Jack's House

https://malespank.net/viewStory.php?id=58814

 Howl is a new author and his debut story is one not to miss.

A lot of stories follow tropes and fantasy - which is great and why we are here. This story, "Partial Credit" stands out because iot is simply real family in real situations with believable outcomes, especially post-spanking.

The emotion runs deep in this one. A reader feels badly for Noah but cannot help but understand that his circumstances are justified and fair. Mr. Cooper is an outstanding father who loves his son but is also flawed. The relationship between Noah and his dad seems normal for any 12-year-old and his dad. Up one minute and then down another. Pre-teen angst, little boy, and then adult thoughts all get mixed in and Mr. Cooper handles it all.

So, the story is simple but complex. Noah is grounded, rightfully so, but wants to go to a concert and presents an idea to his father to be able to attend the concert.

Please do not miss this one.

Stevie is probably well aware of this show, now in its 4th season, but it was new to me.

Mark Critch is a well known Canadian comedian and actor.  "Son of a Critch" is a series loosely based on his coming of age.  It is a sort of Canadian The Wonder Years, and is, if anything, even more delightful than that series was.  It streams in the US on Netflix.  I streamed the first two seasons in two nights, and only a need to sleep stopped me from just watching straight through.  It is everything good TV should be.

I loved it.  You don't write "spanking stories"--you write beautifully written character studies that happen to have spankings in them.  I can't wait for the next chapter.

Mr. Afinch you don't know just how true your statement is.  After Jack writes his chapters, he then thinks of where a spanking would fit in.   So, it is a story of the life of Caleb first, with spankings added to round it out.

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 think it was last February when I started trying to update a lot of things.  I'd really meant to keep up with that.

The problem is that, while there are a lot of things going on around here, most of it's just day to day stuff.  While we're really excited that Ennis has graduated, there's not too much I can really write about it.

On top of that, my life is less structured than it was 10 or 15 years ago, which makes it much harder to remember to do this.

And, I've spent the last two months plus working on a new series that I hope will be completed soon.  It's another novel length work, and it has a very special history, which I plan to share (at least parts of it) before I begin posting.

So, forgive the lack of update, but if anything major happens, I'll try to report it.

Thanks,
Jack