🚀 spaceships 🌡️ dark conspiracies 🎭 brotherhood ❌ no romance 🐛 strange creatures 🤖 futuristic 🪐 other worlds 🐈 a rescue cat 🔖 universal link: mybook.to/schU 💌 itch.io link: rebecca-crunden.itch.io/dust-lightning 📖 goodreads: www.goodreads.com/book/show/56...

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It feels strange to ask, but this book means everything to me 🙏🏻 DANCE WITH ME is eligible for a nomination for #IndieInkAwards and your vote could help it find its way in. I would be endlessly grateful for your support. Details in the reply 🙌🏻

This week's blog was a fun one for me, and something I haven't done before. But since we're headed into the holiday season, I thought I'd share some book/series picks to consider buying for the bookworm(s) in your life. Check it out here: ajcalvin.net/my-2025-holi...

#FantasyIndiesNovember Day 5: Last, current and next reads Last: Austringer's Wrath – @lyonspen.bsky.social Current: Serpentus – @ajcalvin.bsky.social Next: Unlucky Evans, Cursed Odds – @williamjadams3.bsky.social and I really want to get to Daughters of Tith by @jpatriciaanderson.bsky.social

Thank you for the shout out, Poppy 🩶 Since my debut is appearing as November's book club read, I've lowered the price to $0.99 (or equivalent) for this week. It's published wide so you can find it below: books2read.com/farremoved

There is a lot of worldbuilding to cover in Far Removed, so I'm going to post some bite-sized guides to Knyadrea this month. Let's start with timelines! 🌔🌓🌒 This is something I often think I should've put at the beginning of the book. I may include them in a revised version.

Our latest Series Spotlight covers a thrilling sci-fi romance, The Drift by Casie Aufenthie 🧬💫💞 Read all about this trilogy on Willow Wraith Press 👇 willowwraithpress.com/2025/10/30/s...

Happy Halloween from my 2 main villains! Dranamir from The Relics of War (with a cameo in Serpentus) 🎨 by Galadriel Coffeeen and Colin from The Caein Legacy 🎨by @cblansdell.bsky.social

The House of Starling by Ciara Hartford review is up at Willow Wraith Press. “Mrs. Hartford puts the book’s characters through a series of adventures & several small fight scenes that were pleasantly bloody and efficiently written and would belong in any great epic fantasy book.”

Artists behind some of the most popular films of all time are also forging one of the most powerful organized resistances to AI. With solidarity, class action lawsuits and strong legislation, they're fighting to protect their livelihoods, and pop culture, from big tech. My latest:

PINNED POST Info about me, links to my books, Discords, Patreon, etc. Please like and repost if you see this🫶💕

Help us choose next month's Willow Wraith book club title! The poll is live over on GR, and the choices are: Shadow Bane by Cal Logan Far Removed by CB Lansdell (which I've read and loved) and Coward by Ayrton Silva (I've also read this one and loved it) Poll Link www.goodreads.com/poll/list/12...

This is one of my all-time favourite novellas. Do yourself a favour and pick it up 🪶🦴

Read a book’s blurb and label the story for what it is, not for who wrote it.

Last day of the #Buzzfest event! Come and find some new ebooks at 99c or less 🐝 Mine is available wide books2read.com/farremoved Come for non-human characters, moons, and masks. 🌖🎭🌒

Manifesting sales for October. My books are an epic fantasy reimagining of Sleeping Beauty. What if Maleficent was Aurora's mother and what if she wasn't really evil? The latest is Queen of Thorns. www.amazon.com/dp/B08HLVPF7D

The countdown is over, the infection is loose... Behold: The Book of Spores #booksky

I realized not so long ago that it has been a while (months) since I posted an update on my writing projects and what's coming up for me soon(ish). So this week's blog does just that. You can read it here: ajcalvin.net/the-state-of...

Excited to take a break from intensive edits and some drafting to chat about this delightful book.

It's coming...

This month's book club read was both cosy and spooky. Perfect for autumn! www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

🔹Biopunk Dark Fantasy 🔹Political intrigue 🔹Character driven 🔹A distinctive world of non-human characters Far Removed, Book 1 in the Apidecca Duology. Book 2 coming in 2026. Available wide in all formats (including audio). Website, Ko-fi and more: cblansdell.com/links/ books2read.com/farremoved

🌩️Book review time!🌩️ #booksky Maiden of Storms by @matthewzorich.bsky.social Check out my full review in the link: willowwraithpress.com/2025/10/17/w...

This article's title sounded depressing, but give it a read. It actually has some good tips on building resilience and protecting your mental health in this writing game. www.fictionalinfluence.com/p/talent-isn...

This is the closest a bushfire has come to my suburb. It's moving away from us now, but we had some scary moments this afternoon.

📚 October Book Giveaway!📚 Want to win 5 paperbacks from 5 incredible authors? ( @nickawrites.bsky.social , @dlawsonauthor.bsky.social , @authornickbetts.bsky.social , @ajcalvin.bsky.social , and me!) 👇👇 Follow us! Like and share this post. Tell me your favorite thing about autumn! 🍂🍁 That's it! :)

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This is a most excellent cosy read for spooky season.

Lady Drakeslayer by @williamjadams3.bsky.social continues the Divine Godsqueen Coda in a delightful and brutal way! How not to love a snarky girl and her just-as-snarky sword?! Ashe, Stryx, and Harle-bub live now in my heart 💜 #BookSky

Answering for Day 12: Of our 5 antagonists, only 2 have had speaking roles in Far Removed. We get to learn a lot more about all of them in the sequel. One villain is vain and paranoid. Another may harbour a noble streak. Prismer notices the nuances more than Oklas does.

As my way of thanking the indie writing community for supporting me through the years, I'm offering free content/quote pulls for my birthday! Preference for BIPOC or disabled authors + SFF books on the shorter side. Turnaround will be 3 weeks - I have a baby so I can't be as fast as I used to alas 😅

Very well articulated. If I spend any amount of time on social media, I need to monitor how I'm being influenced. There is a beauty to writing in solitude. Then the time comes for you to share what you've made. Some lovely things grow from community, but they can also get choked by weeds.

This week's blog talks about my latest BookBub Featured Deal (it was my first US one.) Was it worth it? I think so. You can read the post here: ajcalvin.net/my-latest-bo...

Request for writers who consider me a friend, especially those of you who do WIPSnips or other engagement posts talking about your wip: If you have the time and energy, post here about your wip. Give me CONTEXT. Tell me who your characters are and their relationships. Tell me about your setting.

🤎🪱 SPOOKTOBER SALE 🪱🤎 Only 99c thru October! Sinister toads, haunted garden-gnomes, an evil compost, weeds with a vengeance... These gardens are not just roses and peonies. Ko-FI: ko-fi.com/k_lykkebo/shop Itch: klykkebo.itch.io Other: books2read.com/karenlykkebo 📚🩸

My review for this charming Hansel and Gretel retelling is on Willow Wraith Press. It is perfect as a quick Halloween read, and it's free for the next few days. 🧡🎃 willowwraithpress.com/2025/10/07/w...

All these reviews can be found on the Willow Wratith website. Even Far Removed got a review (just in time for its 2nd birthday too).

Two books packed and ready to go. Who else wants some?

Every day, for the month of October, I am going to read (and quickly edit) 2 chapters of my manuscript for book 2. I'm finishing up with chapter 4 today. Going at this speed, I'm getting my first impression of my WIP from a reader's perspective. It's... shaping up the way I hoped it would 🩶

Hey authors, the official list of Anthropic works is available for searching. secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup

Andrés' lovely review for Far Removed is now on @grimoireinkreviews.bsky.social 🩶

Far Removed by @cblansdell.bsky.social "It’s a book that explores how a broken person comes into their own after being broken." Read @andresstein.bsky.social' full review grimoireinkreviews.wordpress.com/2025/10/01/f...

#Fantasyindiesseptember @chesneyinfalt.bsky.social @lvrussell.bsky.social Day 30: Wrap-up I'll continue being a bit scarce in October as I prepare my sequel for beta reading in November. Aside from that, I have a few art commissions in progress and a couple of other writing projects...

#SciFiSeptember 30 A sci-fi book you've read with great worldbuilding I want to mention one of my recent favorites here, because it doesn't get nearly enough attention. Far Removed by CB Lansdell It's fantastic. And there are no human characters! The knyads are a fascinating, semi-aquatic species

Audrie's review on Willow Wraith Press: "[Far Removed] is a balance of alien concepts, sciences, and social structures that explores the familiar themes of class, morality, and self acceptance." willowwraithpress.com/2025/09/25/w...

I spent too long making this teaser video for my upcoming novel, but the good news is, ARC team wanted for a Princess Mononoke x Demon Slayer passion project. #books

Don't forget to vote for Willow Wraith Press' Indie Book Club book for October! Poll ends Sept. 30th at midnight PST. ShadowBane by Cal Logan Far Removed by @cblansdell.bsky.social An Ambitious Woman & Her Very Normal Pet by @poppyalexanders.bsky.social Coward by @ayrtonmsilva.bsky.social

Today is the day! www.amazon.com/Queen-Thorns...