Why I’m Renaming My Books
I wrote a time travel trilogy, named it after an oak tree, and then found out a New York Times bestseller got there first. So I'm going back and changing the past.
Category The Five Minutes Series
The Five Minutes Series by Drew Tolbert: a clean, coming-of-age time travel trilogy set in small-town Alabama. Book 1, Five Minutes Sooner, was originally published as Under the Oak Tree.
Five Minutes Sooner, Chapter 14: Meeting Their Future Selves
Josh, Lucas, and Eric push their experiments further -- and meet versions of themselves they weren't expecting.
The Five Minutes Series: The True Story Behind the Oak Tree Books
Believe it or not, The Oak Tree series was based on a true story. Well… sort of. I had a friend who moved away. Not long after, she was killed in a car wreck. There wasn’t some dramatic fallout. No…
Five Minutes Sooner, Chapter 13: High School Graduation Drama
Chapter 13 of Five Minutes Sooner brings the emotional rollercoaster of high school graduation day. Eric prepares for a milestone moment, but a missing friend and a sudden disruption spark a gripping high school graduation drama. New to the story?…
Five Minutes Sooner, Chapter 12: A Time Travel Experiment
Chapter 12 of Five Minutes Sooner takes you deeper into the heart of a thrilling time travel experiment. Eric joins Lucas at his shed in Warrior, Alabama, where a mysterious rock reveals its power to open portals to the past.…
Five Minutes Sooner, Chapter 11: A Portal in the Night
Five Minutes Sooner was originally published as Under the Oak Tree. Same story, new name. Meet The Five Minutes Series. Date: April 26th, 2008 Place: Lucas’s House near the Old Oak Tree, Warrior, Alabama As Josh and Lucas approached the…
Five Minutes Sooner, Chapter 10: The Last Night Before Graduation
Five Minutes Sooner was originally published as Under the Oak Tree. Same story, new name. Meet The Five Minutes Series. Date: May 22nd, 2002 Place: Corner High School, Warrior, Alabama As Kaitlyn and Eric walked out of the high school…
Five Minutes Sooner, Chapter 9: The Vanishing of Eric
Five Minutes Sooner was originally published as Under the Oak Tree. Same story, new name. Meet The Five Minutes Series. Date: April 26th, 2008 Place: Lucas’s House, Warrior, Alabama Lucas, heart pounding and mind racing with the surreal events that…
Five Minutes Sooner, Chapter 8: Young Love in High School
Five Minutes Sooner was originally published as Under the Oak Tree. Same story, new name. Meet The Five Minutes Series. Date: May 16th, 2002 Place: Outside of Corner High School, Warrior, Alabama As the final bell of the day rang…
Five Minutes Sooner, Chapter 7: A Time Travel Paradox
Five Minutes Sooner was originally published as Under the Oak Tree. Same story, new name. Meet The Five Minutes Series. Date: Unknown Place: Unknown Eric groaned, his head throbbing as consciousness crept back in. The world around him was a…