Mar 24, 2016

Emily’s original "About The Janitors" for posterity

Hello fellow readers & writers! We have a treat for you. 

THE JANITORS was created by myself (Emily) and my sister Rose. We have been writing and creating projects both together and as individuals since elementary school. This project is an accumulation of some of our favorite elements in storytelling: epic, adventure, humor, and heart. 

Every story needs a hero, what’s a rallying cry without a rallying point? 

We created our heroine, Xan, wanting a highly skilled young woman with the sort of disadvantage that causes people around her to discount her. For her, it’s an illness that she will carry all her life and is likely to kill her at a young age. This knowledge doesn’t stop Xan’s ambitions as she seeks to join the acclaimed Guard. 

Unfortunately, those dreams come to a halt when a rash decision lands her working for The Janitors, but what Xan doesn’t realize is that this crew doesn’t clean up the galaxy’s refuse. That is merely a cover. This crew specializes in discovering and removing potential threats to the galaxy. It’s a job that requires a unique crew with unique skills... and definitely some unique personalities. 

 Because everything’s a remix, here’s where we’re coming from: 

The idea came from my love of the work of Alexandre Dumas and Robert Louis Stevenson and my sister’s fantastic ability to shape the most haphazard of ideas that spew out of my brain and to create an entire galaxy (maps, religions, economics, etc.) from thin air. It’s an ability she has that I have rarely seen even though I work with writers every day. 

Join the adventure! 

If you enjoy this first chapter, please pre-order the book! We will be keeping notes on the progress and posting snippets of the book here on Inkshares so readers can follow along in the journey with myself, Rose, and Xan. 

 Fear not, we totally listen to feedback. 

We hope you love THE JANITORS, and more importantly, we want to hear what you love and don’t love about these characters and story. We are still in the process of writing this first book, which we see as an adventure series with an overarching storyline and more episodic plots in the individual books. We welcome and look forward to any thoughts readers have on the series. 

Find us on social media (we’re not catfish, we promise).

You can follow Rose and I on Twitter (@RoseJermusyk and @EJemily24) and see the other projects we’re working on. Rose is also working on her own projects (one of which contributes to this one). 

Thank you! 

Emily J. 

P.S. Rose made the headings, and also thanks you. 

P.P.S. Rose here! I will also be giving away behind-the-scenes goodies in the project updates. You’re welcome.