Works in Progress – Page 3 – John A. Underwood

2020!

It’s a new year, as you may have noticed. I have plans. Goals. As one does. So, in 2020 I will: finish and publish volume 3 of The Voidstrider Saga; begin work on my next Johnson Underwood project, working title Florida Man versus the Elder Gods; write more in this blog; write and send actualContinue reading “2020!”

The Angel and the Djinn preview

I swear sometimes this book is going to kill me. I’ve been working on volume 3 of The Voidstrider Saga for almost two years. (I wrote the first one in six months.) The light is showing at the tunnel’s end, at last. I’ve got about 18,000 words to go and then of course the revisions,Continue reading “The Angel and the Djinn preview”

Voidstrider Update

Writing a Book 3 is hard. And it feels a whole lot harder with everything going on in the world. My Twitter feed has lately been full of real world shit, politics, fascism, et cetera. That sort of thing makes it difficult to focus on a made-up story about rockets and rayguns. (Even if the underlying themesContinue reading “Voidstrider Update”

Checking In

It’s been a minute since I’ve been here. At least you know I’m not one of those writers who hires someone else to keep their blog… Anyway … work work work. Voidstrider 3 is coming along. About 20,000 words into it now. Planning to pick up a little speed over the summer months and, barring trouble,Continue reading “Checking In”

Voidstrider 2 is Finished

An Officer of the Fleet is finished – at last! I meant to have the second volume of The Voidstrider Saga finished over the summer, aiming for a release date as close as possible to one year following Revolt on Vesta. Alas … life. Anyway, it’s all done now and going through the very final stages beforeContinue reading “Voidstrider 2 is Finished”

Cover Woes

I’m not exactly a starving artist, but… Well, being a struggling writer has its woes. Unless and until sales start properly taking off (rather than the listless trickle to which I am accustomed) I can’t really afford to pay cover artists. The Catch-22 being that a really swell cover is said to do wonders forContinue reading “Cover Woes”