Life as Jasmine

The subject of this article is not in the Miaverse, meaning it is in the real world.

***Life as Jasmine*** is a three-part fictional short story written by Bennett Joel and hosted on the Mia Plus website, focusing on an adult Jasmine McGwire and her family during the Christmas season. The first part was released on December 25, 2016, followed by the second part on December 30, and the final and third installment on January 16.

The story was meant to be the first piece of literature within the Monkeytown Anthology Series, a collection of stories set to focus on the lives of characters after the conclusion of *Monkeytown*. Plans for the series were cancelled in July 2017, but later resurrected in December.

*Life as Jasmine* is set in Port Milo, Furria, and takes place in 1355 on December 17, 20, 21, 22, 24, and 25. The central character is Jasmine McGwire, and also features appearances by Bruce McGwire, Gina McGwire, Buck Snortleson, Bradley Snortleson, Rhonda Snortleson, and Darlene McGwire.

## Production

The project was first announced on December 18, 2016, originally titled *McGwire Christmas*, with the Monkeytown Anthology Series being simultaneously announced. A few details of the plot were also released, confirming that the story would focus on "Jasmine and Bruce's adult life at Christmas time."

*Part One* was officially released on December 25, 2016, with a total of six pages and 2,823 words. It's release revealed that the story had been renamed to *Life as Jasmine*. *Part Two* was then released on December 30, with eight pages and 3,810 words. Production seemingly stalled for a while, but *Part Three* was apparently being written through January. Finally, *Part Three* was released on January 16, 2017, with nine pages and 4,094 words.

## Sequel

On December 22, 2017, author Bennett Joel announced on Twitter that a story called *Life as Jasmine 2* would be released on Christmas Day. The story was not released on December 25, and the announcement tweet was deleted on December 31. The sequel was officially scrapped on that day.

On April 17, 2018, it was announced that *Life as Jasmine 2* had been "back on the drawing board" since March. Described as a "time-jumped sequel," it was given the release date of August 2018.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1  Bennett Joel (@bjoelmnkytwn) on Twitter (January 15, 2017). "Life as Jasmine: pt 3 is still being written! Plz be patient."
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2  Article on Mia Plus (December 25, 2016). *Life as Jasmine: A Monkeytown Anthology Series*.
3. ↑  Bennett Joel (@bjoelmnkytwn) on Twitter (July 16, 2017). "Future plans for the Monkeytown Anthology Series have been cancelled."
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2  Article on Mia Plus (April 17, 2018). *The Monkeytown Anthology Series is Returning*.
5. ↑ *Life as Jasmine: Part One*
6. ↑ *Life as Jasmine: Part Two*
7. ↑ *Life as Jasmine: Part Three*
8. ↑  Bennett Joel (@bjoelmnkytwn) on Twitter (December 18, 2016). "On Christmas Day, Mia Plus will release a holiday-themed short story called "McGwire Christmas," (1/2)."
9. ↑  Bennett Joel (@bjoelmnkytwn) on Twitter (December 18, 2016). "The first in in the planned ongoing Monkeytown Anthology series of multiple short stories (2/2)."
10. ↑  Bennett Joel (@bjoelmnkytwn) on Twitter (December 18, 2016). "Featuring Jasmine and Bruce's adult life at Christmas time of course."
11. ↑  Bennett Joel (@bjoelmnkytwn) on Twitter (December 22, 2017). Archived page of deleted announcement tweet.