What, the lens flare?'

Gabe has a point.

What was it that made people comfortable stepping into a teleport for the first time?

Ad content continues below

Thus,The Punch Escrowwas born.

Teleportation: an origin story.

The Punch Escrowtells the story of Joel, a regular dude living in the year 2147.

Relationships and love play an unexpectedly vital role inThe Punch Escrow.

One of these things thats been a constant is this notion of love.

Throughout humanity, thats the one thing that really hasnt changed: what it means to love someone.

The Inkshares model.

In the Inkshares model, authors post samples and/or pitches of their books on the Inkshares website.

If the work gets 250 pre-orders, it gets a light publishing.

Theres more data sources, said Klein of the Inkshares model.

The various support systems didnt always see eye to eye.

On the film tone scale, Kleins developmental editors put it this way: Its the difference betweenArrivalandThe FifthElement.

You cant get away with both.

War is the greatest accelerant of technology because theres a tangible benefit, said Klein.

Were a very short-minded species.

More so than the religion, said Klein of his corporate worldbuilding.

Corporations provide us with a very tangible metric for measuring whether theyre doing a good job or not.

So thats how we can make people believe in corporations because theyre people and not deities.

Researching the future.

[In its first draft], it was super, super hard scifi, said Klein.

But, then, my developmental editor was like, The interesting part is the footnotes.'

Klein suggests treating the footnotes like a choose your own adventure.

If you want to learn more about the science, read the footnotes.

Theres nothing in the footnotes thats essential to the plot, said Klein.

you’re able to read the book without the footnotes.

In fact, the Kindle version, the footnotes are actually like pop-ups.

Does Klein suggest reading the footnotes?

Ultimately, Klein is excited about the depth of knowledge the footnotes represent.

The Punch Escrow is currently available for order throughInksharesandAmazon.

Read and download the fullDen of Geek SDCC Special Editionmagazine here!