While I will have a proper map made of Calandis, I wanted to detail the wonderful world I’ve created in writing to you all. Perhaps it’s just your cozy cup of tea.

Calandis, the world in which Wick and the Wandering Barge is set, is a weapons-free world. You may see some billysticks/truncheons/bully clubs, but there will be no guns, no canons, no swords, no flinging fireballs, no cloak and daggers. This is a world that is fundamentally at peace.

Not too long ago, I was introduced to the concept of “In-Between Places,” not to be confused with the books by several authors who detail the progress one’s life can take.

When I started out writing my stories in 2016, I landed on Fantasy LitRPG. Finishing the Fjorgyn series taught me a lot. In particular, I wasn’t overly fond of writing stories where the characters weren’t narratively safe.

For the last two weeks, I have been in the throes of rebranding… everything. It is a happy and sad time, as I say farewell to LitRPG/Gamelit under RJ Castiglione, and start my new adventure publishing as RJ Casta, dedicating myself to “The Wandering Hearth Chronicles,” which will, I suppose, occupy the rest of my creative career, gods willing.