Just got word- The End Of The World has officially been released.
I thought it wouldn't be available until the 1st of March, World Book Day, but apparently they release their books a week or two early so that people will have them in their hands for the day in question. I think the vouchers can be used in participating shops from tomorrow onwards, but if you don't have a voucher the books themselves are real cheap, so it shouldn't break the bank.
TEOTW isn't the only World Book Day book, of course, so look around, see if anything else takes your fancy.
The A/NZ version of TEOTW will be released tomorrow, I'm told. The only difference between the two versions are the extras at the back. In the A/NZ, there's the short story using characters created by Minions -with-funny-accents right here in this Blog (and don't worry, this story will be collected along with all of the others and released to the world sometime between now and Book Nine).
In the UK and Ireland version of TEOTW, instead of a story, we have some deleted scenes from my first draft of the first Skulduggery book. I figured it might be interesting to give you a peek into what Val's home life would have been like if I hadn't come up with the idea of the reflection. Here's a hint: it'd be completely different. No warmth, or humour, or Melissa rolling her eyes while Desmond does something odd. Have a read, and then see which one you prefer.
Oh, and to all you competition winners who have been sent the signed books, I still have to send you a signed copy of Death Bringer. I've signed them and everything, I just haven't, er, sent them yet. Ahem. The upside is that now I'll be able to send you signed copies of TEOTW as well- so yay me!
Oh, and as usual, even though TEOTW is only a novelette, keep spoilers to an absolute minimum in the comments section. You may continue to babble now.
OMG!!! FIRST!! :D Yya! i got my TEOTW Today from Amazon! Love it! Brilliant book! :D XXXXXX LOVE YOU DEREK, BEST AUTHOR EVER!! XX
ReplyDeleteHehe. First page of comments.
ReplyDeleteCan't wait for TEOTW!
Ooh! Second and third!
ReplyDeleteLove the SP series, I'm literally aching with anticipation for the next book x3
ReplyDeleteGasp! Fifth comment? Sixth, seventh, now? : D
ReplyDeleteHURRAY FOR THE END OF THE WORLD!
ReplyDeletethat sounded a bit morbid, but it's true!
Ooh yay!!!! To Amazon.com i go *runs to amszon* i gonna order it yay!!!!! I think I should wait til the rush dies down....ah forget it
ReplyDeleteAaaaaaargh! ~contemplates going to check the mailbox again although it's almost midnight and the book was only dispatched yesterday~
ReplyDeleteAn English friend who got hers yesterday sent me a quote as a teaser. She's EVIL. (I'm conveniently forgetting that I begged her for something non-spoilery.)
Hey everyone!!!! I just read that and now im shaking with joy and excitement!!!! In two days i will buy that book, and read it!!!! It will be in my hands, and i shall smell the new book smell from it, novelettte or not, it counts at a book !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! <3 This has reaaly cheered me up !!!!! :3
ReplyDeleteWow, never got in this early.
ReplyDeleteHow's all this film stuff going?
I need another legacy since Harry potter has finished.
But Skully will be much better because you wrote it.
I hate short sentences.
I have one query though.
Setting up Val with Gordon's legacy - wouldn't it be more fun to have val get a job,or her reflection?
Also I have a picture of you on my wall.
*chuckles of glee with hints of malice ensue*
Bye bye!!!!
Yay! First page!
ReplyDeleteDEREK:: KATIE MCGRATH SHIULD PLAY CHINA SORROWS IN THE SP MOVIE IF THERE IS ONE!
ALSO: YOU PUT KALLISTA IN DEATH BRINGER! THAT IS SO COOL! YOU ARE THE BEST GOLDEN GOD EVER!
ReplyDeleteAs i go to Amazon i find something rather odd....my daddy used my gift card....AWWWWW now i cant buy it! I even had enough to buy even after i ordered DD O: the odds are not in my favor today *sighs* now ill hafta wait til easter 40 days from now....
ReplyDeleteGrr! I can't refresh! This is so annoying!
ReplyDeleteWooo, TEOTW! First time I've actually looked forward to ze Book Day! It always just rolled around without my noticing...
ReplyDeleteThis is me refreshing as there isn't a 'newest' button.
ReplyDelete*gasps over-dramatically*
ReplyDeleteWOOOOOOOOOOOOHHOOOOOOOOOOOOHOHOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHOHOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
NOW I'LL BE ABLE TO READ THE END OF THE WORLD TOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
Heads up, I like Desmond the best when he said he dropped Valkyrie into a penguin enclosure. Just sayin'.
I used to HATE world book day because in primary we always used to have to bring in our favoutite book and i never had one. I discovered all three of my favourite authors in secondary school:(
ReplyDeleteI think Derek should post again and say hi to us all then jump on the next ferry or plane to Scotland and get a bus, train or taxi to East Kilbride. Then he should stay in a hotel and come to Calderglen High School for the day to talk with 2T3 and be our English teacher !!!!!! And bring the incomplete book 7 !!!!!!! Then he should come see Olly Murs with me !!!!
ReplyDeleteYeah, that part made me laugh *goes off to read it*
ReplyDeleteRefreshing
ReplyDeleteI hope he does! I asked him not to i told him I wanted the book...but nooooo. Idk if i can wait 40 days til easter O.o i MITE get it
ReplyDeleteYES KALLISTA I AGREE!
ReplyDeleteHello world!
ReplyDeleteI read TEOTW today. I'm glad I'll get a signed copy of it. To complete my two sets of SP books. A signed and an unsigned set.
one more reason why i need to move to the UK. THESE BOOKS DO NOT COME OVER THE ATLANTIC FAST ENOUGH.
ReplyDeleteoi Derek...I AM MOVING ON WEDNESDAY!!!!! So what if someone else get's my books when I leave?! :c
ReplyDeleteHeidi0 i agree i mean i got MC and DB but DD hasnt come how am i supposed to read the two i got if DD isnt here? I mean i did borrow from my friend sooo
ReplyDeleteOkay, i just read the penguin enclosure bit. I love that chapter. It really makes me laugh.
ReplyDeleteKALLISTA!!!!!!!
ReplyDelete*hugs her tightly and glomps her with noogies and kisses*
Hi octoboona, heidio, arriana.
ReplyDeleteRefreshing.
ReplyDeletei know it's so annoying! i ordered MC and DB at the same time and it took them almost 2 weeks to get here. now im waiting on TEOTW. RAGE
ReplyDeleteHi Kallista, and hi Hellboy!
ReplyDeleteI do indeed have that folder, and it's packed full of stuff, but on that tour I was handed an astonishing FOUR folders of fan fiction and drawings, and I still haven't got through them all (y'know, writing a book takes up a certain amount of time...)
But once I've finished all of them I'll be able to tell you what I think!
Lizzy, I was lucky enough to have an agent when I was writing Skulduggery. I got an agent because of the movies I'd done, so when I'd finished the book she knew the perfect people to send it to. Basically, that means that I skipped the awful stage you're at now, which is wondering how the hell you get your foot in the door...!
Hudson- you're weird. But apart from that, that's a good question! Would if have been better to set Val up with a job, instead of inheriting Gordon's estate?
The answer, I admit, is yes, it probably would have been better- in the long run- to NOT have her inherit so much. But as it is, her situation really lets me focus on the important stuff, and ignore the more practical things like "how does she pay for things?"
Star Midnight- I think Katie McGrath would be wonderful in ANY role! I met her once, at my cousin's wedding, and I spent the whole night trying to chat her up. Lovely girl!
(Also, regrading the refreshing the comments page, as I've just found out, if you go back to the actual blog entry and click on the title to this post, the comments page will open up like they always did!)
And hi Cassidy! And everyone! And I can't be your English teacher! I'd just spend the whole class making jokes and hitting people!
So excited for End Of The World! It's gonna be so awesome! :D
ReplyDeleteArianna- if you're moving, send your new address to the email you were given, and I'll send it on to you.
ReplyDeleteI know . . . Instead of putting refreshing, i'll put sp quotes!
ReplyDeleteThe sparrow flies south for winter *hits south because i don't have anyone better to hit*
Derek, i think death bringer is probably your funniest book.
*stares wildly*
ReplyDeleteIt's a DEREK!
*jumps up and down in excitement*
I must warn you that if I ever meet you in real life I just simply have to give you a noogie.
(And maybe another one on behalf of my beloved Kallista)
OK! Thanks Derek! Thank you for everything I mean. :3
ReplyDeleteHello Derek. I swore i would tell you that Ali who comments on Facebook says " hello golden god." i do know her outside of school. :So now i feel safer from her copy of Death Bringer which will prolly hit me if i hadnt posted her greeting.
ReplyDeleteyay so excited now i just have to hope that i can get it when i go shopping cant wait to read what adventures the aussies and nz get up to yay
ReplyDeleteDDDDDEREEEEEEEKKKKKKKkkk!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteDerek, can you at least be MY sub? :D
ReplyDeleteIt'd be a wonderful class! You'd do everything the teacher already does! Plus hitting!
(And make the hallway smell like bacon, then you'll get wild reactions from this girl who...well, likes bacon. It's weird. It really is)
*shifty look*
ReplyDeleteTHE ROOSTER CROWS AT DAWN!
*Thalia kicks down the door*
Thalia: You called?
...I wish that could happen. Hmmm..
Hehehe, hitting people in my class is fine, and jokes are even better!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :3
ReplyDeleteOh and about the deleted scenes.
ReplyDeleteI much prefer Val's family life as it is in the books.
Reading those deleted scenes were just horrible (in like a good way- we are reading words from an awesome Golden God after all). I'm so glad you came up with the reflection.
:D
WOW! DEREK MENTIONED ME! *sighs happily* My life is now complete. Well, it will be, if ghastlith happens, and if km plays cs, and if i become an author when i'm older, and if i never have to birdwatch again, and if . . .
ReplyDeleteOkay. My life is not quite complete.
But i knew katie mcgrath was the best friend of your counsin's wife. I'm in the process of reading all your old posts, AND all the millions of comments, because that's how sad i am:(
I mean *coughs* Hi.
ReplyDeleteAnd OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Derek just replied to meeee!!!!!!!! I feel soooo happy!!!!! This is why i come to the blog, to get cheered up and talk to epic people!!!!!!!!!!!! :3
ReplyDeleteHmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm *goes off thinking*
ReplyDeleteHi cassidy, mar-chu. Mar-chu, you might not have met me. But i will be called a regular in the future, so hi.
ReplyDeleteHey Derek! You "forgot" to mention when TEOTW will be released in Germany. Don`t tell me I need to have it shipped over from the UK again?! Because I did that with Death Bringer and I think someone had to swim across the channel and walk the rest of the way to deliver it to my local book store. That`s just getting ridiculous, really.
ReplyDeleteAnyway, I`m already looking forward to reading it and I hope it`ll be available for me, soon.
And even though I haven´t yet read the alternative version of Val`s home life, I can already tell it wouldn`t be half as good as the "real" one. I absolutely LOVE Desmond`s scenes. He is hilarious.
"I cannot cure stupidity." Doctor Nye. I sooooo agree with Nye
ReplyDeleteHi pink!
ReplyDeleteThanks, kallista! And i do learn loads of interesting stuff, reading those comments.
Hello there Star :3 !!!!
ReplyDeleteI have to go now.
ReplyDelete*hugs and kisses Kallista*
Night all!
"Surprise! It's the clothes!"
ReplyDeleteBye octoboona!
ReplyDeleteGoodnight Octa :3
ReplyDeleteOh no i haven't ordered TEOTW!!!
ReplyDeleteNeed to get on to that
bye octa..............
ReplyDelete*doesn't know why she added ...*
ReplyDeletefor a minute i was like, "it's not nighttime everyone!" then i was like, "oh wait...."
ReplyDeleteAnd now i must leave, bye everyone!!!!! Have fun!!!!!! I don't know if i will be able to sleep tonight with all the excitement, but i might come on later!!!!! :3 Nighty night!!!!!! And cheeeeriooooooooo!!! :3
ReplyDelete"I could have been killed because you were tying your SHOELACE?"
ReplyDelete"An untied shoelace can be dangerous. I could have tripped"
. . .
"I'm joking"
"Really?"
"Absolutly. I would never have tripped. I'm far too graceful"
I know this is soooo random but: Derek do you like Sweeney Todd? If so who is your favorite charector? Mine is Mrs. Lovett.
ReplyDelete"I kill Cain. Not you, not the vampire, not the idiot."
ReplyDelete"Who's the idiot?"
Oh i've to go.
ReplyDeleteBye all! Bye Derek!
ReplyDelete"Blow it up."
ReplyDelete"Can't do that"
"Why not?"
"Not a bomb. It's a bag with a collapsible jack for chsnging tyres."
"What abour the remote?"
"It opens my garage door. Don't tell thwm, but it doesn't even have batteries in it"
Bye pink, kallista
ReplyDelete"Billy-Ray Sanguine master of all manner of unpleasant deaths and purveyor of cruel and unusual punishments at your sevice."
ReplyDelete"Only a heathen would bring a gun to a sword fight."
ReplyDelete"And only a moron would bring a sword to a gunfight."
And my iPods dying so me gone again.
ReplyDeleteBye!
"Do you know what that makes me? It makes me BETTER then you."
ReplyDeleteI've ordered my copy and i've had the dispatch message so I hope it arrives tomorrow. :D
ReplyDeleteIm reading DB and role playing and commenting xD
ReplyDelete"I'm going to cut you into little tiny pieces. I'm going to take a small piece of your skull andturn it into some dice. Maybe I'll use tge rest of you as keys on a piano. I wonder, skeleton, would you still be alive? Would you still be conscious if you were dice, or keys on a piano?"
ReplyDelete"Always wanted a life in music"
Derek, can I ask you a question, PLEASE?? Do you think on the next tour you would come to NI? Its just its too FAR to go to R.O.I, and my daddy is lazy. He won't drive me. I have my books waiting for you to sign! They are hungry for Derek Landy signatures. You don't want my poor books to starve, do you? Please reply, i really want to know!! :) Best author ever, again, as i said in the 1st comment :) xxxx
ReplyDeletePS: Do you like Harry Potter? Just reading TEOTW and Valkyrie whistles the Harry Potter tune! xxx (thats not a BIG spoiler, is it?)
"You don't happen to have an imaginary chessboard with you, do you?"
ReplyDeleteUgh lakalalallalalal shush!!
ReplyDeleteStop talking bout teotw!!!!
Hah!!!
My mother may drive to easons tomorooq
*mumbles about still not having TEOTW even though it's been pre-ordered for ages*
ReplyDeleteHey Robin.
ReplyDeleteYou ok.
Email me. My ioo is going to die
Whoever read TEOTW do tell me one thing: is billy-ray alive??? So flame and whorver else dont wanna know we prolly should add spoiler warnings
ReplyDeleteShushshushsushsushsushushsushsd
ReplyDeleteThats a spoiler in the question
Thanks Zaf!!!
Okie Flame
ReplyDelete"When you hold a baby, what's the most inportant thing to remember?"
ReplyDelete"Not to drop it"
"Well, yes, well done, dear, but i was thinking more about HOW you hold the baby"
"Ah. Of course. The secret to holding a baby is to pick it up by the scruff of the neck"
"You're thinking of kittens"
"Pick it up by the ears then"
"You're thinking of nothing"
Yay okie. Now me goes!!
ReplyDeleteBye!
I'll be emailing Robin
Be!
I am positive my mother has hidden TEOTW from me until I get my French result tomorrow, what if it's awful? Then what will she do? *panics*
ReplyDeleteHi robin! Hi flame!
ReplyDeleteBye!
ReplyDeleteNp flame Ali was spoiling DD for me til i took out the razor i made identical to Billy-Ray's ( fake razor lol i didnt attack i just took it out and she spszzed)
ReplyDeleteStar, what if she rips it or burns it or worse draws on it!
ReplyDeleteHa Zafira
ReplyDeleteThe humanity!
ReplyDelete"Can i please just hold her?"
ReplyDelete"I don't think that's wise"
"A lot of things aren't wise, Melissa. Iscrossing the road with your eyes closed wise? No, but i do it anyway"
"Stephanie, you're in charge of teaching Alice how to cross the road"
Erm . . . I don't know, robin. Maybe you should go snooping, see if you can find it.
ReplyDeleteI've already tried all the usual places, she has been very crafty
ReplyDeletecool!
ReplyDeleteHi robin and check her dbedroom or a food closet
ReplyDeleteDone and done Zafira
ReplyDelete*mutters*
ReplyDeleteHmmm thats hard....very hard
ReplyDeleteOh well...
ReplyDelete"You don't trust me"
ReplyDelete"I do trust you. I just don't trust you A LOT. Stephanie has safe hands"
"You want to see safe hands?" He went to the fruit bowl on the side table, took two apples and proceeded to juggle them. "See? Safe as anything."
"Are you proposing to juggle our newborn child?"
"Of cpurse not. I'd only be able to juggle her if we had twins. Otherwise it's just throwing"
*facepalm* I actually laugh aloud at Des he's brilliant.
ReplyDelete"I didn't drop her once"
ReplyDelete"You dropped her when we were at the zoo"
"You dropped me?"
"Ah. I'd forgotten about that. In my defense, you were a very wriggly child. One moment you were there, the next you were, you know, on the,ground in the penguin enclosure"
"You dropped me in the PENGUIN ENCLOSURE?"
To be continued . . .
Des is brilliant reminds me of my brother irl
ReplyDeleteI don't know anybody like that, probably why it's so funny to me.
ReplyDeleteSadly my brother is like that
ReplyDeleteSadly? It sounds like fun
ReplyDelete"I was leaning over the railings and you just plopped out of my grip. You weren't hurt, or anything. And even if you had been, I'm sure the penguins would have taken you in, raised you as one of their own. It would have been a different life for you, but still a good one"
ReplyDelete"I can't beleive you dropped me"
"Neither could the people around us. Some crazy woman stormed up and roared at me for about five minutes about how i shouldn't be putting my child in danger"
"That was me"
To be continued . . .
Oh he is funny....i gotta figure out how he pulled tendons in his arm bowling
ReplyDelete"Now it makes sense. My fear of zoos. My fear of penguins. My fear of being dropped in a zoo with penguins. It's all Dad's fault"
ReplyDelete"Most things are"
*runs to chat*
ReplyDeleteDo you want more des, people? I have dark days here! *waves dark days in a tenpting mamner*
ReplyDeleteSo, do you?
ReplyDeleteOoh no....Nye is haunting my day dreams.
ReplyDeleteOkay. I have to refresh one way or another, so i'll take that as a yes.
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ReplyDeleteNye, dodgey character, changed or not do we think?
ReplyDelete"I'm off to meet a few cluents, take them out for a quick nine"
ReplyDelete"A quick nine what?"
"I'm not sure. It's a golf term. Men my age say it all the time. I wanted to take them to the football final on Sunday, but golf this afternoon will have to do"
"You don't play golf"
"But i've seen it on television and it looks pretty straightforward. Hit the ball with the thing."
"Club"
Im not sure honestly
ReplyDeleteEr, what? I haven't been following the conveesation.
ReplyDeleteNor am I Zafrina
ReplyDeleteTalking bout Nye
ReplyDeleteThis comment has been removed by the author.
ReplyDelete*Zafira
ReplyDeleteYes?
"What could be easier?"
ReplyDelete"Your hand-eye co-ordination isn't the best though, and you regularly say you think golf is stupid"
"Golf IS stupid"
"Then why would you want to take your clients golfing?"
"Primarily, it's the outfit. The V-neck jumpers with the diamond patterns and the trousers with the socks pulled up"
"I don't think people wear those anymore"
"Oh"
Well i knew THAT. But WHAT about nye?
ReplyDeleteOh, never mind. Don't make my brain work any more than it has to. I'll stick with quoting/refreshing.
*nods* Yes what about Nye?
ReplyDelete"People who follow the rules do not come to ME. Which explains why i see the both of you with aome regularity"
ReplyDelete"We rogues have to stick together"
"That rather defeats the point of BEING a rogue though, doesn't it?"
Ah, I give up, I must dash! Farewell.
ReplyDeleteThe Purple Menace wasn't as bad as the Canary Car, but it was close. At least it didn't make people stop and actually laugh as it passed.
ReplyDeleteBye robin!
ReplyDelete"I'm sure he'd forgive the little trespass if you told him what we'd found"
ReplyDelete"Not really. See, this is his family's chamber. It's a sacred thing. Us being here is inexcusable"
"What? You said this was just like a storage shed. You didn't say anything about it being SACRED"
"Is this disrespectful? Is this like dancing on someone's grave?"
ReplyDelete"A little worse than that. It's like digging up the grave, taking out the body, rifling through the pockets and THEN dancing on the whole thing. It's a little more than disrespectful."
Is nobody here?
ReplyDeleteFive minutes till midnight . . .
ReplyDeleteMaybe i'll get first. That would be good.
ReplyDeleteThat would be excellant, in fact.
ReplyDeleteNow, let me see . . . What should i dedicate it to?
ReplyDeleteWell, i've got quite a way to go yet, of course.
ReplyDeleteWoo-hoo! Midnight! *throws confetti*
ReplyDeleteFarewell, blogland. Until we meet again.
ReplyDeleteWOOT! THE END OF THE WORLD!
ReplyDeleteHoly shiz! Must...get...to...Amazon....
ReplyDeleteFudge! I can't find it on the US site.
ReplyDeleteDo I have to order from the UK site? Even though I've ordered three books from out of the country already I'm still not accustomed to Internet shopping.
Im baaaaaack
ReplyDeleteHiya
ReplyDeleteHi kimberly
ReplyDelete...My comment didn't post.
ReplyDelete*hisses*
DEREK WE THINK YOU ROCK! This is Valkyrie V and Amanda... the ones at your party....
ReplyDeleteAnyway, HELLO!
If we go to Ireland, will you meet up with us? PLEASE?
Say hi to us, we beg of you! We talk about you everyday to other people, and they think you're awesome too!
Oh, and read my - Val V's - story at http://valkyriesstories.blogspot.com/ PLEASE DEREK!
And publish your books here!
Pasta!
ANYWAY.
ReplyDeleteYAY FOR THE END OF THE WORLD! :D
And I'm a tad scared of what Val's home life would be like without the reflection. I mean, I don't really like the reflection, but it makes life easier.
Hola zafira and I hate it when that happens thalia
ReplyDeleteI be scared to know wht her life would be like
ReplyDeleteYay! I get the end of the world
ReplyDeleteI as in Val
ReplyDeleteDitto.
ReplyDeleteAnd this is completely off topic but is it weird that I thought Kenspeckle would come back as a zombie? 0_0
I hate it when my replies don't match up...
ReplyDeleteIm still hoping theres a hint Billy-Ray hast died
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ReplyDeleteO.o i be worried i got a pic of Billy-Ray staring at me
ReplyDeleteOkay, Derek, I'm gonna make sure you see this. Yeah. So I'm gonna post it again:
ReplyDeleteDEREK!!!
OH MY GOD YOU CAN READ THE COMMENTS NOW?! YAY YAY YAY! I was - I tried so very hard to - going to tell you what Sparky did, but I was two posts away from the first page on the last post so I can post a comment, but my computer - my BROKEN computer - would not ALLOW it. It shut off as I was typing the comment. Just saying.
By the way, and I am NOT trying to be creepy, but I dreamed that I met you and you wouldn't leave me alone... It was creepy... I also once dreamed that you were a grouchy old hobo who owned a toilet company. That... I don't know how that happened, so don't ask. Please.
SAY HI TO ME MASTER DEREK! PLEASE! I AM YOUR BIGGEST FAN! (No one can argue! I didn't see the rest of YOU having a party for him, or with NINETEEN Skulduggery books, or a Skulduggery blanket...)
Yes Derek, I am very insane. You are so correct about that. I think everyone agrees on that one. It's pretty obvious.
And also, I want to ask you something (*cough-something-that-will-make-me-explode-with-joy-if-you-do-it-cough*), and that something is if you will read my story. It isn't a fanfiction by any means, just a story. An amazing story that, so far, everyone loves. It's kind of long, though. Not like a book, but I want to make it into one. Eventually. I'm currently writing the seventh chapter, and I think that I have, oh, about 15,000 words. Please read it! You're the one who inspired me to write in the first place! If you read it, and told me what you though of it, it would be SO FREAKING COOL. That's be like having my inspiration telling me what they thought of my work. (I felt really weird refering to you as 'my inspiration'. I like calling you 'Derek' a lot more.) It's posted at http://valkyriesstories.blogspot.com/
Also, COME TO WASHINGTON. If you don't... *gives Derek a very threatening-looking glare to make time to think of a threat* ... I will steal a spoon from your kitchen and kill you with it! Just.. don't, you know, kick me in the face. That wouldn't be very nice, now would it?
Oh, and I've gathered 200+ minions for you. And my entire elementary school from last year is reading Skulduggery. Because of me. I rock.
This comment is long...
Did you get my letter? From Bella Votolato? You sent me a Christmas card and a letter, and I wrote one back. DID YOU GET IT? HMMM? DID YOU? I said that, if you still want to be a ninja, I can be like your combat accessory. I'd love to kick people. I've already got a list. *shows list to Derek by shoving it in his face*
Oh, and I got my signed books and poster from you. THEY ARE SO COOL. When I got them, I didn't let them out of my sight for about two hours, and for those two hours I was just reading the short stories and admiring the awesomeness... And the watch? I wear it everyday. It's on right now. Opposite of my hand with a black ring, which I have tricked people into believing that has Necromancer magic.
I feel like I'm forgetting to say something...
Oh! Please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please... *continues for a thousand more words* Say something to Amanda. She was the girl with orange hair from the party. You know, the one eating frosting out of the can with a spoon. She was a major part of the party, and everyday we talk about Skulduggery and think of every possible thing that could happen when we meet you. We even once thought of what would happen if we 'accidentally' threw you at a wall... SAY SOMETHING TO HER! PLEASE! DON'T GIVE ME ALL THE CREDIT FOR THAT BIRTHDAY/DEATHDAY PARTY!
In conclusion to this ridiculously long comment... DEREK LANDY IS AWESOME!
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ReplyDeleteHey Derek, are you gonna come to Washington? Are you? PLEASE? Did I ask that in the long comment? PLEASE COME HERE. PLEASE. You go to, like, every other country except America. What are all us Ameriminions supposed to do? HMMMMM? We want to meet you too... DESPERATELY...
ReplyDeleteHi Amanda. Pssst... Guess what...
ReplyDeleteWhat valkyrie
ReplyDeleteOmg Val that WAS LONG xD ah well i would faint if Derek came to Pennsylvainia but i doubt it'll happen but u neeeeever know
ReplyDeleteThe sparrow flies south for winter
ReplyDeleteNoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
ReplyDeleteHehehehe... I pushed Amanda off the yoga ball thingy that she's sitting on...
ReplyDeleteHello MR. Landy!
ReplyDeleteI have no idea what to write here so just pretend I wrote something especially witty and clever. Anyway i am a really big fan, and wish to arrogantly demand that you hurry up and get the next books written and released so that I have more to read and therefore distract myself from the hideous babble of my ignorant Twilight-loving cohorts. That being said, I hope you've had a lovely day.
I think playing with Bellatrix's wand is dangerous...i poked my toe i swear i broke earlier with it....painful
ReplyDeleteDerek should come to California. We have a prison in the middle of the sea (Alcatraz), the Hollywood sign, Yosemite, Pier 39, and frozen yogurt. :3
ReplyDeleteheler
ReplyDeleteDerek, should I be concerned that Polar Bear Girl claims to work for Caelan? She says that she helps him be a stalker... It's creepy...
ReplyDeleteTAKE ME TO YOUR LEADER OR DIE BY THE FLY GUY
ReplyDeleteHmmmm... Amanda can't spell 'guy' or 'leader' without me telling her how to... And she's twelve. And a month and a few days older than me. AND I CAN SPELL EVERYTHING.
ReplyDeleteE-V-E-R-Y-T-H-I-N-G.
I'm amazing.
Ok i think i hurt my little toe on DB....oops that was painful imma total klutz irl
ReplyDeleteDraco likes hamsters
ReplyDeleteDraco likes honey
Draco likes toothpaste (ca chook ca chook ca chook)
Draco likes money
Draco likes facepaint
Draco likes pliers
Draco likes cartwheels, Draco likes bowling, Draco likes FIRE
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ReplyDeleteDECAPITATION IS THE KEY TO LIFE SUCCESS.
ReplyDeleteI feel lonely.....ah well i read :D
ReplyDeleteOoh sooooo close
ReplyDeleteYay! FIRST!
ReplyDeleteI dedicate this page to:
-Amanda. She's fun to slap and just funny in general. And I stole the 'DECAPITION IS THE KEY TO LIFE SUCCESS' thing from her. So... yeah.
-Derek. He's awesome. He wrote my favourite book series, and now I actually LIKE to read (most of the time), and now I've attempted to watch Doctor Who. It's awesome, too.
-Everyone who reads my story. You people - you guys ROCK. (READ IT! http://valkyriesstories.blogspot.com/)
-The End of the World! It lets me sound so insane when me and Amanda say, "Man, I can't wait for the End of the World..." "Yeah, we need to pre-order The End of the World"
-NINJAS. WE ARE THE MASTERS OF ALL... um... NINJA STUFF.
Amanda you're a dipperonie. Seriously.
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ReplyDeleteAnd that, Amanda, is why I'm best friends with you.
ReplyDeletePie?????!!!!! I want pe!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteGoodnight everyone
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ReplyDeleteQuestion: I'm in America, but I'm visiting Ireland this summer, so will the novella be available then, or will I just have to go and steal one? Please don't make me steal.
ReplyDelete-Molly, already feeling the little book in my hands.
YAY!!!!!
ReplyDeleteI got mine in the post a couple of days ago. So excited to read it.
ReplyDeleteAnd thank you, Derek for your reply. Things just got a little worse in the last five minutes because my aunt found my blog and is going to tell my parents, but yeah. Thanks.
Hae everyone!
ReplyDeleteMust post for the sake of posting. Derek, I love you, but I haven't been able to stalk the blogs like I usually do... that is why things have been so quiet XD
ReplyDelete~Night, Minions.