Simon Waterfield
ALLi Author Member
Location: United Kingdom
Genres: Short/Flash Fiction Collection, Health & Fitness, History, Self-Help/Personal Development, Historical Fiction, LGBTQ+
I am a historical writer and storyteller. I have told my tales to thousands of people and now I want to put them into book form. I write short stories based on my family history, using my relations lives to look at social and historical matters of the day. I have published a book of short stories looking at my brush with prostate cancer and how it affected my mental health.
Simon Waterfield's books
Genres: Health & Fitness, Mental Health, Mind Body Spirit, Self-Help/Personal Development
Formats: E-Book, Paperback
Age Groups: 16-18, 18+
Cancer is not only a physical disease. It also gnaws away at your thoughts, emotions, and self-belief. These emotional issues are not much explored. Two years of fighting prostate cancer changed Simon’s world, and that of his family and friends. Simon began to look, not so much at the physical, but at the invisible ripples caused by cancer. He took a look at the emotions and thoughts generated by the big C. Not just of himself, but of those around him. His friends and family, and of course, the dog. How does he feel? How does he think he should be feeling? How does he want to feel? What is he looking for? How is he communicating with the world and how does he actually want to communicate? How do the people around him feel? What are they looking for? How do they communicate with both the world, and with...