Got my yearly guide to using as much Gamelit/Progression Fantasy/LitRPG as possible to complete this year's r/Fantasy reading bingo card!
Might do some more guides for indie works in general or YA, but I know I'm weak on more recent YA books.
The Sunset Sovereign: A Dragon's Memoir is now available on Kindle Unlimited. If you are looking for a non human lead (aka dragon), standalone, and wholesome, check out the book!
Cover of the Dark Adult Fantasy novel, Merchants of Knowledge and Magic. Trees form the shape of a peacock feather, with a castle atop a waterfall in the center of the peacock's 'eye'. Along the feather, Calinthe and Zakuro are sitting on the back of a giant beetle as it heads down a road toward the castle. The image is overall very greenish-blue and evokes feelings of fantasy and adventure Drawn by Bear Pettigrew (Crossroad Art)
Happy Asexual Awareness Day!!
If you want to be aware of aces today, hello, I'm ace! I'm a specific and rare kind of ace who is only ace toward real people, but likes fictional characters!
If you want to support me, consider buying MoKaM featuring an ace MC in a pure fantasy world
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Kind of excited to watch the Artemis II launch (hopefully tonight)! Launching the first lunar mission in 50 years on April Fools Day will probably seem fake to a lot of people, but despite not hearing about this before today, I am pretty sure it is legitimate. :D
I am watching it with the kids right now!
The indie author sci-fi/fantasy/horror new release list: April 2026 Books featured on promo image: Drudge by Jan Miklaszewicz The Swamp by Palmer Pickering Ripple by Forest Wells Bear my Heart by Karen Lykkebo
It's April - and there's a new list of indie SF/F/H books coming your way this month!
You can view the full list here: ajcalvin.net/the-indie-au...
#booksky #indiebooks #indieapril
Text that says: Coming August 18, 2026 The cover of Erin Ampersand's Time To Play is displayed. Background is 'apocalyptic"
Picture this: You’re home with your three kids, racing to get soccer uniforms washed ahead of practice when the power shuts off. Your cell phone goes dead. And a voice coming from nowhere and everywhere all at once booms: Congratulations! Your planet has been selected! And just like that, Earth becomes the newest unwilling participant in a high-stakes intergalactic game show competition. What that means becomes terrifyingly clear as monsters drop onto the front lawn, an interface appears in your field of vision, and you—and your nine- and six-year-old sons and three-year-old daughter—are each offered a choice of supernatural abilities. Part of you wants to laugh. Your husband’s away on business, coming home late tonight. Well, he was. But you clamp down on your rising panic. It doesn’t matter how much harder it will be. You’re a mom. Your kids need you; it’s up to you to keep them safe. You can do this. Then, in quick succession, you discover: 1) your toddler has unilaterally decided her supernatural power should be for her beloved turtle stuffie to come alive. 2) every person on Earth will have to fight, no matter their age. You're going to have to teach your kids to stand on their own—and yourself to let them. This is Meghan Moretti’s morning, and where Erin Ampersand’s rollicking, unputdownable LitRPG adventure series, Apocalypse Parenting, begins.
Check out the cover of Erin Ampersand’s TIME TO PLAY 💥🐢
The start of a rollicking LitRPG series that Matt Dinniman calls “pure gold” in which everyone on Earth is forced to take part in a worldwide survival competition—everyone, including Meghan Moretti and her three kids.
Out August 18, 2026!
Yup, I need this paperback. I look forward to rereading Time to Play.
It's the end of the month and Honey, I've Leveled the Kids is just a 2 orders away from breaking my best month ever- and it did it in 11 days. Yay Litrpg.
Thank you for your support on this book. I get all giddy when I see even 30 KENP reads. 400? I half wonder if Kindle Unlimited glitched.
Gobble gobble and I can fly.
I hope you have a good book to read. Thays going to be slow.
Erin Ampersand in a bedazzled fancy hat that is either a wizard's or a witch's hat. Possibly both!
I am excited to share that the entire Apocalypse Parenting series has been picked up by Tor Books for publication. You’ll be able to find the paperback for Book 1 in physical bookstores on August 18 of this year, simultaneous to the eBook release of Book 5!
(Bought myself a sweet hat to celebrate!)
Aaaaa! That's incredible!! Congratulations!!
Friends, we have a special cover reveal today!
The Rill Lord by @triempery.bsky.social, the sixth and final book in her epic fantasy series, The Triempery Revelations!
Check out that beautiful cover!
Thank you everyone for the launch success of the story.
I took a few days off to play Timberwood and work on outlining, but now its time to dive back into writing.
The story was completely inspired by school grades, baby milestones, and job title promotions (New Achievement!) happening everyday.
The e-book is now live!
- A quest for legendary power
- fighting monsters and gods
- family bonding
- leveling up in game and at home (milestones!)
- animals
- character driven (hey, parents aren't perfect)
- litrpg lite if you are just dipping your toes
#litrpg
#kindleunlimited
#books
I am ready for readers to have this adventure.
My challenges of writing Honey, I've Leveled the Kids? Keeping up with the surprises kids cause. They always keep life exciting, like saying a pet fish would be fun to have in a video game.
It was a good thing I uploaded my document early Thursday to Amazon. If I hadn't, all these power outages would've been in my way to have the book done on time. Yay for being responsible for once.
I hope everyone without power are doing okay.
Oh that's not fun.
I was tempted to add "sleep" in the If You Enjoy column. But I don't want people to believe they will fall asleep during my book, its not ASMR. I wish I wrote a book that helped people sleep, but editing would be a snore.
#litrpg
#wroteabook
Its odd being almost done with formatting this ebook book with a few days ago. I'm not rushing, I planned something ahead of time.
Is this called being an adult?
ARCs sent out (ping me if you want one), pre-order is set up, all that is left is marketing and checking the document for the 19th time for typos.
Writing and publishing have their own checklists like a Honey-Do list, and the steps in completing a quest.
My reward - sleep and cookies.
#litrpg
Congratulations and such a nice review too.
I forgot to share the lovely trope attempt I made.
See, I'm amazing at book launches, not totally distracted by eating and making cake.
I'm looking for ARC readers!!
Book title: Honey, I've Leveled the Kids
If you just finished Dungeon Crawler Carl, or Apocalypse Parenting, and want to get more #LitRPG stories that are character driven, fill out the form!
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The Indie Author Sci-fi/Fantasy/Horror New Release List: March 2026 Shown on the promo image are: The Wraith Returns by Paul G. Zareith Jaya! The Complete Series by Geetha Krishnan Stone and Flesh by Tamara S. Harker The Witch of Hexen Holler by B.L. Brown
🍀 Happy March! 🍀
A new month means new books are coming your way. Here's the monthly indie author SF/F/H new release list from my blog: ajcalvin.net/the-indie-au...
There are plenty more books than what can fit on the promo image, so please check out the full post!
#booksky #indiebooks
I am powering through edits on my LitRPG and hope to have the preorder link up next week... or the week after. Let's see what I can get done.
I plan on releasing a free short story of 20k words to build up the hype too, so keep an eye out for that.
