Author of Hunted, The Relics of War, The Caein Legacy, & The Mage War Chronicles
The various writing projects of A.J. Calvin
A few early reviews of Harbinger are in… No, I’m not going to copy/paste the reviews here, but I wanted to talk about a few things that have been mentioned regarding the third book in The Caein Legacy. They’re all positive things, and some came as a surprise to me, so I thought them worthy […]
Narratess Indie Book Sale: April 13 – 15 It’s that time again! The biannual Narratess Indie Book sale is happening this weekend, April 13 – 15. There will be tons of great indie fantasy/sci-fi/horror books to browse from, and every one of them will be on sale! So please do check it out once the […]
Reflecting on… Colin This post is the result of a Fantasy Indies prompt from a couple weeks ago, where participants were asked to name their favorite book villains. I had a couple people mention Colin, which got me to thinking… What is it about Colin that makes him such a good (and memorable) villain? I […]
My Adventures in Worldbuilding There’s something about worldbuilding that is so immersive, so fun, that I keep doing it time and again. And I don’t mean just adding to the existing worlds and universes I’ve already written stories for. I keep creating more worlds entirely. I have too many ideas to cram into one literary […]
New Characters in Harbinger This week I wanted to talk about some of the new characters you’ll encounter in Harbinger, since it’s coming soon (May 28), and I took a pause from talking about The Caein Legacy to focus on Serpentus for a while. There are a number of familiar faces that make a reappearance […]
Sometimes it’s just hard Nothing saps my creativity like stress. Distractions I can work through, I’m perfectly capable of squeezing in writing time around family stuff, but when things get stressful in a bad way? All of my ideas may as well dissolve into the ether. To put it bluntly, February was a bad month […]
Serpentus is now available! Serpentus is my very-nearly-almost grimdark standalone related to The Relics of War series, and it’s now available everywhere. I want to thank everyone, but especially the beta readers and ARC team for this book. I know a few scenes were emotionally painful for me to write, but based on feedback, they […]
The Pain that is Serpentus I’ve talked about the emotions I try to convey in my writing before, but did you know that sometimes a book hurts me to write? Most of my books have a few of those painful moments. A character death, an injury, a betrayal… But in terms of absolute gut-wrenching, soul-destroying […]
The Relics of War (Series and Related Content) Timelines I’ve had a few people ask for the specifics of when Serpentus fits into the Relics of War universe, so I decided I’d write a post explaining the timelines of the series and its related content. Of the stories I’ve published so far, The Ballad of […]
The Inspiration Behind Serpentus I’d like to say Serpentus was the result of something profound, or an epiphany of sorts, but that’s not the case. The reality is simpler, if a little strange at times. If you’ve followed me or my blog for any length of time, you’re probably aware that I rewrote my Relics […]
