Hypothetically, if a writer had to fill 16 pages in the back of a book with "extras"- like DVD extras but for, like, a book- then what should he fill those pages WITH?
An interview? A list of his influences? Deleted/discarded scenes? Something else?
Or maybe you'd just like 16 BLANK pages at the end of a book. You know, for your own doodling and such...
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- Derek Landy
- Derek Landy writes the Skulduggery Pleasant series because getting a proper job is so overrated.
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One more thing.
Ir
Dantea. It's over stay.
Why use Stay Fearless?
What
Ok then.
So anything new in blogland? I haven't been on in a while.
Reply Robin.
And I replied kal
*hugs*
And dantea?
No. Kal and octa got married. I was getting married. That ended tonight, unfortunately. Can't think of anything else.
I have Phoenix, stop sending me two at once.
Hey Kall. We've met before, haven't we? Nice to see ya again.
@Phonox: Oh. That sucks. ;p
Life does what life does.
So how r u?
I am actually gone now so bye (logging out so)
Brb.
Hello blog land.
Well you like the new name?
Or is Alex willowisp better?
Yes, if you're talking to me...
@Kall:Ehh. Everones a scatterbrain at some point.
@Phenix:I'm good. Rocking my weekend. :)
Thanks niamhb how are you?
School on Monday. It's 3:30 in the morning in Ireland.
*sigh* I'm going soon
@Ash: I like this name better. Eaiser to type.
Plus, phenixs do turn to ash at some point in their lives.:)
Like tonight.
I'm fine bit boerd, way too hot where I am.
Yeah remembers.
After tonight I'm not gonna come back for a while.
*gona miss everyone and everything so much*
And you where kallista- the beautiful goddess zombie queen.
I think.
Hey Niam. Nice to meet you.
@Ash:Sleep and time and possably cholate will help to a degree. I might not know what's up, but assure you nothing ever lasts. Not even hurt.
Wow. That just might be thew most semi sensitive thing I've ever said.
Thanks dantea. But I need some time.
*shrugs*
I don't know. Whatever I do, Ill always think of you kallista.
Idk why. But I will. Thanks.
I came across this on the Internet.
A picture of a burning monk and a caption.
'happiness is a pause between two sufferings'
Stay fearless
~Ash
I like this last name better. I think it suits you more.
And remember, while the Phenix always turns to ash at some point, it will always burn again.
Wow. Metephores too. I'm just Miss Wisdome tonight. *sigh.*
*nods*
And I shall.
At some point.
But for now. I'm going to leave.
*hugs dantea and kallista*
Love you both.
*hugs back* Awww. Bye Ash. I hope things turn out ok.
Kal? *shakes head*
Bye. *dissapears*
Yawn. I'm going to go. Goodnight everyone.
*sigh*
I shouldn't be on here.
I'll only stay for 20 mins....
*comes back* Er, okay, I was gone much longer than an hour, due to unexpected events....
Hey Val.
Hi Izz.
It's a beautiful day. I wont be here long.
Hm... Do you know what time it is for Sparky by any chance?
Hey Izz
Hello Nobody.
Same time as me. 3:49pm
Hey Nobody.
Hey Val. Did you help Sparky write some story the other day, or was that someone else?
Hey is, r u in melbourne, cause i got the same time as u
i mean izz, sorry
I attempted to help, but it wasn't my style of writing. Mine's quite different than hers. Wanna read some? I can post it here.
I'm on the border of Vic and NSW. Sparky's in Sydney.
Sure Val
Nobody. You need a profile pic.
I'll go get one
Hey Kal.
I always keep a supply of hot chocolate for situations like that.
Here's part of my story! And if you're wondering, Ivy's 13, and when it says she looks scary, it's because all of her veins are visible because she's REALLY pale, she has black hair, and her eyes are indigo blue. At the part of the story, she's trying to find Anomaly Despair, and she just found someone who knew where she was.
Ivy nodded, then started walking through the aisles of shelves, looking for an empty one. She walked almost in a circle of the store, then finally found an aisle without any people. She turned around to face Charlie. He stared. Ivy had let herself look the way she normally did, and it seemed like it was scaring Charlie.
She grinned at him, then grabbed his arm, and they vanished.
They reappeared in a dark field surrounded by trees. She pushed him away from her, and by the time he had turned around, Ivy looked serious. “Tell me where Anomaly Despair is,” she said.
He looked at Ivy in disbelief. “How did you do that? We weren’t here a few seconds ago! How did we get here?”
Ivy sighed. “It doesn’t matter how we got here. Tell me where she is.”
“Where who is?”
“Anomaly Despair. I already said that.”
He paused. “What if I don’t tell you?”
“I’ll hurt you, and probably kill you.”
He laughed. “I’m not scared of you. I mean, yeah, you look creepy as hell and you somehow got us in the middle of nowhere, but you still don’t scare me. You look like you’re thirteen. You couldn’t hurt me.”
“Do you really believe that?” Ivy said. “Do you? Because I don’t think you do.”
“And why do you think that?”
“Because I can read your mind. Think of any word, anything, I’ll tell you what you’re thinking.”
Charlie looked at Ivy like she was crazy. “Uh, okay, I’ll think of something…”
“You’re thinking about whether you should think about apples, lizards, or running away from me,” Ivy said immediately.
Charlie frowned, and began to back away. “How did you do that? How the hell did you just do that?”
“I already told you. Now you tell me where Anomaly Despair is.”
“I… I can’t. She told me never to tell anyone.”
“And isn’t sad that you have to break your promise to live?”
He paled. “You mean if I don’t tell you, you’ll… you’ll kill me?”
“That is indeed what I mean,” Ivy answered. “I’m going to count to ten. If you don’t tell me where Anomaly is by that point, I’ll pull your arm off.”
Charlie was panicking. Ivy could tell. She started counting. “One, two, three, four…”
“I’ll tell you! Just give me time to remember!”
Ivy grinned. “Five, six, seven, eight…”
“Hold on!”
“Nine, ten.” She blurred over to where he was, and grabbed hold of his left arm. Without even trying, she yanked it out of its socket. Blood splashed against the ground, and Charlie started screaming uncontrollably.
“Don’t be a baby,” Ivy said irritably.
“I’m not!” Charlie screeched. “You took my arm off!”
“Well, if you’re going to freak out so much, you can have it back.” She threw his arm and the hand hit him in the side of the head.
“Ow!”
“You should’ve been paying attention. Now, you tell me where Anomaly is, or I’ll pull the other arm off too. Or you can just think of where she is. Can you do that?”
He nodded. After a few seconds, Ivy did as well. “Thank you,” she said.
“Okay, so I told you, right? Or I told your thoughts? So can you let me go now?”
Ivy looked at him with her indigo eyes. “I wish I could, but…” She vanished and reappeared behind him. “I can’t.” With that, she kicked at his head, which flew off and disappeared into the distance.
Ivy started to walk away, then remembered the power of teleportation, and teleported to her house.
If you live in town maybe you could hold up a Mcdonalds.
Nice story Val.
Cool story Val
There Izz
Ha. I need to see that movie.
It was just a picture i happened to have, and my internet crap
Kal- No, I haven't got my books yet... Have you???
I'm easy to miss. Hey Kal
hmmmm. Maybe you weren't armed well enough. You have try sawn off shotguns and a scary mask.
Thanks everyone about my story... That's a teensy tiny part of it...
*have to try
Shotguns... mhmm
Kallista, You'll love Death Bringer... WARNING: IT'S SCARY AND THE TWIST WILL MAKE YOU SCREAM. (You'll know what the twist is when you get to it...)
Like a natural born killer.
Or if you want to look sleak. a nice chrome .45 is a good bet.
Death Bringer is awesome. So much happens. The twist is twistier than twistie
Of course you could give someone a fright if you brought a .44 magnum along...
In fact you'd probably make my day.
Naw, shotguns are my type of thing.
Not that i have a sotgun
Or ever held one
Or saw one in person
Oh no... My friend found out it was me who called and said it was Darth Vader...
Why doesn't skulduggery have a .44?
Oh well. he has a Smith Wesson. That's close enough.
I've read books with shotguns though
You have a bubble gun!? Sweet
Yes well. That might explain a bit Kal.
I have a cap gun. But no caps. And the gun is broken
My dad was Skulduggery for Halloween, while I was Valkyrie... He got to carry a gun around and scare little kids...
I can't buy a cap gun on the net. Some idiot made a law.
I used to have though.
For Halloween i through candy at some kids.
*have one
How did we get to this conversation?
My dad kept jumping out at little kids, then he'd start laughing.
I've asked about a dozen people, but no one can tell me when Derek Landy comes to australia
Really, trains? I'm more of a teleporting person.
I like weapons.
Not that i can teleport
>shifty eyes<
*watches Kallista get hit by a train* Sorry, but that's what happens...
*Blows up train*
I'm sorry too. But that's what happens...
If i could teleport...
I would be able to teleport
Just last week i was hit by a train...
It may have been a thomas the tank engine toy train, but my piont still stands
And I've blown up hundereds of trains. The world moves with such a beautiful harmony.
maybe you should leave some blank and fill the rest with deleted scenes
My spelling is shot.
My spelling hads died, and it's buried at a graveyard where i vist every third sunday
I actually haven't worked out how I died yet...
Hit by a train?
That's hardly original.
You want original? All right then...
Hit by a bus
*tilts head* I'm probably dead too... I most likely died because I ran into a wall or something...
You have no imagination.
And right now I have no humour.
Hey everyone, doesn't things just suck sometimes. I tried to watch a movie and it didn't work. Anyway that was my quick post,
Good bye small children of blog lanf
I have plentey of immagination. In fact, i'm in the middle of writing a book
Thanks Kal. You have dedicated this page to practically everyone.
Val. You are just a mystery.
And do all the characters die by buses and trains?
Do you think we're weird?
No, that's ridiculus
Derek you should use the pages to put in MY story about when you meet Skulduggery, Valkyrie, and me! (Note: Valkyrie starts freaking out when she sees a second her, AKA me)
Maybe i'll add that, and the shotguns
Hey Derek
Maybe you should put a sneak peek of your next book.
by the way
WHEN ARE YOU COMING TO AUSTRALIA
Do you think there are infinite universes with infinite space and infinite dimensions paralell to those universes with infinite possibilities?
Obviously
Then in one of those infinite universes. You are currenly talking to Derek and asking him where you should go get some hot chocolate from.
I'm a mystery? I thought I was a detective. Now I am evidently confused.
See ya Kal
Val. Your purpose as a detective is to one day solve the mystery that is you.
Nacht Kal.
If i was a detective, i could work out where the hot chotlate is myself
Of course in one of those universes, there is no Skulduggery Pleasant. Or Derek Landy. Or you.
But that's beyond the point.
FISH STICKS
Bye Kallista!
No, Izz, my purpose as a detective is to one day surpass Skulduggery's level of detectiveness and laugh in his face.
Fish fingers.
Do fish have fingers?
Good luck with that Val.
If you pass Skulduggery one day, could i be your partner
Not fish fingers, Fish Sticks
Fair warning, after about a week, i'd try to overthrow you in a blood filled coop
You have evidently missed that episode of Doctor Who.
And your life has no purpose.
Fish fingers and custard.
Docter Who? Getit
No i've never seen an episode of Docter Whatshisface
Val? Your a bit silent over there
I swear on fish fingers and custard. Doctor Who is awesome.
Suuuuure he is. And i can't sbell
Somebody say something
*sigh*
*mouths no*
BRB
Where is everyone?
fell in a hole.
i'd put random pics of my dog and glodfish named tanith and ghastly but that just me
Sorry about the silence from me you were most likely enjoying... My internet wasn't working.
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keyboards are uncomfortable to sleep on.
Everybody's back! end of awrkward silence
I have three pairs of nobody jeans.
But I want a Man With No Name poncho.
I have never heard of these brands. Are you making this up?
No. not really.
brb
What kind of cheese can you own but isn't yours?
Nacho cheese. (Get it? Nacho cheese. Not-your-cheese.)
The statment bellow is false
The statment above is true
Hello Derek!
I think using discarded scenes in the blank 16 pages of the book would be a good idea.
BUT TWO BETTER IDEAS ARE:
1. You post another competition for ALL minions worldwide to participate in. They make a short story of four pages, and you pick four of the best to be put in the book.
2. Octaboona Ambrosius - You know him. Of course you do! Anyway, he is a FANTASTIC poet, and i think that it would be BRILLIANT to put some of his poetry in the last 16 pages. His work is AMAZING! This is his poetry website:
http://octaboonaambrosius.blogspot.com/
(He's made a poem about you, Mr Landy, Golden God. Also, if you DO approve of this idea, can you put in the poem called "The Gentle Assassin"? Please? 0.0)
Rosella
"...You're fourteen. You should be thinking about other things. Like dolls."
"When was the last time you saw me with a doll, Dad?"
"I know we gave you one when you were a baby, but I'm pretty sure you laughed at it and beat it up."
"I was a cool baby."
I like the interview ideas but honestly people this isb't harry potter, it's skulduggery pleasant and i can't see skulduggery willingly agreeing to be interviewed for a newspaper. unless i've got coke cola and my friends have back up sugar and a net... and marshmellows...and jelly... i'm going to shut up now
Nobody is a brand. The Man With No Name. Is an iconic movie character. and he wears a poncho.
"It's either that. Or die by raised marshmellow man."
"I love this plan! I'm excited to be a part of it, let's do it!!"
"...How long have you been watching my house?"
"Uh, three... three months."
"Three months. And what has been the result of your investigation? Has my house been involved in any illegal activities? Has it robed a bank? Has it mugged anyone?"
"No..."
"Has it moved, even a little?"
"I don't... think so..."
"Made a prank phone call?"
"No."
And on that note. I shall leave.
Servus!
See ya Izz
u know guys above this post like izzy and nobody and val. from a readers perspective... how do i put this gently... YOU ALL SOUND BONKERS. but i agree with izzy, doctor who is simply awesome
is there any body 2 talk 2
Nobody will talk to you
Getit
Cause i'm nobody
"Ah," Skulduggery said from beneath his scarf. "We may have a problem."
"What problem?" Stephanie asked. "Them? Who are they?"
"The night shift."
"Two people? That's all?"
"They're not exactly people."
"So who are they?"
"It's not so much who as what."
"I swear, Skulduggery, you either give me a straight answer or I'm finding the biggest dog you've ever seen and I'm going to make him dig a hole and bury you in it."
"Oh that's charming, that is."
And i'll talk to you
..."Right, well, we've got to work out what we need. We've got to work out what we need, how to get it and what we need to get to get what we need."
"I think I actually understood that," Stephanir said slowly. The car went over a bump. "No, it's gone again."
"...Back in the day."
Skulduggery tiltied his head. "Vaurien, of you're trying to kill us, there are quicker ways than telling us your life story."
"Less painful too," added Valkyrie.
*if, not of
"... Was there an uproar? When I died, I mean? Was there a national day of mourning?"
"Uh, not a day, I don't think."
He frowned. "But I was a bestselling author. I mean, I was loved. What about a minutes silence, observed throughout the country?"
Valkyrie rubed her arm. "A minute? I'm not sure, you know, if it was an official minute, but I'm sure people were... quieteer than usual."
"I like to keep it simple. Keep it clean."
..."Also, I'm fourteen. Also, your beard's stupid."
"Isn't this fun?" Skulduggery asked brightly. "The three of us getting along so well."
"How come she gets the blue hospital gown?" he asked Kenspeckle.
"Hmm?" mumbled the professor.
Skulduggery's head tilted unhappily. "You said the only gowns you had left were these pink bunny ones, but Valkyrie is wearing a perfectly respectable blue one."
"Your point being?"
"Why am I wearing this ridiculous gown?"
"Because it amuses me."
Crux burst into her apartment and China turned, appraising him coolly
"We have the girl," Crux said triuphantly. "I tracked her down and arrested her. Put her in the cell myself."
"She's fourteen," said China. "That's very brave of you."
#Knock knock# Hands? Hands, anybodaaaaay?!
"Is this disrespectful?" she asked. "Is this like dancing on someone's grave?"
"A little worse than that," he admitted. "It's like digging up that grave, taking out the body, rifiling throught its pockets and then dancing on the whole thing. It's a little more than disrespectful."
"Then yes," Stephanie said as she walked over, "I can see why you have difficulty keeping friends."
Noboaaaaaaaaaaaaaay!
Getit
Do you know the quote reference I was making…?
"...How've you been baron?"
"You taint me," Vengous said, disgust in his voice. "Even being in your presence, it taints me. I can feel it in the air. Even these Infected, these half-Undead, even they are more worthy of my time than you will ever be."
Skulduggery nodded. "So, you married or anything? Do I hear the pitter patter of tiny evil feet?"
“I used to be an adventurer until I took an arrow to the knee."
Nup, never heard of it
Madagascar 2 was the first one.
Skyrim is the second… but they say “I used to be an adventurer, like you, then I took an arrow to the knee”.
Vengeous smiled at her then looked down at Skulduggery. "The eclipse is almost upon us, abomination. The Faceless Ones are coming. Everything I have planned, everything I have dreamed of, is being realised. You have failed."
"Not yet I haven't," Skulduggery muttered.
"What are you going to do?" Vengeous mocked. "Have you a clever surprise in store for me, up your sleeve? Be careful now, you onlt have one left."
"Then for my next trick," Skulduggery said then faltered. "Ah, sod it, I couldn't be bothered thinking up something smart to say. Valkyrie."
Can't say either of them ring a bell
Who wants to hear a funny joke?
I'm always up for jokes
Me, me, me, me, me! I’m steak! Me!
Are you saying that you’ve never heard of Skyrim? That’s… that’s quite preposterous.
I've heard of Madagascar and skyrim, but not thoses quotes
Derek Landy:
More questions and answers, please? I watched the video for your interview, but that was like, when you had finished The Faceless Ones, and I'd REALLY like to know if there's going to be more for China....Yes, I'm a China fan, in case you haven't noticed (I don't think anyone has) and I KNOW there's more to it. SOMETHING. IS. MISSING. And if she is left alone like that, Mr Landy, then you will be carrying around the guilt of letting ONE. FAN. DOWN. A very significant fan, because I'm a SECRET fan. Well, like, if I kept my mouth shut, and if I read the book over and over again in SECRET, THEN I would be a secret fan, but still, me going on and on like this shows that I'm worth it, right? I never even thought it was possible to ramble while your typing, but then, I've been wrong a lot of the time. ANYWAY, I guess this is just my way of saying that, uh.... how did I start this?
Here's the joke:
A guy with no arms goes to the church and tells the priest he wants to be a bell-ringer. So the priest says, "You can't be a bell-ringer. You have no hands." The guy said, "I don't need hands," and ran up the tower to the bell. He started smacking the bell with his face and making beautiful music. He went to finish his song with one final smack, but missed and fell off the tower. He hit the ground and went unconscious. All the town people gathered around and asked, "Who is this guy?" and the priest said, "I don't know his name, but his face rings a bell!"
Oh… the Madagascar 2 quote is when Julian asks for people/animals to jump into the volcano, and Skyrim is when you talk to a guard. Most of them seem to say it.
I used to play Skyrim! Then I took an arrow to the knee. Nah, I still play it.
hahahhahahhahhahahahahahhahahahahahahahhahahahhahaahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahaha
Only people on this blog could get that
*cough because they're al insane cough*
When the guards talk to me, they say "is that hair growing out of your ear?" and then I turn into a werewolf and kill everyone.
*cough THANKS FOR THE COMPLIMENT ON INSANITY; I TRY MY BEST cough*
*laughs hysterically* I have a joke!
Eve walks past a live chicken without a second glance.
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Like I would do that!
I didn't say you were insane, i said people on this blog are insane. Your more outsane
I don't even know how, but I actually just laughed at Eve's terrible joke XD
Really? You did? I'm getting good at this! I have another:
Eve promises never to take Valkyrie's blood agaiin.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! So preposterous! *takes Val's blood*
Good luck with that, if i can't do it... someone else can
I mean the chicken, not the blood
You wanna hear an even better joke? Valkyrie doesn't want to harm anyon right now, particularly Eve. *punches Eve several times, then takes blood back*
Gotta go
see you people some other time
Awesome joke! :) I laughed. Hard. Very hard.
Eve! I’m a werewolf too! When I go to the guards, they usually just say ‘A guard might get nervous. A woman approaches with her weapon drawn’… or they tell me to watch the magic.
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