In other news, Molly, your tale of woe concerning the author you have to have brunch with had me laughing. I can't wait to find out how the story ends.
In yet other news, I watched the final Sherlock tonight. Much better than last week's, thank God. A relentless plunge into second-guesses and secret plans. Liked it a LOT.
And in even MORE other news, five minutes ago I crossed the 20,000 word mark on Book 7. I don't think I've ever written this fast before. Looks like I'll have it done on time after all...
And to top it all off, here is some religious humour...
... some existential humour...
... and some cat humour...
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YES! Okay, onto some random stuff...
Cat humor. Pfft.
The blog is acting weird, and I swear I broke nothing! Something odd is going on. This is time for a detective....LIKE SHERLOCK!
God, I can't wait to watch the second season. As an American, we get everything awesome late, and so I must search to the end of the internet for a place to watch it. But I will not be deprived of Sherlock!
Can't wait for book 7 still. Write, Derek. Or we will find you....with hugs at the ready.
Oh, and I know you're there, Derek, watching me. I send you hugs.
The Schrodinger's cat one is classic. I laughed, Heartily.
Everyone should check out the Skulduggery Pleasant Fanfic I wrote, on www.writingandallthatentrails.blogspot.com It's the Grim Brother's parts 1-8.
That means you Derek.
Especially you.
Also, if Book 7 is on time, I will be very happy. I've had to fill the lull in between your books with other less well written, less brilliant books.
Except for the Chaos Walking trilogy, which I highly highly recommend to EVERYONE.
Ha ha! Good 'ol Moses. XD
Apparently, Blogger is trying a 'new look' that will apparently be easier to use for commenting. But not on this blog. Because? PAGES DON'T EXIST ANYMORE! IT'S JUST ALL RE-NEW RE-NEW RE-NEW!
We BREAK the blog. We don't RE-NEW IT!
I once saw that Cat picture in some other place on the internet. Except it was a picture of David Tennents grinning face. :3
....I should be a detective. I spent a majority of last night fuming over the computer, looking all over blogger for an explanation, with my little cousin going through my stuff, and my older cousin playing with my ipod apps.
(But then my Aunt came to go on facebook, and deleted all of my hard work. THat's just how she rolls...)
This 'replying' business to comments is strange. I don't like it.
Anyway. Hi Mar!
....Hogwarts' school motto is Latin for "Never tickle the sleeping dragon"
....Just a random fun fact.
*tickles the sleeping dragon*
*is eaten*
LOL, Thalia!
Did you know, but that during the filming of the movies, the actor of Hagrid had many things stuck in his beard, including a portable mini fan, and a live fruit bat? :D
.....That is amazing.
(how late is this reply?)
WOW I've never been this high up before! Hey Derek, are you ever going to make a contest for south east Asia? I know there's not much here and that you wouldn't expect to have any fans, but you have many (Most of us are from other countries though, few locals read your books)! I know that South East Asia may seem dull and uninteresting (in a ridiculously large amount of ways it is), but where I live the crime rate is SERIOUSLY high, which I think could give the people here some ideas. For instance, the black market in the place where I live is practically legal, the police even go there sometimes when their off duty. It's practically impossible to buy any DVDs or videogames that aren't pirated, there are a ridiculous amount of snatch thieves here, and every week another sociopath kills another few people. Once a man broke into a kindergarden with a hammer and tried to smash the faces of children in. Another time a group of people carrying acid buckets splashed them into the faces of people. And every other day a child is kidnapped and found a week later dead in the channels. If that can't offer some inspiration, what can?
what will happen to skulduggery and china? WILL IT BE IN THE 7TH BOOK? do u think valduggery will ever happen? i need to know derek!
Thank you Derek, After reading up on him, I don't quite know how to interpret him, but we'll see how all this goes on Saturday. I'm not judging yet. Still, I am looking forward to boing YOUR escort and assistant and having brunch with you. And, if you come next year, I might have made the poster for the event. The judging hasn't finished yet, but I think I have a good chance.
Have you guys ever heard of Keri Smith, who made several odd books for odd people (to go with your odd blog Derek). Such as "Wreck this Book" and, what I am working on now, "F nish Th s B k" (It's missing letters on purpose) you doodle and draw and train in the art of sleuthing. I am enjoying it a lot. I would suggest checking it out. Fun!
Oh, I can't wait! I get to meet two people I look up to in the coming weeks. First, my good friend and instructor Chief Master M.K. Lee is visiting, then Grandmaster is visiting about three weeks later. These guys are the top dogs and are amazing martial artists. So excited!
-Molly, squealing and bounching in a totally un-black-belt fashion because my idol metioned me on his blog again.
Very cool humor, love the schrodingers cat one, but how do they know that's what it really looks like?
HI DEREK!
IT IS A BIT WEIRD
Derek do you remember me?
Probably not. you haven't met me. I was Jacob Parker, I met you on they dymocks author chat. I asked you whether you were effected by the floods, you told me about your car and then we discussed what would happen if skulduggery was in a flood.
I hope you remember me. I am your NUMBER ONE fan. Do you have any tips for the character creations by the way other than the format I presented mine in. If you do have any tips I would be so so grateful to hear it.
Anyway see you,
Happy 2012 and good news about book 7
HAVE A GOOD WEEK
Your number one fan
Jacob Parker
DEREKDEREKDEREK <3<3 Hi.
This is really high up! :D AHHH Hello. I have to go now... :P In the words of Angela the herbalist... "WATCH OUT FOR FERRETS"
Goodbye.
Wait... I can't leave yet. Derek. You had BETTER come online. I have never gotten a chance to speak/blog with you before!!!!
This is my tribute to all his awesomeness. Golden God, I hope I can one day meet you in person!!! (as unlikely as that is...)
The Golden God
Golden God with your smile so bright
Like stars that shine on a cloudless night
Share your brilliant light with all world
Let your wond’rous tales be unfurled
Golden God with your books of fame
Gaining fans and fortune and acclaim
With your renowned name and head held high
And a witty main character that can fly
Golden God with your minions so proud
Shouting endless praise incredibly loud
Book signings overcrowd from coast to coast
And we fill your blog with endless posts
Golden God with your world of fun
Of magic and evil so artfully spun
Just barely begun -- evil gods attack!
Skulduggery Pleasant and Val fight back
Golden God, my thanks to you
Your books are awesome, through and through
You know it’s true, but I say it once more
You’re the best writer anyone could ask for!
Hi Derek!!! That's super exciting new for the book, I can't wait till it's out!!! :D
Anyways, I'm really jealous about you guys getting to see the new Sherlock series before us!! We still have a good month over here to wait until I can watch it on free-to-air... :/
I'm reading a book called The Name of The Wind by Patrick Rothfuss at the moment... it's really very good and well written. You should check it out if you haven't already. :)
Chow for Now! :D
Hey Derek!
I'd just like to take this moment to say how creeped out I get every time Doctor Nye is mentioned in your books! Haha. Seriously, the whole scabrous nose thing and how long I imagine his arms and legs to actually be really creeps me out... It's awesome!
Wuhu! 20,000 words *cheers for odd-blogness* :)
*sighs*
Blergh...
I know!! The blog won't work on my computer and it only works on my iPad. Annoying.
This is the closet I've been to the top before. Cool. I am reading the SP series for the third time and trying to see how many days it takes to read the whole series.
WHEN WILL YOU READ MY FANFICTION!!!!?!?????
When will you read my fanfiction?
Okay, can you believe this? A family friend who I have been trying to get to read SP for, like, five years and he (10 years old by the way) said to me today:
'I have honed my ability to look at a books cover and tell whether it's good or not. Skulduggery Pleasant looks crappy.'
Me: *seething with anger* HOW CAN A SKELETON HOLDING FLAMES BE CRAPPY???
Him: *shrugs*
Me: I'm not finished with you. *epic Russia death stare of making others cower*
Oh yeah ........... Sparky you said you would add me to the Straight Jackets and you haven't yet. I don't know what happened about that.............?
You said you would read my fanfiction at Christmas and I've waited patiently. I am left with no choice but to wait here until you answer me, MR. LANDY. If anyone can help me out and direct Mr. Landy to this comment please do.
MR. LANDY ANSWER NOW!!!!!! I'M SORRY TO BE SO RUDE BUT I JUST WANT TO KNOW WHY YOU SAID NOTHING ABOUT THE FANFICTIONS.
That kid sounds like an idiot. Nobody can tell a book by its cover.
Is anyone here?
I went to the beach today. I found a tyre and built a seat out of it.
I'm here!!!!!!!
Hey! Can you help by commenting to Derek about the Fanfictions. Supposedly he was going to read them (and mine) at Christmas, but he never mentioned them.
You have to refresh the page to see new comments. Stupid. Stupid Blogger. Very annoying.
Ok. Should I just comment and tell him to read them?
Yeah, I know. I'm refreshing like a thousand times. And stupid?
hey people anyone on
Yes, please. That would be very kind of you.
Right here! hey.
Yeah me and Anya are on. But you gotta refresh the page to see new comments.
I wouldn't mind the new blog layout so much (the reply feature seems interesting and potentially useful) if it wasn't for the lack of pages - this "load more" thing might work on blogs that only get a handful of comments, but with hundreds, it gets incredibly tedious to load them all bit by bit every time you want to see if there's been anything new added...
And super yay for 20,000 words! Is it September yet? Well, I suppose I can still be a bit patient, especially as March (also known as The End of the World) comes first.
In other news, I've now unpacked All My Books and now have a special shelf - with the best visibility and just the right height for easy reach - for the SP books. It's only my dictionaries, style guides, grammar handbooks etc that get to sit closer to me, due to them actually being needed more often for work.
Hey, can you help me out and ask Derek when he's going to read the fanfictions he promised to read at Christmas?
He was acting pretty moronic at that moment in time...
But he's pretty smart.
i know its a pain what happened
Would anyone like to read something that I'm writing?
Okay.here goes.
DEREK!!!! Did you say you you were going to read the fan fictions? Cause if you said you would you should. That would be very dishonest if you didn't. So, please read them.
Thanks for helping, and LISTEN DEREK!!!!!!! Thanks again Johanna Remmus!
listening to reece mastin on mtv
Ugh. GOTTA GO BYE!!!
I sort of like, sort of hate this new layout. I like the reply feature. But the 'load more' icon just doesn't work!!!!!
I don't even see the load more thing.
No probs. I just hope it works.
There should be a fan page on facebook where we can all chat.
That's cause there's only one page at the moment. But if there is more than one page it just below the add a comment box.
Oh, okay.
The latest Sherlock made me want to fill my eyes with tears.
Sorry, I gotta go. Stuff to do. BYE!!!!! Hope I helped with the fan fiction thing. See ya!!!
THANK YOU! and bye!
Well I'm out too, guys. I'll see if Derek responds tomorrow.
*rolls around on floor*
I HATE THIS FORMAT!!!
I HATE THIS NEW COMMENTING STYLE!!!! IT'S ANNOYING!
OH! And Derek!
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GO! GO! GO!
Shadow are you still there?
If so, why should I watch my back?
And can you comment on my story?
No one ever sticks around anymore...
The 20000 words is fantastic.
The religious joke makes me giggle.
Cats are gremlins and are full of themselves.
No there should not be.
Some of us are actively against Facebook and would rather watch their Hetalia & Doctor Who merchandise burn than get Facebook.
So, no, there should not be.
Aww... I'm alone...
Hello anyone who's on!!
Hold on... I'm alone.
I am!
I am?
AW C'MON!
COME BACK! PLEASE COME BACK!
Phooey.
*kicks rock*
If no one arrives by twenty to, I'm outta here.
That is it. I am gone.
Sorry! I had to have dinner.
*sighs and wonders if Sparky has given up*
Sparky? Is anyone there? Out of the WHOLE of Oz and N.Z, no one is the blog?
Okay then. I'll lie here by my self and feel lonely.
*falls on ground and flutters eyelids*
Strange. It says I posted a comment at 2:15 am but really I posted it at 9:16 pm. Is that weird to some people? Please explain if you know.
I'm guessing it's by whatever timezone the blog is now set on - at a guess, I'd say something American (because it's very definitely not any European timezone either).
Thanks! I gotta go to sleep now but have a good night. Sorry to desert you right after you came on.
Hee, no problem - I have work to do anyway, so can't actually hang around. Have a good night!
Anya- where IS your fanfiction?
Hello ! Sorry I'm not Anya, but I have an important question to ask and don't know any other way to contact you. I've started to translate one of your short stories into French (I'm french, by the way), and since they were free, I was wondering if it would be ok to publish it on my Skul'-related blog and/or on the french-speaking forum of the Roarhaven network.
Have a good day !
OMG! I can't wait for the 7th book!!! Sherlock!!! OMG IT WAS AMAZING AND Sherlock made me think of Skulduggery so much in that episode..... I am so glad the next book will be out on time because it means I wont be so upset about Sherlock not being on...Yeah, two of my obsessions there....Skulduggery <3 and Sherlock <3 they are both too amazing for words..... :)
*Totally did not notice changes to blog until they were mentioned*
You're right, the blog is being weird...
And, DAMMIT, I KNEW you'd post something after Sherlock (which was so awesome I could cry, by the way), and I was checking your blog until about 10 past midnight when I was told to get off my phone and go to bed.
And then ten minutes later you post this.
I JUST CAN'T GET IT RIGHT! D:
Incidentally, quantum physics jokes FTW.
OMG THEY DID SOMETHING TO THE BLOG!!! its saying reply.......WHAT IS THIS STRANGE THING?!?!?!?!?!?!?
by the way Derek i LOVE the comics! i have been DYING to get a hold of book 7
P.S. Derek??? just wondering is The End Of The World book 7 or is it something different because at the end of Death Bringer i was looking at it and it said Novelette and i wasn't sure if that meant the next book in the series or like a short book that takes place after Death Bringer but Before The End Of The World??????
Very impressed by the word count.
The existential one had me in stitches. Honestly, I think I scared my friend from laughing so much (probably because she doesn't get the joke).
Good luck with the rest of the book, and with fixing your blog!
Dear Golden God. COME ON WHEN I'M ONLINE FOR ONCE, PLEASE!!!
I've never ever gotten to talk to you. And trust me, that is my first hope. My second is that I'll get SKP book 7 for my good grades in March (Trust me, I will get good grades) And my final hope is that you'll come to MA Someday and I can meet you in person.
One step at a time.
Hello. I return.
Schrodinger's cat.... classic... XD <3
Ah, anyone here?
Shall I spam some more? I think I shall.
I <3 Fruits Basket, (KYO-KUN) Watched all episodes about, oh, three, four times maybe. Still watching.
Inuyasha's an idiot (episode 48 and counting)
And I need to start after Inu on either Angel Beats, Death Note, or Chobits.
It's lonely... *takes out pet panda*
*cuddles*
*pauses*
*transforms into a red dragon*
*eats panda*
...nothing personal... but that panda was delicious.
...
GAH someone come on.
Hi Derek, please finish the book by... I don't know, tomorrow? :D I CANT CONTAIN MY EXCITMENT. Seriously, yesterday I was caught ranting on to my little fish about how bloody brilliant you are and how skulduggery pleasant are the BEST Books EVER. He looked at me with non-blinking eyes as if to say, 'you are really scaring the hell out of me rightn now.' So then I ate some brocoli. Yes, brocoli. Without Skulduggery, It's come to that...
Biggest Fan in Ireland :D
Hello Valkyrie!
DEATH NOTE <3 That is what I read in between reading each Skulduggery Pleasant book <3 and Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya ^^ Still, Skulduggery Pleasant it definitely the best <3
derek the religous one was offensive and funny and the blog IS weird, some kind of mental upgrade????
...I'm Catholic and I found that HILARIOUS... but that's just me.
I have a feeling that it is, but, um, they're insane if so.
tho the look on moses's face was sorta...manic...maybe thats what skulduggery looks like when he's alone...
halew???????/
Ah. Sorry.
Derek, you have reached to 20'000 Mark??
Well here is what you should do next, REACH THE FINISHED MARK!!
I know NJ Maverick and her crazy Ideas. Where would you be without the
??
I am quite persistant I must say. Aren't I??
Anyway, I don't like the new comment layout, make them fix it.
OH HAI DERE NJ!
Hey Ruby *hugs* How are you??
Knew the one with Moses already, but Schrödinger`s Cat had me laughing out loud! Thanks for that!
Also: WOW, 20 K? Seriously? Congrats, Derek! I made a New Year`s Resolution to write at least 500 words each day. Wrote 1,844 today. Guess I`m sticking to it *coughs*
Have a great week!
Ruby I'm Catholic too just seen your comment there.
I laughed at the photo I thought it was funny.
The Moses-picture is funny!
by the way, maybe he was an elemental...!
Hey Valice
How are you??
Hello Kallista! *glomps*
Kal, are you talking about having a YOUNG China Sorrows??
Where did everyone go??
Heey, I'm back!
WB Valice!!
Thanks! How are you??
Anyone wanna chat?? So bored... Just made a new Facebook Page. Look it up, it's called: "Read Skulduggery or I'll Get Fletcher To Annoy You To Death." Please like, aiming for at leats 50 likes this week!! :D
And I need Admins. Anyone wanna be apart of my page..?
I don't have a facebook-account, but I REALLY love the name! i'll tell my friends to like it!
thanks so much!! :D Anyone else?
wow i haven't written on a blog for so long :O
@Valice I am good thanks.
@Valkyrie: there is already a Facbook page for us ones on the blog. It's called 'The People of Blogland.'
There is already like 20 members on it :$
blog lands changed ):
and im talking to myself XD
were is everyone lol
Hello blogland!!!!!!
@NK: Yeah, I know, but this is on facebook, not the blog. I thought of the name last night and I HAD to make one 'cus it sounded hilarious :P
*Eats KitKat*
My computer is confusing me! Bad computer! *hits it* ow.......
Sherlock was amazing.
I started 3 weeks ago with "A Scandal in Bohemia".
I still can't get Sherlock's ringtone out of my head.
Good to know you're still writing and well, Derek.
Hi :)
Hello people that have Arrived *hugs*
How are you all??
I'm good NJ, how are you? *hugs back*
*Random Topic* BANANAS. Anyone? No? No. Ok. :P
Hey (:
NJ how are you (:
Uh, hi?!
lol my name and stuff changed and i havent realised XD
i haven't spoken to you for like a year ... were have you been hiding?
hi!
Hi everyone! *hugs all*
0_0
That is me looking at Skulduggery.
-_-
That is Skulduggery looking at me.
*__*
That is Bibble from Barbie Fairytopia looking at Skulduggery and me.
Hi Florence! *waves*
HI PEOPLES!!!! *Hugs*
Hey (:
Hi everyone and Florence! *waves*
NJ? You still there?
@Kal Oh right :P
I am good :)
DEREK could you maybe read mine and my friends FanFic we take turns posting.
njandskye.blogspot.com
If you want to like.
Same goes for everyone here :)
*waves back*
*walks around new blog*
*waves to everyone*
By the way, does anyone happen to know what's up with there being two versions of The End of the World (both paperbacks) up for pre-order at BookDepository.co.uk? One is quite a bit pricier than the other and the ISBN numbers are different, too...
*wonders if one might be the UK and the other the Australian/NZ version*
O_o that is me being confused
^_^ that is my sister laughing at me
It could be but I don't get why they should cost more unless they're collectors editions. I have all the English covers (I do live in England) but we can still get American covers which I HATE! Sorry to any Americans' on right now...
I have no idea about the books sorry
I don't have any idea either! I mean- it makes no sense.
But maybe there is an e-mail address on this webside and you can ask there.
The American ones really aren't as cool as the others, no (although the recent new US ebook covers were pretty decent). But then it's hard for most book covers to beat the SP UK versions - I like both the original (hardcover/trade paperback) and the new mass market paperback designs a lot.
No idea about the reason for the price difference - quite odd! In any case, I think I'm getting both of them, just in case...
Hello?? Is anyone still on?
Awkward Turtle!!
*joins awkward turtle then does the awkward giraffe followed by the evil army of awkward caterpillars*
SHADOW! WHY SHOULD I WATCH MY BACK???
How did Derek do that?????? It says "this comment has been removed by the author" but he can't do that unless.....
Have to go... BY EVERYONE! *hugs*
That was me... I deleted it and Sparky! Watch it because I'm here...
OMG DEREKS A GHOST!!!!!!!!
You can delete your own comments.
BUT WHY????????
Wait you deleted it??? Oh right.... So Derek is still alive! phew!
YAY can't wait till book 7 derek!
Because I am me Sparky... I cannot be trusted, even less than China Sorrows...
hold on a second, my computer says I posted that at 10:07 AM!
*looks at clock*
*looks at laptop*
*looks at clock again*
IT'S 18:08!!!! :0
The end of the world!!!!!!!
SNOOGY
*hugs*
Long time no see!!
How are you??
But, but that isn't a REASON Shadow!
So, WHY.
*hugs back* I'm good thanks NJ, how are you?
Because I stab people in the back. As soon as they have fulfilled they're purpose, they become disposable. And you have fulfilled yours...
Sparky Shadow is... MURDER ROSE!!
Gotta go...
BYE!!!
Does anyone think we're gonna die this year?
I am good :)
Here, am I the only person to see the Irony of Murder Rose's name??
NJ i am going on the chat now :)
I do
Guh I hate when you ignore me
I don't!!
I think that is a pile of rubbish about how we are going to die!!
@Snoogy I can't go on chat!!
I am using my dads iPod touch.
2012 is a load of rubbish. We're not gonna die and @NJ, I am not Murder Rose - I am Lynxia Lost, Commander of The Cheese Sniffing Turtles and Proud Member of The Straight Jackets!
I was joking.
But I WILL ask again, Does anyone Notice the Irony of Murder Rose's Name??
Not really... *glances around* Should I?
@NJ
can you give me the link to the chat i got a new laptop and I dont have the link which is really annoying because i lost all the best websites -_-
I don't have the link it's on my laptop and my brother is using it right now... I'm on my dads iPod touch.
Murder Rose
Murderous
Murder Rose = Murderous
Get it??
Anyone still here?
I am it is just that it won't let me load the new page so now I have to have the comments sent to my e-mail!!
Oh, OK.
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