I'm very curious how Jack builds his skills (shooting, fighting, explosives, lockpicking and other elements of badassness).

I'm very curious how Jack builds his skills (shooting, fighting, explosives, lockpicking and other elements of badassness).

For lock-picking, read the Young Adult books. Especially the last one: Secret Vengance.

Ken V.

Say, ummm...maybe if you post the chapters in here as you write them, we could help you out?

Ah ain't certainly not gonna tell Paul how to fictioneer, but this ah-deer just slapped me upside mah damn haid...

Young Jack moves to the Big Town. Doing the work he was born to do. Making a little name for himself. "Jeff, I heard about this guy... He maybe can help you. He don't work for cheap, but... You got nothing left, right?"

And Jack, still learning the ropes, makes a mistake that leaves his customer even worse off.

Just a thought.

Ah ain't certainly not gonna tell Paul how to fictioneer, but this ah-deer just slapped me upside mah damn haid...

Young Jack moves to the Big Town. Doing the work he was born to do. Making a little name for himself. "Jeff, I heard about this guy... He maybe can help you. He don't work for cheap, but... You got nothing left, right?"

And Jack, still learning the ropes, makes a mistake that leaves his customer even worse off.

Just a thought.

Agreed; learning from his own mistakes will have made him into the overly-cautious, see-it-from-all-angles fix-it-man that he has become today.