In a sunlit room with plants inthe background, the author DJ Jones holds his book titled Have a Black Heart of Gold. The cover features the protagonist, Raile, running toward a burning city, long, blue black hair and worn leather jacket buffeted behind her.

Received the proof copy of the third book in my trilogy. I am all the way excited to be doing the penultimate edit and finally finishing my first trilogy. Almost two decades to make this happen. #dreamcometrue #indieauthor #writingcommunity #urbanfantasy #fightpower #theundergroundnarratives

Seeing pictures of people buying my book is surreal. I can’t believe I get to do this for my job. It doesn’t feel like work. You are better than everyone, everyone better than you. #authorlife #booklaunch2024 #theundergroundnarratives

Coming up on your penultimate read-through of your novel (after fifty previous ones) requires an increasing amount of obsession with detail because soon you won’t be able to change anything at all. #authorlife #editing #theundergroundnarratives #writing

Doing the penultimate edit on the second book in my series and changing all the pronouns from first to third on the third book. Being an author is far from glamorous. #editing #authorlife #theundergroundnarratives