 It's Year Five!It has been a quiet year from me just as about any other year tends to be. Not only have I not spoken much about the stories I'm releasing on this website this year, but- for the first time since before the turn of the decade- I will end this calendar year having written absolutely no new episodes of anything. I haven't even tried. This year has been entirely dedicated to other projects that I have that aren't public and won't be. Most of my recreational time was spent recreationally. This doesn't mean there won't be new episodes in 2026, as there absolutely will be. All episodes meant to be released in 2026 and 2027 have already been written ahead of time, as that is the way in which I prefer to write. It offers me opportunities, whenever they occur, to take time off and direct my focus elsewhere. Up until this year, I had never taken advantage of this "get ahead of schedule" practice that I partake in, but it has been rather self-fulfilling to do so this year. There is one big question that I've asked myself, and I feel it wouldn't exactly be fair to not make that known on the platform directly influenced by such a question being asked. "Do I expect myself to write any new episodes of anything moving forward?" It's a hard question to answer, mainly because it's been quite some time since I even attempted to begin writing a new episode of anything. There are some series that I've written a 2027 release for that I haven't had much clarity in how to craft a 2028 release for. I have a paper log that lists every single episode in each year that I have to write. Being able to complete one episode per day when I do write, I'd simply cross off one of those episodes from the list until they were all finished. I did intend to begin writing again earlier this year, and I prepped a new paper log for that. It remains without a single episode crossed out. Every few days, I'll take notice of that paper log and reckon with the fact that I still haven't made any concrete plans to begin writing again. I don't know when I will, and I don't know if I want to. For as much as I enjoy crafting these worlds and these people that I tell stories through, it's a bit difficult- once you've dropped the practice for a long period of time- to find the ability to get behind the keyboard with confidence again. I wasn't Shakespeare by any means when I was writing frequently, but I do feel that I had a style and a layout that worked for me. Without having begun trying to write again, anyone that's realistic with themselves will come to the self-inquiry of "Am I even able to just pick up where I left off the way I did before, or is everything going to read differently from the reader's perspective?" That's not just to say that the manner in which people who have read my stories may feel like they read quite a bit differently, but perhaps I can't write the characters in these stories the way that I once did. Perhaps I'd write Emilio Vasquez of Rise or Grant Haste of Tonight at 9 in a certain way that I no longer naturally can. Perhaps the way in which I detailed, or didn't detail, the environments my characters are in is different is no longer the way in which I have them depicted or interacting with like I had before. Maybe I can and maybe I can't, but the issue at play is still that I won't know until I start writing again, and I'm not sure when or if I will. Couple that with the fact that I've done a horrible job at marketing this project, and it's not difficult to see why I'd be having those questions from the point of "does it even really matter, or am I the only one bothered enough with these questions to think about them so much?" I don't market Pacer1 at all. I wouldn't even be surprised if people thought it was "Pacer 1" with a space between the name and the numeral and not both placed beside each other. Most of the time, if you Google "Pacer1", you'll get something akin to the Pacer Gram Fitness Test, because I clearly did such tremendous planning into what I was going to call this project (I'm being sarcastic). What's worse is that I haven't just done a poor job at marketing what Pacer1 is, but Pacer1 is trying to be something that, for the most part, doesn't truly exist yet. I've taken to calling these series "Written Series" before, and I've adopted the term "Web Serial" that I've seen floated around, but neither the former term that I created, nor the latter term I adopted adequately fit what I'm making with Pacer1. It's a story that is broken down into chapters released weekly over the course of a few months that then goes on break before coming back ten months or so later. That's a television show in the form of a book, but it's not actually a book- it's just what a book is releasing as if it were what a television show is. Are you confused yet? If not, congratulations- I feel like most people would be. In order to market what Pacer1 is doing, I have to market what Pacer1 is, and in order to market what Pacer1 is- I have to market what this genre of writing is. In the past, I came up with a few different ideas and none of them truly stuck. Pacer1 Audio is something I'd very much still like to do, but when I first came up with the concept, it became clear to me that I wasn't doing it as effectively as I should have been. Quietly, I decided to retool my expectations and play the waiting game. I know there are a ton of people who would prefer to hear their stories in audiobook format rather than reading them, and not having an audio option is something that I firmly believed would come back to bite me. There are many ways that I've failed Pacer1 just as there are ways that I've set it up well, but one of the biggest ways I've failed is in not finding an adequate manner to release content in audio format. A look around other websites that I've used can show how difficult it is to anticipate anything more than a struggle when it comes to growing my audience. The main reason for that struggle is my own doing, but the failures of others show that difficulty in general that comes with web serial content for most writers. StoryFire was one of the first websites that I used to release Pacer1 material onto other than this website. Through what can only be perceived as awful leadership structure, a lack of transparency, and a userbase unmotivated to use the platform, StoryFire no longer exists. Neovel, on the other hand, went under financially, could no longer front the costs to operate, and ceased operation. Wattpad is filled to the brim with countless stories from countless authors, and I just can't see much of a future in releasing stories on Wattpad with the intention of growing the Pacer1 audience and seeing it succeed. Here's the way that I see things... Pacer1 as a brand needs to be in front of more people, and not from a promotional point of view. The name of Pacer1 needs to be in front of people who read or want to engage with stories. Furthermore, Pacer1 needs to be much clearer about what it is and how these stories are released. I foresee myself altering the website slightly in the coming months to better organise how new readers are able to understand what Pacer1 does. Up until now, their best understanding of what Pacer1 is was a post I made roughly two years ago detailing how I write, what I write, and how I release my stories. I don't need to "market" in my opinion, as I don't want to push my content in front of people who want nothing to do with it. Advertisements can work, but I often times find myself struggling to see how one can make an investment into advertisements and see it pay off if the purpose of those advertisements is market growth. I don't want to burden people who want to read with "Pacer1" constantly. I want to have Pacer1 around the spaces that readers engage in. If that means finding those outlets on social media or on websites, I suppose that's a route that I can take. Beyond that, I feel like I need to spend more time figuring out how to adequately get my content produced in audio form. The method I used prior wouldn't even be pass for being called "amateur" in my view. I have ideas of what I would want audiobook releases to look like, especially if they are accompanied by visual elements that can keep readers' attention as the audiobook is playing out, but I don't believe I'm confident in knowing exactly how to achieve what that looks like in practice. Here's what I know I'll do. In the Author's Desk section of this website, I will make a post- even if not a lengthy one- detailing a step that I've taken in the direction of working on Pacer1 as a brand. When I say that, I don't mean in creating some image for Pacer1 to be taken in, I mean the manner in which I've gone about trying to get the name "Pacer1" and the logo of Pacer1 in front of people that may or may not be interested in reading content released under the banner of "Pacer1". Furthermore, if I begin writing again, I'll make what would likely be a very brief post in the Author's Desk section of this website stating such- in case any of you coming across this address will be- for whatever reason- chomping at the bit to find out if I have or have not. But now, as you have all come to anticipate, I'd like to begin running down the releases that we have coming in 2026, accompanied with their promotional posters as I do every year. Let's begin! Late Winter Saturdays in 2026: You're Always on the Clock Whether in the Newsroom or Out of It as Tonight at 9 Returns for Season 4. Tonight at 9 has been renewed for Season 4 at Pacer1. -> "The Root of All Evil" Season Four of Tonight at 9 will be coming to Pacer1 every Saturday at 5am EST beginning on the 3rd of January in 2026 with "Heartbreak Helion", the premiere episode of the series' fourth season. Running for a total of ten episodes as per usual, Tonight at 9 has been renewed for a Season Four that will continue to follow Grant Haste, Taylor English, Sam Vickers, and the rest of the LMC News Crew that you've grown to follow across mid-2000's New York City since its premiere in 2022. Following the premiere of the series' fourth season, you'll receive an additional nine episodes once per week as stated prior, with "Beneficiaries of Battle" premiering on the five year anniversary of Pacer1's first-ever episode release, January 10th, 2026. Following "Beneficiaries of Battle", the remaining episodes to look out for are: - "A Change of Pace to Keep Afloat" on January 17th, "Auld Lang Syne (Part II) on January 24th, "Putting Boots on the Ground" on January 31st, "Let's Make it a Mission to Stay Current" on February 7th, "The Will of the People" on February 14th, "White as a Ghost, Dark as the Skin of Her Assailant" on February 21st, "Extending Power to Thee of Worthy Hand" on February 28th, and the fourth season finale episode "Perhaps the Show Doesn't Go On", premiering on March 7th. Late Winter Sundays in 2026: Tough Times Make Tougher Men as Seattle Noir is Returns for Season 2. Seattle Noir has been renewed for Season 2 at Pacer1. -> "Nothing's Watered Down, Especially not the Violence" Season Two of Seattle Noir will be coming to Pacer1 every Sunday at 5am EST beginning on the 4th of January in 2026 with "A One Way Ticket to the Next Level", the premiere episode of the series' second season. Running for a total of ten episodes as per usual, Seattle Noir has been renewed for a second season that will return you to the era of the Great Depression in the Pacific Northwest, reintroducing you to the dog-eat-dog world that Wilbur has taken to building his own, personal domain within. Following the premiere of the series' second season, you'll receive an additional nine episodes once per week as stated prior, with the remaining episodes afterwards being: - "A One Way Ticket to an Alliance" on January 11th, "A One Way Ticket to Buying Time" on January 18th, "A One Way Ticket to a Green, New Deal" on January 25th, "A One Way Ticket to a Skyline Receipt" on February 1st, "A One Way Ticket to Mercer Arena" on February 8th, "A One Way Ticket to the House of the Lord and the Den of His Debaucherous Men" on February 15th, "A One Way Ticket to Termination" on February 22nd, "A One Way Ticket to Win or Go Home" on March 1st, and what may be the most gutsy episode I've ever written for the purpose of what it does to an entire series... "A One Way Ticket to Staining the Seats Red" on March 8th that serves as the finale to the series' second season. Without spoiling much, there are some practices that stories take that allow readers to suspend their disbelief. There are times in which stories are set in the reality that we live in and define the tales they tell based off of events that have occurred in either our lives or the lives of our predecessors. Rarely, when stories are told, do authors take a pre-built world and dramatically alter a readers' understanding of it, and without giving up much information- "A One Way Ticket to Staining the Seats Red" is one of the riskiest literary choices I've made in developing a series for the purpose of how it alters a reader's way of viewing the story being told in the manner which they knew it to be told in. Spring Saturdays in 2026: The Hidden Generation Comes Under the Spotlight While Deeper, Darker Revelations are revealed as Generation Alpha Returns for Season 4. Generation Alpha has been renewed for Season 4 at Pacer1. -> "Maybe It's Better to Just Walk Away" Season Four of Generation Alpha will be coming to Pacer1 every Saturday at 5am EST beginning on the 11th of April in 2026 with "When the Cold Hand Burns Hot", the premiere episode of the series' second season. This is a new slot for Generation Alpha to be released in, having spent both 2023 and 2024 releasing during the Summer slot on Saturdays. This is the second time that Generation Alpha has been released during the Spring slot on Saturdays since the run of its first season in 2022. Running for a total of ten episodes as per usual, Generation Alpha has been renewed for a fourth season that will build off of the shocking revelation in the series' third season finale. Following the Carrion family for yet another season, Generation Alpha will build off of the story having been told throughout the first thirty episodes of the series with the added context of what season three's finale offered. Following the premiere of the series' fourth season, you'll receive an additional nine episodes once per week as stated prior, with the remaining episodes afterwards being: - "A Stick of Chewing Gum" on April 18th, "Nothing But a Nuisance at a Noose End" on April 25th, "Limp Be the Hand of the Bloody Print" on May 2nd, "Nothing Less Than a Father's Best" on May 9th, "Phone Light in a Long, Dark Car Ride" on May 16th, "Heavy Hand Behold the Heart" on May 23rd, "The Blade One Wields Toward a Turned Back" on May 30th, "Concealed Carry Within the Wall, Dejected Spirits at the End of the Hall" on June 6th, and "The Wounds That Calls Below Home" rounding out the series' fourth season as the finale on June 13th. Spring Sundays in 2026: The Suffering of One is the Opportunity of another as Athens of America Debuts on Pacer1. Athens of America has been greenlit for a Season 1 at Pacer1. -> "No Need to Light the Sky on Fire" The first season of Athens of America will be coming to Pacer1 every Sunday at 5am EST beginning on the 5th of April in 2026 with "The Common People", the series premiere. Running for a total of ten episodes as per usual, Athens of America has been greenlit for a first season, and is a spinoff of Dire, the Pacer1 series that ran from January 2021 until earlier this year in 2025 Athens of America explores more of the world set up in Dire and a new set of characters to follow, focusing heavily on the cast featured in the first half of Dire's series finale, which acted as a soft introduction to Leon and those that call Athens and its surroundings home. Following the premiere of the series' debut season, you'll receive an additional nine episodes once per week as stated prior, with the remaining episodes afterwards being: - "Light the Sky on Fire" on April 12th, "Presidential Impotence" on April 19th, "Selfish Pour" on April 26th, "Those Who Get to Live" on May 3rd, "Chaos Candidate" on May 10th, "Heard It Through the Grapevines" on May 17th, "The Vision Beyond One President" on May 24th, "Dreams of Reunification" on May 31st, and, finally, "Make Home Where You Don't Belong, Chancellor" will serve as the finale to the first season of the series on June 7th. Summer Saturdays in 2026: It All Comes Down to This as Pacer1's Flagship Series Rise Returns for The first Half of a Two-Part Season 8, the Series' Final Season. Rise has been renewed for a final season, Season 8A comes to Pacer1 in 2026. -> "It's The Beginning of the End" The final season of Rise will be coming to Pacer1 every Saturday at 5am EST beginning on the 25th of July in 2026 with "From Charlottetown to the Shoreline", the premiere of the first-half of Rise's final season. Running for a total of eight episodes, the series that started it all for Pacer1 comes to an end in 2026 and 2027, with the Summer Saturday slate in 2026 being taken by the final season's first half. Having begun with John Callis at the New World Order, it comes to an end at the final stand of the old world in Nova Scotia, as the creation that Charlotte Walters forged and the spirit it was carved with are tested in what may be its most-grueling test yet. Rise is a special series to Pacer1, pre-dating it by nearly three years and having spawned "RISE and REVOLT". In many ways the crowned jewel of Pacer1, Rise' story gets the conclusion it deserves as the brand's original pillar, with the final season being broken into two, eight episode parts premiering across 2026 and 2027. Following the premiere of the first half of the series' final season, you'll receive an additional seven episodes once per week as stated prior, with the remaining episodes afterwards being: - "With the Snap of My Fingers" on August 1st, "Too Quiet for Wartime" on August 8th, "Ships in the Night" on August 15th, "Goodnight, Nova Scotia" on August 22nd, "Return Fire" on August 29th, "Black Cat by Your Bedside" on September 5th, and "Louie" acting as the midseason finale to the final season on September 12th. Summer Sundays in 2026: Return to the Second Level and the Tracks that are Taken To as Driveline Returns for Season 2. Driveline has been renewed for Season 2 at Pacer1. -> "Imperfection is Intollerable" Season Two of Driveline will be coming to Pacer1 every Sunday at 5am EST beginning on the 5th of July in 2026 with "The Warped Stratum", the premiere episode of the series' second season. Running for a total of ten episodes as per usual, Driveline has been renewed for a second season that will take you back to the physics-defying, reality-altering racetracks that the DSRC, the Esteemed, the Crew, and Kaiyo take their talents and competitive spirit to. Following the premiere of the series' second season, you'll receive an additional nine episodes once per week as stated prior, with the remaining episodes afterwards being: - "Shedding the Jacket and Walking" on July 12th, "The Lava Stratum" on July 19th, "Intolerable" on July 26th, "In the Name of Unity" on August 2nd, "Speak the Language" on August 9th, "The Fog Stratum - Part 1" on August 16th, "The Fog Stratum - Part 2" on August 23rd, "Through Ones Lies" on August 30th, and "Two Minutes in Arkansas" will serve as the second season finale on September 6th. Fall Saturdays in 2026: Whether Out of Obligation or Being Allured to do so, Prepare to be Welcomed Back as Remedy Hills Returns for Season 3. Remedy Hills has been renewed for Season 3 at Pacer1. -> "If a Tree Falls and No One is Around to Hear It" Season Three of Remedy Hills will be coming to Pacer1 every Saturday at 5am EST beginning on the 17th of October in 2026 with "The Silent Search for Avon King", the premiere episode of the series' third season. Running for a total of ten episodes as per usual (without you needing to wait two years again), the third season of Remedy Hills will take you back to the titular town with mysteries galore and secrets hidden so well that they may require more than a shovel to unearth. Following the premiere of the series' third season, you'll receive an additional nine episodes once per week as stated prior, with the remaining episodes afterwards being: - "Written by Hand" on October 24th, "Down the Dirt Road" on October 31st (Happy Halloween! Quite fitting for Remedy Hills, right?) "Where Do You Wander Off at Night" on November 7th, "Seeing Through Fog" on November 14th, "Reading Each New Line" on November 21st, "I Don't Remember Anything" on November 28th, "Dead End Arriving at Sherald Station" on December 5th, "What They Don't Want You to Know" on December 12th, and "One Tin at a Time" serving as the third season finale on December 19th. Fall Sundays in 2026: It's not so Easy to Make a New Home When you Carry the Ghosts from Your Old One as RISE and REVOLT Returns for Season 6. RISE and REVOLT has been renewed for Season 6 at Pacer1. -> "Someone's Always Got it Worse" Season Six of RISE and REVOLT will be coming to Pacer1 every Sunday at 5am EST beginning on the 4th of October in 2026 with "Lazarus", the premiere episode of the series' sixth season. Running for a total of twelve episodes as per usual, the sixth season of RISE and REVOLT will kick off right where it left off, in the harsh, Canadian winter with the undead still out and about (aboot), lurking in any corner Lou and crew may wish to call home. Following the premiere of the series' sixth season, you'll receive an additional eleven episodes once per week as stated prior, with the remaining episodes afterwards being: - "Better Role Models" on October 11th, "Leave Me Behind" on October 18th, "As the World Stops Spinning" on October 25th, "Meet the Family" on November 1st, "Ready to Bear Arms" on November 8th, "The Bazaar" on November 15th, "Someone's Always Got it Worse" on November 22nd, "Not Whom the Oasis Attracts" on November 29th, "Between the Ears" on December 6th, "Good and Trust" on December 13th, and the finale to the series' sixth season, "All Will Get Better With Time" premiering on December 20th as the final Pacer1 episode to be released in 2026. Closing Remarks...I recall calling last year a "quiet year" in last year's address, but this year puts it to shame. Much of this year was simply clockwork for me, making sure the episodes released on time and were adequately promoted on the front page of the website. One of the few great things I think I've done for Pacer1 beyond giving myself the ability to backlog plenty of episodes to ensure they could release on time is that I've made sure they've released on time. I've made sure they were uploaded and scheduled, and that every time an episode was slated to be released- it was released on the day, at the time, and in the way it was announced to be released. That will continue in 2026 (hopefully), and so long as nothing happens to me, the website will continue to be updated regularly- at least as far as episodes being released are concerned. If that stops, just assume something's happened to me and that it's not necessarily something wonderful. Until then, this website will continue to function as designed and I look forward to continuing to share these stories with you for what will hopefully be a very long time.
Thank you for reading. Thank you for allowing me to take some of your time. Thank you for spending some of your time on my work. Time is a very valuable currency, and I appreciate that you're willing to spend it on me or what I'm passionate about. I look forward to 2026, I hope you do too. Happy new year, happy holidays, may you all be safe, happy, merry, and well-off beginning 2026 and throughout it.
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 Well, we have met again. For Pacer1, there has been little of note to discuss in 2024 beyond the material that we’ve released. I will be honest in confessing that little was done to improve the reach of the project more than what was made last year. If anything, less effort was made in 2024 than what was made in 2023. Last year, the earliest seasons of Rise: Remastered, RISE and REVOLT, and Dire were released under either “Pacer1 Archives” or “Pacer1 Audio” categories across YouTube- some being made publicly-available and others not. In addition to this, some of these episodes were re-released on TikTok. This was in hopes of improving the reach of the project by offering those that didn’t wish to read the material and opportunity to listen to it instead. I still have interest in this idea, but I am not focusing on it nearly as much as I had intended. This is the fourth year in which Pacer1 is releasing material under the name. Many series have premiered, some have either come to an end, been cancelled, or are nearing their end. Many series have remained running throughout. Stories have been told, characters have evolved, and talking points have been offered for anyone who happens to read. However, the internet is a vast place. I’ve heard it referred to as the largest market in the world. If it is to be looked at as a market and Pacer1 is to be looked at as a product, then there is a mountain to climb in exposing Pacer1 to an audience that can garner momentum, keep it, and build upon it. I’ve done plenty to at least make it different from other blogs or story-telling projects, in fairness. I don’t doubt that there are others just as dedicated to releasing material as I am, but I have yet to find another writing project that releases multiple series across a variety of genres in the way in which I release it. The fact that I don’t release the material on websites like Wattpad is probably not to the project’s benefit, regardless of how equally-difficult it would be to build a footing through that. However, the lack of trying makes the venture one that can’t be considered truly-explored in good faith. I think there’s a part of my that enjoys writing these stories so much that there’s a little bit of solace taken in the event that- much as I had anticipated would be likely when I began this project- all of these stories are bound to simply be released onto a website that only accrues as much traction as it always has. This would essentially leave me releasing material into the ether in hopes that someone, somewhere happens to stumble upon it and enjoy what they read. Even if some of my stories have never been the most-pleasing or even the most well-written, they have at least always been filled with genuine passion and a care that I can only hope is shown through the words that I place onto pages. Last year, I discussed possibly continuing to release these stories on a website known as Neovel. For what it’s worth, I was highly considering that and planning long-term to do that... Until the website shut down with little fanfare. At least, I think it shut down. I honestly have no idea. And also, no... We will not be returning to StoryFire. That website has its purpose and I don’t believe its purpose is to host stories like Pacer1’s. That’s no offence to StoryFire, it’s just an honest assessment of the website from my point of view, where it stands, and what Pacer1 is meant to do. Now, that isn’t to say that I am unwilling to try any further in growing the audience of Pacer1. I am considering different options, but I don’t want to make any of these attempts on a whim. The fact that I continue to release material consistently, on schedule, and as advertised is an accomplishment itself. Also, that isn’t to suggest that there is any reason to doubt that I will cease releasing stories or material on this website. Unless something happens to me, I will still be here each week to update the website. If the website suddenly becomes stagnant, it’s safe to assume that it’s because I am unable to update the website, not because of intentional abandonment. I want to make it abundantly clear that this is something that I enjoy doing, even if I schedule myself a lot more than I should for something that, at this rate, could safely be considered a hobby at the very least. Furthermore, as I lead into the schedule for the project’s 2025 slate of releases, I’d like to announce that as of the day that I write this, the third of December 2024, I have written every episode that I intend to release on Pacer1 through the end of 2027. What this means is that every episode that will be released on Pacer1 between now, the day of 3rd December 2024 and 19th December 2027 has already been written. Every season of every series that will be released between now and then has been completed. So, yes... The next three years worth of material that I will release on this website has been finished in full, and has been since the 12th November 2024. As of this moment, I am currently “on vacation” from writing Pacer1 material as I usually tend to be following the completion of each new “slate of releases” as I refer to a year’s worth of material as, and have been since that day. I will resume writing new episodes likely sometime by March 2025. Also, for clarity, the 2026 slate of releases was written entirely between 4th October 2023 and 5th February 2024. The 2027 slate of releases was written entirely between 13th May 2024 and 12th November 2024. As I told you... I genuinely enjoy this. With that said, I pretty much never write updates on this website from a personal, author’s point of view/perspective throughout the year other than the annual address that you’re reading now. If the project ends up building steam and a larger audience than what’s had now, I’m sure that would be subject to change. However, it’s time to get back to writing about the project itself. As I mentioned earlier, I am considering different websites to grow the Pacer1 audience through. I admit that I have a bit of doubt in the project’s success since most of the stories I consider to have the most-potential for reaching a larger audience because of the focus on the series’ narrative are likely off-putting in the earlier seasons because of my how novice my was writing compared to what it has grown into. I’d like to think that wouldn’t be too much of a hindrance, but I can’t say for sure. One of the websites that I’ve looked into is Tapas, and I’m not sure why. I have given a return to Wattpad (even though Pacer1 never really had much involvement on the platform) some thought, but alternatives are more appealing in my opinion. The issue is that it’s very difficult to find websites like what Neovel was, and I’m not sure there’s much room for them to exist. The financial implications of a website built as well as Neovel was or what the earliest iteration of StoryFire was makes it difficult to argue that the platform would be profitable enough to remain active, alive or sustainable. Even websites like Tuesday Serial have seen (I think) one update on its homepage throughout all of 2024. The RISE and REVOLT (yes, it’s stylised in mostly-capital letters promotionally) episode from season three, “The Black Trenchcoats” is still prominently featured on the site. That episode was released roughly a year and a half ago. It’s been quite some time, in case you couldn’t tell. Situations like those make it difficult to imagine many opportunities for growth. I just want people to be able to read my stories and discuss them with one another. Growing communities around the series and getting readers to frequently return to Pacer1 with the trust that they’ll likely find something that they like would be the dream-scenario here. I’ve made peace with how that may or may not come to be in a few ways. That doesn’t mean there isn’t room to continue trying. If I am to try, however, I’d like the effort to be worth putting in. I don’t use social media pretty much ever, so I can rule out any real desire to try and tweet or post Pacer1’s way to relevancy outright. If that’s a death blow to the project’s long-term viability, well... fuck, alright then. So much for those dreams. With that said, I think I’ve exhausted my explanation as much as I could have. The annual event that any reader of mine looks forward to shall now commence. Let’s breakdown the releases to come to Pacer1 in 2025. Warning: Spoilers for all seasons of all series up to December 2024 ahead. Late Winter Saturdays in 2025: The Healing Process begins in Season 3 of Tonight at 9 Staying in their place on Saturdays at the start of the new calendar year, Tonight at 9 returns for a third season at Pacer1. Carrying on from the journey of self-reflection and the acceptance of his past, Grant Haste joins Taylor English in moving forward and attempting to heal the wounds that they’d discovered their individual ways of moving on from. Freed to carry forward at LMC, the couple join the cast of Sam Vickers, Robin Lloyd, Carly Carpenter, and Aiden Redwood in looking toward the future of their respective ‘Tonight at Nine’ and ‘On-Air with Carly Carpenter’ broadcasts. Every Saturday from its premiere on January 4th to its finale on March 8th, the third season of Tonight at 9 carries our cast further into the heart of New York City in the mid-late 2000’s as we draw nearer to election season. Late Winter Sundays in 2025: Enter the troublesome times of the Great Depression in the brand new Pacer1 series Seattle Noir Taking over Sundays at the start of the new calendar year from the now-completed Dream Sequence series, the brand new Pacer1 original series Seattle Noir takes readers into the late 1920’s as the United States falls into a world of hurt brought on by the Great Depression. Follow the stories of two men that couldn’t be any different from one another if they tried- downtrodden labourer Jimmy Elliot just trying to keep himself and his wife, Cathy’s, lives afloat- and wealthy Los Angeles businessman Wilbur Ritter travelling alongside his business partner Norman Mountebank to the misery-laden town of Seattle, Washington in search of settling down and influencing the region from his position of power. On separate tracks, their stories run down entirely different avenues. However, in Seattle Noir, the bleak tracks that Jimmy Elliot’s life runs just happen to converge with the gold-plated tracks that Wilbur Ritter offers him travel upon in search of both men achieving what they’d always set out to. Join us every Sunday from its premiere on January 5th to its finale on March 9th, as the first season of Seattle Noir brings readers on the start of journey to both men’s desire for individual infamy in the face of economic impossibility. Spring Saturdays in 2025: The End of the Beginning gets underway as we find ourselves confronting the new display of what we’ve always known in Season 7 of Rise Remaining where it was in 2024, Rise returns for a seventh season at Pacer1 in a new environment from the last four seasons that oddly returns back to where it began. Though the initial first two seasons didn’t premiere on Pacer1, the remastered versions of them hit our pages in 2023 and filled in the gaps left behind by the unavailability of the initial copies. In those, we witnessed a group endure the starting moments of the apocalypse that still remains with us through the mid-2020’s chronologically- though it was under very different circumstances. Little by little, our group found their way to the New World Order in New York and the guidance of leader John Callis beneath the watchful eye of the post apocalyptic community-organiser Charlotte Walters. Now, many years into the apocalypse, our group finds their way to what remains of the New World Order, a community taking on the name of their location- Nova Scotia- under the guidance of Callis’ successor Emilio Vasquez... But back beneath the same watchful eye of Charlotte Walters, who- after four years of speculation and word-of-mouth- has revealed herself to be very much still alive and back in the position the group failed to ultimately oust her from. As we enter the seventh season, the end appears near for our cast. The story has come back to where it began, though the world that surrounds them couldn’t be anymore different from what it was. Society has all but fallen to ruin around the small pockets of civility that have endured the test of time, and the world around those within Nova Scotia has quite obviously seen better days. However, the future that lies ahead for our group and their new homeland? It’s never been less clear. That future is one, however, that begins being written on Saturday, March 29th with the seventh season premiere of Rise. Spring Sundays in 2025: Though the Angelino Republic is under new management, Jaime Morris will not go quietly into this good night in the fifth and final season of Dire For four seasons, Los Angeles has found itself reborn into a new world post the Catalyst, but before now- it had all been under the leadership of the publicly-appointed figurehead of Jaime Morris, who rechristened it under the banner of the Angelino Republic under her role as chancellor. However, with great power comes great responsibility. Unfortunately for Jaime, however, one wrong decision in the aftermath of her lost love spelled the end of her time as Chancellor of the Republic. In her place, a callous, calculated, and downright malicious figurehead takes over for her, less-dedicated to the will of the people and the future of the republic than she is in saving her own skin... A vital commodity for those at the helm of the New Democratic Front. This, however, is not something that one should anticipate Jaime Morris taking lightly. Willing to go the extra mile to protect what’s hers, the fate of her republic is not one that she will stomach leaving up to the selfish hands of the people responsible for the Catalyst to decide if given the choice. This spring, in a fifth and final season, Jaime Morris looks to make one, final stand against those who’d deposed her in the name of the Angelino Republic. Whilst, yes, this will be the absolute final season of the acclaimed Dire series, readers shall not fear. The world of Dire is not one that can be fully explored within just five seasons. Whilst more detail will not be made available at this time, a spinoff series to continue doing the world that has been established proper justice is currently planned for 2026. However, in welcoming that future spinoff to Pacer1, a bittersweet goodbye must be paid to our beloved republic- a goodbye which we’ll say to Dire every Sunday beginning on April 6th. Summer Saturdays in 2025: When horrid truths come to light, there are more victims left behind than just those who suffer the brunt of said horrid truths in Season 3 of Generation Alpha Season one brought with it a horrifying circumstance that can be all-too real in the world you and I live within, though it was sent off with an even bleaker, more-astonishing shock that can be considered even more-horrowing than the tale that had been told prior to it. In season two, we witnessed the fallout of these events as they bled beneath the surface, spreading like a disease within the unseen before it surfaced to the worst that anyone could’ve expected. Building off a season one finale that took the victim we’d been introduced to at the start of the season and turned her into a villain we couldn’t help but be left aghast by, season two saw the following rise and plummeting fall of series protagonist Sophie Amari, which understandably makes it puzzling for some to imagine how the story can even carry on after that. However, the victims of her crimes weren’t just those who lost their life to a young woman who’d succumbed to her worst thoughts with such little hesitation. Left behind, her family are forced to bear the weight of her actions as they attempt to move forward, something that Andrew Carrion had begun the process of looking to do in the final scene of season two. In season three, we witness what Sophie leaves behind and the damage that she paves- forced to ask ourselves whether or not we’re bound to experience the worst of our gut-twisting anxieties all over again. Every Saturday beginning on July 19th, Generation Alpha returns with more installments of a family who hides more honesty than they’d care to admit- one that’s been forced into the public eye beneath the concession of one into the grasp of their own demons. Summer Sundays in 2025: There’s more to driving than collecting a few pink slips in the all-new Pacer1 original series Driveline With the return of one series and the debut of another, a second all-new Pacer1 original needed to be created to fill the void left behind by the finales of Dream Sequence and the impending sendoff of Dire. Inspired by the mid-2000’s series AcceleRacers, the aim is for Driveline to do just that. From the streets of Baltimore, Maryland to a world so awe-encompassing vast and unreal, the groups of Kaiyo, the Crew, the DSRC, and the Esteemed find themselves discovering the privilege that they face of racing for something greater than pride. Every Sunday starting July 6th, Driveline will take readers on a colourful whirlwind of adrenaline across stratums of all sorts. Fall Saturdays in 2025: The thrilling search for answers amidst a small town-wide mystery returns as Remedy Hills welcomes you back for a second go around Left empty in 2024, Saturdays during the fall just didn’t have the same lustre to it as it had when Remedy Hills hit the pages of Pacer1 in 2023. After a one-year annual, Avon King and the residents of Remedy Hills return for season two at the height of the mystery presenting itself to the then-yet watchful eyes of the small town’s dearest. Hot on the trail of exposing something deeper than just closed-off hostility of closed-off minds the last time we saw them, Beau Donovan and Jake Mansoor return to their duties of digging deeper into the puzzling and otherworldly oddities of Remedy Hills as Avon King puts the goings-on into paper. Join us every Saturday starting on October 18th as we return to Remedy Hills to uncover the mystery even more... or perhaps discover even more to it. Fall Sundays in 2025: Back where it belongs, Lou’s efforts bring him back to where he began- surrounded by those he loves, those he loved, and those he’s come to love in an all-new Season 5 of RISE and REVOLT The acclaimed spinoff of Rise returns to the slot it had taken in 2024, settling into its permanent home whilst the cast of the series find themselves doing anything but that. RISE and REVOLT remains in the Great White North. Upon his first footsteps taking upon Canadian soil, Lou Jack was on his lonesome, separated from the people he’d travelled from Los Angeles, California alongside. Utterly alone, it took only a few months for him to find himself in the presence of a new collection of people he’d (mostly) come to love. However, he wasn’t so keen on leaving behind those he’d been split off from just yet.
Over time, he’d reconnect with those he’d known deep down would be intent on doing the same, though one had always eluded him. That is until the finale of season four, when Ally Resmin made her return to the series alongside a band of survivors as foreign to the readers as the Canadian group Lou had grown acquainted with was to them initially. Ending the fourth season on a dramatic reunion, season five of RISE and REVOLT promises to explore more of the vast, Canadian post-apocalypse with our beloved cast at the helm every Sunday starting on October 5th. 2023 was a year of continued operation for Pacer1 that can best be described as just another year. Nothing entirely incredible happened, none of our stories lit the internet on fire and Pacer1 did not go viral in any meaning of the word. That’s all fine and dandy with us, however, because what Pacer1 serves to do is what Pacer1- for the third straight year now- has delivered on. We promoted stories, told you exactly when they would be released, and published them on time without exception. Whilst it is up to you to dictate whether or not we released stories of great impact, we’d like to believe that we’ve offered something incredible for our readers that- for the most part- we will just continue to build upon. Now, as for furthering the growth of Pacer1, I will admit that I did less in 2023 than I had expected to do around this time last year. I will get further into what I expected to do as opposed to what I did accomplish more in detail later on, but I will admit that this year was a lot different than what I had envisioned it to be. That, however, is not a bad thing. I have begun to reset my sights on what Pacer1 will be in the years that are to come, and that has led to a lot of what I thought going into this year being changed by the time that the calendars are ready to turn to one of new. Ten seasons of material were released on Pacer1 in 2023, and seventeen episodes of that were released on the first day of the year alone. All in all, over one thousand pages of content was released on the website alone in this calendar year, and all of them came from the tips of my crying fingers as they beg for the sweet relief of mercy. Rise not only released its fifth season, but the world was finally given a remastered edition of the first two seasons, completing the series’ back catalogue on Pacer1. The series’ spinoff, RISE and REVOLT released its third season, whilst Dire and Dream Sequence released their third and second seasons respectively. In addition to this, Pacer1 released four brand new series in 2023 with the period news drama Tonight at 9 premiering in the late winter slate, the mystery thriller series Generation Alpha premiering in the spring slate, the criminal thriller Kings of Cambridge premiering in the summer, and the small town horror Remedy Hills premiering in the early winter slate. Collectively, a full one hundred episodes were released on Pacer1 in 2023 across all ten series, and that is a monolithic task that I am pleased to have accomplished. With that being said, I believe it’s time to begin discussing the plans made in 2022 that didn’t come to fruition. Planned in 2022, but did not come to fruition:Growth on TikTok: an Idea to be Burned. I was an idiot for believing that I could use TikTok to grow the readership of Pacer1. It was a classic example of someone not truly knowing where to find their audience and thinking to go to the one place that had as many people as possible hoping a few would stray from the pack and give my content a read. It was a foolish idea, but it was one that I didn’t fully think through if I’m being honest. More so than just the hope of convincing people to read these stories through using a TikTok platform, I was hoping to use the account on the website to release the audiobooks that had been taking the platform by storm. Unfortunately, I did not know how to best put that material into use, and incorrectly figured it was worth the effort to take what had been released on our YouTube channel and redistribute it on the platform. Perhaps it would’ve worked on another app, but TikTok is not one of them. Growth for Pacer1 is not going to be found on TikTok. Our account will never accomplish what I hoped it would accomplish, and I’m not quite sure that I know what to do with it. Maybe if there’s a way to A.I generate colourful scenes in a slideshow that accompany what’s happening in the story whilst I paste a playthrough of some mobile game at the bottom half of the screen, but Pacer1 will not find success on TikTok unless that happens. If it did, I could actually see people paying attention to the story, but the way that I was releasing our content just never would have worked. It was an idea that is best left burned into the past. Patreon Tiers: Decent Idea, Worthless Just Yet The subscription tiers are something that I think can work with a larger audience, but we are just not there yet. If anything, I only mention this because it was a thing that I spoke of prominently last year, but this was more an example of me trying to get ahead of things with the hope that it might eventually pay off. It hasn’t yet, but there’s always a chance that it will so long as Pacer1 continues operating. It’s a decent idea, but there’s no real worth to it yet. Pacer1 “From the Archives”: Great Idea, Just Not Consistent Taking old material and re-releasing it in audiobook format a few years after the original airing whilst also releasing new material that will eventually become an archive season was a great idea that I just did not stay on top of. The last addition to Pacer1’s “From the Archives” project was re-releasing Dire’s first season in March, and that- for those who aren’t keeping track- was nine months ago. It’s been awhile, that’s on me, but I also wasn’t really sure what else to do. The only other option at that point since all of Rise’s back catalogue had been re-released in addition to RISE and REVOLT’s early in the year was to re-release the first season of Joshua Lane, which was a series that had been cancelled less than six months prior. I felt like offering the first season to new viewers only for them to eventually find out that they’ll only ever get two was a wrong move that I wasn’t willing to make. In addition to this, I wasn’t sure whether or not “From the Archives” really had a point once I disconnected it from the initial intent of Pacer1 Audio and the Patreon subscription tiers. It became something more akin to being a brand name that just distinguished current releases from past releases, and I didn’t quite mind that. After all, I had created a logo for both “From the Archives” and the topic that we’re about to talk over next, so why not keep the status quo? I’ll likely keep From the Archives going, I’m just not quite sure when. It’s very possible that 2024 will see a new “From the Archives” release at some point. Pacer1 Audio: Yet to Truly Premiere. Work in Progress. Pacer1 Audio is what I expected to be a section of the Pacer1 website devoted solely to hosting either videos of the Pacer1 audiobook episodes or links to places in which you can access the Pacer1 audiobook episodes. I haven’t fully worked out the kinks and thought that I would have by now, but I simply haven’t. I’ve also run into difficulty with the quality of these episodes, as they’re difficult to both produce and publish, and I’m not sure that I want to use the platform that I make the audio episodes on in the first place. Nonetheless, Pacer1 Audio is still in the works and can’t really be judged on anything yet other than its failure to meet a release in 2023. However, there have been things that I’ve done with Pacer1 in 2023 that are also worth noting, and they mainly have to do with bypassing the TikTok expansion plans in favour of really keying into the demographic that we’re looking for. It starts with things we’ve at least dipped our toes into the water of this year. Pacer1 in 2023, Not Just Another Quiet Year:Pacer1 officially leaves StoryFire Earlier in the year, Pacer1 began ceasing any further uploads of our stories onto StoryFire, where we had been releasing material since our launch in early 2021. We made it clear that we would eventually inform the StoryFire audience of our future plans, and that day has come as part of the State of Pacer1 2023 address. Pacer1 will no longer be uploading content to StoryFire for a variety of reasons, but the main ones are as follows. We don’t believe that Pacer1 was earning any more of an audience on StoryFire than what our website can reach. The process of using StoryFire that made it so appealing was the possibility to release episodes on the platform and interact with a community built into the platform itself. The freshness of the platform when we joined made it appealing to begin reaching an audience where the platform had not already been saturated. However, the platform never grew to what we believed that it could become, and our reach within the platform was no longer worth continuing with StoryFire for. In addition to this, the management of StoryFire has always had views and beliefs as far as business is concerned that go against what we believe. Their focus was creating a new YouTube as opposed to a more interactive Wattpad with less fodder to be sifted through, and that did not operate in line with what Pacer1 has been trying to accomplish. In addition to this, ownership spent a very long period of time clouding itself in a murky haze of cloudiness that has failed to ever alleviate itself, and we’re not sure that the platform is in the best hands that it can be. The belief that we carry is that StoryFire is no longer a platform that can be used as a less content-flooded Wattpad with built in social interaction, but a crypto haven operated by an unknown figure and individuals with likely very little power in the real world over matters that mean something who have taken to StoryFire as if they were moderators of some other chatboard website. That is not to say that all are, just a few that almost certainly have taken to the husk of the platform and began playing around with it like a puppet pretending that there is still life inside the corpse. After a pleasant two and a half years, Pacer1 will no longer be releasing material on StoryFire and wishes the platform the best in what it does moving forward. Pacer1 Begins Promoting on Tuesday Serial. Tuesday Serial is a website that, until a few months ago, had been updating its list of releases each week with new releases of web serial episodes from all sorts of creators. Pacer1 began publishing on Tuesday Serial during the run of Dire and Generation Alpha earlier this year, and it proved successful for a period of time. Then, Tuesday Serial stopped updating its releases, and Pacer1 stopped applying to be promoted on the website. Maybe they will update again eventually, but for the time being- Pacer1 gave Tuesday Serial a brief try and found moderate success from it. Unless the updates begin on the website again, we’re not sure that Pacer1 will be applying for promotion on Tuesday Serial any further. Pacer1 Offers a Taste of Their Content in Testing the Waters with Neovel. Ever since departing from StoryFire, Pacer1 has been looking to broaden where our content reaches and where it can be found. We have looked into various platforms and applied for membership with some, but very few peak our interest in the way that StoryFire or Wattpad once had. Neovel is a website that joins those in the category of intriguing, and the biggest reason for that is the continued rights that they have assured in their mission statement and terms of service that we will retain. I am a massive supporter of maintaining creative freedom and the liberty of self-ownership over my work, which is why I choose to only release that work on platforms where I have the exclusive ownership over the material that’s written. It’s why I reserve all rights to my work and the likeness associated with my work, including promotional art, literary content and the titles or branding of my material. Neovel offers that in a space that I can comfortably describe as being Wattpad without the fodder, and it’s why I plan to bring Pacer1 material to Neovel for at least a little bit more than just a test drive in 2024. Whether or not that test drive will be full seasons released on the platform, added episodes from the past or even new releases remains to be seen, but Neovel has definitely piqued the interest of Pacer1 and I look forward to playing around with the platform more in the coming year. But that’s enough about next year’s plans. How about we get to the thing you really tuned into read? Let’s talk about next year’s releases. Pacer1 2024 Slate of Releases Part 1 - The non-renewals: Kings of Cambridge - not renewed for Season 2 As detailed and purposefully-loaded as the concept for Kings of Cambridge was, I’m just not sure that it stuck the landing. I felt like the series didn’t carry the weight of a story that I was proud of and I thought- in hindsight- that I tried to do too much and offered way too little. In addition to this, I don’t think future seasons were set up to be worth the read following the material of the first season on account of the fact that I just didn’t believe I’d done the maiden ten episodes justice in what I was trying to accomplish. Kings of Cambridge becomes the only 2023 release to not be renewed for a second season, but it isn’t the only 2023 release to not see a release in 2024...  Remedy Hills - annualed for Season 2 Yes, the dread “annualing” that I had made mention of earlier in this year with my address to new readers. Remedy Hills has been annualed for a second season, which means that it will not be coming back in 2024, but it will be coming back for a second season at some point in the future. Almost every time a series is annualed, it means that a series’ next season has been pushed back to the year that follows the new one, and Remedy Hills is no exception to this rule. Season 2 of Remedy Hills is planned to be released in 2025, leaving 2024 without the presence of its second season. Pacer1 2024 Slate of Releases Part 1 - The Renewals: Tonight at 9 - Renewed for Season 2 starting 6th January 2024 Tonight at 9- the period news drama that launched at the start of 2023- is returning for a second season as announced earlier in the year, and will premiere on Saturday, the 6th of January 2024 with the season premiere episode entitled “Strange Bedfellows.” The tagline for season two is “Swallow Your Pride.” Tonight at 9 was a series that was inspired by the Newsroom, a series that ran on HBO from 2012 until 2014, and I am such a fan of it that it’s one of the few series I have actively gone back and rewatched. I don’t tend to do that with any series, but I do that with the Newsroom. Tonight at 9 was inspired at times by the Newsroom, Sam Vickers was heavily inspired by Charlie Skinner and the concept of a newsroom in New York dated in the recent past is something that I found fascinating. The story is entirely original and I believe that it offers significant opportunities for growth over seasons that are to come, so here’s to hoping that season two is received well and continues to set the precedent that I believe the first season set very well.  Dream Sequence - Renewed for a final season starting 7th January 2024 Dream Sequence- the science fiction thriller that has proven to be a great staple of Pacer1- will return for a third and final season, and will premiere on Sunday, the 7th of January 2024 for the final ten episodes of its run with the season premiere episode entitled “Expiration.” The tagline for the final season is “The Realm Will Have It’s Way.” Dream Sequence has been a wonderful journey and experience with Pacer1 and has found some of the platform’s greatest success, but all good things must eventually come to an end. Dream Sequence will become our first series to complete its run, and it was planned to last this long from the very start. I wanted to series to run for three seasons, I believed that it had an identity and that it offered a story that could be fittingly completed by now, and I am a massive fan of the final product that has been put together. Scarlett Bensen and Victoria Shea’s stories will reach an end on the 10th of March 2024, when the series airs its finale titled “Omega.”  Rise - Renewed for Season 6 starting 6th April 2024 Away from the late winter slots and onto the spring slots as we have Rise- the post-apocalyptic zombie horror flagship of Pacer1- will return for its sixth season, and will premiere on Saturday, the 6th of April 2024 for an unordinary eleven episodes with the season premiere episode entitled “Closest Confidants.” The tagline for the final season is “Look Beyond the Shadows.” Rise has been the flagship since its premiere on another platform in December 2018, but it has been brought to Pacer1 and has now run for five (completed) seasons and offered a spinoff series that we will get to momentarily. Following the death of protagonist John Callis at the end of season four, the series began finally setting course for its end destination in season five, but found itself split into two alongside the remaining members of the group. Divided between Cumberland and Rockford, the central characters that remain endure their individual journeys to the compound where it all began... Nova Scotia.  Dire - Renewed for Season 4 starting 7th April 2024 Dire- the series that began with chaos falling upon the globe and changed premises into a post-disaster dystopia on Pacer1- will return for its fourth season, and will premiere on Sunday, the 7th of April 2024 with the season premiere episode entitled “The Burning Tower.” The tagline for the final season is “May Glory Befall the Angelino Republic... Or May It Fall Defiant Forevermore.” Dire has been the workhorse of Pacer1 since its beginning in 2021. Despite changing its premise between the first two seasons in a way that makes season one feel more like a prelude to the rest of the series, Dire has been the most consistent and dependable series that the project has put out. Running for only four episodes in January 2021, Dire was the first Pacer1 series to be released, and has continued to serve the purpose that has been needed of it... Putting out a quality story filled with emotional levity, endearing and vilified characters, and a plot that you just can’t help but find something to latch onto. Dire has consistently marked its territory as one of the most consistent series under the Pacer1 banner, and its return for a fourth season puts it in company only shared by two other series, both of which being associated with the concept of flagship branding.  Generation Alpha - Renewed for Season 2 starting 20th July 2024 Generation Alpha- the new series that offered readers mystery, shock, horror, suspense and disbelief in 2023- will return for its second season as the only series scheduled for a summer slate release, and will premiere on Saturday, the 20th of July 2024 with the season premiere episode entitled “This Story Has Holes.” The tagline for the final season is “The Truth Shall Set You Free.” Generation Alpha was a maze of emotion in 2023, and it looks to carry on that story into 2024 as the only series slated to be released during the summer time. Running unopposed, the story of Sophie Amari and the aftermath of her abduction and subsequent actions in the early 2030’s will continue to flesh itself out in the upcoming year, offering readers a hook into a tale that they spent ten weeks becoming enraptured by. Generation Alpha concludes the Saturday slate of releases in 2024, and does so in a way that I feel many readers will both not see coming and not be able to look away from.  RISE and REVOLT - Renewed for Season 4 starting 6th October 2024 RISE and REVOLT- the Rise spinoff that has captivated audiences and now reinvented itself as a tale too intriguing to drop- will return for its fourth season as the only series scheduled for an early winter slate release, and will premiere on Sunday, the 6th of October 2024 for a twelve episodes season with the season premiere episode entitled “Call to Vancouver.” The tagline for the final season is “There One Moment, Gone the Next.” RISE and REVOLT has been one of the most popular series that Pacer1 has put out, and in many ways- it has exceeded the original, it’s parent series Rise. Centring on Lou Jack, the first two season follows the tale of an ensemble cast that season three proceeds to immediately flip on its head, establishing Lou Jack as the protagonist and set its course toward finding the ensemble cast that a sinking boat had stranded in the northwest coast of Canada. Bringing in an all-new set of characters and gradually meeting some with outright heartbreak, the third season of RISE and REVOLT brought in characters that have become beloved by readers, and offered a strong reboot of sorts that has launched the series into the next level. RISE and REVOLT promises to continue getting better as it carries on, preparing for the launch of its fourth season, and tying Dire for the second-longest running series on Pacer1. Here's to 2024. Happy New Year, Readers.
Grant Haste's Story will Continue with a 2nd Season, Scarlett and Vic's Stories will Conclude with a 3rd.Tonight at 9 has been renewed for Season 2.
- Following a very promising first season, Tonight at 9 will receive a second season in 2024. Headlined by the charismatic anchor pairing of Grant Haste and Taylor English, alongside high-ranking member of LMC News Sam Vickers and characters such as the dedicated Aiden Redwood and charming evening news host Carly Carpenter, Tonight at 9's first season has paved the way for a second season, which will premiere on Pacer1 at some time in 2024- set to be announced in the 2023 State of Pacer1 this December. - Dream Sequence has been renewed for Season 3- which will be the series' final. - The supernatural story of Scarlett Bensen and Victoria Shea will also return to Pacer1 in 2024, but it will be for the series' final season. Entering season three, Dream Sequence will prepare to use the events of the second season's conclusion to send it off in a fitting farewell with a final ten episodes. Just as the case is with Tonight at 9, the run of Dream Sequence's third and final season will be announced just as all other series in the 2024 Slate of Releases in the 2023 State of Pacer1. State of Pacer1 2022 - |
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Joshua Lane the character has not yet found his story concluded. I won't give much away, but beyond a crossover character in a different series that many of you have yet to even realise is a crossover character yet, Joshua Lane will have that true first distinction in 2023. Maybe I will make a post regarding my writing philosophy and how I perceive characters within different "universes", but until then. I'll make clear that crossovers only occur when its feels most natural to the series. Whilst 'Rise' and 'RISE and REVOLT' clearly take part in the same "universe", the timeline of "Joshua Lane" and another series do as well, though you will have to wait until next year to find out which series that happens to be.
The story of Joshua Lane- the series- is a different story. I experimented with the first-person story perspective and found myself growing more comfortable with it over time, but I don't believe that the story I still had left to write lent me much room in the way of growth. At most, Joshua Lane would have gone down- in my eyes- as a series that would have received a cult-following at some point in the future at best. Initially, I had hoped to run the series for four seasons. With the story of the third and fourth season already mostly thought out, I decided that my time was better-spent taking my writing to another series with more to offer in way of future planning. Whilst I don't discredit that I could revive the series many years from now just to give it a satisfying conclusion, all I have to work off of is the reach that Pacer1 has now. Whilst my intentions are set on growing the audience that Pacer1 can reach, Joshua Lane- the series- will remain shelved indefinitely.
The story of Joshua Lane- the series- is a different story. I experimented with the first-person story perspective and found myself growing more comfortable with it over time, but I don't believe that the story I still had left to write lent me much room in the way of growth. At most, Joshua Lane would have gone down- in my eyes- as a series that would have received a cult-following at some point in the future at best. Initially, I had hoped to run the series for four seasons. With the story of the third and fourth season already mostly thought out, I decided that my time was better-spent taking my writing to another series with more to offer in way of future planning. Whilst I don't discredit that I could revive the series many years from now just to give it a satisfying conclusion, all I have to work off of is the reach that Pacer1 has now. Whilst my intentions are set on growing the audience that Pacer1 can reach, Joshua Lane- the series- will remain shelved indefinitely.
Reason for Cancellation: Neptune City
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If you did enjoy Neptune City, then I do apologise. In return for the cancellation, the unreleased series poster just above and to the right is a look at what the original promotional material was going to be. It may be no more than a little peak behind the curtain, but its better than nothing. Neptune City was birthed from a concept that ran under the form of a little-known T.V Series in 2013 broadcast on NBC called "Siberia". The theory was that a large number of contestants were brought into the Siberian wilderness under the guise that they would be competing to survive for a specific number of months. Over time, they'd find out slowly that it was all seemingly an experiment, and they were left to fend for themselves. The series never received a second season, ended on a cliffhanger and that never sat well with me.
I decided to take the concept, mould it into something of my own, and turn it into a series that eventually found itself coming under the title of 'Neptune City'. Throwing in things such as the vindictive nature in which Barrow, Alaska was taken over by the presumed series creators, as well as the people that the land had been taken from to begin with were simple spins I put to differentiate the series from the one it was based on. I'm certain that most of you have never watched the original Siberia, but I still didn't want to rip the show directly onto paper and call it my own with very little change. Whilst the second season I had initially envisioned would have directed Neptune City from its predecessor quite greatly, I soon realised that I simply didn't have all of my ducks in a row and facing the same direction.
It was complete oversight that, in trying to right the wrongs committed by leaving the series on a cliffhanger in 2013, I had accidentally written myself into a corner. And whilst I had written the series all the way back in 2020, I have never stopped exploring different ways to work around the corner I'd painted myself into to give the series an actual follow up. So, if you are fans of Neptune City, I assure you that there is likely going to come a time in the future- as long as Pacer1 can manage to find an audience that will continue to tune in- where Neptune City's story will be completed. Unlike Joshua Lane, I have a real hunger to return to Neptune City and finish writing what I had started, so if you have hope held out that the cliffhanger will be resolved, understand that I am eager to give you that answer. If you're a fan of the series, make yourself known. If there is a sizeable enough audience of you, well that means Pacer1 has found that audience that I'm eagerly looking for. In the meantime however, Neptune City has been put on ice- pun intended- with hope that warm hands will bring it back into the frozen icescape once more in years to come.
But with all that speak of what is to come in the near years, it's finally time to get into what is to come next year with the order in which they are slated to be released in the year.
I decided to take the concept, mould it into something of my own, and turn it into a series that eventually found itself coming under the title of 'Neptune City'. Throwing in things such as the vindictive nature in which Barrow, Alaska was taken over by the presumed series creators, as well as the people that the land had been taken from to begin with were simple spins I put to differentiate the series from the one it was based on. I'm certain that most of you have never watched the original Siberia, but I still didn't want to rip the show directly onto paper and call it my own with very little change. Whilst the second season I had initially envisioned would have directed Neptune City from its predecessor quite greatly, I soon realised that I simply didn't have all of my ducks in a row and facing the same direction.
It was complete oversight that, in trying to right the wrongs committed by leaving the series on a cliffhanger in 2013, I had accidentally written myself into a corner. And whilst I had written the series all the way back in 2020, I have never stopped exploring different ways to work around the corner I'd painted myself into to give the series an actual follow up. So, if you are fans of Neptune City, I assure you that there is likely going to come a time in the future- as long as Pacer1 can manage to find an audience that will continue to tune in- where Neptune City's story will be completed. Unlike Joshua Lane, I have a real hunger to return to Neptune City and finish writing what I had started, so if you have hope held out that the cliffhanger will be resolved, understand that I am eager to give you that answer. If you're a fan of the series, make yourself known. If there is a sizeable enough audience of you, well that means Pacer1 has found that audience that I'm eagerly looking for. In the meantime however, Neptune City has been put on ice- pun intended- with hope that warm hands will bring it back into the frozen icescape once more in years to come.
But with all that speak of what is to come in the near years, it's finally time to get into what is to come next year with the order in which they are slated to be released in the year.
New to Pacer1 in 2023: Tonight at 9
 | We're on the Air.Premiering 7th January 2023. |
Inspired by HBO's "The Newsroom", Tonight at 9 is one of four new original series that will be brought to Pacer1. Beginning in the now-distant year of 2006 (god, I feel old), Tonight at 9 will follow the lives, relationships, strife and joys of the cast of various LMC News employees. Fronted by protagonist Grant Haste, and joined by colleagues Taylor English, Sam Vickers, Aiden Redwood, Carly Carpenter and more, Tonight at 9 will take great inspiration from the wit and banter of series such as the Newsroom whilst keeping the series as true to the period it's set in as possible.
Running for a first season comprising of ten episodes, Tonight at 9 will premiere on the 7th of January 2023 and be released weekly on Saturdays at 5am EST. With its first season planned to conclude on the 11th of March 2023, Tonight at 9 will anchor the "Early-Winter" slot on Saturdays.
Running for a first season comprising of ten episodes, Tonight at 9 will premiere on the 7th of January 2023 and be released weekly on Saturdays at 5am EST. With its first season planned to conclude on the 11th of March 2023, Tonight at 9 will anchor the "Early-Winter" slot on Saturdays.
Returning to Pacer1 in 2023: Dream Sequence
 | It's a Brave, New World.Premieres 1st January 2023. |
With one season already in the books, Scarlett Bensen and Victoria Shea look to continue exploring the Realm Beyond in the wake of the daunting trials set forth upon them in the first season. Now with the might of the Realm Beyond far past its boundaries, the girls with be taken to task with the dangers that come with the Realm's acceptance. Facing new challenges and even more challenging tests, our protagonists have yet to finish rolling up their sleeves to do battle with what the Realm demands of them.
Running for a second season comprising of ten episodes, Dream Sequence will return alongside the debut of the first two seasons of "Rise: Remastered" on New Year's Day, 1st January 2023 and be released weekly on Sundays at 5am EST. With its second season planned to conclude on the 5th of March 2023, Dream Sequence will anchor the "Early Winter" slot on Sundays.
Running for a second season comprising of ten episodes, Dream Sequence will return alongside the debut of the first two seasons of "Rise: Remastered" on New Year's Day, 1st January 2023 and be released weekly on Sundays at 5am EST. With its second season planned to conclude on the 5th of March 2023, Dream Sequence will anchor the "Early Winter" slot on Sundays.
New to Pacer1 in 2023: Generation Alpha
 | The Hidden Generation Emerges.Premieres 18th March 2023. |
Set in the early 2030's, Generation Alpha will spend its first season following the unexpected story of Sophia "Sophie" Amari, a girl born in 2016 as a part of what has been dubbed "Generation Alpha." In a world different to that of her parents, the lessons taught to Sophie over her life- and those that had not- prove to be a defining factor over this thought-provoking and question-raising series set to launch in 2023. With a supporting cast of her sister Olivia, father Andrew, mother Morgan, best friend Caden and many others, Generation Alpha will present readers with a thought-out illustration of the near-future as the trials that could face those amongst the youth in a world influenced by the decisions made over times such as the ones we currently live in. With Generation Alpha, you never truly know what to expect next, promising to keep readers second-guessing themselves all the way through the series' first season run.
Running for a first season comprising of ten-episodes, Generation Alpha will premiere on the 18th of March 2023 and be released weekly on Saturdays at 5am EST. With its first season planned to conclude on the 20th of May 2023, Generation Alpha will anchor the "Spring" slot on Saturdays.
Running for a first season comprising of ten-episodes, Generation Alpha will premiere on the 18th of March 2023 and be released weekly on Saturdays at 5am EST. With its first season planned to conclude on the 20th of May 2023, Generation Alpha will anchor the "Spring" slot on Saturdays.
Returning to Pacer1 in 2023: Dire
 | The Birth of a New Republic.Premieres 19th March 2023. |
Using the second season to springboard away from the old world and into a new society, Dire's third season sets up many questions left at the end of the second season to be answered. With protagonist Jaime Morris' apparent rule over the post-societal Los Angeles appearing to have ruffled some feathers, loved ones have been thrown into danger whilst those she rules over prove to be a difficult crowd to comprehend the unity or divide of. Taking a bullet for his now-fiancé, will Jordan be able to recover as his attempted assassin takes the vengeful eye of Los Angeles' commander? Will the post-dystopian society created by the Catalyst from the first season be able to reform into a stronger, more unified front in the wake of shared tragedy? Are Jaime's closest allies to be trusted anymore than her greatest adversaries? Are those great adversaries perhaps more trustworthy than eh closest confidants? Time will tell all as a new republic is birthed from the ashes of the old.
Running for a third season comprising of ten episodes, Dire will return on the 19th of March 2023 and be released weekly on Sundays at 5am EST. With its third season planned to conclude on the 21st of May 2023, Dire will anchor the "Spring" slot on Sundays.
Running for a third season comprising of ten episodes, Dire will return on the 19th of March 2023 and be released weekly on Sundays at 5am EST. With its third season planned to conclude on the 21st of May 2023, Dire will anchor the "Spring" slot on Sundays.
Returning to Pacer1 in 2023: RISE and REVOLT
 | New Environment, New People, New Chaos- Same Lou.Premieres 27th May 2023. |
Distancing itself even further from its parent series, RISE and REVOLT will do away with its initial premise of having an ensemble cast and officially set its attention on Lou Jack as the series' protagonist. Whilst the rest of the cast will of course remain imperative to the series- and also seem to be more fleshed out than in the two seasons past- the third season of RISE and REVOLT will take the series in a different direction whilst keeping the spirit it had carried through its first two seasons.
Last seen drifting onto the shoreline of the city of Victoria in the finale of the second season, Lou is left without his group for the first time since the start of the apocalypse. Now stranded upon Vancouver Island in British Columbia after the sinking of the S.S Euronam, Lou touches land for the first time since disembarking from Los Angeles, California. With nothing more than the wet clothes on his back, Lou ventures forward to find a new life for himself with intentions set on proving true on his word- finding those closest to him. With a supporting cast comprised of new characters Sebastian Winters, father-daughter pairing in Adrian and Marta Simard, the family trio of father Rudy Golden and daughters Sonya and Courtney, Kim Pitre and Silvano Mar, RISE and REVOLT's third season will see the most character-driven stories the series has seen yet.
In addition to this, readers will also be greeted with the backstory to the first crossover character in the Rise franchise thus far, when viewers will be introduced to the paramotorist that eventually convinces John Callis to join his group in departing Sun City in the fourth season of the main series years down the line from Revolt's events.
With a third season comprising of twelve episodes, RISE and REVOLT will return on the 27th of May 2023 and be released weekly on Saturdays at 5am EST. With its third season planned to conclude on the 11th of August 2023, RISE and REVOLT will anchor the "Summer" slot on Saturdays- as ironic as that is for a season that will take place over the Winter of 2018 in Canada.
Last seen drifting onto the shoreline of the city of Victoria in the finale of the second season, Lou is left without his group for the first time since the start of the apocalypse. Now stranded upon Vancouver Island in British Columbia after the sinking of the S.S Euronam, Lou touches land for the first time since disembarking from Los Angeles, California. With nothing more than the wet clothes on his back, Lou ventures forward to find a new life for himself with intentions set on proving true on his word- finding those closest to him. With a supporting cast comprised of new characters Sebastian Winters, father-daughter pairing in Adrian and Marta Simard, the family trio of father Rudy Golden and daughters Sonya and Courtney, Kim Pitre and Silvano Mar, RISE and REVOLT's third season will see the most character-driven stories the series has seen yet.
In addition to this, readers will also be greeted with the backstory to the first crossover character in the Rise franchise thus far, when viewers will be introduced to the paramotorist that eventually convinces John Callis to join his group in departing Sun City in the fourth season of the main series years down the line from Revolt's events.
With a third season comprising of twelve episodes, RISE and REVOLT will return on the 27th of May 2023 and be released weekly on Saturdays at 5am EST. With its third season planned to conclude on the 11th of August 2023, RISE and REVOLT will anchor the "Summer" slot on Saturdays- as ironic as that is for a season that will take place over the Winter of 2018 in Canada.
New to Pacer1 in 2023: Kings of Cambridge
 | There's a lot Here that Needs to be Unpacked.Premieres 28th May 2023. |
With as much as Kings of Cambridge has to offer, explaining it in one short and sweet premise could never do it justice. Following protagonist Matt Tory, Kings of Cambridge will take you through his cover life as a psychologist whilst he conceals the truth of his operation below the surface for his peers to keep unaware to, the criminal underworld of narcotics and territorial warfare he oversees that allures him in ways difficult to understand.
With a first season comprising of ten episodes, Kings of Cambridge will premiere on the 28th of May 2023 and be released weekly on Sundays at 5am. With its first season planned to conclude on the 30th of July 2023, Kings of Cambridge will anchor the "Summer" slot on Sundays.
With a first season comprising of ten episodes, Kings of Cambridge will premiere on the 28th of May 2023 and be released weekly on Sundays at 5am. With its first season planned to conclude on the 30th of July 2023, Kings of Cambridge will anchor the "Summer" slot on Sundays.
Returning to Pacer1 in 2023: Rise
 | Welcome to CumberlandPremieres 13th August 2023 |
Perhaps left with the most questions of any, Rise takes viewers in a completely new direction with the fifth season of the series. Left devastated by the death of the series' protagonist John Callis in the finale of the fourth season, Rise sets up viewers to follow the group on their journey to the home that was stolen from them when the dead first rose. Following Emilio Vasquez as the defacto protagonist beginning with the fifth season, the main cast of the series finds themselves uncovering the aftermath left in their wake following the collapse of the New World Order, perhaps seeing a new life in the one they'd left behind years prior with the help of some unexpected company. With the arrivals of new characters Jade McKee and her brothers Archie, Oliver and Isaac, as well as Rocky Hogan and our crossover paramotorist from RISE and REVOLT, the fifth season of Rise begins the second half of the series, the search for that place where our characters can either fight for or give up on entirely.
With a fifth season comprising of twelve episodes, Rise will premiere on 13th August 2023 and will be released weekly on Sundays at 5am EST. With its fifth season planned to conclude on 29th October 2023, Rise will anchor the "Autumn" slot on Sundays.
With a fifth season comprising of twelve episodes, Rise will premiere on 13th August 2023 and will be released weekly on Sundays at 5am EST. With its fifth season planned to conclude on 29th October 2023, Rise will anchor the "Autumn" slot on Sundays.
New to Pacer1 in 2023: Remedy Hills
 | Welcome to Remedy HillsPremieres 21st October 2023 |
In a town as quiet and historically grief-stricken as Remedy Hills, it's no wonder why the locals would grow to resent any souls that make a living off putting pen-to-paper or fingers-to-keys. For author Avon King and wife Penny, choosing to move to a town as mysterious as Remedy Hills proves to not settle well with the locals that don't desire their presence. With so many questions to be asked of, the town's host of smile-wearing mischief-makers and rather awe-inspiring events prompts many to wonder why Remedy is called home at all. With a supporting cast of Beth Ovorre, Beau Donovan, Jake Mansoor, Anne Silva, Clark Kitts, Rick Martinez, and Harlington Spears, Remedy Hills attempts to give you a taste of the quiet life you seem to desire more of now, but will think anything but by the time you've reached the first season's thrilling climax.
With a first season comprising of ten episodes, Remedy Hills will premiere on the 21st of October 2023 and be released weekly on Saturdays at 5am EST. With its first season planned to conclude on the 22nd of December 2023, Remedy Hills will anchor the "Late-Winter" slot on Saturdays.
With a first season comprising of ten episodes, Remedy Hills will premiere on the 21st of October 2023 and be released weekly on Saturdays at 5am EST. With its first season planned to conclude on the 22nd of December 2023, Remedy Hills will anchor the "Late-Winter" slot on Saturdays.
Plans for 2023 and Onward
As of right now, the biggest interest Pacer1 has is in growing our audience as the months and years roll on. With a fairly-sized back-catalogue already, a website that's been put together well enough, a consistent release schedule and a decent amount of series going into their second or third seasons (with the exception of Rise going into its fifth), Pacer1 has plenty to afford new consumers to our product.
Whilst the answer can easily be to put money into online advertisement, I prefer to look at the goal as being to grow our audience naturally, as I wish for these stories to captivate and interest them. Part of this will be through the utilisation of social media more frequently moving forward, as well as trying to retain readers through each week of a series' release. In addition to this, I will begin focusing on ways of expanding Pacer1 and the project's reach as a result. One of these ways will play a large role in how Pacer1 moves forward, whilst others will hopefully present eyes to content with the hopes that these pieces will keep people sticking around for more.
Perhaps my most ambitious thought at the moment is the reach that TikTok could potentially offer the project. In the short amount of time that I've experimented with the "For You Page" concept on a platform that I'm not well-versed in, I've found that there is an audience for palatable content on the platform. These short-form recaps of movies and television are filled with comments of people desiring the next piece in a series of clips, which offers the façade of short-form content that viewers- especially the younger generation- seeks out. This façade is just that- a façade that conceals the long-form material beneath a blanket of parts, granting you the ability to watch at your own luxury whilst taking advantage of the quick-moving nature that social media has turned the culture on to.
I hope to use this strange mechanic of the system to grow Pacer1 and bring eyes to the website itself. In addition to this and wanting to put more attention on my own individual releases, I have begun experimenting with Patreon to offer a subscription model to my content. Unless placed into dire straits, I have no plans on ever putting content already made available for free to readers behind a paywall. At most, this subscription service will offer people the chance to receive access to episodes a few days early or other creator-specific perks like a live Q&A series or monthly community livestreams. Going forward, there will be a large dependence on readers joining the subscription model on Patreon, as much of Pacer1's worth will be dependent on how many people are willing to put down a few dollars a month to support the project, material and daily operations. In addition to this, I don't rule out the possibility of one day producing subscriber-exclusive series at some point in the future if the subscription model takes off like I'd hope it would. Under no circumstances would these be series already in production for the public audience, but completely new concepts or potential spin-offs to a series- similar to what RISE and REVOLT is to Rise- could eventually find their ways into production for a subscriber-only audience.
In addition to this, I don't wish to remain as reclusive as I have been as an author moving forward. I may not be the most social individual, but I don't wish to just hide behind a keyboard and write as someone offering you a first and last name with little more. Each episode ends a cold open reminding the reader that all rights to the episode, series, characters and more are reserved by myself. With how often readers will see my name aligned with that of Pacer1's, I wish to allow people a chance to better understand the place I come from as a writer if desired. Under no circumstances am I friends with my readers, and I want to make that abundantly clear. As much as I appreciate your support and your continued viewership, there is a distinct line drawn between the relationships of author-and-audience and friend-and-friend. I don't want anyone believing that there are exceptions, because I don't wish for people to fall into the trap of phantom friendship- or parasocial interaction as it's more commonly known as. I live a very distinct life from that of your own and wish to solidify that fact before any audience can truly be built. With that said, whilst I am a stranger to you, I don't wish to lead anyone to believe that I'm not keeping my eye out for response.
If the $10usd or $20usd tiers on Patreon are too pricey for some of you, by all means- let me know. I will gladly include a cheaper tier. It may include lesser benefits than the others, but I won't just cover my ears and tell you to enjoy what you have or fork up more money. Under no means do I wish for this to be taken as a way of saying "I'll create something to make you feel good so you'll give me more money", because if greed were an article of clothing- it'd be one I wouldn't want to look at let alone try on for size. But that is an example of something I would want to know as the person overseeing what Pacer1 gets involved in. If you wish to document a series or a season in a YouTube video, blog post or whatever else, I want to see it, even if all I can take away from it is criticism or favourable remarks, I want to be exposed to it. I understand that, as someone that doesn't use social media personally, it's rather difficult to contact me. However, through whatever channels it may be, I'd wish to be kept in touch with what the community is involved with, what issues may plague it or what communication may be shared within it. I want to hear you, whether that be your opinions, or your thoughts, or your takeaways- whatever it may be. It's for this reason that I explained my desire to keep the parasocial interaction element away earlier, because I want to better be informed about whatever Pacer1 community grows without leading people to believe that there's this invisible friendship element involved as well.
With that, and as the audience grows, I look forward to continue doing more with Pacer1 and offering readers more. This includes the expansion I had alluded to earlier.
Whilst the answer can easily be to put money into online advertisement, I prefer to look at the goal as being to grow our audience naturally, as I wish for these stories to captivate and interest them. Part of this will be through the utilisation of social media more frequently moving forward, as well as trying to retain readers through each week of a series' release. In addition to this, I will begin focusing on ways of expanding Pacer1 and the project's reach as a result. One of these ways will play a large role in how Pacer1 moves forward, whilst others will hopefully present eyes to content with the hopes that these pieces will keep people sticking around for more.
Perhaps my most ambitious thought at the moment is the reach that TikTok could potentially offer the project. In the short amount of time that I've experimented with the "For You Page" concept on a platform that I'm not well-versed in, I've found that there is an audience for palatable content on the platform. These short-form recaps of movies and television are filled with comments of people desiring the next piece in a series of clips, which offers the façade of short-form content that viewers- especially the younger generation- seeks out. This façade is just that- a façade that conceals the long-form material beneath a blanket of parts, granting you the ability to watch at your own luxury whilst taking advantage of the quick-moving nature that social media has turned the culture on to.
I hope to use this strange mechanic of the system to grow Pacer1 and bring eyes to the website itself. In addition to this and wanting to put more attention on my own individual releases, I have begun experimenting with Patreon to offer a subscription model to my content. Unless placed into dire straits, I have no plans on ever putting content already made available for free to readers behind a paywall. At most, this subscription service will offer people the chance to receive access to episodes a few days early or other creator-specific perks like a live Q&A series or monthly community livestreams. Going forward, there will be a large dependence on readers joining the subscription model on Patreon, as much of Pacer1's worth will be dependent on how many people are willing to put down a few dollars a month to support the project, material and daily operations. In addition to this, I don't rule out the possibility of one day producing subscriber-exclusive series at some point in the future if the subscription model takes off like I'd hope it would. Under no circumstances would these be series already in production for the public audience, but completely new concepts or potential spin-offs to a series- similar to what RISE and REVOLT is to Rise- could eventually find their ways into production for a subscriber-only audience.
In addition to this, I don't wish to remain as reclusive as I have been as an author moving forward. I may not be the most social individual, but I don't wish to just hide behind a keyboard and write as someone offering you a first and last name with little more. Each episode ends a cold open reminding the reader that all rights to the episode, series, characters and more are reserved by myself. With how often readers will see my name aligned with that of Pacer1's, I wish to allow people a chance to better understand the place I come from as a writer if desired. Under no circumstances am I friends with my readers, and I want to make that abundantly clear. As much as I appreciate your support and your continued viewership, there is a distinct line drawn between the relationships of author-and-audience and friend-and-friend. I don't want anyone believing that there are exceptions, because I don't wish for people to fall into the trap of phantom friendship- or parasocial interaction as it's more commonly known as. I live a very distinct life from that of your own and wish to solidify that fact before any audience can truly be built. With that said, whilst I am a stranger to you, I don't wish to lead anyone to believe that I'm not keeping my eye out for response.
If the $10usd or $20usd tiers on Patreon are too pricey for some of you, by all means- let me know. I will gladly include a cheaper tier. It may include lesser benefits than the others, but I won't just cover my ears and tell you to enjoy what you have or fork up more money. Under no means do I wish for this to be taken as a way of saying "I'll create something to make you feel good so you'll give me more money", because if greed were an article of clothing- it'd be one I wouldn't want to look at let alone try on for size. But that is an example of something I would want to know as the person overseeing what Pacer1 gets involved in. If you wish to document a series or a season in a YouTube video, blog post or whatever else, I want to see it, even if all I can take away from it is criticism or favourable remarks, I want to be exposed to it. I understand that, as someone that doesn't use social media personally, it's rather difficult to contact me. However, through whatever channels it may be, I'd wish to be kept in touch with what the community is involved with, what issues may plague it or what communication may be shared within it. I want to hear you, whether that be your opinions, or your thoughts, or your takeaways- whatever it may be. It's for this reason that I explained my desire to keep the parasocial interaction element away earlier, because I want to better be informed about whatever Pacer1 community grows without leading people to believe that there's this invisible friendship element involved as well.
With that, and as the audience grows, I look forward to continue doing more with Pacer1 and offering readers more. This includes the expansion I had alluded to earlier.
Introducing Pacer1 Audio
As made obvious in the website's toolbar, Pacer1 Audio is what I plan to integrate heavily into the project as a whole. For whatever reasons it may be; not wanting to carve a chunk of time out of your day to read, not having the time to read, wanting to read whilst engaging with activity elsewhere, not being able to read, simply preferring to hear a story being told as opposed to read it yourself- there's an audience that we just cannot reach with the way we currently operate.
For a long time now, I've understood that- for Pacer1 to truly grow- audiobooks needed to be one of the first focuses as far as what we expand our reach into. Simply releasing stories in the form of a story and leaving it be can only get Pacer1 so far, and for that reason- we needed too implement an audio feature into our offerings. How that integration is included, how it is included in the subscription model, the format in which it is implemented and more is a conversation that will be had as Pacer1 trials the service and takes the lumps with its inclusion. However, as far as where we take the future and how we grow, I don't personally see much success in that plan without the incorporation of an audiobook element included.
For that reason, and as the main piece in this plan for future growth, Pacer1 Audio will be what I hope will become a crucial feature in the way Pacer1 creates content moving forward. The Pacer1 Audio integration will also be what the TikTok advertisement depends on to operate. When it will be fully rolled out and how it is handled in something that I am still in the early stages of unravelling, but it is perhaps the one thing I am most focused on moving forward.
For a long time now, I've understood that- for Pacer1 to truly grow- audiobooks needed to be one of the first focuses as far as what we expand our reach into. Simply releasing stories in the form of a story and leaving it be can only get Pacer1 so far, and for that reason- we needed too implement an audio feature into our offerings. How that integration is included, how it is included in the subscription model, the format in which it is implemented and more is a conversation that will be had as Pacer1 trials the service and takes the lumps with its inclusion. However, as far as where we take the future and how we grow, I don't personally see much success in that plan without the incorporation of an audiobook element included.
For that reason, and as the main piece in this plan for future growth, Pacer1 Audio will be what I hope will become a crucial feature in the way Pacer1 creates content moving forward. The Pacer1 Audio integration will also be what the TikTok advertisement depends on to operate. When it will be fully rolled out and how it is handled in something that I am still in the early stages of unravelling, but it is perhaps the one thing I am most focused on moving forward.
Pacer1 Archives - Found on YouTube and TikTok
Part of this planned expansion into the audio format is what I refer to as the "Pacer1 Archives", utilising the back-catalogue to upload already previously-released episodes of Pacer1 series onto YouTube, TikTok, and more platforms in the future. This will be another way of entertaining a new audience with audio uploads of episodes already released years prior, giving the incentive for them to come onto the website and catch up whilst also ensuring that- when Pacer1 Audio is launched- there's a reason for them to take their attention toward Pacer1 and direct it to more than just our social media pages.
Looking Toward 2023 and Conclusion.
Looking toward 2023, there will be much more contact from me than there has been in the past few years. I am willing to bite the bullet and engage with social media more often on the Pacer1 platforms in order to continue growing this branding. On the website, is tab will be renamed to "Pacer1 News", which will offer precisely what you'd imagine it to be- renewals, cancellations, important pieces of information such as the annual state of Pacer1 remarks and so on. Another tab titled "Author's Desk" will contain announcements, which will be where I personally speak toward the content of stories, engage with reader feedback, and commit myself to speaking toward all other aspects of Pacer1 moving forward.
One thing that I want to make clear is that I commit myself to Pacer1 because I like to write stories. I enjoy creating characters and environments that I find compelling and then- over long periods of time- crafting a world around them whilst letting the world change them as people and settings. Whilst I don't do this for incredible amounts of money, exactly how much this project can earn over time- especially from the Patreon subscription services- will dictate how much time I dedicate to this as a profession. I run with the tagline of "Pacer1 - Where Stories Matter" because I find that, all too often, there are companies who aim to entertain but don't provide their readers or viewers with a story worth telling. They instead choose to disrespect their audience with content that most consider to be laughable and a waste of time. Even if you are amongst those that do not find what I write to be compelling enough to fork over your hard-earned cash, or if you are amongst those that do not enjoy the stories that I write- that is fine. At the very least, I want to assure you that I- unlike those massive companies that continue to serve you shows like "Is it Cake" or "She Hulk"- actually put effort into and care about the stories that I present to you.
That vow will remain going forward, because it is the vow that keeps me putting time into Pacer1. Hopefully, over time, you will see that and be willing to join me along as Pacer1 continues forward. Whether that be through your financial contributions, support, or continued following- we hope that you'll join us as we move forward.
Here is to a happy new year from me to you, and here's to a wonderful 2023. Pacer1 will return to releasing content on New Year's day, when the season premiere of Dream Sequence is released, and the full first and second seasons of "Rise: Remastered" come to your screens.
Take care, have a happy holidays, and we'll see you soon.
- Zachary Serra, Pacer1.
One thing that I want to make clear is that I commit myself to Pacer1 because I like to write stories. I enjoy creating characters and environments that I find compelling and then- over long periods of time- crafting a world around them whilst letting the world change them as people and settings. Whilst I don't do this for incredible amounts of money, exactly how much this project can earn over time- especially from the Patreon subscription services- will dictate how much time I dedicate to this as a profession. I run with the tagline of "Pacer1 - Where Stories Matter" because I find that, all too often, there are companies who aim to entertain but don't provide their readers or viewers with a story worth telling. They instead choose to disrespect their audience with content that most consider to be laughable and a waste of time. Even if you are amongst those that do not find what I write to be compelling enough to fork over your hard-earned cash, or if you are amongst those that do not enjoy the stories that I write- that is fine. At the very least, I want to assure you that I- unlike those massive companies that continue to serve you shows like "Is it Cake" or "She Hulk"- actually put effort into and care about the stories that I present to you.
That vow will remain going forward, because it is the vow that keeps me putting time into Pacer1. Hopefully, over time, you will see that and be willing to join me along as Pacer1 continues forward. Whether that be through your financial contributions, support, or continued following- we hope that you'll join us as we move forward.
Here is to a happy new year from me to you, and here's to a wonderful 2023. Pacer1 will return to releasing content on New Year's day, when the season premiere of Dream Sequence is released, and the full first and second seasons of "Rise: Remastered" come to your screens.
Take care, have a happy holidays, and we'll see you soon.
- Zachary Serra, Pacer1.
Warning: Spoilers for the first season of Neptune City.
Even though Neptune City's first season has seen a relatively strong first season as far as viewership goes, Pacer1 has announced- three days before the series' season finale- that the series has been cancelled after one season. Though the series is being cancelled, Pacer1 is announcing that the reasons for the cancellation is not because of viewership or the quality of the series, but out of creative issues with the future direction the series would take.
Upon the now-series finale this Friday, Neptune City will fall out of Pacer1's lineup in 2023 and conclude the story with "Left for Dead - Part 2" this Friday.
Even though Neptune City's first season has seen a relatively strong first season as far as viewership goes, Pacer1 has announced- three days before the series' season finale- that the series has been cancelled after one season. Though the series is being cancelled, Pacer1 is announcing that the reasons for the cancellation is not because of viewership or the quality of the series, but out of creative issues with the future direction the series would take.
Upon the now-series finale this Friday, Neptune City will fall out of Pacer1's lineup in 2023 and conclude the story with "Left for Dead - Part 2" this Friday.
Warning: the following contains spoilers for the first two seasons of RISE and REVOLT.
As many would have expected, Pacer1 has renewed RISE and REVOLT for a third season, set to premiere in 2023. RISE and REVOLT is the successful spin-off of Rise that features natural-leader Lou Jack and fellow high school seniors as they look to preserve the future in a world where the undead have risen to shut society down permanently. Following a successful first season, the series premiered a second season in 2022, set aboard the S.S. Euronam and setting sail north of Los Angeles, which no longer appears to be a viable home for our survivor protagonists.
With three episodes left in the second season, Pacer1 has decided the ratings and viewership we have seen in 2022 have justified the series being greenlit for a third season, which will premiere in 2023.
As many would have expected, Pacer1 has renewed RISE and REVOLT for a third season, set to premiere in 2023. RISE and REVOLT is the successful spin-off of Rise that features natural-leader Lou Jack and fellow high school seniors as they look to preserve the future in a world where the undead have risen to shut society down permanently. Following a successful first season, the series premiered a second season in 2022, set aboard the S.S. Euronam and setting sail north of Los Angeles, which no longer appears to be a viable home for our survivor protagonists.
With three episodes left in the second season, Pacer1 has decided the ratings and viewership we have seen in 2022 have justified the series being greenlit for a third season, which will premiere in 2023.
Warning: MAJOR SPOILERS for the first season of Dream Sequence, and the first four seasons of Rise.
Rise has been the flagship series on Pacer1 since the production's launch in 2021, and even prior during author Zachary Serra's stint elsewhere. Following the shocking death of protagonist John Callis in the finale of season four, readers questioned where the series has left to go now that their main cast of survivors have been left so aimless. Well, worry no further.
Rise has not only been renewed for a fifth season, but an expanded and remastered start to the series has finally been greenlit for 2023. Since launching on Pacer1 in 2021 with the third season of the series, many readers that hadn't been following the series before the production's launch were unfamiliar with how the series began. Due to a lengthy legal process that challenged the future of the series, the first two season of the flagship show have been lost media for the most part to readers. Well, no longer will that be the case. In 2023, two seasons- each comprising eight episodes twice the size of typical series installments in Pacer1- of 'Rise: Remastered' will hit the service, finally affording fans a look into the start to the show they'd never seen before.
Improved upon from its initial debut, Rise: Remastered will present fans with roughly twenty page-long episodes to flush out a world in its initial stages that many Pacer1 fans had never seen before. Experiencing the apocalypse in its earliest stages has always been one of the higher requested sights from readers, and their desires will finally be met. Exploring the true start to the New World Order, the fall of the cast's modern society, the people they'd met along the way and their strife with each other will all be seen in this new addition to the franchise. Told initially in 2018, the first two seasons of Rise have been greatly added to in a massive way, and viewers will get to read an incredibly improved version beginning in 2023.
In addition to this, Zachary Serra has spoken to the reception of the third and fourth seasons of the series, and has done his part to ensure character development, world building and improved story-detailing are a priority moving forward. "A lot of the third and fourth seasons were rushed, and I wanted to keep from that feeling as we move forward" Serra wrote in a social post in early October 2022, "the tone of Rise: Remastered's two seasons is greatly different from the third an fourth seasons that follow it, and the fifth season of the series will certainly take after the Remastered version's writing." Assuring readers that a dislike toward the writing style of the third and fourth season of the series would be left behind, Serra made it well known to the fans that the series is being taken in a new direction. "If you read the first two seasons, the fifth season will feel like an improved and heavily-inspired add-on to the first two seasons more so than the third and fourth- which in many ways- will make the last two year's feel like the black sheep of the family" Serra added on, "the friendships and relationships- especially the fan-favourite characters that readers have come to love- from the first two seasons will also be at the forefront more often. So- for the people itching to see Alicia, Franklin, and Salem brushing shoulders with each other more often- you're in luck!"
Away from the flagship series, Pacer1 also announces the renewal of 'Dream Sequence' for a second season. The breakout series, which debuted in 2022 to massive success on both Pacer1 and StoryFire, introduced the science-fiction genre to Pacer1 readers with the realm-shattering, reality-bending chronicles of Scarlett Bensen and Victoria Shea, and their brush with the realm beyond. Taking up ten episodes over the run of their first season, the girls were introduced to the realm that supports that of which their existence is hosted upon and presented with the test it met them with to prove their undeniable value. Evading the law, desperately reaching for a way to stop horrifying tragedies for occurring and tempting their own fate before finally being gifted with the realm's acceptance ended the season on a high note. Narrowly escaping the plane crash that had proved to be their final tragedy to stop, the girls concluded their first run watching the metal body slam into the ocean without the ability to take them with it. From the sandy shores of a nearby island, the girls watch the waves calm on the life they now take forward- one with their powers carrying over from their slumber-induced heaven beyond.
Being praised by readers and met with an incredible response as far as metrics go, Dream Sequence has proven to be one of the most successful series on the platform so far, shattering records and setting the stage for an eagerly-awaited second season, which has now officially been greenlit for 2023. With so many questions still left to be answered and many other points of intrigue left to be fleshed out, the second season of the series promises to be an intriguing and compelling installment in the story of our unlikely protagonists.
Whilst we are unable to share much more than what we have so far provided you with, make sure to keep in tune with Pacer1 throughout the final months of 2022, as the first week of December will see the full schedule for 2023 released, and grant you with all you need to know in order to keep in touch with the next chapters in your favourite series. Until then, we bid you adieu and wish you all the best.
See you soon. ;)
- Paceguardians.
Rise has been the flagship series on Pacer1 since the production's launch in 2021, and even prior during author Zachary Serra's stint elsewhere. Following the shocking death of protagonist John Callis in the finale of season four, readers questioned where the series has left to go now that their main cast of survivors have been left so aimless. Well, worry no further.
Rise has not only been renewed for a fifth season, but an expanded and remastered start to the series has finally been greenlit for 2023. Since launching on Pacer1 in 2021 with the third season of the series, many readers that hadn't been following the series before the production's launch were unfamiliar with how the series began. Due to a lengthy legal process that challenged the future of the series, the first two season of the flagship show have been lost media for the most part to readers. Well, no longer will that be the case. In 2023, two seasons- each comprising eight episodes twice the size of typical series installments in Pacer1- of 'Rise: Remastered' will hit the service, finally affording fans a look into the start to the show they'd never seen before.
Improved upon from its initial debut, Rise: Remastered will present fans with roughly twenty page-long episodes to flush out a world in its initial stages that many Pacer1 fans had never seen before. Experiencing the apocalypse in its earliest stages has always been one of the higher requested sights from readers, and their desires will finally be met. Exploring the true start to the New World Order, the fall of the cast's modern society, the people they'd met along the way and their strife with each other will all be seen in this new addition to the franchise. Told initially in 2018, the first two seasons of Rise have been greatly added to in a massive way, and viewers will get to read an incredibly improved version beginning in 2023.
In addition to this, Zachary Serra has spoken to the reception of the third and fourth seasons of the series, and has done his part to ensure character development, world building and improved story-detailing are a priority moving forward. "A lot of the third and fourth seasons were rushed, and I wanted to keep from that feeling as we move forward" Serra wrote in a social post in early October 2022, "the tone of Rise: Remastered's two seasons is greatly different from the third an fourth seasons that follow it, and the fifth season of the series will certainly take after the Remastered version's writing." Assuring readers that a dislike toward the writing style of the third and fourth season of the series would be left behind, Serra made it well known to the fans that the series is being taken in a new direction. "If you read the first two seasons, the fifth season will feel like an improved and heavily-inspired add-on to the first two seasons more so than the third and fourth- which in many ways- will make the last two year's feel like the black sheep of the family" Serra added on, "the friendships and relationships- especially the fan-favourite characters that readers have come to love- from the first two seasons will also be at the forefront more often. So- for the people itching to see Alicia, Franklin, and Salem brushing shoulders with each other more often- you're in luck!"
Away from the flagship series, Pacer1 also announces the renewal of 'Dream Sequence' for a second season. The breakout series, which debuted in 2022 to massive success on both Pacer1 and StoryFire, introduced the science-fiction genre to Pacer1 readers with the realm-shattering, reality-bending chronicles of Scarlett Bensen and Victoria Shea, and their brush with the realm beyond. Taking up ten episodes over the run of their first season, the girls were introduced to the realm that supports that of which their existence is hosted upon and presented with the test it met them with to prove their undeniable value. Evading the law, desperately reaching for a way to stop horrifying tragedies for occurring and tempting their own fate before finally being gifted with the realm's acceptance ended the season on a high note. Narrowly escaping the plane crash that had proved to be their final tragedy to stop, the girls concluded their first run watching the metal body slam into the ocean without the ability to take them with it. From the sandy shores of a nearby island, the girls watch the waves calm on the life they now take forward- one with their powers carrying over from their slumber-induced heaven beyond.
Being praised by readers and met with an incredible response as far as metrics go, Dream Sequence has proven to be one of the most successful series on the platform so far, shattering records and setting the stage for an eagerly-awaited second season, which has now officially been greenlit for 2023. With so many questions still left to be answered and many other points of intrigue left to be fleshed out, the second season of the series promises to be an intriguing and compelling installment in the story of our unlikely protagonists.
Whilst we are unable to share much more than what we have so far provided you with, make sure to keep in tune with Pacer1 throughout the final months of 2022, as the first week of December will see the full schedule for 2023 released, and grant you with all you need to know in order to keep in touch with the next chapters in your favourite series. Until then, we bid you adieu and wish you all the best.
See you soon. ;)
- Paceguardians.
Spoilers for Season 1 and Season 2
Following a successful second season, Dire has been renewed for a third season at Pacer1.
Following the events of season one, Jaime and her group would watch the events of the catalyst unfold in the display of leadership in Los Angeles post-collapse. With heartbreak, hope and signs of being able to rebuild presented, season two laid a nice foundation for a third season to be built upon.
In regards to the series' performance, an uptick in viewership on both Pacer1 and StoryFire platforms has aided in strengthening the series' chance at a renewal. Though it falls just short of the first half of Dream Sequence's premiere season, Dire finds itself sitting as the second most-read series on Pacer1 in 2023, and the belief is that will only continue to remain the case as the series enters its third season with an established cast, ongoing premise, and increasing viewer base.
Following a successful second season, Dire has been renewed for a third season at Pacer1.
Following the events of season one, Jaime and her group would watch the events of the catalyst unfold in the display of leadership in Los Angeles post-collapse. With heartbreak, hope and signs of being able to rebuild presented, season two laid a nice foundation for a third season to be built upon.
In regards to the series' performance, an uptick in viewership on both Pacer1 and StoryFire platforms has aided in strengthening the series' chance at a renewal. Though it falls just short of the first half of Dream Sequence's premiere season, Dire finds itself sitting as the second most-read series on Pacer1 in 2023, and the belief is that will only continue to remain the case as the series enters its third season with an established cast, ongoing premise, and increasing viewer base.
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