@DragonRider Thank you. Your positive feedback means a lot to me. I've actually just published Poseidon's Academy as a book and I've been sick with anxiety thinking people won't like it, so your comments have been really reassuring that my dreams of a writing career are still attainable, haha.
I completely understand what you mean about not finding time to write--it's hard when you have a job/uni and everything else on in your life. I recently listened to a writing podcast and they said even if you can only find 10 minutes a day to write, that's better than nothing. I just checked out your profile--I didn't realise you'd already written some stuff. I'll have to check them out.
I first learnt about the Percy Jackson books when I saw a trailer for the movie many years ago. At the time, I'd written the draft for Poseidon's Academy and I think my heart just about stopped, because I thought someone else had beaten me to my book idea. I quickly read the first book and breathed a sigh of relief to see we had very different plots. I really enjoyed it, but I've been hesitant to read the rest of the series because I don't want to be influenced by Rick Riordan's writing/plot. But once I've finished writing the Poseidons Academy series I will definitely be diving into those books because I love, love, love Greek mythology!
