by Sean Platt
MARY AND PAOLA
Mary has always been a protective figure in the series. When we find her this time, she’s trying to move forward from the past, and provide Paola with a normal life.
We were conscious not to make too much of Mary’s miscarriage. She is purposely not dwelling on this part of her past, so we didn’t permit ourselves to either. That isn’t to say this tragedy won’t surface, and play as an issue in later seasons.
Paola is focused on making her life as normal as possible, which, of course, blows up in her face when she winds up pulling a Luca — healing people and rapidly aging when she does. If you’re reading this, you probably already have some idea that Paola will have a larger role next season.
ED
This season, Ed is forced to work for the government again, and soon finds himself in the familiar position of being betrayed by his people. Well, not truly his people, but rather an alien infected Sullivan.
We considered forcing Ed to kill each of our survivors from the original series. He wouldn’t have actually killed them all, but we did toy with having him get to a few.
But that would have turned Season Four into something else, and that something would never have worked as well as we think this does — though we did have fun trying to make you think he would kill Brent. On the one hand, you wanted Brent to stay safe. On the other, you don’t want harm coming to Ed’s loved ones.
As with Boricio, the gray areas are always most fun to explore.
OTHER STUFF
We loved bringing Will back, even if only in flashback, and explaining the ties between the discovery, vials (aliens), and the 215ers.
We also enjoyed writing the random infection scenes with entirely new people, giving hints of what’s to come as this thing breaks out in the coming seasons.
Season Four was tremendous fun to write, and we’re bursting to write Season Five. We’d love to hear what you think. You can leave a comment on our Season Four water cooler page:
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WE LOVE TO SEE YOUR REVIEWS!
Remember, indie authors like us do well when readers like you leave reviews.
If you enjoyed Yesterday’s Gone, please let other readers know. Once Season Four receives 500 reviews, or Season One earns 1,000, we will immediately start production on the fifth (EPIC) season.
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ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Sean Platt is coauthor of the serialized sagas, Yesterday’s Gone, WhiteSpace, ForNevermore and Available Darkness. He is also author of Writing Online, and founder of Sterling & Stone Publishing.
Despite having a big plate, full of dark horror and serialized mayhem at Collective Inkwell with his coauthor David Wright, Sean is also cohost of the Better Off Undead, and Self-Publishing Podcasts. Sean helps tomorrow’s authors with David, and Johnny B. Truant with the Self-Publishing Podcast, and Sean nurtures his tribe of “digital writers” at his home site, SeanMPlatt.Com
Sean is currently developing super cool serialized fiction for children, available some time before spring, 2013.
Sean lives the writer’s life and dreamer’s dream in Ohio with his wife (who endlessly listens) and two children (who sometimes don’t). He wakes up happy almost every day.
Connect with Sean at:
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http://seanmplatt.com
http://collectiveinkwell.com
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http://www.facebook.com/DigitalWriter
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David W. Wright is the co-author of the Yesterday’s Gone, WhiteSpace, ForNevermore, Available Darkness, Z 2134, and Monstrous series as well as the Dark Crossings collections of short stories. He’s also a sometimes cartoonist.
He also co-hosts The Self Publishing Podcast and Better Off Undead podcasts with author Johnny B. Truant and Sean Platt. Both podcasts are chock full of foul language, can go wildly off-topic, and should not be listened to by anyone.
You should avoid feeding David after midnight, getting him wet, or exposing him to bright light.
He writes about Collective Inkwell stuff at:
http://CollectiveInkwell.com
He blogs about himself, pop culture, and other stuff at:
http://DavidwWright.com
David lives on the east coast with his wife, his five year old son, and the world’s most pooping-est cat.
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The Most Important Thing You Can Do To Spread the Word
We thank you for reading our book.
You’ve already rocketed to the top of our Favorite People In The World List, currently populated by J.J. Abrams, Stephen King, Clive Barker, Craig Ferguson, and whoever first thought to put cookies in ice cream (someone give that person a Nobel Prize!)
But there’s one more thing we’d appreciate if you have a few minutes…
If you enjoyed this story, or even if you kinda liked it, please LEAVE A REVIEW TODAY.
WHY REVIEWS MATTER
We hate begging you like an NPR pledge drive, but we’re new writers, still making our name. In today’s publishing world, with so many great writers out there trying to get noticed, reviews are one of the primary ways writers free themselves from obscurity.
We would both write no matter what, even if we only had five readers. And we have. Dave wrote for years while working graveyard at a gas station, dreaming of a day he’d have people wandering the worlds of his design in the hallways of their mind. Sean spent 30 years sucking movies, books and TV through a pop culture straw, thinking the entire time that he “could never do that” until the day he wondered if he could.
We’re writers. We have stories to tell, and want to tell them to you forever.
Our books are what we do when we get up to go to work each day. The better our books do, the better we do. The more we can write, and the more ambitious we can be.
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Some people don’t like leav
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Some people don’t realize how much it matters to a modern author.
Some people have never left a review and have no idea what to say.
Some people never even consider it.
Most people don’t have time.
If you can’t leave a review for whatever reason, or even if you don’t want to, we totally understand. We are thrilled you’re reading, and appreciate the time you spend in our worlds.
But if you do, please know that you’re part of that 1% who really drive us to get noticed, since we know you want to see a What Would Boricio Do? Show on HBO as much as we would.
The biggest challenge for indie authors is finding an audience. Word-of-mouth and reviews at Amazon, Apple, Barnes & Noble, Sony, Goodreads, and similar sites can make all the difference in the world between whether a new reader will find and buy our books.
If you have a few minutes, you will make a huge difference in how our story as indie writers continues to unfold. It doesn’t have to be long, just honest. Three sentences saying why you liked the episode (or season) will read like pages of thank-you to us.
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Thank you for reading,
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Our Books
::Yesterday’s Gone Series — the post-apocalyptic serial::
Yesterday’s Gone: Episode 1
US: www.amazon.com/dp/B005FHO9AU/
UK: www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B005FHO9AU/
Season One Compilation (Episodes 1-6)
US: www.amazon.com/dp/B005REXCKE/
UK: www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B005REXCKE/
Season Two Compilation (Episodes 7-12)
US:www.amazon.com/dp/B007BEDR4Y/
UK: www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B007BEDR4Y/
Season Three (Episodes 13-18)
US: www.amazon.com/dp/B008R0IZH0/
UK: www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B008R0IZH0/
Season Four (July 2013-August 2013)
::Available Darkness — the new breed of vampire thriller::
Season One
US: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B009YWLV94/
UK: http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B009YWLV94/
SeasonTwo
US: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00BELOHIK/
UK: http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00BELOHIK/
::ForNevermore Series — the dark fantasy serial::
ForNevermore: Episode 1
US: www.amazon.com/dp/B007EEF3TS/
UK: www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B007EEF3TS/
Season One Compilation (Episodes 1-6)
US: www.amazon.com/dp/B007SNNUMW/
UK: www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B007SNNUMW/
Season Two (coming soon)
::WhiteSpace Series — the sci-fi/horror serial::
WhiteSpace: Episode 1
US: www.amazon.com/dp/B007Z9DDTE/
UK: www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B007Z9DDTE/
WhiteSpace: Season One Compilation (Episodes 1-6)
US: www.amazon.com/dp/B008ASB4GI/
UK: www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B008ASB4GI/
WhiteSpace Season Two (Episodes 7-12)
US: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00CDGV3S2/
UK: http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00CDGV3S2/
::Our 47North Serials::
These are Amazon Serials we did in partnership with 47North. The books are available in both ebook and print.
Z 2134 (Season One)
US: www.amazon.com/dp/B009KTA8YA/
UK: www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B009KTA8YA/
Season Two: Coming soon
Monstrous (Season One)
US: www.amazon.com/dp/B009XJBHHO/
UK: www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B009XJBHHO/
Season Two: Coming soon
::DARK CROSSINGS STORIES AND COLLECTIONS::
DARK CROSSINGS: VOLUME ONE
US: www.amazon.com/dp/B006K5SO1G/
UK: www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B006K5SO1G/
DARK CROSSINGS: VOLUME TWO
US: www.amazon.com/dp/B0095PJOC6/
UK: www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0095PJOC6/
DARK CROSSINGS: VOLUME THREE
Coming soon
For a complete and most up-to-date list of our available books, visit:
http://collectiveinkwell.com/our-books