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Welcome back dear reader!

We are back with an all new issue of Captain Jette Jones, Star Ranger! Our heroes are scattered across the star system, Queen Zeta and the Goddess of Darkness have merged into the fearsome Dark Zeta, and is there an even darker evil lurking in the depths of space? The only way to find out is to dive into Jette Jones #24!

As our space opera builds towards its thrilling climax, I’ve been thinking about the experience of writing this series with connie k and some of the unlikely fun we’ve had along the way. In connie’s guest post, she mentioned our ‘taco moments’. That is, these moments of writing synergy where somehow we know what the other person is thinking.

Those usually come up when we’re brainstorming a solution to a narrative problem or trying to figure out what happens next. We’re cruising along on the same wavelength, type the exact same thing at the same time and then see our twin messages pop into the chat. “Taco!” we exclaim. It’s very fun and as the Jette Jones series has progressed, those moments seem to happen more and more often.

This issue was unique though, even by our standards. There were details we wrote into our individual scenes that sometimes set up or paid off a detail from the other person’s scenes and we hadn’t discussed a bit of it ahead of time. Even a turn of phrase that hadn’t come up before but we both found a spot for it in our scenes. Our brains were on the same wavelength in a whole new way this time around.

Our next issue is the grande finale so stay tuned for that and we hope you enjoy our penultimate installment! As always, your comments, questions and suggestions are welcome.