It is great to finally have my new fantasy story A Lost Kingdom avaliable on iBooks and Kindle. It will be soon coming out on Google Play. I am undecided yet to do a paperback version. I am though planning on doing one in the future with illustrations of the main characters, right now that is just not posable with me most of the time looking after my very ill father.

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 am so pleased to finally have Lucy’s Unexpected Discovery published. The first site to have it available is Kindle, it is such a shame I can never produce a stunning version of the book for that sight that has everything, from footnotes to lovely chapter marks. It is such a limited platform to work with. Oh well at least it is up and will become available on better sights in a bit.

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 am slowly getting there with both Lucy’s unexpected discovery and Master Shǒuwèi One spell too many. Unexpected discovery is all ready for final checking and once my trusty beta reader is free, it will be off to her. Whilst that is happening I will crack on with the cover and see if I can come up with a back image and a really good blurb to sell it to the reader.

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.

It is good to have Lucy’s unexpected discovery with the beta reader after I suggested she go through it before she goes through Tyrant’s Return again, so she can fully understand some of the scenes in that story better. I really enjoyed writing Lucy’s unexpected discovery, it was great to have him in a story where he is the lead character, because in Tale of two brothers, it was his brother Ashley who was the lead. It was great to explore Lucy’s capabilities and personality more. It was also nice to bring in other members of his very large family to assist him in certain situations. I hope the beta reader finds it to be a good balance of serious and fun. I am looking forward to her feedback. Then it will be on to Tyrant’s Return as I hope to launch them at the same time and I might even do a collectors edition that will include Tale of two brothers.

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.

I am currently working on a side story whilst the main story Master Shǒuwèi Book Two Tyrant’s Return is with the beta reader. Hopefully this time around she will find it less confusing and easier to follow. Yes, there has been a title change since the last time I posted. This is because my editor and feel it would be better to separate it from the current one that is out, the main reason is they are not identical even though there are some scenes that are the same the rest of the story around them is considerably different with it following on from Tales of two brothers.

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.