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The Case Of The Sapphire Collar (Comments)
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FrenchLady
Top Dog!!!!

Joined: 11 Jun 2007
Posts: 4151
Location: Montreal, QC

Posted: Fri Aug 07, 2009 9:58 am Post subject:

I have to admit that I only read some pages here and there.I taught it would go on for some weeks and I was waiting for all the pages to be posted. Oh Gee was I wrong. Surprised

I also read that Davyde asked for something artistic and offer to do sommething...
NO ! I wont show it to you guys....Yet! Razz

It will be a tribute to the talent of the author of the story...

Daughter also draw a nice CC lately. As I didn't read the story can anybody tell me if her drawing looks like any of the character?

Thanks!
Josée

Ionadiva
Top Dog!!!!

Joined: 12 Jun 2007
Posts: 2667
Location: Birmingham, UK

Posted: Fri Aug 07, 2009 10:03 am Post subject:

Davyde wrote:

Absolutely and positively

THE END

At least until The Curious Case of the Careless Hairless Heiress...

Oh yes please...... we need another book by this fantastic new author Very Happy

I'm so glad you told us how everyone got on after the demise of BigAl. I always want more and need to know what happened next Laughing

I would really love to see this printed up, it would make a great book even for those who don't know the characters like we do. You wrote it so well that any reader would quickly fall in love with and be able to "see" who you mean from your brilliant descriptions.
The tongue twisters were a great laugh Laughing

GrandCynth
Forever With Nakeds

Joined: 17 Oct 2007
Posts: 14115
Location: California

Posted: Fri Aug 07, 2009 12:03 pm Post subject:
BRAVO!! Thank you Davyde....what a nice surprise! I didn't not expect the epilogues.....what a great way to bring the story full circle, and catch us up on how all the characters got on. Loved it! I too, hope that little teaser you left us under, THE END, comes to pass!

Davyde
Top Dog!!!!

Joined: 05 Aug 2006
Posts: 2045
Location: South Coast UK

Posted: Fri Aug 07, 2009 12:20 pm Post subject:

I put that in as a bit of a tease. I haven't yet decided if I will write another story (Benjamin is getting on a bit now)
The problem is that there are always so many dogs on this forum that I would love to turn into characters in the world of the collar.

Certainly if I did write another story I'd want to make sure I had more of an idea of what the plot was going to be before I started - I was half way through the Sapphire Collar before I even had a clue how I was going to finish it!

GrandCynth
Forever With Nakeds

Joined: 17 Oct 2007
Posts: 14115
Location: California

Posted: Fri Aug 07, 2009 12:28 pm Post subject:
Well you did a great job of winging it then, as the story had a nice flow....and always kept us readers on the edge of our seats. I really enjoyed the tongue twisters too, very clever....

Ionadiva
Top Dog!!!!

Joined: 12 Jun 2007
Posts: 2667
Location: Birmingham, UK

Posted: Fri Aug 07, 2009 1:24 pm Post subject:
Well if you came up with that as you went along then you are a double genius PLEASE, please, please, please put fingers to keys and give us another story PLEEEEEEEEEEEEASEEEEE!!

Ace
Her Royal Nakedness

Joined: 29 Dec 2005
Posts: 17255
Location: Florida dreaming

Posted: Fri Aug 07, 2009 1:30 pm Post subject:
Whenever you're ready, you will have an eagerly awaiting audience! We need the respite of a good read to fill our cyber lives.

igpodet
Top Dog!!!!

Joined: 12 Jul 2006
Posts: 3587
Location: DEVON. UK

Posted: Fri Aug 07, 2009 1:55 pm Post subject:
Thank you so many times over!!!! What a great tribute to our friends who have passed, and those still sharing our lives. You have a fantastic talent Davyde, and we will all be waiting patiently (or not ) until you start the next book!!! xx

killerleaf
Show dog

Joined: 21 May 2008
Posts: 530
Location: Texas

Posted: Fri Aug 07, 2009 1:57 pm Post subject:
I still say it needs to be published. fully illustrated. it would sell like hotcakes, and not just to the youth market. awesome, awesome.

Addy's Mom
Top Dog!!!!

Joined: 26 Mar 2007
Posts: 3731
Location: Massachusetts

Posted: Fri Aug 07, 2009 3:31 pm Post subject:
What a wonderful surprise--and on my birthday! Thank you, Davyde. This is a perfect conclusion to the story. I agree that this should be published. And I hope you do another one, when you're ready. Lis

Davyde
Top Dog!!!!

Joined: 05 Aug 2006
Posts: 2045
Location: South Coast UK

Posted: Sat Aug 08, 2009 1:41 pm Post subject:

GrandCynth wrote:

Well you did a great job of winging it then, as the story had a nice flow....and always kept us readers on the edge of our seats. I really enjoyed the tongue twisters too, very clever....

I started off essentially with just the title, and the knowledge that Charm was innocent. I thought the story might run to maybe a dozen chapters.
As it was, characters kept suggesting themselves: Niles in his squirrel spotting chair gave me an honourable, but slightly crazy, war veteran; Noid sniffing around inside his dad's latest acquisition gave me a dodgy redneck mechanic.... and so on.

Some of the characters virtually wrote themselves (I'd just type "Hello, Noid's Nearly New Motors" and the rest of the conversation would leap into my head faster than I could write it down), others gave me days of struggling (Rudy is one of my favourite characters, yet I spent ages trying to get him even close to the image in my head)

The story itself changed a few times as I wrote it. The Mayor's untrustworthy nature was established long before I decided he was Big Al, and actually before I had even decided there was a Big Al.

Stollsilver
Slave to the Nakeds

Joined: 19 May 2006
Posts: 13100
Location: MA

Posted: Sat Aug 08, 2009 8:26 pm Post subject:

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(Rudy is one of my favourite characters, yet I spent ages trying to get him even close to the image in my head)

hehe....he's one of my favorite true life characters too. Cool

I think you did a very fine job with Rudy and all the characters, I could envision each one while reading.

Let the next one flow as this one did.....hard to improve on a proven success. Wink

Chyna
Best in Show

Joined: 07 Dec 2006
Posts: 1229
Location: Montana

Posted: Sun Aug 09, 2009 12:37 pm Post subject:
Brilliant job my friend, simply brilliant. Frenchlady, except for the body color that could be my Chyna but sure there are others with a good resemblance.

crestedcrazy
The Noidinator

Joined: 28 Dec 2005
Posts: 20740
Location: Canada

Posted: Sun Aug 09, 2009 10:48 pm Post subject:

Sad to see the story end but we of course knew it was inevitable

It was wonderful Davyde, just truely wonderful and I enjoyed each chapter and alway got so excited when I saw the yellow paw lit up alerting us a new one was written

I'm also very please with the epiloge and how we get to see what happened to everyone and I love that Boid stayed true to his character and didn't go "straight" after all Very Happy

Thank you for investing so much time and effort into it for us all!

Esylum
Top Dog!!!!

Joined: 13 Mar 2009
Posts: 2918
Location: New Brunswick, Canada

Posted: Mon Sep 14, 2009 3:23 pm Post subject:
What an amazing read!!! Well done Davyde, you are truely talented!!!!

Heish
Canine Good Citizen

Joined: 30 Mar 2009
Posts: 450
Location: Gates, NC, USA

Posted: Sun Jan 24, 2010 3:03 pm Post subject:
Where in the world have I been ? I hated to read the last page. I have shared this 'BOOK' with so many friends who are all patiently or not waiting for the sequel. My new favorite writer...David Sedaris took a step down...and he is hard to beat. Also is better than Garrison Keillor. Since I just read pages 1,2,3,20,21,and 22 of this thread - any publishers in sight?

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