My Favourite Second-Hand Bookstore

Hi all,

This week I'm going to tell you all about my favourite secondhand bookstore: World of Books!

I came across them randomly when I was looking up Doctor Who books. They have a wide variety of books in paperback and hardcover. I usually buy books from there when I've gotten through a batch of paperbacks (or when there's a really good deal on).

I don't mind getting secondhand books because I like the thought that someone loved them before I did. It makes me happy knowing that someone sold the books so they could be bought by others who will get the chance to read it for the first time.

There are so many amazing books on World of Books, in a variety of genres too! Most of the books I've bought from them are Sci-Fi and mythology books, but I always find myself browsing to see if there are any other books I might like on there too.

If you're looking for good books to read for a discount, I'd highly recommend them. It's a great way to recycle old books and get them into the hands of new people without pulling on the purse strings too much.

That's it for this week, I hope you enjoyed reading! See you next week. 

PS; don’t forget to check out these book bundles to find your next read:

Young Adult Book Giveaway

Lengedary Lores (All Genres)

Who is Mother Earth?

Hi all,

It's been quite a while since I've done a blog post on Years, but I've had a few questions about it recently that I thought I would answer.

If you've read Solar Child, then you'll know that Mother Earth is a lioness from outer space who arrives on Earth to see that the planet is in ruins. She comes across several children who she gives her power to. But when she comes back years later, the children have been experimented on by other humans and their power stripped from them.

Mother Earth is an alien, but she didn't create the Earth. She adopted it as her own as she flew through the cosmos one day. She recharges and rests in suns, and came across the one in our galaxy millions of years ago. Humans weren't around yet and she fell in love with the lush forests and animals on the planet.

So, she decided to become its protector.

But what she didn't expect is for humanity to start polluting the planet, speeding up its destruction. When she discovered this, she wasn't happy with humanity. They had killed millions of creatures and cut down so many forests in their expansion. Now, the entire planet was suffering because of their behaviour.

As she's an alien, she doesn't understand why humanity are destroying their own home. The planet that she's watched evolve over millions of years is special to her and she doesn't understand why humans won't treat it the same way.

If she had never come across Earth, she would continue to float through the cosmos, without a purpose. She's the only one of her kind, forged from a star. She has zero understanding of other species and planets, which is why she fixates so quickly on the first planet with life that she comes across.

Her solar storms are to make humanity change their ways. But then they make the machines, which disrupts her power and uses it against her.

For her, there is nothing worse than losing this planet, as she'll lose her purpose. She doesn't want to just fly around space and risk not finding another planet like Earth. So, she does her best in reclaiming the planet so it can go back to what it once was.

The Gaia Children are souls that she frees from the planet, allowing them a chance to explore the universe for themselves. Even though she could join them, she doesn't want to. She's too attached to Earth.

That's it for this week, see you next Sunday! 

PS; don’t forget to check out these book bundles to find your next read:

Young Adult Book Giveaway

Lengedary Lores (All Genres)

The Final Book in the Original Elementals Series

Hi all,

I know I teased you about this in my wrap up for Original Elementals #9: Arcturus, but I think I've left you in the dark long enough.

There will be a tenth book in the series, which I'm sure you've already figured out by now.

This book will follow Melissa, the first metal Elemental.

If you've read Elemental Dragons, then you probably remember when Hazel and her friends come across giant vats filled with elemental serum. One of those is labelled as the metal element, but they don't get much chance to investigate.

The tenth book, Ironclaw, will tell the story of the forgotten Original. Born a few years after the others, she is in her first year at Aria when Stella graduates. She has not met the Originals in person, all she knows about them is from her first edition books that her father let's her read.

Melissa and Ironclaw want to be like the other Originals and she's desperate for her own book to tell her story. But her father, a lead scientist, refuses this because the stories of the Originals have been tainted. He's also worried about anyone knowing her element, so she has to hide her markings and tell everyone that her dragon died.

But Melissa is stubborn and desperate to go down in history with the other Originals. She contacts Jaime, who is now a disgraced author, and pleads with him to write her book. Seeing that this could be a comeback for him, he agrees.

And that's all I'm going to tell you so far! This book will most likely be my July project, finally ending the series.

I'm still deciding what to do regarding a Patreon, as I keep flipping back and forth on the idea. I've asked my newsletter subscribers to give their feedback, and I'll see what they say.

That's it for this week, I hope you enjoyed reading! See you next Sunday. 

PS; don’t forget to check out these book bundles to find your next read:

Young Adult Book Giveaway

Lengedary Lores (All Genres)

I Skipped a Writing Day for the First Time in a Decade

Hi all,

For the first time in over a decade, I skipped a day of writing during one of my writing months.

When I was writing Original Elementals #9: Arcturus last month, I missed a day of writing. The reason that I didn't write is because I had so much going on during the day that I hadn't planned for, so I had no time to write. By the time everything was over, I was too overwhelmed and overstimulated to even think about writing.

This is the first time that I've ever done this, and I felt a lot of guilt throughout the whole day. I felt like I was letting myself down by not doing it. That I was setting myself up to fail by leaving a day. But after a few days, I realised that nothing had changed.

I was still writing for the rest of the days and the story was still going on as normal. By the time the month was over, I only needed to write one extra day to finish the story. I was annoyed that I could have finished the whole thing within the month, but eventually I came to terms with it.

If I had forced myself to write that day, it wouldn't have been good writing. I would have been writing for the hell of it, to get words on a page. But it wouldn't have been quality writing. I would have to go back and heavily edit every single word because I made myself write when I didn't have the energy to.

This whole thing has made me realise that I can take a day off and the world won't end. Everything will keep going as normal when I finally get back to it. Sometimes I just need a break and that's okay. Sometimes I just need to be kind to myself.

Now, I don't regret that one day off. I'm hoping it won't happen too often again in the future, but if it does I know that nothing will happen.

That's it for this week! I hope you enjoyed reading, see you next week. 

The Indie Author Bookstore

Hi all,

As a member of the Alliance of Independent Authors, I'm part of their new online bookstore!

You can search for new authors you may never have heard of and maybe find your new favourite. There are thousands of books in a variety of genres, themes and seasons. New books and authors are featured each day, so there's always something new to find.

All of my books are on there which will link back to my Amazon page.

By supporting the Indie Author Bookstore you'll be helping so many self published authors sell more books, gain reviews and show the world that indie authors are just as good as traditionally published ones.

If you want to support me and other ALLi members, you can browse the bookstore here.

If you read any of the books and enjoy them, then please leave a review! They help authors a lot more than you realise.

Don't forget to spread the word about the Indie Author Bookstore! See you next week. 

The Dead Kingdom is now Available on Amazon

Hi all,

The final book in the Curse of Anubis series is now available to buy on Amazon! It is now available in ebook, paperback and hardcover.

The dead have taken over… there is no cure.

To protect her new family, Tahira has no choice but to embrace the undead side of herself. As Ra’s chosen one, she has the unthinkable task of ending Anubis’ tirade of death.

The gods have a new ruler; Ra’s reign is over. But that doesn’t mean Bastet’s fight is; with new allies, she has a chance to bring Anubis down. The only thing that stands in her way is the goddess she loves the most.

To finally stop the plague, Bastet and Tahira will have to make unbearable sacrifices. But only one thing is on their mind, can they bring Ra back?

I hope you enjoy reading the last book in the series! That’s it for this week, see you next week.

March 2026 Project Wrap-Up

Hi all,

March is now over, so it's time to wrap-up the first draft of Original Elementals #9: Arcturus. It is now complete at 84,039 words!

At first this was a tough one to write as I was worried that I wouldn't reach the end. This book is about 10K longer than the others at the moment, but I suppose it is fitting as its the last one in the series.

This book follows Stella, the first person to have all eight elements. Her companion is Arcturus, a demi-god who will never get the chance to meet Aosmhor to achieve some form of immortality. In this book, Aosmhor is still going to be asleep, even the events of Elemental Dragons occur while he's in the same slumber.

Stella decides to turn her back on Zmei right away following the events of the previous books. She works with the Fairy Dragons and bonds with one, Embae. She also meets Vivid in this book, a dragon goddess who was imprisoned decades ago for a crime she didn't commit. She offers to help Stella with Zmei, but does she also have secret intentions?

I loved going back to the Fairy Dragons and getting to explore them a bit more. They were cute in the Elemental Dragons series and I'm glad I got to revisit them. This time, you can learn a lot more about where they came from and some of their powers. This is before hives were hunted down by scientists, so there are many Fairy Dragons in this book.

Stella grows a lot throughout the story and becomes stronger in her own right. I've wanted to write her going from a meek, shy girl to a confident one and I'm so glad that I finally got to do it!

But that is unfortunately, the end of the Original Elementals series...

Or is it?

I know throughout the years I've teased you a lot about a secret tenth book in the series. I can confirm that this will be true! But you'll have to wait for another blog post to find out more!

That's it for this week, I hope you enjoyed reading! See you next week. 

Plymouth Writer's Group Anthology

Hi all,

The writer's group that I'm part of, Plymouth Writer's Group, is launching submissions for a brand new anthology! Check out more details here: PWG website.

For any writers out there that are interested, submissions opened February 14th 2026 and closes 14th May 2026. If you're sixteen or over, feel free to submit your piece!

The theme of the anthology is Endangered Species. Pick any species you like, as long as it hasn't been taken by any of our members. Please all make sure you read the submission guidelines carefully before submitting your work.

My species for this anthology is the Snow Leopard, my favourite animal! My story, The Fire Leopard, will be featured in this anthology.

If you're interested, make sure you check out the anthology and submit any stories you think might fit! Here’s the link one more time for those interested: PWG anthology.

That's it for this week, see you next Sunday. 

PS; don’t forget to check out these book bundles, all books are free to download!

Free Science Fiction / Fantasy Stories - March 2026

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I Completed a Pacer Challenge!

Hi all,

My resolution this year is to walk more and lose weight. My partner and I signed to do a virtual walking challenge, which we can complete at our own pace.

We just finished our first one!

I did the 10K Leopard challenge by Pacer. For this challenge, the 10K had to be completed in one workout. My partner did the 10K Tiger challenge. We set out on January 19th and managed to walk 11km!

I got the certificate below with the matching medal. 5% of the money for every challenge is donated to wildlife preservation organisations, so I've completed the walk and I've done something good at the same time.

We're already planning our next challenge, though this one will be done over several walks. We're looking at 52km challenges, each of us doing a different one.

Obviously for my first challenge it had to be cat related! When I saw the leopard challenge I knew that was the one I was going to do. My partner also wanted to do one of the big cat challenges so he chose the tiger.

I'm glad that I'm already off to a good start with the Pacer challenges and I can't wait to start my next one. I'd like to be able to build up a collection of medals and certificates and hopefully lose weight at the same time!

If you want to check out the challenge I did, you can see it here: Pacer Leopard 10K

That's it for this week! I hope you enjoyed reading. See you next week. 

PS; don’t forget to check out these book bundles, all books are free to download!

Free Science Fiction / Fantasy Stories - March 2026

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My Trip to Dartmoor Zoo

Hi all,

My partner and I recently went on a trip to Dartmoor Zoo. I haven't been there in years but we both wanted to go and see all the big cats.

Both of us agree that our favourite was the tiger, with the lynx as a close second.

The longer I watched the tiger, I realised that I'd never really included one in any of my books. There's a lioness in Years and Curse of Anubis, a panther in Celestial Plague, a lynx in The Severed Pantheon and a cheetah in Curse of Anubis. But I've never added a tiger.

One day, when I find the right story, I'd love to add a tiger character in. I still don't feel like I've found a story that could include a tiger. But that doesn't mean that I don't want to write about one.

At the zoo, I loved watching the tiger, Dragan and it was amazing to see him up close. He's a good mix of fierce and elegant and I could imagine what a tiger would like in a story.

I'm hoping to plot more books this year, so maybe a tiger can fit into one of those stories. I think it's a shame I haven't written one so far.

Seeing a lynx was great too and I got a plush one from the gift shop on the way out. Now that I've seen one in real life, I can mould the lynx in The Severed Pantheon to be more realistic.

That's it for this week, I hope you enjoyed reading! See you next week. 

PS; don’t forget to check out these book bundles, all books are free to download!

Free Science Fiction / Fantasy Stories - March 2026

FREE Fantasy & Paranormal