Category Archives: Young Adult Literature

Announcing the Futuredaze Authors

Posted on July 30, 2012 by Erin Underwood

Because of the additional interested created for  Futuredaze: An Anthology of YA Science Fiction by our Kickstarter campaign, we thought that releasing a new update was in order. Normally, we would wait to announce the actual Table of Contents (TOC) until … Continue reading →

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Summer Reading for 2012

Posted on June 23, 2012 by Erin Underwood

Looking for a good book to read this summer? Here’s a list of books (both published and forthcoming) that you may want to add to your reading list. There is a mixture of adult and young adult books here from … Continue reading →

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Kickstarter Count Down, Futuredaze Submissions Closing Soon, & Book Cover Update

Posted on June 12, 2012 by Erin Underwood

With 13 days left on our Kickstarter project, we are only $260 away from our goal. While we don’t want to count our chickens before they hatch, it looks like there is an excellent chance that we’ll hit our goal–which … Continue reading →

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Futurdaze Updates and Developments

Posted on June 4, 2012 by Erin Underwood

Recently, I read a Kickstarter update from Amanda Palmer that really hit home for me. Kickstarter is a marketplace that brings together buyers and artists in a way that allows the project to be funded in advance, giving full creative … Continue reading →

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Futuredaze/Kickstarter Update #4

Posted on May 25, 2012 by Erin Underwood

Is it cheating as a blogger to copy & paste our last Kickstarter update here? Maybe…and yet I’m going to do it because there is some good information there that I think our blog readers will enjoy. Update #4: Futuredaze … Continue reading →

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Introducing Why SF?: Underwords’ New Interview Series

Posted on May 5, 2012 by Erin Underwood

I am pleased to announce that Underwords will be doing a new interview series called Why SF? This series will explore how science fiction has affected the lives of a variety of creative and influential people. Interviewees will range from … Continue reading →

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Kickstarting Futuredaze

Posted on April 27, 2012 by Erin Underwood

We’ve set up a Kickstarter project to help raise funds for Futuredaze and to also give people a way to preorder a copy now. Our Kickstarter project is only active until June 25th. If we don’t hit our goal, we … Continue reading →

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Announcing: Futuredaze – An Anthology of YA Science Fiction

Posted on April 26, 2012 by Erin Underwood

UNDERWORDS is happy to announce that we will begin accepting submissions for our new anthology Futuredaze: An Anthology of YA Science Fiction, edited by Hannah Strom-Martin and Erin Underwood, which will be published in June 2013. Submissions for the anthology … Continue reading →

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The Hunger Games: A Review & Essay

Posted on April 10, 2012 by Erin Underwood

by Rebecca Longster Teens of the Future on Survivor ~ for real A review of The Hunger Games, directed by Gary Ross, starring Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Woody Harrelson, and Lenny Kravitz Several years ago I had a … Continue reading →

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Review: Fracture by Megan Miranda

Posted on January 30, 2012 by Erin Underwood

Author: Megan Miranda Publisher: Walker Childrens Print Date: January 17, 2012 ISBN-13: 978-0802723093 Fracture cover blurb: Eleven minutes passed before Delaney Maxwell was pulled from the icy waters of a Maine lake by her best friend Decker Phillips. By then … Continue reading →

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