet come to print from ideas people had. Indeed I might need help with mine..

If so, I'm all ears......................