Why Most of my Books Contain Gods and Goddesses

Hi all,

I thought I'd write a blog post about something I've noticed about my books recently; why do so many of them contain gods/goddesses?

I never really thought about how many of my books focus on gods until I really put them together!

Elemental Dragons - dragon gods

Years - Mother Earth

Curse of Anubis - Egyptian gods

Empty Skies - Greek gods

Game of Air and Lightning - Aerus and Bolt

The Severed Pantheon - five goddesses

I think the reason that I gravitate towards gods is because of my love of mythology. I grew up reading and watching loads of Greek and Egyptian mythology. As an adult my interest in mythology has only deepened, and I'm looking into Norse mythology at the moment to write a series.

After reading about mythology for years, I really wanted to try to create my own. Elemental Dragons has been so much fun to create dragon gods and demi-gods and how they all interact with each other. I also want to write more blog posts about Elemental Dragon mythology in the future!

Game of Air and Lightning only had two gods and they had more of a background role. They do appear in the book, but it mostly focuses on Reema's survival.

But with The Severed Pantheon, I've created five brand new goddesses! They will have a direct role in the book and will appear throughout. I'm looking forward to writing more antagonistic gods, as the ones in this book are selfish and are extremely power hungry. The fact that I can write about gods in a new way is very exciting and I'd love to do more of this in the future.

I also have plans to write more books centering around mythology in the future, with a Norse mythology series I'm planning and another one that is still very bare bones at the moment.

For someone who was always told that they write about cats and dragons exclusively, I think it's funny that I've found another niche that I can add to that mix.

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

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The Faction of Aerus

Hi all,

If you missed my blog post last week, I'd suggest checking it out before this one. That's because this is the second blog post that focuses on the Gods in Game of Air and Lightning, Aerus.

Unlike Bolt, Aerus values those who are compassionate, wise and hardworking. They will often choose children with these qualities for their faction. Some vices that Aerus members tend to have are shyness, selfishness and cowardliness. While Bolt considers these vices unbearable, Aerus sees those with these types of personalities as perfect for their faction. They want those who are willing to make the world a better place for everyone and look for non-violent solutions.

The Aerus symbol is a red thunder cloud, which is situated on the forehead, like Bolt's. Those who participate in the Game are blessed with the power of wind, which they can use against the Bolt faction.

Those that are brought up in the Aerus faction have a higher quality of education and are encouraged to pursue hobbies. Aerus doesn't expect blind devotion and welcomes those who question their words. They have no rituals to speak of and prefer to visit their followers in dreams. They are more hands-on than Bolt, those this could be attributed to them wanting to improve their faction rather than helping the members themselves.

Aerus members are fewer in number and hold less powerful positions. They have been governed by Bolts for decades, waiting for the day they win a game to obtain more power. Although Aerus members are heard in government, they are mostly dismissed by Bolt members and rarely introduce laws.

Aerus has been described as some sort of large feline with three eyes. Two of their eyes are red, while one on their forehead is blue. In the Aerus tomes, it states that Aerus stole one of Bolt's eyes when they were asleep. With this eye, they were granted more knowledge of the universe.

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

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The Faction of Bolt

Hi all!

This is the first of two blog posts about the Gods in Game of Air and Lightning. This one centres around Bolt, and their faction.

Bolt values those who are ambitious, creative, loyal and curious. When babies are born, they will often claim those who they deem to have a higher value of these qualities.

However, many Bolts are accused of being aggressive, arrogant and stubborn. Bolt sees these vices as a fair trade off as long as their virtues outweigh their vices.

The symbol of the Bolt faction is a blue lightning bolt, which appears on the forehead when a child is born. When in a Game, Bolt members are blessed with the power of lightning. Bolt does not focus on what factions the parents belong to when choosing new recruits. They only focus on what the baby's future personality might look like.

Bolt does this by briefly looking into the future of each child to decide if they would be a good fit. If they don't fit the above qualities, then they are left for Aerus to claim.

Those that belong to the Bolt faction are brought up with rituals and stories that involve Bolt participating in daring adventures. All rituals performed are to increase their faith in their God, and boons may be offered depending on what is asked. During a Game, Bolt will allow most rituals as long as their own faction members are not harmed.

The Bolt faction is the more powerful faction as they have won the Game far more than Aerus. This gives them much more power on Earth and as such they rule most of the planet and decide most of the laws.

Bolt very rarely reveals themselves to their followers, and they don't walk in their dreams. They only help their faction with boons, not outright advice. Although they are witnesses rarely, it is said that they take the form of a one-eyed pegasus.

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

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My Fantasy Horror Project Now Has a Title!

Hi all,

For July 2025 I'm writing a YA Fantasy Horror standalone book. It's been in my ideas folder for years and it's finally it's time to shine. It took a while for me to come up with a title for it, as I usually like my books to have some sort of title before starting them. But this one I struggled with for quite a bit, nothing that I came up with seemed to fit. But now I have a title that I'm finally happy with...

The Severed Pantheon.

As this book is about goddesses, I wanted some sort of homage to them. And severed was the perfect word that I could think of to describe their rule. They are not liked by the masses for the way they treat their blessed and they don't even like each other.

But then Imara comes along, and their fate changes.

I won't say anything else to save you from spoilers, but I hope you like the new title as much as I do!

I'm still going to try my best to name my books before writing them in the future. Even if the title doesn't end up sticking, I prefer having something there instead of 'Unnamed WIP'.

That's it for this week, I hope you like the title! See you next Sunday. 

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Pride Month - Main Character Edition

Hi all,

A few years ago I made a blog post about LGBTQ+ dragons in the Elemental Dragons series. This time, I'm going to list the main characters that I've written about that are LGBTQ+! I know I did a post previously on character sexualities, but some have changed since I've written their books. So here is an updated list.

To make things less confusing, I'm just going to list the main characters for books that I've already written or will write within the next year or so. I have quite a few books in my ideas folder but the characters aren't fully developed yet. Maybe I'll update this post in a few year's time with any new main characters I come up with!

Audra (Mute) - Asexual. 

Cheyenne (Years) - Bisexual.

Shannon (Celestial Plague) - Lesbian.

Ashleigh (Celestial Plague) - Asexual Aromantic.

Raya (Celestial Plague) - Bisexual.

Jenna (Celestial Plague) - Lesbian.

Bastet (Curse of Anubis) - Lesbian.

Hailey (Street Rats) - Bisexual.

Reema (Game of Air and Lightning) - Demisexual.

Ataraxia (Empty Skies) - Asexual Aromantic.

Laelaps (Empty Skies) - Gay.

Francesca (Original Elementals) - Lesbian.

Su-hyeon (Original Elementals) - Gay.

Benjamin (Original Elementals) - Pansexual.

Lucia (Original Elementals) - Bisexual Demisexual.

Tiegan (Original Elementals) - Genderqueer Aromantic.

Stella (Original Elementals) - Closeted Lesbian Asexual.

Phew! Until I typed this all up, I never realised how many of my characters are part of the LGBTQ+ community. As the years have gone and I've written more, a lot more of characters are part of this community. I want representation for those in the community in a diverse range of characters, not just one or two side characters per book. In most of the books, their sexuality is never at the forefront of their story. It will just be a slight footnote or a love interest as a minor plot point.

I'm not going to stop writing LGBTQ+ main characters, nor am I going to stop writing straight ones. It depends on the character and their story. With some of the characters I go where they take me, rather than giving them a label before writing.

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

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July 2025 Project Announcement

Hi all,

With July coming up next month, it's time to announce my next writing project! This one, currently unnamed, has been sat in my ideas folder for years, just waiting to be written.

It will be a YA Fantasy Horror, featuring goddesses and a world filled with magic.

The main character is Imara, one of only five people who have been blessed by the goddess of Death. She has the power to bring the dead back to life and decompose anything she touches.

Due to the rarity of this power, not much is understood about it. The other goddesses send out their blessed to capture Imara and force the goddess of Death to show herself once more to the world.

The other goddesses have the power of Life, Sky, Animals and Metal. But the goddess of Death is the most powerful and elusive of the five.

Imara has to work out a way to keep herself, and her sisters, safe from the blessed that want to take her away. They want her to use her power for evil and that's something she's promised herself she would never do.

I'm once again setting a goal of fifty thousand words by the end of July. This gives me plenty of time and hopefully I can get the first draft written in that time!

I've been looking forward to writing this one for a while. It's just been sat in my ideas folder for so long that I now think it's finally it's chance to be written. I hope to bring Imara to life as much as possible and tell the story of a world where magic can't always be trusted.

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

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How to Choose a Colour Scheme for Your Book

Hi all,

This week I'm going to give you some tips on how to pick a colour scheme for your book. A colour scheme for a cover is crucial, as it then matches your advertising and can be associated with your author brand.

Genres.

A lot of genres have popular colours and less popular colours. Have a look through books of your genre and note down any colours that pop up often. For example, romance books are often associated with red, pink or baby blue tones.

Series.

If your book is part of a series, try to find colours that will match across several books. You don't want the colours to be too different so they look like they're from a different series, but not too similar that it could be confused with a different book in the series.

Setting.

Is your book set in a certain season? Or a certain place? Try to match the colours with the setting. If you're writing a horror book, there's no point in using a colour scheme centred on bright pink. If your book is dystopian, try to think of the colour of the sky. Is it normal? Burning? Hidden by clouds?

Magic.

If your book contains magic of any kind, it's more than likely going to end up on your cover. This could become the main focus of the cover, so you want to make sure it stands out but doesn't look too out of place with other covers in your genre.

Discuss with your cover designer.

Your cover designer will be able to help if you’re struggling to come up with a colour scheme for the cover. Either ask them for options or let them choose. Either way, communicating with your cover designer is key to getting a beautiful cover.

That's it for this week! I hope this has helped someone with picking a colour scheme. See you next week. 

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May Giveaway

Newly Edited Free Enovellas!

Hi all,

I've recently had all of my enovellas re-edited and they are now available to download when you sign up to my mailing list.

You can now download the latest versions of the following:

Elemental Dragons Short Story Collection

Famished

Solar Child

Seashine

Curse of Anubis Short Story Collection

With all of these free enovellas, you will be signed up to my mailing list. This means that you'll get monthly newsletters from me.

In these monthly newsletters, you get:

Cover reveals.

Short stories.

Monthly news.

Writing updates.

Free/discounted book promos.

As I publish more books, I will be making more free enovellas available to my subscribers! Empty Skies, Street Rats and Game of Air and Lightning are all on the list to get prequels or possibly a collection of short stories.

If you want to hear more from me, you can sign up here!

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

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March 2025 Project Wrap-Up

Hi all,

This is a few weeks late, but I wanted to do a wrap-up post about my March 2025 writing project. The final word count for Original Elementals #8: Turf is...

73,334 words!

It felt so good to write in the Elemental Dragons universe again, I didn't realise how much I missed it. At times I did struggle with writing parts, but for the most part this was an enjoyable experience.

This book centres on Tiegan and her companion, Turf. They take in an Eastern Dragon called Squeaky who they have to raise. Their mission is to get Squeaky to create a rainstorm big enough to help dragons. This is what Zmei tells them, but is it actually true?

Tiegan was a different character to write. She's quite selfish and willing to abandon others to save her own skin. She wants to keep her life the way it is, far away from Aria. Her and Turf live on the streets, though neither of them mind.

This book also introduces a new species of man-made dragons, the Vexwings. They're tiny dragons that get compared to rats or pigeons often. They terrorise the town that Tiegan lives in which causes trouble for the people living there. Because of them, their town is completely overrun and requires outside help to fix it.

The mix of the Eastern Dragon and the Vexwings makes life harder for Tiegan. Especially when Zmei gets involved and she finds herself unable to trust them completely. Draca has turned their back on her too, so it's just her and Turf on their own.

This book was fun to write and I love writing about dragons. The next book in the series will centre on Stella and this will be the penultimate book in the series. It will most likely be my November project as I'm planning a different book for July. 

That’s it for this week, hope you enjoyed reading! Next week I’ll be posting about my dream merchandise, so keep an eye out for that next Sunday.

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Playing Pokemon Go

Hi all,

Ever since I went to Tenerife, I've really gotten into Pokemon Go.

I didn't download it when it first came out because I knew I would be instantly addicted. I also didn't have the best data plan on my phone, so it wasn't possible to play on my old device.

When I went on holiday, my fiancé downloaded it on his phone for me to try and I absolutely love it! It meant that I didn't get any writing done, but I loved going around and catching various pokemon.

Now I've been playing it for a few months and it's made me move around a lot more. If I ever get the chance to write full time, I think Pokemon Go would be a great way to get me out and about!

If you also play, you can add me below:

My writing won't be effected by playing, I promise. When I was younger I used to write Pokemon FanFiction and a few short stories about my favourite mons. If anything, Pokemon Go is making me more excited to use my phone and makes me feel a lot fresher when it comes to writing.

That's it got this week, I hope you enjoyed reading! If you play, you can add me via my trainer code in this post. See you next week. 

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