Jack's House

All of this story is now posted.

Part 3 - https://malespank.net/viewStory.php?id=60155

Part 4 - https://malespank.net/viewStory.php?id=60166

BIG OL' HONKING SPOILERS FOR PART 4

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When I wrote the treatment for this story, I knew it couldn't just be the same thing Caleb had been.  There had to be a reason for this to exist, to be worth reading as it's own animal.  I don't remember the exact timeline (in RL), but I'd been looking at the timeline for Mr. Anderson, and I had the idea of why someone would be important enough for Jeff to write about, but not be included as someone for Travis to name his kid after (after whom for Travis to name his kid?).  I was already looking at this as a self-insert story, where someone like me found the help they needed at a time it could have made a huge difference).  Then it clicked at how that could work with what Skip had already done.

Skip said it's that final link back to the previous stories that really convinced him to do this story.

It's been a long road, and there have been a lot of changes for both Skip and myself.  He did a huge amount of work turning my original treatment into a real story, and at the same time, he did a lot to make me understand why I always loved Ordinary People so much.  It was a privilege to play in his sandbox again, so thanks to him and thanks to all of you who took the time to read it.  Hope it was as good for you as it was for me.

This story has been in the works for quite a while.  Early this year, while I was in my manic writing period, I developed a real love for Jeff Anderson and Caleb Stiles (you might have noticed my 13 part celebration of that youngster). Skip and I had already been conversing after I read one of his Christmas stories (Angels and Devils, which was set in Dallas, and I was trying to deduce the mall in the story). 


After reading the entire Mr. Anderson Looks Back (and Caleb at least twice) and discussing it with Skip, I wrote some fanfic about Caleb, then Mr. Anderson.  The first one was based on Skip's original inspiration for Caleb, and is no longer possible, since Caleb Looks Back (with Skip's permission) took Caleb in a different direction,  It's the other story that's important now.


I wrote, simply as something for Skip to appreciate, a 14 page treatment that mixed actual story with quick descriptions of entire scenes.  To be honest, it was a self-insert story, and Charlie is very much based on me at that age.  I enjoyed writing it and hoped he would enjoy reading it.


He loved it.


He loved it so much that he encouraged me to expand it into an entire series.  I refused.  I refused because I was afraid I wouldn't get Mr. Anderson's voice correct.  Instead, Skip agreed to co-author it, though he put a huge amount of work into expanding and developing my original ideas.


Anyway, I hope you enjoy the final result as much as I did.

Thanks, DB.  I'm sorry to hear about your loss, and hope you're doing better as well.

Gotta be careful with words like that! 

Back in the very early 90s, when I hadn't even heard of AOL, I read a BBS called Foxxnet, and it had a series called Dr. Owh, but it was a series, with a Dr. Who analog traveling through time with someone I assume was Adric (the Dr. Who character, not our fellow member), who got spanked in different ways throughout time.  That series and this story seem to have nothing in common, and I guess the name isn't too big a jump for multiple people to make.

I have been working on this series for months, and the first chapter finally appeared yesterday.

https://malespank.net/viewStory.php?id=58707

If the series title sounds a bit familiar, it's because this story features Caleb Stiles, a character who first appeared in Skip Trace's incredible Mr. Anderson Looks Back series - https://malespank.net/listSeries.php?show=47365.

The first five stories of that series (Caleb 1 - 5) were written as a backstory for a character Skip really liked in another author's series.  When he decided to post it on MMSA, he changed the name and altered some details.  I have been able to read some of the stories with the character upon whom Caleb was based.

The thing is, the ending to the Mr. Anderson/Caleb stories tore my heart apart.  It was a great ending, and it's what the story demanded, not to mention that, with the original character, it's the way the story had to end.  I fell in love with both Caleb as a kid I wanted to know, and with Mr. Anderson as the teacher I'd needed in my life.  I also became friends with Skip, and, as I got to know him, I wrote some fanfic about both of those characters.

Skip and I were talking about a new story with some characters from his series, when he had the epiphany that Caleb DID NOT have the same history as the character upon whom he was based, so there was no reason for him to wind up in the same place.  As a matter of fact, because of changes Skip had made when he changed details for the story, where they original characters ended didn't really make sense for Caleb anymore.  When he realized that, he said to me, ", you, (Jack Wells), are free and have my permission to pick up where the “Caleb” series leaves off. Riley ended up at the (location). Caleb could end up anywhere ..."

That was a great deal of trust, and I was kind of scared.  I talked about it a lot with Skip, and with Adric, Zyngaru, and Zac especially.  There were a number of false starts, but I think I finally came up with the story I wanted to tell and a great way to tell it.  I made sure it was loyal to Skip's original story, while also keeping in mind that his story was only what Mr. Anderson saw.

I don't have much else to say except that I think this story might be my magnum opus.  As much as I loved All-American Boy and Central Point High School, this one develops a character I loved and involves spanking.  It's also about 114,000 words, so definitely novel length.

Hope you all give it a try and please, let me know what you think.

Jack

I have a small, one cheek, 1/4 inch thick lexan as my travel companion.  Fits nicely in any travel bag.

I just have a nice, old-fashioned hairbrush.