While I'm not one hundred percent back to normal, I'm certainly getting there. The medication I've been given seems to have scattered my mind a little bit, making it hard to focus- but there are only a few pills left, and once they're gone, my great and glorious mind shall return...
In the meantime, I just want to let you know that at some stage over the next few days, I'll be posting the REAL cover to Skulduggery 6 here on this Blog, and not Tom's sketch that has been doing the rounds on the interweb. Along with that, you'll also be getting the official title, which may or may not be what you're expecting.
At the moment, Tom is finishing up the cover and it's looking- no surprise here- absolutely amazing. You better have a bucket handy, because when the cover is revealed your heads are going to explode and your brains are going to need something to leak into. Which is, I'll freely admit, somewhat gross.
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How are you? I need to sleep soon, have to get up early yet again. *tired of this week*
But first I may make a Derek-question-comment.
Ummmmmmmm.........
r u stil on
i dont wanna be alone
Writing! And drinking my tea. Sorry, didn't mean to neglect you. *hugs Scarlet*
I never answered your cheerleading question! Only if you can find a cheerleader outfit to fit me. :-D
Oh
*looks for cheerleading outfit*
its my brother's Birthdat 2day
:D
he turned 2yrs
may i also hav a cup of tea Ann
:P
*looks over Ann's shoulder*
so wat r u writting
Aw, happy birthday to him! 2 is so much fun! 3, on the other hand.... j/k.
*pours you a cuppa*
Post to Derek, that he likely won't respond to, but was fun to write, anyway. Almost done.
ok thats a long post if its takin u that long to do it
Good morning Mr. Landy! How are you feeling today?
Since you've answered lots of questions this blog, I thought it would be a good time to ask a few that are important to me. But first, responses to responses you've already made. For my amusement more than yours, really.
"1. Do you have a favourite character, and if so, who is it?
Val!"
Ha. Knew that.
"17. Will you write a prequel series?
No. I thought about it, but couldn’t find the enthusiasm."
Cause Val wouldn't be in it. :-D
"12. Have you decided who to dedicate the remaining 4 books to? How about us minions? "
This is a fantastic idea! (Quick, someone grab Derek's hat! We can threaten to stand on it if he doesn't dedicate a book to us...)
"2.)And if they do is there a chance you are going to do a book tour in the U.S.?
I'd love to, but we'd have to wait for book sales to rise considerably...!"
You do, of course, realize that in order for US book sales to rise, you must have books for sale... in the US?
"60. Where would you like to spend your holidays?
Disneyworld!!!!!! (Never been.)"
I am positive you meant to say "Disneyland". You definitely have more miniony fans in California than Florida. You wouldn't deprive us of an opportunity to stalk, I mean, um, adore you in person, would you? *puppydog eyes*
"24. Will Scapegrace and Thrasher remain zombies until they decompose or will they ever return to life?
I haven’t decided yet...!"
I've been wondering about this. Presumably Scapegrace will continue to decompose. But, his bones won't decompose, right? So eventually he'll end up... an animated skeleton. Like somebody else we know. How does Skulduggery feel about this?
"11. How does it feel to be the Golden God of thousands of little minion-y fans?
It feels overwhelmingly right."
*snortle*
Ok, and my very own questions!:
1. Laura must have read the draft by now. What did she say about it?
2. How is the Irish Sea for swimming? Cold, warm, murky, clear, monster-infested? Are there waves? Do people surf on it?
3. 3 was deleted for being inappropriately personal.
4. How's work on the Skulduggery Pleasant Musical going? Well, I hope.
5. Valduggery! yes/no?
And in case you skimmed all that instead of reading, the most important points:
DisneyLAND
MUSICAL!
*cough*valduggery*cough*
Happy Saturday to you, Mr. Landy.
Oh, dear. That did get long. I think it's just cause I put so many blank lines in... makes it easier to read! Or maybe that's just me. *squints at screen*
Scarlet, I have to go. Have a great day! *hugs*
ann r u still there
ok
*hugs*
vals dont go i need to talk to someone
oh sorry i took so long 2 reply
just readin stuff
Ummmmmmmmmmm..........................
r u still there
sorry Amelie gtg now
my dad is home and he's gonna kill me if i'm on the comp 4 too long
yes hey buddy
Dear Mr Landy
I got a few very important question i wanna ask u
1. Can i be in your story pretty please if u do put me in one of your books then my taken name will be Scarlet Creed and for further details check my blog at:
http://skulduggerystoriesfordereklandy.blogspot.com/2011/04/my-skulduggery-story.html
2.will Valkyrie ever get a vehicle of her own?
3.is fletcher gonna die in 1 of your books?
4.will Tanith ever return?
5.will there be a happy ending in the last book(book 9)?
i hope u hav time to answer these questions and get well soon Derek.
:D XD
Anyone online?
Anyone?
Hi. I'm not here. I don't want to be.
*looks into Blogland*
So noones here?
*leaves again*
im here
*taps Aquila on the shoulder*
Hi Isabella!
*blinks*
*turns around*
*noone's there*
Huh?
........ heyy
lol ~>:L
*cocks head*
Doesn't sound too happy... ?
When I say I'm not here, I am. But I don't want to be and I shouldn't be.
y shouldnt u be here?
plz answer if i phrased that right
Because I said I wouldn't be.
ooooooooooooooooo
I obviously wasnt listening
*smiles at Dragona*
I know exactly what you're talking about: This blog becomes far too addictive.^^
i was at the farm with my mates
I was sroking a highland cow and then i suddenly started singing
BIG GIRL YOU R BEATIFUL
(the cow/bull was fat)
Not really Aquila. I'm just bored. Black Ops does get boring after a while.
yesterday*
:O
HOW CAN U SAY THAT C.O.D AND BLACK OPS R AWESOME GAMES
:O
Lol Isabella!^^
Awwww... poor bored Dragona...
^^
You could always write something... *hint,hint*
I know Isabella, but when you've played them non-stop for about 2 days in a row it does get boring.
Dragona I advise you to start playing Halo
I LOVE HALO 3
see 1 time in black ops the butt of my knife bounced off the ground and hit a helicopter and came bk down and stabbed some 1 in the chest ~>:L
I'm already writing Aquila ^^ I've nearly finished.
Isabella, I don't like Halo. It's kinda boring. I went on my friends Xbox and it was terrible. The graphics were rubbish and the gameplay had me bored after two online games. PS3s are much better by a mile (I have one :P)
yea teh graphics arent the best
*waits for Dragona's story*
:)
Isabella, once I threw a Tomahawk across the map, it bounced off a building then spun in the air and nailed someone in the head.
Once I got a 20 kill streak with a flamethrower.
Once I got 50 kills and 0 deaths in a match on Summit.
The HK21 and the Enfield are the best guns :P
Once I jumped out of a window, saw a guy in the air with 3 seconds left in the game. Owned him 3 times in the head with my dual weild Macrov pistol and killed him with 1 second left in the game so we won.
:O you AMAZING at it ima try that soon
Yeh I'm quite good. I got a 360 no-scope across the map on Cracked, I was just testing out my new sniper and didn't even know a guy was there.
I got loads of awards for it like Boom, Headshot and Longshot.
Oh well
QUESTION TIME!
Derek I have a little bit of questions/suggestions for you oh most Golden God
1.I can tell Trasher will die but how will he?
2.Are you going to include (physical not spiritual) Demons please THEY ARE AWESOME and if you do could the character be a half DEmon named Krane Farlin I have done the whole story on him so you wont have to Okay?
Given Name: Derek you can choose
Taken name :Krane Farlin(His family's murderer's name)
True name:Daruke (Da-rook)
HIS STORY/ORIGIN
A demon possessed him at the age of 10 to survive as they die without a host (it did it in his sleep)
3 years later an "infected" burst through his home sucked his family dry but as it was about to lunge at him a sudden beam of pure red energy shot out of his palm and killed the "infected" the power was the Demon's doing
He could not live with what he saw and sneaked into a cargo ship which was sailing to Ireland
China's informants knew of this and gave her the information.She then alerted Sanctuary as he does not know how to control it and he must not let it control him.
Her informants ambushed him put him in shackles and brought him to her.
She was curious about how he was not affected by her powers but she kept him calm.
He was brought to Meritorious and was offered a new life he was going to reject the offer till he heard the words"information,killer,control,Demon and death" He then took his killer's name and trained to control the Demon and learn to unleash it but when it is unleashed it cannot be controlled but only aimed.
His half-Demonic powers got him to the top of the ranks in sanctuary as a specialist in combat and information.
At the age of 16 he was the commander of the cleavers till he resigned and started on a path alike the cleavers (as a soldier).
He was only sent on the top cases and worked best alone single-handedly destroying huge operations
as he works to find information on Darquesse
Like Tesseract he researches his enemies before combat.
Likes finding info with his fists and weapons
Dislikes being crowded
His weapons are
2 short swords
2 revolvers
His clothing contains
a bullet-proof vest
hard leather boots
a silk undershirt
a specially made protective over shirt
and you can decide the pants
His demonic powers are
Ability to unleash his Demon
Ability to shoot pure Demonic beams of powerful energy
Acrobatics
Endurance of pain
A description/picture of a Demon
type in Inner Demons on google or just use my
profile demon
PLEASE USE HIM DEREK OR EVEN JUST MENTION HIM IN THE BOOK EITHER WAY I'LL BE HAPPY
PLEASE DEREK!
Hi Vlad.
Dragona
yeah PS3s are way better and u dont have to pay for going online
please mention me in the book my chosen name is
Nicole Telford
I like that name
Like my character story?
It took me 42 minutes to write
Yeh, but people with Xbox's can't admit it. PS3s might cost £100 more for a good one, but to be honest they're worth the money. Xbox's are rubbish compared to PS3s. I'd rather pay another £500 for a PS3 than get an Xbox ^^
Hi Vlad
hiii
Hey Aquila
Like my character I made?
Hi Isabella we havent met
*extends hand*
*shakes Vlad's hand*
nice to meet you Vlad
Erm... huh?
*wonders what she missed*
Is anyone reading about the character I made on the other page?
*cocks head*
That's quite a long OC descritpion, Vlad.
I'm writing.
Hey, who said men can't multitask? I'm eating, talking on here and writing at the same time :P
its an origin story not a description
I've G2G
it took ages to right the story tell me if Derek mentions or anything the next time
Ok, bye Vlad!
bye Vlad
Bye Vlad.
Appletiser is nice...
Appletiser, it's like fizzy apple juice. Only expensive. Well kinda... not really but people say it is ^^
ITS lovely aint it?
Yep, I have 4 bottles of it in the fridge :P
Erm... we just put apple juice and fizzy water together... and call it Schorle. And it's quite cheap... o0
Well there's appleade which is cheap, but Appletiser is way nicer.
Schorle. What every small child likes to drink and no parent forbids. ^^
LOL Aquila.
That's actually what it is like: A lot of parents don't want their small children to drink cola... but about noone has a problem with Schorle.^^
And if they're worried about the sugar in it, they just take more water and less apple juice. ^^
NARWHALS NARWHALS SWIMMING IN THE OCEAN
CAUSING A COMMOTION
CAUSE THEY R SOO AWESOME
LOL Aquila, Schole sounds good :P
It is. Just try it.^^
Although I heard you're not as used to fizzy water as we are...
I like fizzy water.
omg isabella! my sis wont stop singing that...its so annoying
hey everyone! :)
Hi Rachel!
Right now more people are on, I'm off. :P
eww i HATE fizzy water
I liek milk or water im not into coke and sweets and stuff but a treat once in a while is nice.
I dont hve much time to think about it i am usually playing my XBOX or playing football or gymnastics or other sports and then i hve my lunch which is fruit and then my dinner is vegetables and potatoes my breakfast is a fruit grain bar.
Hi Rachel!
You might like fizzy water, Dragona, but over here most people more or less live on it.^^
haha- was just browsing through the old blogs and saw when derek was berating the minions for having "an insane amount of comments"...only 66.
Yup. Derek didn't want us to comment... But I think he gor used to it.^^
Bye guys. I might come back later... I might not. It depends :P
Bye Dragona!
I'm not sure if I wish you to be bored or not...^^
:) haha i found this on what i think is like, the 3rd blog post ever-
And comments! Some of you even have the audacity to leave comments! Do you want to know a secret? Do you?
Every time you comment on this blog, an angel loses its wings. You have been warned.
Ah what the hell... I'll stay for a bit even though I don't want to.
we are killing angels here people!!!
and cool Dragona- thats the spirit of the minions :)
What do you mean Rachel?
@Rachel
At the time he wrote this I was seriously worried about commenting...^^
dragona- staying on the blog. hmm...actually think im starting to confuse myself.
aquila- yeah...i think he's given up on trying to get us to stop talking...
I've nearly finished my story Aquila.
Yay!^^
hey pplz i just finished watching tommorrow when the war began
Hi Amelie :)
whats up dragona what is this i here about derek not wonting us to comment on his blogs
I'm back but not for long
hi! is anyone on?!
i'll take that as a yes! :)
pretty much Lilith
Amelie, Derek USED to dislike us commenting on here when he first started out, but I think he's alright with it now.
Hi Lilith and Vlad :)
I might just change my profile.....again
no amelie that was like on the very first blogs, hes kinda given up trying to stop us now :)
and hey :)
:O that films almost oot at the cinema here...i guess cause its australian anyway itd already be out over there
i so wanna watch it.
hey lilith :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsMo8UuB8XQ
hey guys, i first heard this song when i was little and watching A Christmas Carol, but is was a cartoon one on video and not the new movie one. It was played to represent what was going through Scrooge's old sweet-heart's mind! And I love it!... this version isn't as good as the music on it but... there you go! :)
its been out for ages and is already on dvd it was in the cinemas like more then four mounths ago but hey every one*hugs*
going to listen lilith :)
And apparently were making angels' wings fall off by commenting! :O
Anyone prefer the name Krane Farlin the Demon to
Vladthedemonboy
Hi Lilith, Amelie and Vlad!
Hey Aquila
then nearly a million angles will be wingless cuz the last few blogs we have had over 5000 comments plus the overflow
Krane Farlin's nice... but I wouldn't but "the Demon".
hi aquila! :)
Then what would I put
AQUILA *strangles with hug then throws pie in face* whats up
I agree Aquila.
Vlad, either keep it as it is or change it to Krane Farlin, leave out the demon bit.
yeah...poor angels...
hey dragona have you had time to read my story yet
I DON'T WANT TO CHOOSE ANYONE ELSE'S NAMES 'CAUSE I'M LAZY! :D
*falls asleep*
Allright i'll change it it'll take some time but i'll be back...again
I've read it Amelie, it's awesome :)
*wakes up*
i'm fed up with sleeping...
ah, lilith iv heard this one before. its nice :)
*licks around own face*
Mmmmm... cake... :)
Now I'm hungry...
brb, going to eat something.^^
*shrieks*
OH GOD NO! AHHHH! NO! OH MY GOD PLEASE NO!
well i am tired and i have to get back into the sleeping patterns cuz of school and stuff so i might get off and go to bed soon so goodnight everybody happy easter i love yous (in a non weird kind of way)
i throw pie not cake
night amelie :)
and wats wrong lilith?
Bye Amelie.
i dont know but dragona you didnt comment i feel sad now :'(
OH MY GOD! IT'S-IT'S EVERYWHERE!
I have commented Amelie.
What's Lilith?
I am back and I am pimped UP!
MY FREAKIN' LITTLE BROTHER JUST SEEZED... ALL OVER THE KITCHEN TABLE! IT'S... HORRIBLE! AHHHHHH! I CAN SEE THE........ AHHHH! IT'S EVERYWHERE!
*runs away*
OH YEAH
Krane, just delete (The Half Demon) because then it will be better.
Fine 1second
cool Krane :)
and EWWWWW lilith!!
That's nasty Lilith! :P
Okay HOW ABOUT NOW
*sighs*
*peeks around door*
how can my mum be LAUGHING?!
*fanits*
That's much better Krane :)
Anyone prefer the half Demon thing
*sigh* anyone got any good song recomendations?
Anyone calls me Vlad
DIES!
Im sick of that name already
Vlad :P and I wouldn't try and kill me ^^
Reel2Reel
I like 2 move it
Your not me Dragona
And you wouldnt say that if you read my origin story with the cool moves and powers
*Karate Yell*
And you wouldn't say that if you knew me.
*wakes up*
is it clean?...
*peeks into kitchen*
EEEK! NO!
*runs with laptop upstairs*
i am now in my room!
*sighs with relief*
*sighs*
1 sec
Dinner!
OK Vlad :P
*sees all of the threatening talk between Krane/Vlad and Dragona*
*flinches away from Dragona*
...meep...
LOL Lilith :P
The glorious Krane Farlin is back
*wanders in*
Hi all
*munches on cereal*
Hi Vlad :P
Hi Thalia!
Hello Thalia
:)
right guys g2g- got to go to me grans to do the gardening...*sigh* i HATE gardening...
anyway cyas later :)
t.t.f.n
Hi Vlad, Dragona!
Bye Rachel.
Dragona
when I catch you im gonna pull out your eyes and shove em down your pants so you can watch me kick the crap outta you
OK?!
Kidding:P
Thalia its Krane
KRANE
KRANE
KRANE
OK!
Well good luck with that VLAD :P I'd like to see you try.
i kjust had to try and kill a giant cochroach in my 17 yr old sisters room but i cant find it now so if she wakes up with it in her bed i am going to die apparently
*waks out of room*
*comes back in reciting poem*
Have you ever thought, to give three cheers,
To the usefullness of ears?
Ears can often spring surpsrises,
Coming in such different sizes
Ears are crinkled,
Even folded,
Ears turn pink when you are scolded
Ears can have the oddest habbits,
Standing rather straight on rabbits
Words, according to your mother,
Go in one ear, and out the other
Precious little things ears'll earn you,
Hearing things that don't concern you
LOL Amelie.
Dragona Pine
* Gender: Male
* Astrological Sign: Scorpio
About Me
There's not much to say really, I like writing and going on the laptop, I go on my playstation 2 a bit.
Interests
* Stuff
Favourite Films
* Rush Hour Films
* Naked Guns
* Transformers 2
* The Tuxedo
* The Vampires Assistant
* Johnny English
* Bill & Teds Exellent Adventure.
Favourite Music
* I don't really have a favourite music.
Favourite Books
* Skulduggery Pleasant Series
* H.I.V.E Series
* Alex Rider Series
* The Saga Of Darren Shan series.
My Blogs
Team Members
Dragona Pine's Blog
Derek Landy's Overflow Blog.
Blogs I Follow
...
All about the weddings...
Books, Music, Stories and Life
Come To The Darkside We Have Cookies!! Black Blog
Derek Landy Blogs Under Duress
Derek Landy's Overflow Blog.
Dragona Pine's Blog
Lenka
Longshanks' Blog
My Life Sucks
Nicolette's Stories
Shewhofallsupstairs
Skul fanfic
Skul-Fan Fiction
SP Fan-Fic
Stories :D
The Charmed Ones
The FanFic stories
The Lovable Antics of a Teenage Psychopath
This Thing That Came From Boredom
?
*crumples into a chair*
*yawns*
I'm still really tired, but I have to try to wake up. If I don't, Mar will kill me in fencing...
That is me VLAD.
Have you ever thought, to give three cheers,
To the usefullness of ears?
Ears can often spring surpsrises,
Coming in such different sizes
Ears are crinkled,
Even folded,
Ears turn pink when you are scolded
Ears can have the oddest habbits,
Standing rather straight on rabbits
Words, according to your mother,
Go in one ear, and out the other
Precious little things ears'll earn you,
Hearing things that don't concern you
I hacked into Dragona's profile:P
dragona i intend on changing it it sounds too much like skulduggery and i frankly dont wont to get in any trouble with derek or the law in that case so i am going to change the plot but keep a kind of idea but it will be different you know
Kidding or am I?
No you didn't Vlad, you just copy/pasted what it said.
yeah vlad/krane (i am not being forced to say anything) you just copied and pasted OBVIOUSLY!
*rolls eyes*
OK Amelie. Just change it a bit, but not too much because the story is really really good.
i am tired but not tired but i need to get to sleep but cant you know it sucks
I noticed you like a lot I do
nice poem lilith :) did u write it?
hehe trying to stall getting in thecar, only on for a min then am off
so bye if i dissapear suddenly
*walks in half asleep*
Stupid insomnia
WHAT DO YOU GUYS THINK OF THIS POEM?!
Have you ever thought, to give three cheers,
To the usefullness of ears?
Ears can often spring surpsrises,
Coming in such different sizes
Ears are crinkled,
Even folded,
Ears turn pink when you are scolded
Ears can have the oddest habbits,
Standing rather straight on rabbits
Words, according to your mother,
Go in one ear, and out the other
Precious little things ears'll earn you,
Hearing things that don't concern you
it is my fave! :D
this is what i got told i needed to fix
Is this a poem, or a story? You shouldn't center it when you are writing it, it may cause confusion. Why are there periods missing in places? And where is the description in it all? Details please? Point is- this could use improvement. stop writing it like your just writing whatever is at the top of your head. The transition between scenes is terrible, too many things are happening at once. You could definitely do with some fillers. Have you ever heard of run-on sentences? well apparently NOT, because every single sentence you write is one. Too many run-ons can just make the section torture to read. I was tempted to quit in the first paragraph of the first part. I'm not saying that this sucks. This is a wonderful story idea, however it is way too close to the skulduggery story line that you may look into re-writing things. Dude, you have some serious work to do.
By Mar-Chu on a long story part 2 on 4/22/11
OK. I should not be at the computer right now. I may be able to give more detailed feedback later. For now, this reads like - like you have all these ideas bursting out of your head, and you have to write them all down quick as you can before they escape! That is fantastic. Catch those ideas when they come to you. I think that is the most important thing to focus on right now. But you asked for feedback, so I think you are interested in improving readability. You have the ideas and stories in your head! (I don't, btw, so I'm envious.) Sharing them with people is a different skill that takes time and practice to learn. What you need to do, after the ideas have slowed down, is go back over what you wrote down, and refine it. Correct the grammar - unless you can afford an editor to do it for you - perk of being published and famous. ;-) Even so, you want the reader to understand you clearly, and editors can change things, so it's best to have it pretty clear what you mean before you hand it over. Read it over, and instead of putting your brain, with your memories and experience and intentions behind the words - all of which help you understand what you meant - try to imagine how it reads to someone without all that in their brain. It makes sense to you, but it needs to be clarified for everyone else. As you're going though it, try to remember how you felt as each idea came to you: the emotions, images, texture, memories - if your senses were all engaged in the scene, what would they be telling you? Share that. If backstory comes to you, put that in too. You don't have to leave it there - reveal things to the reader as you wish. But get it down so you know what you're dealing with. Then go back through it again and tweak it so it flows easy. I think from your age and experience, you could do this, but I get the impression that maybe you have trouble slowing down enough to actually do it, like new ideas in your head won't stop flowing long enough for you to spend time fiddling with old ones. Personally, I think you should go with that. Ideas are important! Grab them! Grammar can always be fixed later. Man, that is a useless bunch of feedback right there. There's a reason I don't write much myself!
By Ann Marie on a long story part 2 on 4/22/11
umm... no rach, i didn't write it myself...
Hey new person *extends hand*
(Jaffa)
Lol, that's so cool Lilith
OK Amelie.
Jaffa, please change your name back. I'm giving you a second chance after you so rudely ignored me the other day.
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