Ahem.
Just a brief note to update you on how the work is progressing. So far, every book has been longer than the one before. The first book was about 75,000 words, and Mortal Coil was over 100,000. With Book 6, I'm planning on continuing that trend, but I don't know by how much.
I've been working away at the first section of the story, the first quarter of the book, dipping in an out of scenes and chapters... Even though, officially, I started this book on November 6th, a lot of things have been taking up my time, so I've really only been able to seriously write in the past week. And in the past week I've written almost 20,000 words. That's roughly a fifth of the book, and I've done it in six days.
I am on a ROLL.
Praise be to me!
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- Derek Landy writes the Skulduggery Pleasant series because getting a proper job is so overrated.
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Hi Kallista :)
Hi Lizzy :)
Oooohhh... I see...
*jots that down on imaginary post-it note*
which twilight movie?
The Twilight movies sucked...
Alania Deride is a very mean person. I hate her...so...much...
Rosella
Rebella
that is gonna get annoying. My Immortal by Evanescence has so many parts in the books
Hi Mary.
What...?
...I love that song by the way...
Konbanwa.
I have prettuy much given up commenting,since there are so many others. oh well, who wants christmas cupcakes? *eats christmas cupcake and turns in a purple elf with christmas lights*
MERRRY CHRISTMAS!!!! *blows up christmas bomb which covers world in christmas ligghts*
Dear Skulduggery.
I can't wait for the next book.
I haven't even seen Eclipse yet. Only the first two movies. I hated them both.
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6521354/1/My_Girl
This is a sad, yet great Bleach fanfiction.
And this...
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6401057/1/#
...Is an amazing, sad, funny, awesome, almost as epica as Kubo-sama's, fanfic.
I read the books before the movies...Meh say I to them...
But I did kind of enjoy Stephanie Meyer's "The Host". 'Twas kind of interesting.
Ooh! I FINALLY got to finish watching A Knight's Tale yesterday! AWESOME MOVIE!!!!!!
I think...I'll go and write now. Derek-sama, how do you write without overly criticising yourself...And how do you write without looking back? Any ideas, or advice would be much apprieciated!
I think his does put me to shame...Dearest me...I always blot out my stars don't I? I'll paint them into the darkness but refuse the sight. And so, I paint over them. Again, and again. Soon enough, the sun comes up, and I must wait once more before I can change the night...I just wish...that the moon would guide me, and then that way. I'd find the thread to link night and day...
Damnation! I'm rambling again...
Check out my new blog on Writer's Block!
Such a wonderful movie be that Alice in Wonderland. That one fanfic referenced to AIW in general...
Quoting it:
"There was a war..." Ichigo answered, his voice suddenly sounding downhearted, "Everyone died, and then I ... I guess, I just fell through the looking glass."
I read it but I don't usually get writers block. I have a severe case of self-deprieciation.
Dun Dun...Dance like you mean it!
Dun Dun...I said dance like MEAN IT!
Chicka chicka boom boom!
Chicka Chicka VROOM VROOM!
...Don't ask.
I don't but hey...YAY JOHNNY DEPP! He's awesome.
If there is ever to be Skulduggery movie, I think that it should be completely CG. BECAUSE cartoony would be odd, and real life leaves room for disappointment. And I do think that Johnny Depp should voice act for Skulduggery.
You know, I never imagine Skulduggery and Val talking with Irish accents. I always think of them talking like some of us Canadians and some Americans...
hi. anyone on?
Want to read my fanfiction? It's called Brother of mine by Raven Quill dipped in ink
I have to write...At some point...
We Three (My Echo, My Shadow, and Me)
The Ink Spots
Words and Music by Dick Robertson and Sammy Mysels
-From "the Ink Spots Greatest Hits": MCA Records
-MCAD 31347
-peak Billboard position #1 for 3 weeks in 1940-41
We three, we're all alone
Living in a mem-o-ry
My echo, my shadow, and me
We three, we're not a crowd
We're not even company
My echo, my shadow, and me
What good is the moonlight
The silvery moonlight that shines above?
I walk with my shadow
I talk with my echo
But where is the one I love?
We three, we'll wait for you
Even till eter-ni-ty
My echo, my shadow, and me
SPOKEN: "We three we're all alone. Seems like we're livin' in a memory. That's my
echo my shadow and me. We three we ain't no crowd. Fact is we ain't even
company. That's my echo my shadow and me. You know I been wonderin'-what good is the
moonlight that silvery moonlight that shines way, way up above? Yeah, I walk with my
shadow, I talk with my echo, but where is that gal that I love?"
We three, we'll wait for you
Even till eter-ni-ty
My echo, my shadow, and me
My blog it about writer's block. Wanna check it out?
Checked it...
Night...
@ Rosella Embers PLEASE STOP DOING THAT! It's people like you who do so many comments that takes up the comment thing. it's like this. If we reach the limit, every one of your comments that was un-needed is one more person that can't have their say.
On to my acutal comment now.
I reckon you should add, like, one word extra. In my mind it would be funny. Or MAYBE you could cut of the story mid-word like:
"Blah blah blah, blah blah blah blah" a dark figure grew near, raised its weaponbehind whatshisface's back. Whatshisface didn't notice and keept talking. "blay blah blah blah bla-"
To be continued...
It would be a total Dun dun daaaaaa! moment! and it would put your word count at 1275207350 & 1/2 words! wouldn't that be coolio?
~Ambiguity
That'd actually be pretty damn awesome Ambiguity.
Derek, I say you run with it!
It could be:
Valkyrie stood shakily. Lord Vile towered over her. A smirk played on his lips.
"You know Valkyrie, I've always liked dead things. And,I think you would look much prettier if you just closed your eyes."
"Never. I'll...I'll..."
"You'll what? Try and talk your way out of it? Because, that's all you've really got at the moment."
Valkyrie applied even more pressure to the gaping wound on her side. She tried...oh how she tried...But the blood flowed to freely, it continued without an end in sight. And much to her dismay, her eyes betrayed her. Showed the fear she possessed. This small detail made Vile silently laugh.
Skulduggery, who was lying ten feet away, struggled to get up. He was afraid of what could happen though it was not something he would even fancy telling anyone. But he couldn't move.
And Valkyrie stood there helplessly. She too was rendered immobile. Black mist spread over her body. Pain flooded through every nerve, every fibre. Her eyes bulged and she screamed. The last thing she heard was...
"Ste..."
...I missed Kallista...Phooey!
And what I put down, that little story was completely random. And the humour sucks...
'Twas a bit of a fail but hey...If you don't try then...Well I never try so...
That'd actually be pretty damn awesome Ambiguity.
Derek, I say you run with it!
It could be:
Valkyrie stood shakily. Lord Vile towered over her. A smirk played on his lips.
"You know Valkyrie, I've always liked dead things. And,I think you would look much prettier if you just closed your eyes."
"Never. I'll...I'll..."
"You'll what? Try and talk your way out of it? Because, that's all you've really got at the moment."
Valkyrie applied even more pressure to the gaping wound on her side. She tried...oh how she tried...But the blood flowed to freely, it continued without an end in sight. And much to her dismay, her eyes betrayed her. Showed the fear she possessed. This small detail made Vile silently laugh.
Skulduggery, who was lying ten feet away, struggled to get up. He was afraid of what could happen though it was not something he would even fancy telling anyone. But he couldn't move.
And Valkyrie stood there helplessly. She too was rendered immobile. Black mist spread over her body. Pain flooded through every nerve, every fibre. Her eyes bulged and she screamed. The last thing she heard was...
"Ste..."
***
What say you Derek?
Anan das grecan rasdyit sen das uchtein.
What does that mean? Asketh ye.
I say...
...that it...
...means...
...well...
...nothing...
...or at least...
...I think it means nothing...
For all I know, I could have just dissed...
...well...anyone...
Derek's afraid of unicorns. He was chased by one when he was a kid. Horrible memories be those for poor Derek...
What if Derek doesn't exist? Maybe, he, this blog, and everyone on it, are just one large figment of my imagination?
Dear lord...I've been living a lie...
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Wherefore art thou Derek?
I pray thee...Speak your verse!
DEREK!!!
Valkyrie stood shakily. Lord Vile towered over her. A smirk played on his lips.
"You know Valkyrie, I've always liked dead things. And,I think you would look much prettier if you just closed your eyes."
"Never. I'll...I'll..."
"You'll what? Try and talk your way out of it? Because, that's all you've really got at the moment."
Valkyrie applied even more pressure to the gaping wound on her side. She tried...oh how she tried...But the blood flowed to freely, it continued without an end in sight. And much to her dismay, her eyes betrayed her. Showed the fear she possessed. This small detail made Vile silently laugh.
Skulduggery, who was lying ten feet away, struggled to get up. He was afraid of what could happen though it was not something he would even fancy telling anyone. But he couldn't move.
And Valkyrie stood there helplessly. She too was rendered immobile. Black mist spread over her body. Pain flooded through every nerve, every fibre. Her eyes bulged and she screamed. The last thing she heard was...
"Ste..."
***
What say you Derek?
*scared by the minions*
ANYHOO, the longer skulduggery pleasant is the better in my opinion :) er, the book not the character...otherwise that would be sort of strange...
I come bearing exciting news... I have this bloggy thingy that I post my short stories, entitled The AWESOME Adventures of Kirsty & Co. on (and if I say so myself, they're pretty darn brilliant, recommend you check. them. out. ;)) anywayyyy I wrote a Skulduggery Pleasant Edition. Sort of like a fan-fiction thing in a way. Except...well awesomer and adventurier. Here's the link.
http://theawesomeadventuresofkirstyco.blogspot.com/2010/12/awesome-adventures-of-kirsty-co.html
Check it out ;D
Sorry that I'm pestering you Derek. But I'm bored. And I'll do that sometimes...
I always bug men. (Women scare me! I mean, I myself am female, but women are so...mood swingy and can't take a joke...Scary, scary...)
But I most of the time bug my dad, then my brother. Bugging my teachers is always fun...and bugging my one friend and sometimes others is also fun...and then I get bored...
Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live as one wishes to live. ~Oscar Wilde, The Soul of Man Under Socialism
Character is much easier kept than recovered. ~Thomas Paine
good on you, Derek! I'd mail you a Christmas present, but I suppose if you gave your address away you'd be BOMBARDED...
Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many. Do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in your religious books. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders. Do not believe in traditions because they have been handed down for many generations. But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all, then accept it and live up to it. ~Buddha
The measure of a man's real character is what he would do if he knew he never would be found out. ~Thomas Babington Macaulay
Hi all...
Quality means doing it right when no one is looking. ~Henry Ford
Mary, what are them?
Gobeldy gook :P
400
MINE
Awesome :P
I'll be on most of the day today, I might be gone for a few hours sometime so...
Is anyone on except for myself?
Ah... no
*hums to self*
Da da da da da!
I am always a loner at this time in a morning :(
Why do people stay in bed for gods sake? I know it's sunday but I get up early because I'm awesome... hopefully...
I might engage myself in conversation... or write some fanfic...
Fanfic it is...
Hmm... I need ideas for my fanfic... I'm kinda loosing my sense of story...
Hmm... what to type?
Hmm...
Oh sorry...I wandered again...And I haven't gone to sleep again.
Hmm...
Hi Mary!
Oops...*Sweat drops* I mean I haven't gone to sleep yet...
S'up?
I need ideas for my Alex Rider fanfic...
To thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man. ~William Shakespeare, Hamlet
Like what kind of ideas?(I haven't read the books. They are books right?)
It's about like spies and stuff... I need ideas...
...Oh dear...Hmm...
Yes... last time Darkane blew up Hoover Dam, there's an evil Russian guy called Blair who has too henchmen, B.P Brambo and Sarthacus (who turned evil the time before last)
And I need ideas...
What if a man by the name of...Quinton Dreyspell hires a spy to...um...spy on this society of alchemist praticers whom he believe holds the key to eternal life, but also a way to control all life/time/etc? Yep, that could work...
Um... that's a bit too magical... read the newest part of my fanfic and you'll see what I mean...
http://dragonapine.blogspot.com/
And the society could be called...P.S.O.T.A.C. Which stands for Philosopher's Stone of the Alchemist's Credo...Or something...
When P.S.O.T.A.C. is pronounced the P can be silent...
I'm a thinker...
Still... a bit too magical...
I'm level 13 on GoldenEye :D
Alchemy isn't magical, it's science. The chinese belief of the Philospher's Stone was eternal life. And the Western belief of the PS was finding a way to turn base metal into gold...I think. And some people believed this. Doesn't mean any of it is true...
I know... but my fanfic is kinda realistic... there's no mention of immortal things or anything like that... it's got guns, explosions and things like that...
Hmm... I'll ask people later for ideas...
i have a fanfic its a comedy its called 10 things skulduggery pleasant is not aloud to do check it out and tell me wat you think :) my username is cleverlittlethings7 :)
hello! anyone on?
dragona?
hello?
HeLlO?
*annoying-ness factor 12*
DrAgOnA!
*clears throat loudly*
I never liked Golden Eye...
hi mary!
hello?
hello?!
ahem!?
...>:L
*annoyance creeps into face*
k.
if no one is answering i'll go...
Hi Rosella... I just had my breakfast...
oh.... sorry.
u had brekky?
just had dinner
I am here...
Yep, toastie waffles!
I like GoldenEye... it's AWESOME... I'm level 13, Sigmus 9 level 6...
hi dragona!
Hello Rosella...
ummm.....
dont have golden eye......
*prepares for screaming and the throwing of random objects.*
but.....
but.......
ummm.......
Do you have a Wii Rosella? Because if you do, you NEED to get GoldenEye... it's like the best game you can get on it...
I am the Russian Ninja Assassin guy... I always seem to be Russia for some reason, I'm a ninja because I can kill people without them seeing me and I'm an Assassin because I'm good with a sniper :P
yep. got wii 4 tenth birthday,
is it fun?
*to self*
what am i saying?!
im asking this to dragona, the guy who talks non-stop about this game!
...Hi! It's 4:40am where I am...
Last time I played Fallout 3, my character was level 25-26 or something...
i'll ask 4 it 4 chrissy
hi mary!
thats pretty late.
rnt u tired?
I've got nothing better to talk about so... yes, it is fun... you have 4 player splitscreen and 8 player online, there's loads of game modes you can play, and when you level up you get gadgets to help you with your weapons (like bonuses), new weapons, and attachments (sights, silencers etc)
its 8:42 in Aus,
and i still need to find misty...
i swear that cat is way too adventurous
pm i mean
Oh, cool Rosella! If you get it can you tell me your friend code!? Because then I can play with you and I will shoot you with my awesome Sigmus 9!
ahem...
need to go in 5 mins..
so im just saying
Ok Rosella...
stupid brother
Lol Rosella...
tells me that i spend too much time on the computer whe HE spent 14 hours yeaterday on facebook.
I spent nearly 12 hours on here yesterday... because my life is boring and I've got nothing better to do... that and I WANT to come on and talk to the guys on here...
Is anyone on?
AAAAHHH I'm a loner!
sorry.
internet failure
ur not a loner.....
*coughs*
umm....
Lol internet failure...
:P
yep. had to restart computer
Ok...
dragona?
oh....
good.
Lol...
I'm glad I made the overflow blog lol...
Hi again!
No, I'm not tired. I've trained myself not to over the years.
Lol Rosella... it must hurt :P
Hi Mary...
Lol I got 500 :D
My father has the highest pain tolerance of anyone I know...
k bye!
I won't be on in the morning I don't think... I need to go to school, unless it snows for something... bye Rosella...
...Um...Oh right! Today's Sunday...
Yes... today is sunday Mary... well done!
...Shut up...I'm horribly confused...
Lol...
Hmm...
Brb./
Damn.
My current fan-fic is only something like 14,000 words. And ive been writing it sporadically for over a month.
Hmm. Improve my writing skills, i must strive to do.
Plus, Derek. I am not quite sure if you answered my last comment to you about you visiting Darkane's blog less than 40 comments after saying you wouldn't visit mine. D:
If you did, be reminded that by the time i next checked the comment i wrote, there was 5000 comments.
They should have a sort of timeline app for blogger, where you choose what section of comments that you want you want and so on. Instead of the whole 'newer, newest' and 'older, oldest' thing.
Hellboy
Arpeggio!
DEREK! Where are you?!
...Hi Hellboy, long time no see!...
Back...
AH! Something's in my eye. Damn...long...eyelashes...
Hi Hellboy... there's a new-sih fanfic on my blog...
*Starts laughing crazily*
Well I g2g now... I'll be back later...
*hugs Flo*
*fades*
I think I'm going to keep the first chapter of my one story now...Although I am unsure...
You have issues. But, I believe that I too shall take my leave. I ain't hugging anyone except either Vincent or Hatter...
Mary asked: how do you write without overly criticising yourself...And how do you write without looking back?
There's no trick to this, you just have to decide to stop doing it..! Keep going, keep going forward. When you're finished, you'll realise that the later work is better than the earlier work, because you'll have eased into writing by then, and it won't be as stilted or awkward, and you'll have a better understanding of the world and the characters. So THAT is when you go back and rewrite the early stuff.
Keep finding new things you want to write about. Come up with a great battle or an argument or whatever, something you KNOW you'll enjoy, and focus on that. Maybe then you can stop worrying so much about the other things you wrote.
Hellboy, apparently your fanfiction is pretty good! I'm thinking of taking ten pieces of fanfiction that readers recommend- they'd have to be relatively short pieces- and reading them over the Christmas as a special treat for myself. That includes fanfiction from all over the internet, not just people who read this accursed Blog.
I'll write a dedicated Blog post to this sometime soon, and get people to vote for what they think I should read. Something tells me your name will be on that list.
AAAAAAHHH! Master Derek!
Derek, you haven't answered my question about GoldenEye... maybe it got washed out by us insane people :D
And btw, do you read our comments, not just the questions? Do you shift through them all, laughing at how insane we are?
Ah... I think I'm a loner... and I'm going in a few mins anyway...
I think that GoldenEye is awesome... if no one hasn't noticed already :P
hi derek
i don't know if you read the overflow or not
so i'm going to post it again here
Golden God
My Golden God shines brighter than the sun
Nature pales when it’s compared to him
The wonder of the snow is dull and dun
When Landy sighs the world is bleak and grim.
I have seen galaxies stand still and stare
When Golden God approaches from on high
He has such talent, humour, wit and flair
That lesser mortal writers can but cry.
I love to hear him speak for well I know
That genius resounds in every word
He is the light; from him all dreams do grow
To never her his name is just unheard.
When Landy laughs his smile can light up skies
And when he weeps then all creation cries.
Octa!
eek i just missed him
hi dragona
Just by a little bit :P
is derek still on?
I missed him by about 20 minutes!!!
and i missed hellboy as well
Yup... but you didn't miss me, although I need to go soon...
I'm sure some people will be on soon...
your leaving too?
I want to read Kallista's fanfic... I hope she finishes it soon... when I write fanfic I finish it within the day...
Yeh... just for a few hours Octa...
Not YET... just soon-ish...
oh ok
been reading nicolettes new fan fic
Ah... I'll read it now :P
@ Mary Haishi. Wow. that's good. wouldn't it be just one helluva cliffie? you should write fanfiction or something.
if each sp book is longer than the next then how long will book 9 be?
*shudders with pleasure*
Lol a giant of a book... that'll take 20 men to carry :P
hi ambiguity
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