I have dedicated A Lost Kingdom to my mother who sadly passed away back in October. She was a great woman who always told her friends about my work and was very proud to have a daughter who was a writer. She will be greatly missed.

I am planning to continue the series, book four is in the works and I hope my readers understand my stories at the moment are going to take a little longer to come out as my father's care comes first. I know this is not going to be forever and one day things will return to normal and I will be back to producing a new novel very quickly.

I still shocked and pleased to see A Lost Kingdom Chapter One has now had up to 6.8K views on WebNovel. That is awesome and I hope people begin to either check out my website or check their local iBooks and Kindle stores to get their hands on a full story. It contains all three books, A Lost Kingdom, Return of the Lost Prince and Vanishing Kingdom. If you like fantasy stories that contain elves, dwarfs, magic and dragons then this might be for you.

I have a test copy coming from Lulu. I am no longer going to do paperback versions with amazon mainly because I do not believe you are getting the best quality for your money. Lulu has always been the better store to buy paperbacks from. I always say to my fans, you are welcome to buy a paperback through me when Lulu costs too much to ship to your country.

I will be posting links on the website as the book becomes available, so I ask please be patient it may take a little while before the book is showing or can be found on the sites.

 The plan now is to get Aki and the Great Warrior completed and published next month before I launch Master Shǒuwèi One Spell Too Many, either later on in August or in September.

I of course will keep you all up to date on what is happening.

I feel really happy to have the story in the final stages now, it makes all my hard work worth while. Also the beta reader is awesome at spotting anything that needs a bit more adding to it or does not make any sense. I really enjoy working with her.

Also whilst I am waiting for my beta reader to be free, I have made the decision to redo September rain. This is mainly because the current is over 90,000 words . I don’t even know why or how it got so big. When I was reading it through, a lot of it is not that well written, so my aim now is get it down to 40,00 words or just over as I am way better at doing short novels than epics. Hopefully I can turn it into a much better and moving story.

Another reason to redo it is because it is part of the Master Shǒuwèi series it falls between Tale of two brothers and Unexpected discovery and I feel it is letting the series down when it is not written with such care and attention as the rest.

I will say since I completed and published A Tale of Two Brothers it has given me the drive to say it does matter how long it takes to prefect a story, even if takes 23 years, I know I will get there in the end.

I am going to say one thing, I am so please with how much interest the mini story on Twitter is getting. That has been a real challenge to write when I have a word limit of around 53 words. Doing it though is helping me to compress or condense descriptions and putting something across in fewer words that still packs a punch and keeps the readers interest. I will try and add more to it when I am not so busy sorting the main stories.

What I am planning on doing once One spell too many and the rewrite of September rain are out is making an online box set of the first 5 stories in the series, this will be including Three Brothers which tells the beginning of Shǒuwèi’s family and gives a peek in to what they did in the Dark Chapter. The third brother, known as the Black Heart Summoner, is mentioned throughout the series so far and there is a reason for this, but that is all I am saying.

 I will also mention here, I have made a start on the sixth book in the series and plotting out what is going to happen with the main characters. I am still not sure how to end it, whether or not this will be the final book in the series or be continuing it. All I can do is write it and see what happens.

Whilst I am waiting for the story to return, I have been busy carrying on with Chris’ story Dress (Still a working title). This story is strictly 18+ so I am thinking of only making it available on line and make sure I include warnings, that it contains adult content. In all seriousness I will see what my beta reader says once it is ready to go to her. Then I will know for sure if it needs to be so high or I could get away with it being say 16+ rating.

The side story is also nearly completed, not sure yet if I am going to leave the title as it is Yiska’s family reunion, because he is not in it until near the end, which I am currently writing. The main focus is Lucy because it follows on from September Rain and also involves the main character from Crimson Moon. I might yet call it Lucy’s unexpected discovery, but it this could also change once I’ve finished it.

I also need to yet come up with covers and blurbs for both stories that will entice the readers curiosity. Once I come up with something I will post it on instagram and in the offical Master Shǒuwèi group on Facebook.

Since completing it, I have been working on an alternative version of Master Shǒuwèi Echos of the past, that follows straight from Two brothers and has elements form the current version that is out. It has been again great working with the same beta reader because she pointed out quite a few bits that were either confusing or just did not make sense, which is very helpful for me. I am so close to completing it, I hope to be able to send it back to her by the weekend or in to next week to get her awesome view on it and see what she makes of the changes I have made.

Whilst she is doing that I will be focusing on a side story that follows on from September Rain and has elements in it from a story that has never seen the light of day and was written 5 years ago.

Once that is completed and ready to go to the beta reader I will get some of the current free stories finished. If anyone has read any of the following: Unexpected discovery, Two wizards and Forgotten world, please let me know what you make of them so far as feedback would be great.

I have also done a little story on Three brothers who have been mentioned in September rain and current version of Echos of the past and Two brothers. I even made it in to an audio version, which was fun to do when I have not done any recordings of my short stories in a long time. I hope the fans like it even though I am not the best reader in the world.

I am so happy to also have the shorter version of Master Shǒuwèi Echos of the past completed. I just need to come up with a different cover, to make it clear which one is which.

I should also point out, they are not exactly the same, there are characters in the short version who are from September Rain and Tale of two brothers. That’s another thing, it continues on from where Two brothers has left off. Well, as it stands at the moment, for it will be going to the same beta reader to go through.

I cannot believe it since doing the short version I am more motivated to write the next instalment, which I have already started and the ideas are really flowing. I seem to know precisely what I am wanting to do with it. I have no idea yet if there will be a fourth instalment. I will see how I go with the third instalment first. I will again be keeping it short, as it is better for me to keep track off and for my fellow dyslexic readers.

I could also put it down to my neat new set up, I am no longer seated at a low wobbly desk, crushed over a laptop. I now have a high desk and a lovely 24” covered monitor, attached to a Mac mini, that is to my eye level. I have not been this comfy before. I am so happy to be working at my new desk, I am convinced it has helped a lot to boost my creativity.

So, it will be with the beta reader for the next ten days or so. Once it is back I will see what she has to say and make changes if needed. Whilst Tale of two brothers is away, I will be getting the cover and internal images painted. Hopefully soon I will be able to give a release date.

All I need to do before then, is come up with a back cover and a blurb for Tale of two brothers. I still cannot believe it is completed and will be published soon. It is a story that is as old as Master Shǒuwèi and should have come out first. Oh well I will have it all sorted soon.

I am not deleting the current version of Master Shǒuwèi just be updating it, because I have been informed there are spelling mistakes in it and some unfinished sentences. I too have noticed the odd mistake whilst I have been taking out all the juicy bits and putting them into the shorter version.

Kiyoshi and I have to admit a 231 page book is a lot to go through, we are bound to miss a few things and sometimes I don’t think the file has been saving. So, what I am going to do is retype it word for word in to a fresh, new document to rule out any problems and this will also help spot mistakes.

Sometimes I wish I had a person to do things like this then I can just concentrate on the next instalment which will be continuing on from the short version.

One last thing, I am slowly going to be turning my penana and booknet pages into alternative stories that are not connected to the world of Master Shǒuwèi. As I would like to write something different and give myself a challenge to just make stories that are more classic fantasy, or generic fantasy. I have changed the  Choose your own adventure style games page on facebook to a page that is dedicated to the alternative books to separate them from the Offical Master Shǒuwèi page.

Because Edric’s name has been changed to Ravenel I will be updating Master Shǒuwèi Echoes of the past. Whilst I am doing that, I will be making changes or removing parts that have been brought to my attention, through private messengering, by diehard fans. One thing is, it does not really flow straight from Tale of two brothers, which it should do. I realised now, I should have published that book first before writing Echoes of the past. Oh well, things will all be sorted in the end.