The Voidstrider books are pulp. They’re meant to evoke the same experience as the old stuff, the Lensman books of E.E. Smith for example. (Roger Jon Grey got his name partially from “Gray Roger,” villain of Triplanetary. And that’s one of the dozens upon dozens of easter eggs in the series.) Those books, if you’veContinue reading “Inspirations”
Category Archives: Voidstrider
Musing on Worldbuilding
One goal of the Voidstrider books is creating a universe I can play in for decades to come. The central story of the Saga, as it currently stands and as it is planned out, chronicles humanity’s turbulent expansion into that larger stage. It’s an origin story, I guess. When I first started, the idea wasContinue reading “Musing on Worldbuilding”
Read an Ebook Week
The Smashwords Read an Ebook Week sale starts today! You can find all sorts of discounted prices at that link, thousands of ’em. Seriously. Thousands. You can browse the sale with a number of filters, seeing only FREE books or $0.99 books or by discount percentage or by length … you know how search filtersContinue reading “Read an Ebook Week”
New Standalone WIP
I’m taking a bit of a break from writing Voidstrider volume four to let some of the difficult plot elements rearrange themselves in my subconscious, and using the time to bang out a standalone side project. I posted last year about running a DnD campaign online for a single player on the other side ofContinue reading “New Standalone WIP”
Some Writing Rambles
The Voidstrider books seem like they’re taking me longer to write with each installment. Partly that’s down to my employment status. I was self-employed and worked from my home office when I wrote the first one. I have a “day job” (that mostly takes place at night) these days. A less boring reason is thatContinue reading “Some Writing Rambles”
Voidstrider 3 Release
The Angel and the Djinn releases next Tuesday, December 8th.
Pre-orders are already going on over here.
John A. Underwood 