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Chapter 2 is now UP! YAY!

Dr. Anita Baxter awakes to find that human beings long abandoned Earth after it was razed by alien terrorists and Penny’s bedside manner is not exactly helping matters much. Imagine waking up on a spaceship to find that everything and everyone you ever knew no longer existed. Yeah, she doesn’t take it very well...

Oh, and they also almost get blown to smithereens by the bad guys...because that’s what bad guys do. I read that in a book somewhere.

-J

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Thanks for comments so far guys! I guess I should probably say a little more about this mystery project. It’s something that’s been brewing for years, and I’m still trying to figure out how to frame it. Originally I was outlining it as a series of small scripts fit for a TV miniseries, or a short-run comic book series. A series very much inspired by the likes of Cowboy Bebop, Firefly, Transmetropolitan and the like. A spin on a future Earth (still not decided on how far into the future), where things have ended up pretty crummy. Political revolutions, global warming, etc have left large chunks of the globe as expansive wastelands. Depending on what part of society you may dwell in, you’ll find everything from hi-tech cyberpunk landscapes, to the gritty barren deserts of Tatooine. There’s even a city of outcast robots, as A.I. has been banned from human society. The battles between the rich, poor and middle-class continue. And weaving through the lines of all this are Jack and Ed, a pair of bounty hunters operating out of one of the scattered mega-metropolitan cities in America. Originally, my plan was to create a series of episodes (25 give or take), telling Jack and Ed’s adventures in their line of work. The interesting characters they come across in this world, people and situations that tell us more about their character, and circumstances that at times further solidify and other times make them question their alliance with each other. The stories would mostly be standalones, but serve to further the character development, as well as slowly piece together an ongoing larger story arc to be resolved. There will be laughs, there will be tears, there will be mystery, and buttloads of action. And at the heart of it, Jack and Ed, an unlikely pair who (whether they admit to it or not) end up each other’s rock in this crazy post-apocalypse. A very Shane Black styled Lethal Weapon buddy duo. I could ramble about this forever, but I can’t let myself get too excited for this at the moment, as I’m still finishing my current project: Dax Harrison. Stay tuned though! There will be more here eventually. :)

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Hey hey everyone!

So I made a nice new pitch video for the project page where you get to see me speaking enthusiastically (and somewhat awkwardly) about this little book that I love so much. There’s even a post-credits zinger at the end (No, Sam Jackson doesn’t walk on camera and ask me to join a superhero team...yet). Please check that out and if you haven’t already, pre-order, won’t you? I will love you forever and not in an icky and inappropriate way.

I’m also very close to finishing some freebies to send out to all those who pre-order. Unfortunately, they are not retro-future ray guns, as the government has a problem with people mailing out portable atomic weapons...who knew? But, more on what the freebies are once I get ’em finished. Soon soon soon.

Thanks again for the support! Pre-order! Share! Rinse! Repeat!

Love (in a completely platonic way),

Jason

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Quick exciting update to share!

Today I had the honor of being a guest on the Inkshares blog. I was asked some questions about the relentless community building work I’ve been helping with, and given an opportunity to reflect on the future of the Inkshares vision of a democratic publishing model:

http://blog.inkshares.com/post/139935867965/qa-with-john-robin-a-pillar-of-the-inkshares

Enjoy -- and please share this. The more readers who know about Inkshares, the better.

p.s. remember a few months ago I rallied to help get Jack Bender’s, The Elephant in the Room to its funding goal? Well, I received my three copied yesterday -- and read it in one sitting. What a great book! Stephen King calls it a picture book for adults, and it comes with high praise from J.J. Abrams and David Benioff and D.B. Weiss. Well, I read it in one sitting. What a book! In some parts I laughed hard, but most places touched my heart. Jack has a dark sort of wisdom that’s contagious and it was nice to spend a good hour with him in those pages. Highly recommended! Here’s a link: http://www.amazon.com/The-Elephant-Room-Jack-Bender/dp/1941758797

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