Jeikor Posted March 4, 2015 Report Share Posted March 4, 2015 You left out Jughead! But I'm not sure what it has to do with the town. D'Artagnon 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D'Artagnon Posted March 4, 2015 Report Share Posted March 4, 2015 Who's to say Tom ISN'T Jughead? The original artist and creator of the comic series is from the small town I based Canterbury on. He based the characters on his high school friends, and many of the things around the town have featured in the comics over the years. There are amazing historical things in our various locations. The same city has the first statue of a woman raised in America, was visited by George Washington during the Revolution, was also the inspiration of the town of Arkham and Huskatonic University in the H.P. Lovecraft tales of "cosmic horror," had a tavern that played a part in the "Sons of Liberty" organizing, has a church who's steeple has been measured and copied all across the nation for the last several hundred years, and figured enormously in the shoe industry in the previous century. And that's just stuff I found out doing a simple wikipedia search. We need, as a culture, to respect and understand our history. Not so much to learn to not make the same mistakes, but to appreciate when we got it right, when we got caught off guard, and when something of subtle genius is hiding right below our noses. Who could predict that Archie, Washington and C'thulu could have a link in the same soil I wonder what amazing coincidences exist in your back yard? Mark C. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Castle Herald Posted March 9, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2015 Chapter 5 explore at http://www.castleroland.net/library/author/dartagnon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D'Artagnon Posted March 10, 2015 Report Share Posted March 10, 2015 Cleverness and skill can only get you so far. You have to take chances once in a while. Even if it's a chance on yourself. The Lost Boys, Chapter 5 - Andy the Fox is next. The past is prologue... but what is to come? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark C. Posted March 10, 2015 Report Share Posted March 10, 2015 We all vote for two chapters a week! Surely such a tiny inconsequential but so rewarding request, grin.... D'Artagnon 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D'Artagnon Posted March 11, 2015 Report Share Posted March 11, 2015 And just as soon as that subsidy check clears, you can have two chapters a week. Mark C. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark C. Posted March 11, 2015 Report Share Posted March 11, 2015 My records show it cleared two weeks ago... Oh, wait.... That was the check for "Nude Cowboys of 2015" calendar. Your check was returned to me, with a stamp of "This patient not committed to this facility anymore." on the envelope. I guess we all will just have to wait on one chapter at a time, sigh.... D'Artagnon 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark C. Posted March 12, 2015 Report Share Posted March 12, 2015 D'Artagnon, I know you are a fair man.... Here is a case of injustice you can help with.... With being in Europe for a few months, I am asleep when the new chapters are published and you all in the States can read them first. Therefore I am last to read them. I think you can help with this gross miscarriage of justice and arrange to have several of your chapters published at once so to carry me through this blatant disregard of time zones and its soul corrupting influence. (Hey, I'm reaching but there may be some plea which will work! If I don't try, I don't get and you don't get to roll your eys at me...grin...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D'Artagnon Posted March 12, 2015 Report Share Posted March 12, 2015 The schedule of postings is not up to me. The Castle staff believe that it is better to post in gradual increments rather than lump sum chapters like that. I therefore have no control over dispersing additional posting in that manner. Sorry, out of my hands. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark C. Posted March 12, 2015 Report Share Posted March 12, 2015 I figured that was the case, just teasing you, guy.... I figure anytime I can make you smile, that's a good thing, grin.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Norris Posted March 12, 2015 Report Share Posted March 12, 2015 So, Mark, do I take it that you want to plead your case to me? Bargaining with the Court Jester is almost as bad as bargaining with the Devil Himself [hmm.... now where did I put your last chapter]!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark C. Posted March 13, 2015 Report Share Posted March 13, 2015 Alan, if Daniel Webster can take on the Devil and a jury of notoriously evil men, I thought briefly about your offer, but in the end decided, with my luck, I would wind up shining your shoes for the rest of eternity or something, grin.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Norris Posted March 13, 2015 Report Share Posted March 13, 2015 I like the "or something" part... Mark C. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Castle Herald Posted March 16, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 16, 2015 Chapter 6 find at http://www.castleroland.net/library/author/dartagnon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D'Artagnon Posted March 16, 2015 Report Share Posted March 16, 2015 Forces are gathering, both among our boys and against them. What direction will these forces take? The Lost Boys, Chapter 6 - Second Star to the Right is next. Did you hear something? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeikor Posted March 18, 2015 Report Share Posted March 18, 2015 Finally the seemingly disjointed stories are starting to come together. Can't wait for more!! D'Artagnon 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D'Artagnon Posted March 23, 2015 Report Share Posted March 23, 2015 Being a Lost Boy comes with some perks, some quirks and occasionally, some real jerks. And sometimes, some shocks and surprises that change how you look at everything around you. Will the scene of the crime reveal more clues, provide some answers or just leave more questions? The Lost Boys, Chapter 7 - Tribal Connections is next. Blessings and curses often come in the same small package. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Castle Herald Posted March 23, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 23, 2015 Chapter 7 found at http://www.castleroland.net/library/author/dartagnon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D'Artagnon Posted March 24, 2015 Report Share Posted March 24, 2015 For longtime readers, I must say this. There have been editorial changes made in chapter 5 - Andy the Fox. There were issues with mathematics I encountered in writing chapter 7 that required them. It shouldn't make any difference in the plot or characterization, it was just something that bugged me and I thought would bug readers as well. So if you have read chapter 5 before, the discrepency is not going to affect the actual story. Chapter 7 is the first in the new chapters for Andy, Kyle, Sammy, Tom & Josh. Haven't written these boys' stories in a while, feels good to get back into the swing of it all. I hope you enjoy the twists and turns to come. Like a lot of things in Canterbury, the truth is always a little deeper than what you might see at first glance. Keep kleenex and snacks close by. Things are about to get... complicated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D'Artagnon Posted March 24, 2015 Report Share Posted March 24, 2015 This song was one of the things I listened to when I came up with some of the ideas in The Lost Boys. It's a Rush song that is loosely based on a passage in the Egyptian Book of the Dead, the spells used to help lead the deceased to the afterlife. Seems somehow fitting in many ways. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89VoXz4_uMM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D'Artagnon Posted March 30, 2015 Report Share Posted March 30, 2015 Sometimes, the areas of the map run into big empty, unknown spaces. This is one of those times. The Lost Boys will take a week off, reorient, get their collective crap together and get back on the road.next week. Sorry for the delay, but these things occasionally happen. Someone remind Sammy to hit the restroom before we get moving again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D'Artagnon Posted April 11, 2015 Report Share Posted April 11, 2015 Ever get into a groove, like totally hitting everything about a story, the words just jumping off the page, and then you have some family obligation that takes you away from the computer for a while and you don't save the file... and while you're gone, you have a power out and the file is completely gone... I lost my entire next three chapter notes and set up for Lost Boys, beginning with chapter 8. Completely gone. I will try to get things back, but I'm starting from scratch... dumb woof goes to corner to bang head on wall for a bit, then goes back to banging keys Remember folks, Jesus Saves, but Buddha is smart enough to make hard copies. Mark C. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark C. Posted April 12, 2015 Report Share Posted April 12, 2015 D'Artagnon, First of all, you will never be a "dumb woof" to me. Ever. You just got caught up with a family situation and forgot to save. All it shows is, that you are human and not perfect. (Which I was beginning to think you were perfect but now know you are human like the rest of us, grin... Just a damn good writer!) The lesson here is to try to do something to make you remember to save, even if suddenly taken away from the computer, whether it be an automatic solution or a manual or memory jogging one. I'm sorry you lost your notes, and you are frustrated. Would never wish that on you or any other author I so respect. But looking on the positive side, maybe the re-write will make for even a better story than it was before!!!! Will await more of the story until it comes out... Write on, Sir.... Your loyal audience patiently awaits. Jeikor and D'Artagnon 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Castle Herald Posted August 13, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 13, 2015 Chapter 8 found at http://www.castleroland.net/library/author/dartagnon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D'Artagnon Posted August 14, 2015 Report Share Posted August 14, 2015 Kyle is all alone, drugged and surrounded by people with evil intent. Could things get stranger or more perilous for him and the rest of the guys?. Lost Boys Chapter 8 - That Place Between Sleep and Awake is next. If you aren't sure if it's real, does that mean it could be? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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