Jack's House

Thought I'd mention that part 2 is now up - https://malespank.net/viewStory.php?id=60130

And since I forgot it in my first post - https://malespank.net/viewStory.php?id=60102

We had one feedback on part 1 that was basically complaining about too much detail.  To me, it's the quotidian details that make a story like this.  It's easy to write a wham, bam. thank you, sir story (but even then, not always able to do it well), to me, it's the details Skip put into developing the situation, the characters, and the budding relationship that really make me invested in the story.

Spoilers incoming for Part 1.

I believe it was W.H. Auden who first said 'thou shalt not read the Bible for it's prose.'  Likewise, I doubt many people go to MMSA seeking high literature.  Yet to me, while the spankings and paddlings are excited, I'm really moved by a man traumatized by loss, who's still been putting one foot in front of the other, yet who still hasn't recovered from it.  Not completely.  Reminds me of a song from Garth Brooks Ropin' the Wind album - What She's Doing Now.  So yeah, I guess if all you want is for some kid to get paddled so you can get your rocks off, that kind of thing gets in the way.  To me, that's the kind of detail that makes the story.

I so loved the original serries, and am so far loving this one.  I can't wait for the next chapter.

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.

I hope you get to see it.

Remember that back in the day such things in the night sky were considered omens.  I always found it interesting how some claimed the same event as a good omen and others a bad omen.  I guess if it were two armies going into battle, that event would be seen as both a bad and good omen depending on if you won or lost.

The message quoted in my last post has disappeared and the message I quoted on 30th November is back again.