Oooooooh your Golden God is not feeling well.
Your Golden God is SICK, Minions. I'm not used to being sick. I NEVER get sick. And yet, here I am, sick and feeling miserable...
So why am I posting, you ask? Am I looking for sympathy? Pffft. I need NOT your sympathy. Sympathy is for the WEAK. I post, not to share my woes, but to share my joys.
Book 6 is finished.
I have emailed it to my editor and agent, and it is currently printing out for Laura, and I now have a few days to recover from my illness before I read back over it and spot where it can be improved. At the moment, it's a long one, about 10,000 words longer than Mortal Coil. Whether it'll keep that word count after the rewrite, I don't know.
But it's done.
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12:38pm
7:38pm over here
lol sooo bored! im reading percy jackson at the moment its such a good book!!
yup. I had to read some IB english books for next year. Soo disturbing, some of them.
hello?
I've got exams coming up. Easter isnt gonna be a holiday.
ohno you're right i've got science exams in a month and a half... i'll propbably be revising for them all through my holidays!! =S
Crossed fingers for 10 A stars
lol hope you do good in your exams!!! when are they??
In early may
same here! but the teachers are acting as if it's next week!!! =S
I have to go... see you around.
byeeee!!!!!!!
im bkk my school finished early without me knowing :P
ok so here i am pouring out my cereal and guess wat comes out ?
spegetti!
hello everyone!!!!
heyy ayesha
hii isabella!!!
omg where did my pic go?? can you see it??
nope i cant
sorry comp froze!!
lol im getting ready for the show we r doing in school
i gtg now byee be back laters!!!!!!! byeeeeeeeee!!!
bye ;P
Get better Derek
YAY BOOK 6 IS FINISH!
YAY
2ND
BTW
YAY
BOOK IS FINISHED
hot chocolate and soup is the best way to go
just
you know
not together...:O
AHHH! I can't beleive it's finished! I'm actually grinning like an idiot right now!
Lucky Laura, getting to read it now! So when Laura reads it, does she give you contructive criticism and stuff? Just wondering.
Uh, oh :( not well? I know what that is like, I'm ALWAYS ill! Chicken soup while curled up on the sofa watching telly? Always makes you feel a little happier :)
But, seriously, get well soon :)
~Laura~
Hi.
*hugs Kallista back*
I'm fine thanks. I was just about to print my french homework then it turns out the printer had no black ink! So I had to go to town and buy some black ink then now we don't know how to fit it! So my dad has to come home early for my damn printer :P
How're you feeling?
anyone on?
*sigh*
am so bored at this age...
Hi Rachel!
Just posted what I do at school when I'm bored...^^
haha hey Aquila! :)
yeah i hate school sometime, thres always sometime when i just totally HATE school and retreat into my head :) cant wait till im old enough to get a car and drive off somewhere
onyhoo how u...and whoever else may be on.
*sighs*
Noone's talking with me...
Hi Aquila and Rachel.
Ah, I got an answer!
^^
I'm just fine. No classtests this week. It's kind of unusual to have that much time... I started to actually do my homework!^^
*cocks head at Dragona*
hey dragona :)
and i hate our library- they always have odd books, like they have the first and last hunger game books. they NEVER have a full series. so now i have to wait till the weekend to find a cop o the second one
Guess I'm lucky... our city's got a pretty big library... actually it fills a whole building with three floors, and it includes not only books, but also games, CDs, DVDs, computer games...
haha somehow i always leave hw to the last minute...have been havin loads o tests so far- 4 yesterday :( tis gettin close to oor exams
I've never been in a Library. I'm not the library type of person. If you want to borrow a book you might as well buy it. That's my view.
yeah thats just oor school one. but the "city" one not much better
Good idea Dragona, buying hundreds of books each year. ^^
haha yeah i borrow until i cant find the next or if our crappy library doesnt have it
I cannot feel the right side of my face.
Also hi.
I only buy books I not only want to read but want to HAVE. ^^
"I only buy books I not only want to read but want to HAVE. ^^"
Ditto.
Hi Niall! And...
what happened to your face? Dentist?
hi niall :)
and yeah i keep buyin books and now my shelves are overflowin. everyone but moi is annoyed by it- but my books r awesome
Hi Kallista, and I'm fine.
Kallista!
*recovers from floor and returns her dive-hug*
Yup. Dentist.
I had to have two teeth out, in preparation for getting braces.
I buy hundreds of books a year :P
Nah I'm just joking. I only buy the books of my favourite series and don't waver from them.
Skulduggery Pleasant
H.I.V.E
Alex Rider
Darren Shan
Spooks
Them are the ones I keep to, the others I don't care about ^^
I buy all of those except Spooks.
And I buy extra series, too.
:O is that the spooks apprentice and that dragona?
For my braces they had to take 6 theeth.. I let them get them without anesthesia. I really hate the injections you get from dentists. But they were only baby theeth.^^
Spooks is amazing. But I have a book called "Here, there be Dragons" which is also very good. It's the Imaginaium Geographica or something. I think the whole story is amazing then the last part. The four main characters sign their names onto a book. CS Lewis, JRR Tolkien and some others. I think that is amazing. You never get to know their last names before the last page then you're just like "OMG that book is brilliant"
i buy series as well mostly. percy jackson etc, wardstone chronicles, artemis fowl, wintercraft, wee free men :)loads more i canna remember
Yes Rachel.
"For my braces they had to take 6 theeth.."
4. Two out today, and two later. I have "Moderate crowding".
I mainly buy authors... which kinda leads to buying series.^^
iv heard o that one dragona, was gonna read it but i always get distracted :)
For me it was three-three. But if you'll ever have to get rid of your wisdom theeth: let them take all at once. Believe me, you won't want to go there a second time.
*shivers from memory*
that is awesome but i aint read thelast 2 o the spook books. kinda need to though...
Also Inkheart, Mortal Instruments, Michael Grant's books, and anything by Neil Gaiman.
I love Inkheart. It has the propably most beautiful first sentence ever. :)
i aint ever had anythin major at dentists.
Lucky, Rachel.
*gives her a lot of sweets*
REG
what IS the first sentence aquila?
I'm not sure, but I think some of Funke's style may have been lost in translation. The English version seems a little stilted. It's Tintenhertz in Germany, isn't it?
(I still love it.)
Erm... if I translate it it'll be propably lost in translation...
Niall, what's the first sentence in the English version?
Inkheart. Is that the one with the Dragon? Or is that Dragonheart?
I like the film Dragonheart, it's really sad at the end when the Dragon sacrifices his heart to save the Knight.
And if you want the best first sentence of a book, read Light. Actually don't even bother, it's a discusting first sentence :P
ah yeah i forgot funke's german :)
and ta for the sweets >:) hehe
It is Tintenherz. And in German, her way to write is just beautiful. :)
Brb, going to check.
Es fiel regen in jener Nacht, ein feiner, wispernder Regen.
*gets dictionary*
Erm...
Rain fell in this night, a fine, wispering rain.
I think.
reading a foreighn language gets confusin sometimes. i always just translate it to english in my head- do u do that for german?
soz, i aint gd at explainin- my mind is confusin
OK.
"Rain fell that night, a fine, whispering rain. Many years later, Meggie had only to close her eyes and she could still here it, like tiny fingers tapping on the windowpane"
The first bit. The English version IS excellent, but occasionally you'll go, "Wait, what?" because of the translation.
Nope, I just start thinking in English instead of German... it was quite a surprise for me when I happened to do this the first time.^^
Ha, I got the translation right!
*smiles*
we had to write MORE poetry in english today. weve written like 10 and i only like 2 o mine :( i aint that gd at it
We only had to write poetry once... in year 5 or 6. ^^
*Plods along into blogland* T'sup' ? OMG i love Michael Grants books, Gone. Plague recently came out. I saw a guy in my school i dont even know holding it and i ran up to him and was all hysterical and screaming "OMGOMG, WERED U GET THAT BOOK, I LOVE THAT SERIES I CANT BELEIVE ITA OUT I REALLY WANNA READ IT OMG!! WERED U GET IT!!!" He looked kind of scared and was just "Easons" And walked away looking dazed and confused and slightly scared. I do that to some people >:D
haha cool, i guess thats what comes with becoming fluent
I wish I could write poetry in English class...
We have to do revision of "Of Mice and Men". It's really boring for me, because I already know 99% of the stuff.
#humblebrag
Hi Cresent!^^
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Cresent, I know! I saw Plague in Eason's today, and I almost died because I couldn't afford it. DX
You know what we'll have to do in German? Analyze love poetry. Again. *hits head against wall*
And in English we'll have to read a whole book filled with short stories... and propably analyze them, too.
*hits head against wall again*
Grr. Almost had it.
:O omg Niall- we just finished Of Mice and Men stuff. Literally. we just got this new american teacher over for a while doin poetry
Oh ye, and if you saw the song on my blog then i want u to kno i didnt write it its not original, only the lasts lines i made up. I saw it on a tv show, and cant stop singing it, but keep changing the lasts lines. >:D
*continues hitting her head against the wall in desperation*
metrics, rhymes, rhyme-system, lyrical I, ...
":O omg Niall- we just finished Of Mice and Men stuff."
I finished it the day we were given our copies, and had analyzed it without thinking. I spent the next month or so effectively revising. Not fun.
I have to go for maybe 10-20 mins. I'll be back soon.
"*continues hitting her head against the wall in desperation*
metrics, rhymes, rhyme-system, lyrical I, ... "
Iambic Pentameter?
Bye Dragona.
*throws pillow at Niall*
ugh, i feel the same aquila. at least were writin it not readin it. i dont get why we have to analyse it at all. what good's that gonna do, why do we need to know what it means. i aint evern gonna use poetry analysis ever
Yeah, but that's the third year in row we'll have to do it... and it's always love poetry!
*sighs*
Yay! A pillow!
*Goes to sleep.*
Every cloud has a silver lining...
haha we got to watch thefilm as well.
i heardo lambic pentameter, cant quite remember wat t is though
There are so many really beautiful poems out there... and we always have to do love poetry!
It's all the same, analyzing it is like repeating yourself...
*mumbles*
Omg, Niall, on the website for gone i was reading the blurb and i think sam and astrib may kill little pete!!! And theres a sickness! and u kno the way stuff is mutating? Well so are sicknesses. And omg, i cant express how much i hate Zil sperry and his STUPID ARSE human crew!! And im really scared the gaiaphage will return, and sooo curious about if what they saw when the FYZ wall dissappeared for a minute was real. Im really sad Orsay died. So young, and a good charater. Im so curios. Im defintly getting it on da weekend soon as possible!!!
"i think sam and astrib may kill little pete!!!"
Wouldn't that destroy the FAYZ?
*Confused*
And im REALLY excited GG about the book!! i just cant wait!!! and poor you being sick. Hopefully youll be better soon. I hope your pets are doing a good job taking care of you!
Get well, Golden God :D
I'm in a great mood! Now is a good time to catch me! Probably won't happen again till next year! Lucky people who are on now. You will not be with a moany MaryEllen :)
brb.
Kallista forgot about me. Good mood decreasing gradually....
Thats the point Neill. Dont they want to get out of the Fayz? So killin LP means there free. Eitheir that or dead. i may have to leave unexpectantly just warning you
Hi MaryEllen... and Kallista was propably still typing when you first commented.
*dances round the room humming "hapy birthday" for tomorrow*
Hey, did anyone read my first fanfic thingy? i would like your opinions plz! :D
Derek! What is wrong? Sounds like someone needs a hug...
*looks around*
Is Tristessa or Kallista around?
Easily...my own family forget me sometimes....so far I've only recieved one BIRTHDAY card for TOMORROW.
Hi Lunar!
Why, yes, that is a possibility, Kallista.
Hey Lunar!
haha tis fair hinted at. happy b-day 4 tomorrow if i dinnae cya then :)
Hi, Lunar :)
*humms a little birthday song*
Happy birthday for tomorrow Mary Ellen!
… Now… Back to ninja mode...
I will be 12.....Why was a born so, um, later then everyone else on here?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ej1ylPIk44o
haha watch this 4 awesome b-day song. tis THE best :)
Dunno... but you were about seven years later than me.^^
Just because...
Got to go....Have to do project on 1916 in Ireland....
haha were just the old ones who dont want to mature :)
David Tennant's birthday is the same day Albert Einstein died…
oh. Buh-bye.
Bye!
"David Tennant's birthday is the same day Albert Einstein died…"
Matt Smith wrote fanfiction with the Doctor and Einstein.
BOOM! RELEVANCE!
*Sits back, pleased with self.*
Bye Mary Ellen!
… Hey, I'm doing 1916 at school!
Our history lesson's currently in 1932...
…?
*acts like she completely understands what Niall just said*
Kallista! My form tutor (and one of my fav teachers) is leaving. :/
Lunar-
When he was trying to get into character for playing the Doctor, Matt Smith wrote a fanfic involving Einstein. This is relevant, as you posted a post with Tennant and Einstein in the same sentence.
I apologise.
Kallista, I left a comment where we were talking.
I'll be back soon, just have to move a wardrobe.
Apology denied. Mainly because there is nothing to apologise for.
*counts on fingers*
13 DAYS!!!
w00t! 13 Days!
Ok Kallista.
Dragona... Are you moving NARNIA? O.o
Brb
*grins*
In case you are moving Narnia: be sure you won't get lost in the wardrobe!^^
"Matt Smith wrote fanfiction with the Doctor and Einstein."
NEED MORE INFO PLEASE.
I really should not be here. Hi, y'all!
If you are moving Narnia, don't let the Wardrobe fall. You'll kill Mr Tumnus!
13 days till wat?
Hi Ann Marie!
*rescues Mr Tumnus*
I have a faun!
hi ann marie :) dont know if weve met :)
technically didnt mr tumnus die of old age if time goes so quick there?
Would it scare you guys if I told you that I have been etching you for 40minutes now
Back!
Thirteen days till:
David Tennant's birthday
Albert Einstein's deathday
And the soul stealer will rise.
But don't ask about the last one
Hi Rachel! Pleased to meet you! *shakes your hand*
… Etching…?
*watching
Sorry my iPod thinks it's clever
Hi Nicolette!
And, since I have no idea what etching is, no.
Ahhhhh.... No.
*shakes ann marie's hand back* aye, same to u too :D
Ah, watching. Still no!^^
Hehehehe you could say I have been stalking you but that would be putting it bluntly
Omygoodness!!!! I need to collect all the monkeys!! Brb
亡
Not stalking, just lurking.
hiii everyone!!!
Now I'm going to watch a bit more whilst playing the dragon age 2 demo for the a millionth time, however this is only the 3rd time as a Mage! I have played the rogue to death
Stupid eBay, just wait until next Wednesday I will have sold my old games and bought a new one! Very... Renewable of me :)
Hey Ayesha.
i hardly ever play games. my bro does- u cant get im off the the things
Lurking is the word I was looking for! My brains a bit out of commission ;P
I'm not addicted... Its more of an ... *thinks of a nice way to put it*
Occasional hobbie
haha. only thing i play occasionally now adays is the wii sports :) mainly boxin- i canna do the baseball at all
*uses magic yorkshire pudding to heal Kallista*
A stupidly large amount of my time goes into RPGs. I have 300 hours on Pokémon HeartGold, and 50hrs on White.
Also 100hrs on FFXII.
lol kallista!!!
Kallista, please have a look where we were talking.
Brb again.
Got distracted reading about Matt Smith.
Ok, I'm not much of a gamer. What's Dragon Age?
Boxing? Pfft don't need the wii for that, I practise with my mum... Be have gloves and pads to put on your hands and you punch and kick in specific ways... Poor mum I don't exactly hold back on her *laughs nervously about the time she accidentally missed the bad and gave her mum an uppercut*
I have a lot of time on pokemon, too... but mainly because I always take it with me for long drives to relatives.^^
RPG's are the best! Mass effect 1/2 dragon age 1/2 and jade emperor for the win!
haha me bro's on pokemon the noo. the eejit's transfixed. he live Lives on his nintendo
"I have a lot of time on pokemon, too... but mainly because I always take it with me for long drives to relatives.^^"
Could I have your friend code?
Pretty please?
*we *pads *tries to find the self destruct button for her iPod*
*broods when she can't*
Oh yes an hour doing af7 from a text book has really widened my range of vocabulary... Now if only I'd look where my fingers are typing so I can spell them correctly *sighs*
*cocks head*
Erm... sure... but first I'll have my brothers to explain to me what a friend code is...
^^
I'm not really good with computers.^^
:O thats bad nicolette. my mums a bit...fragile and crabbit i cannae really do boxin wi anyone. but can do it when need be.
Aquila- It's cool. Nevermind.
What's your play time? Roughly.
Back.
*glances sideways at her xbox360 and laughs nervously*
I could survive without it *continues laughing awkwardly as she shuffles it behind her legs*
@Niall
From what I understand of the things my brother was telling me:
My nintendo isn't able to talk to our w-lan, because they use different languages, and that's why I don't have wifi and therefore no friend code.
Did that make any sense for you?
It's Okaii my mums far from fragile, in fact as soon as I saw a little blood and tab screaming for my life out the front door, looking back at it now it seems pretty funny
I genuinely could not survive without my Pogiemahns....
Erm... on all games together? About 700 hrs I guess...
haha yeah my mum can seem threatening, but then i remember she cant really lift her foot high enough for a decent kick
Erm... Dragona... would you mind explaining to me what exactly I did to make you angry? Because I didn't get it.
You sriously don't want to know what my game time is, if I told you you would honestly think I have no life :)
I'll put it on your blog Aquila ^^
"My nintendo isn't able to talk to our w-lan, because they use different languages, and that's why I don't have wifi and therefore no friend code. "
That made sense. I actually don't have Wi-Fi at my house either, but I like using other peoples'... ^_^;
I'd say I'd be about the same if you factored in my Ruby and Diamond times...
My mums small so I have to bend my knees XD
*seriously
My game time for Black Ops is a week, 7 hours and 33 minutes. Yes I'm awesome...
haha :)
right g2g feed the outside animals, in the dark, in my pj's and dressin gown...and i think its rainin
"My game time for Black Ops is a week, 7 hours and 33 minutes. Yes I'm awesome..."
If you combine me and Aquila's times, it amounts to 58 point 3 recurring days.
Only on for five. I have loads of HW and I just got in from athletics. I haven't been home at all since this morning.
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