Castle Herald Posted February 10, 2015 Report Share Posted February 10, 2015 (edited) [Special Note: The new website is now live. As a result the links throughout this thread are invalid except for the latest posting to the thread. All of D’Artagnon’s stories can now be found at D'Artagnon] NEW STORY! Prologue and Chapter 1 posted at http://www.castleroland.net/library/author/dartagnon Edited October 4, 2017 by Zach Caldwell Link website notification Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeikor Posted February 10, 2015 Report Share Posted February 10, 2015 The start of another great story that we can't get enough of without threatening D'Artagnon within an inch of his death. LOL Oh and now I know who was in the tree watching Robby and Kenny in that Codecil. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D'Artagnon Posted February 10, 2015 Report Share Posted February 10, 2015 Small towns have secrets, and secrets within secrets. Sometimes, those secrets need friends. A gathering is beginning, just days after Max's awakening, other boys in Canterbury discover that there is more going on than meets the eye. Lost Boys chapter 1 - Sammy the Kat starts us off. It's not all exactly what it seems. Benji 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark C. Posted February 10, 2015 Report Share Posted February 10, 2015 Neither are you, D'Artagnon..... You seem like a nice guy but in reality you love torturing your readers, grin.... Does Benji know you are warped and twisted? Should we warn him? Benji 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benji Posted February 10, 2015 Report Share Posted February 10, 2015 Oh, I have known for some time... But that's one of the things I like about him. Mark C. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D'Artagnon Posted February 12, 2015 Report Share Posted February 12, 2015 It is not torture if done from love. I should point out, it's not bondage either, LOL. If any author just gave you the map and said, "Here's whats gonna happen, here it is happening, here's what you just finished reading, now go away, son, you bother me!" it wouldn't be that much of a thrill ride. The waiting should give you time to consider alternatives, look for the "what ifs." Also, I should mention that I hide stuff in my stories. Not anything mind blowing, mind you. As many of the writers here will tell you, there are subtleties to the craft. For example, I threw in two anagrams to my pen name in Coupe. Mitch and Kenny's last name is Tannagord, and the Countess' sidhe name is Donna Trag, both are scrambled versions of D'Artagnon. I tried like hell to figure a way to insert "tan dragon" but nothing made sense, story wise. In Lost Boys, there was originally a sort of competition between myself and another author who I had a casual friendship with at the time. His pen name was Grasshopper (Just Hit Send series, it'll leave you giggling and in tears). We were trying to spurn on other writers at the time by seeing what sort of creative stuff we could throw into the things we were working on. I was also writing Lost Boys for one of the named characters in the story and several of his online buddies, most of whom appear as the main characters. So I tried to put things in there that they'd recognize as personal. Look for the use of the word "seam" (it was a running joke among them because one of them kept spelling it wrong in IM's, posts and text messages) and the phrase "break free," as I believe I manged to weave those into each of the original chapters. Sadly, when Sammy died, i lost a lot of interest in this story. I had been writing it for him, one of several ways of keeping his spirits up, keeping his warrior spirit into the game as it were. Sammy lost his battle with a rare and difficult to treat bone marrow cancer, and in a lot of ways, it wrecked my world. He was probably the closest thing I'll ever have to a son of my own, and the brief 2 year period I was his mentor, teacher, care giver and "bonehead" was an experience I would never have traded for anything, other than to trade for him to have lived, loved and showed us all the right way to face not only death, but life. He touched a lot of lives. I wont go into details, but it was through Sammy that I met, got to talking with, fell in love with and am now living with my ashke, Benji. It was Benji that really helped bring me back from the edge. Depression, despair, defeat, all these weigh heavily upon you when you lose a child. Benji helped ground me again. He'll probably deny it, but he gave me a reason to go on living, and to get back into writing. In case I haven't said it today, I love you very much, BabyKat. It was at Benji's gentle insistence that I found the will to pick up Lost Boys again. Sammy would have wanted this story to have an ending and a home. It may take some time while I'm still going over my original notes on this story, building the plot and characters into my own head again, to get chapters done on this one after the originals run out at chapter 6. I ask that you are a little patient with it. There are memories from about 10 years ago that I sometimes have troubles with. The ghosts don't always say why they hang about, but they often let you know they're there, still waiting, faithful and smiling. Anyways, I encourage readers to look deeper into the stories they love, here and in other sites and in those archaic things called books (often the only things left with spines anymore, lol). I also encourage writers to challenge their readers with hidden clues, subtle subplots, use of literary tricks and devices, character based trickery and other such ploys to not only give the stories some internal cohesion, but to also up your own game. Like any good magician, musician, comedian and story teller will tell you, it's not the ones you see coming that affect you the most, it's those ones that come out of nowhere. Keep passing open windows, my brothers, and... seeya on the other side. Robby Benji and Mark C. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark C. Posted February 12, 2015 Report Share Posted February 12, 2015 I know it would not be much of a thrill ride if we knew the story, D'Artagnon, but be honest - would you rather have us show our appreciation of your writing by moaning to you and telling you we wanted more or by silence, grin.... D'Artagnon and Zergrinch 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark C. Posted February 13, 2015 Report Share Posted February 13, 2015 The adventure starts! The roller coaster has left the platform! D'Artagnon 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David McLeod Posted February 13, 2015 Report Share Posted February 13, 2015 This has the makings of a great story. Off to a good start. Looking forward to more. Speaking of things "hidden" in stories: wasn't it Christopher Stasheff who took an entire chapter in order to create a tornado in a chrysalis (a "cysted twister"), the spoonerism of "Twisted Sister," a heavy metal band of the 70s? Actually, that wasn't hidden very deeply. Better than easter eggs! David D'Artagnon 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D'Artagnon Posted February 13, 2015 Report Share Posted February 13, 2015 oh awesome. In an online superhero game I ran for a while I had a villain character named Sister Twister who had spinning powers. She was a punk in both senses of the word . Mister Sinister's Varsity Club. From the left Fireball, Sister Twister, Touch Down, Jam, Caliope and Rad, with Mister Sinister himself standing behind. An older picture that I remember rushing to get done before the next week's game session. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Castle Herald Posted February 17, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 17, 2015 Chapter 2 presented at http://www.castleroland.net/library/author/dartagnon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D'Artagnon Posted February 17, 2015 Report Share Posted February 17, 2015 Life sometimes gives back when it takes something or someone precious from us. Our next Lost Boy knows all too well. Chapter 2 - Josh the Hawk is next. Watch that last step, it's a... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark C. Posted February 18, 2015 Report Share Posted February 18, 2015 doozy, just like this story... D'Artagnon 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David McLeod Posted February 22, 2015 Report Share Posted February 22, 2015 Rule 73: Always leave the reader wanting more. Chapter 2 does that quite well. We saw just enough about Josh want to know more about him. D'A, why are you wasting time reading this? Get back to writing! D'Artagnon 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D'Artagnon Posted February 23, 2015 Report Share Posted February 23, 2015 Sometimes a talent can become a prison, a joy can be perverted into a personal hell. When everything around you crashes inwards, you have to question if you have the strength within yourself to find a way out. Lost Boys Chapter 3 - Kyle the Coon is next. The fiercest fires come from the coldest hearts. Game on! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Castle Herald Posted February 24, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 24, 2015 Chapter 3 presented at http://www.castleroland.net/library/author/dartagnon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark C. Posted February 25, 2015 Report Share Posted February 25, 2015 D'Artagnon, did you go to class or a special school to learn how to torture your readers so exquisitley or are you just naturally good at it? We want more and we want it now, grin.... Yes, I know we have to wait though....sigh... D'Artagnon 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D'Artagnon Posted February 25, 2015 Report Share Posted February 25, 2015 No, but I do teach such lessons. Mark C. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark C. Posted February 25, 2015 Report Share Posted February 25, 2015 Man, sign me up! I want to learn from the Master, grin.... D'Artagnon 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeikor Posted February 25, 2015 Report Share Posted February 25, 2015 Mark, if you're reading his stories you are already in the class. Mark C. and D'Artagnon 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D'Artagnon Posted March 2, 2015 Report Share Posted March 2, 2015 Sometimes the nightmare begins with your eyes wide open. Sometimes there's no comfort in waking up. Sometimes, it all crushes in and you just have to howl. Lost Boys Chapter 4 - Tom the Wolf is next. Things just got... hairy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark C. Posted March 2, 2015 Report Share Posted March 2, 2015 D'Artagnon, not sure if it is a typo or you actually created a new word in last post, "chrushes", but the visual I get when reading it is, "crushingly rushed" and I like it. Did you patent it already, grin... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Castle Herald Posted March 3, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 3, 2015 Chapter 4 discover at http://www.castleroland.net/library/author/dartagnon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark C. Posted March 3, 2015 Report Share Posted March 3, 2015 Wow, you can feel the emotions just streaming from Tom. His whole world has shifted.... Can't wait to see where the story goes.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D'Artagnon Posted March 4, 2015 Report Share Posted March 4, 2015 One of the hidden things woven into this story is prominent here, and it has to do with the town as well as a certain famous comic book title (or series of titles). I invite people to look into the history of your own town. Sometimes you find things interesting, unexpected and culturally significant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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