Wednesday, June 8, 2011

Ow I'm Sore

Just got in from training...

Every muscle aches... I may have a black eye in the morning... I desperately want to take a shower and feel normal again...

But before that, my Minions, I have decided to let you know what's been happening in the Wonderful World of the Me. On the desk before me is my editor and agent's notes on Death Bringer, which I have been reading and thinking about and then applying these changes to the manuscript. I just got off the phone to Laura, and she assures me she'll have her notes by Friday at the latest.

Which means that this latest edit of Book 6 will be sent back to my editor on Tuesday, and then we'll go through it once more quickly, and then the long process of printing can begin. (And yes, I have not forgotten my plan to let you read a sample chapter before it's published!)

In other news...

I was in London on Monday morning, meeting with Big American Studio People about possibly making the Skulduggery movie. They were hugely interesting, and very enthusiastic, and they were putting forward their view on why they'd be the best people to make the film. It's early stages yet, and I made it absolutely clear that I won't be making a decision for another few months, but it was a wonderful first meeting. Next week I'm heading over again to meet with another set of Movie People, with the same understanding that I'm not about to sign away the movie rights until I've considered every angle.

But still, it's so much fun being back in Movie Mode.

Of course, it means a lot more work for me. I thought the second half of this year would be calm, allowing me to write something non-Skulduggery. But apparently, that's not going to happen. In fact, the rest of this year is going to be jam-packed FULL of Skulduggery stuff. It's a good thing I love my job, I swear to God...

I go now. My shower calls to me. My shower is weird.

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Blood Butterflies said...

Hi Aquila!!!!!

Blood Butterflies said...

i have a new blog aquila!

Blood Butterflies said...

i gtg cya all. my friends are like....er.....-.-

Dragona Pine said...

Hallo, guten Morgen. Ich bin heiss.

Blood Butterflies said...

hI dragona bye all XD byeeeeeee.

nights.raven said...

bye butterflies

nights.raven said...

hi dragona

Dragona Pine said...

Ich bin heiss.

Aquila Felis said...

*arches eyebrow at Dragona*
*pours cold water over him*

Aquila Felis said...

What? That should help... ^^

Valkyrie's-sidekick (Scarlet Creed) said...

HIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Aquila Felis said...

Hi Scarlet!

Dragona Pine said...

I have to go to school now... I'll be on tonight, bye.


ICH BIN HEISS!


Yeah... I'm so amazing.

Aquila Felis said...

*arches eyebrow*
*throws cold water after him*
^^

nights.raven said...

hi scarlet, bye dragona

Aquila Felis said...

I should go and work on my art-project...
Bye Raven and Scarlet!
I'll be back soon... I hope... ^^

Valkyrie's-sidekick (Scarlet Creed) said...

ok bye dragona

*waves*

Valkyrie's-sidekick (Scarlet Creed) said...

ok bye Aqulia!

hi Raven!

nights.raven said...

bye aquila

Valkyrie's-sidekick (Scarlet Creed) said...

im bored

nights.raven said...

me too

Valkyrie's-sidekick (Scarlet Creed) said...

i hav homework but i dont wanna do it

teehee!

right now im drawin ANIME

do u watch anime?

nights.raven said...

not really

Valkyrie's-sidekick (Scarlet Creed) said...

oh ok

Valkyrie's-sidekick (Scarlet Creed) said...

u still on?

nights.raven said...

yea

Valkyrie's-sidekick (Scarlet Creed) said...

Hav u wrote a fanfic or story yet?

:D

nights.raven said...

srry im quiet, im reading

nights.raven said...

not yet

Valkyrie's-sidekick (Scarlet Creed) said...

watcha reading

*looks over raven's shoulder*

nights.raven said...

lol its a new book, its got all three in the series in it, called Legends of the Dragonrealm (just finished Mortal Coil :( lol )

Isabella Midnight said...

Oh is it good? I need new books and that sounds good.

nights.raven said...

i just started it so i dont know if its good yet lol, but ill let you know :)

Isabella Midnight said...

Thanks ;-)

nights.raven said...

np

Valkyrie's-sidekick (Scarlet Creed) said...

that sounds Sooo cooolllll


well not as cool a Skulduggery!
:P

Isabella Midnight said...

Have to go I wasn't on long but the talk of books made me nosey!


BYEEEEEE

nights.raven said...

lol bye isabella

nights.raven said...

nope definitely not as cool as skulduggery

Valkyrie's-sidekick (Scarlet Creed) said...

i'm gonna listen to music 4 a while

*puts headphones on*

nights.raven said...

quiet...

Valkyrie's-sidekick (Scarlet Creed) said...

*returns to blogland in a new cool outfit,guitar,DJ set and huge speakers*

*plays guitar and sings*

Valkyrie's-sidekick (Scarlet Creed) said...

*puts headphones on*

*GOES CRAZY!!!*

nights.raven said...

lol

Valkyrie's-sidekick (Scarlet Creed) said...

*jumps around singing LOUDLY*

*Goes crazy on the guitar*

*stares at Raven*

Oh... where'd the rest of the crowd go?

nights.raven said...

no idea

Valkyrie's-sidekick (Scarlet Creed) said...

*shrugs*

*continues concert*

Valkyrie's-sidekick (Scarlet Creed) said...

gtg

nights.raven said...

ok, bye

nights.raven said...

any1 on?

nights.raven said...

any1 on?

nights.raven said...

hello? anyone on?

Octa said...

DEREK LANDY THE GOLDEN GOD ! YOUR ATTENTION PLEASE!
HELP US!
The minions of your blog are crying out to you on behalf of Lenka Sweet a.k.a Jodi Harte. You remember her I’m sure. You’ve read her awesome fan fiction over the Christmas break and if you cast your mind back to June 2010 to “oh dear god more questions!” you commented that you don’t like Lenka’s teacher much. Well that teacher has since made a comeback and has discouraged Lenka from her goals, ambitions, hopes and dreams. Since then Lenka’s life has gone downhill and she has not been on the blog much. Her writing has been criticized by this teacher and we miss our friend greatly. Lenka admires you greatly (she is a minion after all, maybe that goes without saying) and you’d make Lenka and all your minions really happy if you’d mention her in a blog post and encourage her. Hopefully this will improve her life by adding a little more happiness to a bleak and lonely one. Lenka, being so selfless and admirable doesn’t know what we’re doing and it would be a wonderful surprise for her. If you do so then all your adoring minions would praise you with words and shower you with imaginary lollipops. Or at least Skyril would. I’m sure each minion would give you multitudes of their own unique and random virtual items.

*hunts for some large purple pet elephants*

So I beg of you oh Golden God to help out a minion in need and encourage Lenka Sweet who desperately needs comfort and protection from the thoughtless action of that teacher.

Many many thanks

Minion Octaboona Ambrosius

Octa said...

Hello to anyone who is here!!

Octa said...

I can't really stay long.

Octa said...

Infact I should probably be leaving nowish.

Octa said...

Bye!!!

Aquila Felis said...

*walks in*
*mumbles*
First not enough light, then too much...
*glares at pic*

Hi Octa!

Octa said...

This page is dedicated to a good friend Lenka Sweet whose life has gone astray. Yet you will always have us to help and support you onto the path of happiness.

To Lenka!

Aquila Felis said...

Oh... he's gone and just wrote enough to put me on the first comment... erm... 0o

Octa said...

Hey Aquila!

Aquila Felis said...

*takes Octas dedication*
^^

Aquila Felis said...

Hi Octa! Are you gone or not? ^^

Octa said...

Well yes I suppose I am gone really.

5 mins maybe.

Aquila Felis said...

Work to do?
*looks at her unfinished art project*
*mumbles*

nights.raven said...

hi everyone

Octa said...

Hi night!

Aquila Felis said...

Hi Raven!
*waves*

Octa said...

Yep. Words to learn for the exam that I have in an hour and a half.

Biblical Hebrew.

nights.raven said...

*waves*

Aquila Felis said...

...sounds at least as bad as Latin...
After four years of Latin I finally had learned how to learn 30 words within an hour or two... ^^

Aquila Felis said...

*is glad she dropped Latin*
^^

Octa said...

I must go now.

Bye all!

nights.raven said...

bye octa

Aquila Felis said...

Bye Octa!

adele.m said...

uuuh... new to this soo anyway i (L) skulduggery Pleasant books i can't wait for the movie to come out

nights.raven said...

welcome to the blog, adele

Aquila Felis said...

Hi Adele.:)
*shakes hand*

Aquila Felis said...

gtg for a while.
Bye Adele and Raven!

nights.raven said...

bye aquila

nights.raven said...

hi kallista

nights.raven said...

ok bye

nights.raven said...

i g2g for a bit, ill be on later, bye

nights.raven said...

hello?

nights.raven said...

anyone on?

nights.raven said...

im gonna go to sleep, night

Mar-Chu said...

*tilts head*

I wonder if I could make mac and cheese again.

...nah. I'll just settle on something I else I can find...

Mar-Chu said...

*squeals*

ooooh! donuts!

Mar-Chu said...

*looks around with Donut stuffed in mouth*

Kallista?

Mar-Chu said...

Yup!

But it tasted slightly...stiff.

Mar-Chu said...

Thalia? What's wrong with Thalia? Is camp too hard on her?

*offers a donut to Kallista*

Donut?

Mar-Chu said...

http://mar-chusbloginblogland.blogspot.com/2011/06/origonal-title-was-curses-cant-remember.html

New Pooooost!

Mar-Chu said...

*spins around*

wheeeeeeeeeee!

*trips*

WAH!

*falls on a dog bed*

...huh.

*gets back up and spins around once more*

Die nächste Seite said...

I'm not saying you're crazy but yeah, you are crazy. If you can hear the voice of your shower you should go to a psychologist.
If you don't consider yourself crazy (every crazy person thinks he/she is not crazy) just focus on not thinking about the shower.
Better think about the movie IF there will be a movie.
PLEASE don't let it be a movie with cheap effects.
These movies are horrible.

Mar-Chu said...

...I think its...raining...

OH SNAP! I FORGOT TO TAKE TWINKIE OUTSIDE!

*grabs dog*

RUUUUUUUUUUN!

Mar-Chu said...

*walks back*

heh...

*drinks pink lemonade*

Octa said...

*walks into blog*

Octa said...

New poem on my blog

(well it's the same one I posted on Pyro's Poet blog) but still.

It's there.

Mar-Chu said...

*chuckles*

*blinks*

OCTAAAAA!

*jumps up and down*

Octa said...

*glares at the comment box*

Don't disappear on me!

*jumps up and down with Mar*

Mar-Chu said...

*leaps at Octa and tackles him to the ground in a hug*

Mar-Chu said...

*reads Kallista's comment*

*chuckles*

*laughs maniacally*

Rubescent Sunshine said...

*appears from blogland's stalker shadows*

Hello all!

Rubescent Sunshine said...

Octa I read your poem. It was really good!
... and Kallista I read your bride poem too...
I have to say, it was a little... terrifying. But cool!! :D

Rubescent Sunshine said...

anyone there... helloooo???

Rubescent Sunshine said...

Hi Kallista! *turns into a furry teddy bear and hugs her back*

s'okay about the chores... I understand totally.. :P my mom's always making me clean something.

Rubescent Sunshine said...

haha. Yeah... it's summer now so we get the chores done faster because i don't have to go to school.

how are you?

Rubescent Sunshine said...

besides the chores, I mean... ;P

Octa said...

*growls at the internet which randomly collapsed in the whole area*

I mean a whole AREA!

Rubescent Sunshine said...

HII OCTA!! *hugs and offers seven-layered cake*

(people always offer donuts. Why not a cake?)

Octa said...

Oh and nice to meet you Ruby!

*extends hands in greeting*

I'm Pyro's older brother. I assume you know him.

Fantastical to meet you!

Octa said...

Oooooh! 7 layer cake!

Thanks very much!

*eyes the cake greedily*

Mmm.... *eats the cake*

Rubescent Sunshine said...

I know Pyro! (I'm on his blog, the Poets of Greatness)

Good to meet you!

Octa said...

I'm on the blog too :D

I like your poems! They're great!

*gets distracted by linden tree*

Rubescent Sunshine said...

oh... I have to go... nice to meet you!

Rubescent Sunshine said...

WAIT NO! I'm back. Didn't need to leave after all.

Octa said...

Bye Ruby!

Octa said...

Hi Ruby!

Rubescent Sunshine said...

aww, shucks... thanks about the poems... :)

Octa said...

Tis my pleasure :)

Rubescent Sunshine said...

haha... you went "Bye Ruby" then "Hi Ruby"
:D


(yes. I am amused by weird things.)

Octa said...

My internet went down. Think I mentioned it :P

*glomps Kallista*

What's up with Lizzy?

Octa said...

I found it amusing also!

:D

Liz said...

I am here! you may praise me! *is in a very good mood*

Liz said...

*screams and throws mangoes at Kallista*

Rubescent Sunshine said...

Hello Lizzy!!! I don't think we've met before - I'm Ruby!
*offers package of muffins*
I hope you like muffins. I don't have any cake left, I gave it all to Octa...

Octa said...

Lizzy!

*glomps*

Liz said...

brb

Liz said...

Back~! *glomps Octa and gives mangoes to Ruby* Hi! Nice to meet cha'! I'm not normally in this good a mood so i'm spazzing a bit ^^

Octa said...

Why the good mood?

Rubescent Sunshine said...

thanks for the mangoes... ? Don't worry! I'm normally a spazz too! though today not so much... im rawther tired. *yawns, eats mango*

Octa said...

*starts humming verociously*

Liz said...

Because i'm BACK! My mum took away my computer for THREE DAYS because i was watching Naruto with my brother when i was supposed to be upstairs :P

Rubescent Sunshine said...

maybe I'm not so spazzy because I've been writing depressing stories and poetry all day... :(

Liz said...

*hides under a cardboard box* Octa! Ruby! Save meeeeeeee~!

Octa said...

*nods wisely and defends the random carboard box with a giant icicle*

Liz said...

yes ma'am. As soon as i get my Appleseed and dA stuff cleared away a bit :P

Rubescent Sunshine said...

*watches kallista give lizzy three days worth of royal noogies*
Good God.
uh... i think that cardboard box is doing pretty well.... but...
*attempts to save Lizzy from noogies*

Octa said...

Sssshhhhhhhhhh!

Carboard boxes can't talk!

Kallista might notice something suspicious!

:P

*continues to patrol the box with icicle in hand*

Liz said...

*hides under box with emergency stash of mangoes and yaoi manga*

Rubescent Sunshine said...

p.s - Kallista that poem for Ann Marie was amaaaaazing!!!! Great at capturing her! :)

Octa said...

*grabs one of the mangoes*

Delicious!

Anonymous said...

*sigh*

Rubescent Sunshine said...

*hides under cardboard box with Lizzy*
psssttt - can I have another mango????

Octa said...

*with a half eaten mango in one hand and a giant icicle in the other Octa begins to duel*

*stabs forward with the icicle*

Take that!

Octa said...

Hey Sadhbh!

What's wrong?

*pirouttes on the spot to defend from a sneaky attack by Kallista*

Liz said...

*cheers on Octa and Kallista. Hands Ruby another mango*

Anonymous said...

W-W-W-WAIT! YOU MEAN TI TELL ME SIMEONES ACTUSKLY ON?!!?!!?!?!??!?!?!?!?!!? - and well seems to be havein an icicle sword fight, eatin mangoes and hidin under cardboard boxes... SOUNDS LIKE FUN!! *gears a mangoe*

Anonymous said...

* to * actually * eats

Rubescent Sunshine said...

Hi Sadhbh! :D

Mangoes!!!

Liz said...

Hey Sadhbh! Help your self to my mangoes ^^

Rubescent Sunshine said...

How's the icicle fight going there, guys?

Liz said...

... I want a cookie

Anonymous said...

Thanks Lizzy! So yer havin an icicle sword fight cuz - *goes to check upper comments... Emm... Oh so 3 days royal boogied huh? Deadly;)

OCTA!! I DID NOT KNOW THAT!! YOU SAID UP THERE YER OYROS OLDER BROTHER?!?!?! DEADLY!!!!!!!

Anonymous said...

*gives Lizzy 250 cookies all of different flavours!!*

Rubescent Sunshine said...

haha - I had the same reaction, Sadhbh! well, uh, maybe a little quieter... ;P

Liz said...

Thanks Sadhbh! *noms cookies*

Anonymous said...

Hehe ;)

Well.. I am a lil but.. load.. At times... *burst out laughing* OH WHO AM I KIDDIN IM ALWAYS LOUD 24/7!!!!!!!! =P. XP





































so...yeah... Ehemm..

Rubescent Sunshine said...

LOL Sadhbh!

Rubescent Sunshine said...

whatever happened to Octa and Kallista? Weren't they having some icicle fight??? (darn it, I wanted to see how that ended up)

Liz said...

I think Kallista computer crashed :P again

Rubescent Sunshine said...

ohhh... :( she had to do chores earlier, too. maybe she's too busy for an icicle fight... -sigh-

Rubescent Sunshine said...

yay kallista you're back!!! :D

Octa said...

Aaargh!

*curses at the rolling internet blackout*

*defends against the noogie with a parry of short sharp swings with the icicle*

Rubescent Sunshine said...

YAY! ICICLE FIGHT!! *cheers on Kallista and Octa*

Liz said...

*pops head out of cardboard box* POKE FIGHT!!!

Anonymous said...

sorry waz updatin profile!!

*cheers them on* *...also cheers on cheerin on..* does that even make sense?!?!XP

Octa said...

*thwacks at the increasingly dead internet with the icicle whilst simultaneously beating back the pokes from Kallista*

Rubescent Sunshine said...

Anything makes sense in blogland, Sadhbh... *smiles creepily like a little psychic girl*

Octa said...

*swoops in and pokes Kallista in the elbow*

Anonymous said...

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yup, I like poke fights..XD

Octa said...

*mutters whilst warily looking around for any incoming icicles*

Any Eragon fans?

Anonymous said...

Ha rube, was just thinking that!! XD

Liz said...

I've read it ^^ it was pretty good

Octa said...

*throws the half eaten mango at Kallista's head*

*whilst Kallista is distracted darts in and pokes her and then takes away her icicle*

Yes. I cheated. But that's just ingenuity right?

Octa said...

Book 4 is coming out on November 8th!

*squeals excitedly*

It's called Inheritance!!

Liz said...

ooo, i'll have to re-read the books because i don't remember anything ^^

Anonymous said...

*goes to look up ingenuity in the dic* hmm well ut. Says here [in-juh-noo-i-tee, -nyoo-]
- noun, plural-ties 1. the quality of being cleverly inventive or resourceful; inventiveness 2. cleverness or skillfulness of conception or design 3. ingenious contrivance or device

Rubescent Sunshine said...

I like Eragon, Octa!

(I have a friend, Nicole - who some of you may know or not - and when she heard the book was coming out the first thing she told me next time we talked was "AAAAAHH! THE NEXT ERAGON BOO IS COMING OUT IN EIGHT MONTHS!!!!")

Octa said...

That's rigt Sadhbh :P

And yes I'll have to re read them too.

I've pretty much forgotten the whole series.

Octa said...

I know Nicole yes.

Well that's pretty much what I've been saying since I found out.

Rubescent Sunshine said...

Wow. Not BOO, sorry. BOOK. duh.

Rubescent Sunshine said...

*unties Octa*

There you go!

Anonymous said...

I should really help shouldn't I? *turns into to fierce bull and stands in kals path* YUUUSS?

Rubescent Sunshine said...

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!!!!!!

*runs from Kallista*

*prays for life*

*trips, falls.*

NOOOOOOOOOOOOoooooooo......

Anonymous said...

*charges at kal and goes under her legs liftin her up sorta* * kal is now backwards on me, the mad bulls, back... BACJWARDS!! mwahahamwahhhamwahaaha!!! *charges off* poodles!

Rubescent Sunshine said...

YAY! Thanks, Sadhbh!!!! *sighs, relieved at not receiving noogie of the century*

Anonymous said...

Oh shite... A bull is a male.. *gulp* *turns into mad FEMALE buffalo* XD

Octa said...

Hits internet with a stick.

Work! I beseech you!

Rubescent Sunshine said...

aw, poor Octa. *gives his internet a time out*

Octa said...

Is it a wee bit early for the race to the end of the blog?

*ponders upon the matter at great length*

Anonymous said...

*hits octas Internet with a daisy* *work you Internet!! OBEYYER MASTER, OCTABOONA AMBROSIUS - PARAGON OF THE PUTPLE HORDE*












Oops... I ment to be a charging buff with kal on my back amt I? *turns off and charges some more*

Octa said...

I mean I need to decide what my ending comment is and everything.

*meditates with the Oolong stones for 10 hours*

Oolong Aqua Dominae! Oolong Aqua Dominae! Oolong Aqua Dominae!

Anonymous said...

Hmm hoe much comments per pg again?

Octa said...

200.

There is about 35 comments until the blog breaks and we move to yon overflow.

Octa said...

*waves fists at Thor*

*pokes Thor with an Oolong stone*

Rubescent Sunshine said...

idk, Sadhbh. But this blog only takes 5000 comments... so...

hhmmmm...

Anonymous said...

Erm kal..? I'm actually a charging buffalo and yer backwards on me back.. Sposse could feel like bein trampled to death *shrugs and countines on charging*

Octa said...

*grabs a random megaphone*

Everyone got their final comment ready? No? Excellent! LET THE RACE BEGIN!!!

(or not if the majority votes against)

Anonymous said...

I know yeah ... Checks .. 470 - 30 to go..


K PEOPLE!! WHEN THIS ENDS EITHER OVERFLIW OR CHAT!!! OR BOTH *glares*

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