February 1, 2022
As I wrote some of my earlier stories I had an idea in mind that I would return to the same characters for additional tales. However, other than the two very short Donny stories (Donny's Tribulations and Donny's Triumph) that were written to explore dealing with emotional pain and loss, I have not gone back to the same characters or story line. Until now. I recently published The Student Teacher and am now wrapping up a second story with Thomas and his return to the 1980s as a fifty-something accountant turned teenager.
I decided to make these stories a series - The Fifty Something Teenager. In my mind these stories are smaller, independent, one-chapter tales that are centered around Thomas and his do-over in the 80s. Creating these stories as vignettes in a series allows for the freedom to jump between characters and places more freely than tying everything together in one longer published work. It also means I can write and publish the stories more frequently as each will likely clock in at under 10K words.
Thanks to all that have written comments and feedback on The Student Teacher. Stay tuned for the publication of The Spring Musical in the next day or two. Any future comments or ideas about the series The Fifty Something Teenager are welcome.
Thanks for reading.
-DF