The above will be the day Jasper is released for publication.

I could not pick a better day to mark this occasion.

June 1, 2011 is the day I sat down and began the first draft of this novel.  Then it was called Jasper City, and the second half of the story differed greatly from how it is today.  It went through substantial changes, of course for the better.

Now four years later to the day, Jasper will be up for public consumption.