Rutabaga Posted February 21, 2015 Report Share Posted February 21, 2015 By the way, I'm not sure how I feel about Jordan and Micah revealing to the artist that they're the ones he saw when he was painting. I can see why it would be incredibly tempting for the boys to identify themselves, but from his perspective I think it could be very awkward. I think if the question was put to me I would advise them to keep quiet about it, and just enjoy knowing the truth about that scene. R Link to comment
Cole Parker Posted February 21, 2015 Report Share Posted February 21, 2015 They're kids, and most kids are still idealists. They don't like the idea they have a secret from him. It's an act of trust and faith in Corbin that they do what they do. Link to comment
FreeThinker Posted February 21, 2015 Report Share Posted February 21, 2015 I absolutely love the way Cole has taken all these many, many threads and brought them together. It is absolutely masterful. I had to make notes to keep track of everyone, but now... It's amazing. Link to comment
FreeThinker Posted February 21, 2015 Report Share Posted February 21, 2015 I was referring to the several different subplots. Did my comment not make sense? Also, I've read the whole story. Did I just spoil it? Link to comment
DesDownunder Posted February 22, 2015 Report Share Posted February 22, 2015 Purely a thinking to myself on this unusual story whilst awaiting completion: I think there are two aspects of trust needed. Firstly that if an author wants to take us on an unusual journey, then we trust that he will provide us with the means to complete that journey. Secondly, I have to trust that I can make the journey. Only the second one is worth worrying about, because if the first fails then the work of the author has left us dangling. Of course, sometimes an author may want to leave us dangling, but I think I trust Cole to bring the journey to a significant completion. As presented I almost stopped at chapter two because I have had so many bad experiences with multiple stories masquerading as subplots, but I continued reading because I felt that Cole wouldn't do that. Now let's see where Cole takes us...It's quite exciting actually. Link to comment
Cole Parker Posted February 22, 2015 Report Share Posted February 22, 2015 Free: the fault is, the embarrassed red-faced emoticon seems to have been bleached. He's supposed to be red, denoting my embarrassment at the plethora of praise you endowed me with. Thanks so much! I'm one of those people who never knows quite how to handle praise. And Des, never fear. I'd never leave you hanging like that! C Link to comment
Rutabaga Posted February 22, 2015 Report Share Posted February 22, 2015 I forgot to mention the absence of DIll and Kirk from the group of boys who had found one another at the youth center. R Link to comment
DesDownunder Posted February 22, 2015 Report Share Posted February 22, 2015 Free: the fault is, the embarrassed red-faced emoticon seems to have been bleached. He's supposed to be red, denoting my embarrassment at the plethora of praise you endowed me with. Thanks so much! I'm one of those people who never knows quite how to handle praise. And Des, never fear. I'd never leave you hanging like that! C I've never objected to being hung, it's being left dangling that concerns me the most. Link to comment
dude Posted February 22, 2015 Report Share Posted February 22, 2015 There are vast differences between being left hanging, being hanged and being hung! Link to comment
Cole Parker Posted February 22, 2015 Report Share Posted February 22, 2015 Yet all three involve dangling! Link to comment
FreeThinker Posted February 22, 2015 Report Share Posted February 22, 2015 I hate it when my participle dangles, as it is wont to do more frequently now... Link to comment
DesDownunder Posted February 22, 2015 Report Share Posted February 22, 2015 The past particle dangles. Link to comment
colinian Posted February 22, 2015 Report Share Posted February 22, 2015 The past particle dangles. I love it when you talk dirty! Colin Link to comment
Rutabaga Posted February 25, 2015 Report Share Posted February 25, 2015 "Even better, from everything that’s been said here today, I think maybe we can identify the supplier.” Oh, Lordy. Now it's an Ellery Queen mystery! R Link to comment
Merkin Posted February 25, 2015 Report Share Posted February 25, 2015 Watching Cole manipulate this plot is like watching someone transferring a Cat's Cradle from one set of hands to another. And Cole does seem to have four hands in this one. Link to comment
Rutabaga Posted February 28, 2015 Report Share Posted February 28, 2015 It is an Ellery (Josh) Queen saga! I love it. R Link to comment
Rutabaga Posted March 4, 2015 Report Share Posted March 4, 2015 And now Ellery/Josh is proven to be brilliant in his reasoning abilities -- it seems like he pretty much figured it out. Except it seems he may have been wrong about the Scowler not knowing who the woman was. Or maybe Josh's point was that the Scowler didn't know how important the woman was in the overall operation. Something tells me there may still be some twists and turns ahead. R Link to comment
Rutabaga Posted March 7, 2015 Report Share Posted March 7, 2015 I guess those twists and turns never materialized. And now here's a story with enough characters and situations to spawn another Sanitaria Springs outpouring. :laugh: R Link to comment
Merkin Posted March 7, 2015 Report Share Posted March 7, 2015 It takes twists and turns to tie off loose ends and Cole has done that magnificently here. I'd love to read more of the adventures of John, Peter, and Parrish and their wonderfully dysfunctional household, but since we all know how Cole feels about sequels I'll have to let my imagination serve. Great job, Cole. All the names on my wallchart are accounted for. Link to comment
Lugnutz Posted March 7, 2015 Report Share Posted March 7, 2015 Maybe now, I can start reading it. I was held up at the beginning. Decided to let it run it's course then read it. Link to comment
JamesSavik Posted March 7, 2015 Report Share Posted March 7, 2015 John, Peter, and Parrish and their wonderfully dysfunctional household But it actually did function. I'm sorry to see this one end. I guess it had to but the characters were so good, you wanted to know more about them. Link to comment
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