Notes & updates

notes & updates on my stories - News on possible new stories - updated 23/09/2026

Okay, I'm going to ramble a little here - some of my stories I started some time ago; some are new. You may wonder why so many stories start without finishing. Truthfully, I hope to finish them all eventually, but it goes like this: I start a story, get far enough, and then either get stuck, lose interest, or life intrudes. When I get stuck, I tend to leave the story alone for a while, and in the meantime, I start another story, and so it goes. The process repeats. I go back to earlier stories and so on, and I like variety, too! So that's a little insight as to how I go about writing my stories. I wouldn't recommend it to anyone else; it's just the way I tend to work. It can be a bit unclear when so many stories are going through your head. In most of my stories, the main character is a heroine. I think I chose a female as the hero because I feel more for the heroine than I would for a male hero. I am more protective of the character. Of course, some of my stories have male heroes. Some have both.


*The Princess Ariana* Is out now. I appreciate your support - available now on Kindle Unlimited

Whispers on the Wind is in finalisation and moving toward publication. I hope you’ll enjoy exploring the world and characters when it's released. I’ll announce the publication date as soon as it’s available.

Provisional release date: 12 November 2026. I hope you will buy and enjoy reading. Thank you for your support. It can be pre-ordered from the link below

https://olympiapublishers.com/books/category/coming-soon

I have recently posted another story - The Tiger's Moon. Some of you might think it's not unlike a werewolf tale, but that is/was not my intention. It's more about shapeshifting.

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Here are notes on how I pronounce some of the character names, places, etc. in my stories
I'm not going to pronounce the more obvious or short names, etc. You can work that out for yourselves

What I Saw Without You

Heroine - Saelri Sail/Sale - ri

Lost people - Raniteru - Ran-e-ter-oo

Hand of Righteous Fire

Sirell - Sire-lI


The Empress's Gifts - Deruda Kohn - Dee-ru-da Kon/ Kapordium - Capor-de-um/Faron Donway -Far-on Don-way

The Scarred One heroine - In-ona/ Lashia - Lash-i-a/ Caliradia - Calir-rad-ia/ Lewyne Vale- Loo-win

Dragon Dream - dragon name - Pelonia - Pel-on-e-a - full name - you really want to know? Well, here goes- Peloniaonthantriofelusia - first part as before Pel-on-e-a then, - on-fan-tri-o-fel-oos-i-a

Melondthera Of Darkenfell - Mel- ond-thera/country- Dark-en-fell/ Xalipha- X is silent Ali-Fa /Fenlin Bodren - Fen-lin Bod-ren/Kajadyn Mountains -Ka-jad-din/Rinydal- Rin-dale/Dozyark - Doz-ark/Caphlar- Caf-lar

Sophestria - Soph-est-ri-a or Sof-est-re-a


Knight Of Magic - Malybar - Mal-e-bar/Cadyon- Cad-eon/Faryln Forest- Far-lin/


Farreach - Far-reach

Darkside Outpost Three - Mat D'Avolon- De-Avolon/Katreen - Cat-reen/Sianna - Si-anna /Sharimdara - Shar-rim-dara/Sharimda - Shar-rim-da/Gykaloo - Gig-a-loo/Dolphi - Dol-fee

Katawyn - Cat-a-win

Winyd The Wolf - Winyd - Wind (because easier to insert the Y to avoid word confusion)


The Banished Sorceress - Maeyon - May-yon/Athmador - Ath-mad-dor/Portswelde - Port-sweld/Susweldia- Sus-wel-de-a/Poefwen - Pof-wen

Magic Dust -Philasendria - Fila-send-re-a

Truthsayer/Truth-sayer - Relana Re-lan-a

Shadow Kingdom - Calyistria Hemola- Caly-is-tri-a Hem-ola

Maraka -Mara-ka

Time measurement in the Shadow Kingdom Universe - Day=26hrs - Cycle=Month - Quarter=week (sometimes called a 7 day) - Half Cycle=Two weeks and Third Quarter=3 weeks- Annum=year- Centium=centaury

Stelsong - Stel-song - modern-day pseudonym - Stella Song

Last of The Etherwite's

Etherwite - Ether-white/ Rominy Rom-iny/ Darina - Dar-i-na

The Legend of Neyrela - pronounced Nee- reel-a

The Princess Ariana

Ariana - Ari-ana

Eldon Gastile - Eld-on Gast-ile

Mendona =Men- don-a

Telmara - Tel-mara

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