I STILL don't like this new-look Blogger. I haven't figured out how to sort out the comments section- I can't even READ your comments after the first 200, but I'll have to do something soon... grrrr...
Anyway...
I got a call just before 6 PM yesterday- my publicist, wanting to know if I could POSSIBLY make it onto a plane the next day to go to London to appear on the Alan Titchmarsh Show on ITV. Me, being the true professional that I am, eventually stopped crying and said absolutely, no problem. Never mind the fact that I'm writing a book. Never mind the fact that my deadline is approaching. Never mind all those little details. I'd be delighted to get up early and get on a plane and go to London and sit around for a few hours and appear on air for FIVE MINUTES... and then get on another plane and fly home, waving goodbye to a full day of work... Sigh. Such is the life of a super-genius.
As it turned out, though, I had a lot of fun. Yes, the traveling and the waiting was as boring as ever, and yes I did have to miss a day of writing, but I was on the show with John Barrowman, from Dr Who and Torchwood- awesome! He's a lovely guy, and his sister was equally lovely, and I had a really funny five minutes on stage with them, being interviewed. They've written a book for young people called Hollow Earth, and it actually sounds pretty cool. John is everything you'd expect- charming, funny, friendly and engaging- so I wasn't at all disappointed. He was just like Captain Jack Harkness, in fact. Which obviously poses a problem, since if I ever get to meet David Tennant or Matt Smith I'll be expecting them to be wonderfully intelligent people with the ability to time travel. Hmmm.
Matt Cardle was also there, but he's not much of a "book-person". Nice chap, though.
But now I'm home, and I might actually try and get some work done. The book is going well, I'm sure you'll be happy to know. 60,000 words and counting. Whether or not it'll continue the tradition of every book being longer than the one before, I don't know. Hopefully it will, because I like giving readers more pages for their money every time, but a book's length is a book's length, and the story itself will dictate how long it'll be.
I also have a possible title... that I can't tell you about just yet! My agent loves it, my editor loves it, I'm pretty sure the marketing people love it... It's completely different to the style of titles I've been using up until now, which is what I'm after. I'm sure I'll be able to tell you what it is soon enough, and then we'll show you the cover closer to September, just to torture you even more.
But for now, I'm concentrating on writing the thing, fully conscious that The End Of The World is out on March 1st. You guys have caused such a storm with this, actually, because thousands of you have pre-ordered it on Amazon UK, and apparently that has never happened for a World Book Day book before. I've heard that Amazon were a tad stunned...
Well done, Minions. You stunned Amazon.
Be proud of yourselves.
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«Oldest ‹Older 201 – 400 of 4807 Newer› Newest»HI DEREK I THINK YOU ROCK!
Well... Uh... That was obvious...
LEMONS FOR EVERYONE! *throws a lemon into everyone's face in greeting*
maybe we all dedicate this page 2 all of us cuz we r awesome
Woooo free lemons! *collect all the lemons in a bag*
Gaming, depression, hatred, religion (cults). Main reasons for destroying world.
LEMONS ARE EVIL NO!
NO! THE LEMONS ARE IN YOUR FACE! *squeezes lemon juice in Sunshine's face*
(Great first impression, huh?)
*duck under lemon*
*throw ketchup bomb in valvcains face*
in ur face val imean literally u got sum red stuff on ur face
*hands a napkin*
Val V, how dare you give them lemons!
Punches you in face, and procedes to scream in the corner
*muses*I do believe I mad you eat an evil take-over-your-brain robot muffin first time I met you Val. That was an excellent first impression.
You threw up on me Val *frowns*
Oooh gone midnight
i know mid night
I saw you on TV, Derek :) Had to sit through endless talk about plants and perfume, but I still saw you :) It was awesome :D Oh, and just a note, not all us Brits are so enthralled by perfume and flowers as that audience were!!
well 1 min past mid night
now 2
Robin, I'm EVIL. What do you expect? LEMONS IN EVERYONE'S FACE!
*squeals and eats a piece of chocolate* IT'S VALENTINES DAY!
Which, if you shorten it, is VAL day! I now make it a day dedicated to me. *nods*
It says 227 comments I cant see over 9000 er I mean 200 comments
*scrunches up face*
*throws rabid squirrel at Val*
hey val i think u ate my robot
*points to the robot that i was playing catch with hanging out of vals mouth
*Facepalms*
He will take over your brain if you swallow him.
i is gonna go bye guys any1 on is awesome
what an odd buch we all are xD and i am proceding to get millions of emails from all of your comments. Thanks for that.
Bye!! *waves energeticly, then throws lamps at everyone and escapes threw a side door*
*pulls squirrel's head off and shrieks like a mad banshee*
DEREK CAN YOU PLEASE TELL ME WHY YOU HAVEN''T MENTIONED THE FANFICTIONS PLEASE???????!!!!!!!!
anyone
*leaps through side door after Sunshine and throws her through the opposite wall* I love to throw things!
DEREK, CAN YOU DO A SHOUT OUT TO ME ON THE 22ND?
IT'S MY BIRTHDAY
Shoots you in the head and skips away like clarebelle xD
Bye Slayer!
No Flame he won't
nobody even sed bye 2 me cuz i am really goin starts walking in slo mo towards the door
SHUDDUP ROBIN
I did Slayer *frowns*
whoever says bye 2 me then they re awesome thanks robin
BYE slayer
*grins at Flame*
iknow soz
Gabriel left without saying good bye *frowns some more*
Well anyway
Bye Slayer!!
us 2 r awesome any1 else i dont have all day
or night hehehe
*makes a shield (Ivy style) and looks at report card* *laughs* My science teacher wrote: Isabella is a marvelous young lady. She ahs a great sense of humor and uses it appropriately.
I guess the humor part was from asking about having fingers and pointing out that the people in a photo were wearing thick socks and were sitting by a fire in shorts XD
well bye then
HAHA we are awesome
brb 10 minutes.
HI FLAME.
hi val
*thinks* I have a concert tomorrow... *frowns* And I have a solo...
hey derek! i know you cant read this but it's gonna be hard for me to order the world book day book, cuz i live in canada!!!! ugh!! any way will it be on kobo? or will it be a PDF file that i can buy....i wish i was in the UK. =( btw i bought the whole series on kobo and on paper so i'll never lose it!!!!! tho my mom is ticked it costs her $40 for kobo!!! LOVE UR WORK i over explained this, didnt i hmmm
I'm just sat here on edge because I am slightly scared that DC (Deadman Chicken) is going to post a link of my terrible writing here.......He better not, it's all terrible - especially in comparison to that of the Golden God's :3
~Luciana (You can call me L if it's easier) :D xxx
Grr I've got to go, farewell!
bye robin
I just told my brother that when Derek eventually comes to Washington that my friend Signy (Polar Bear Girl) and Lizzy (the blonde girl from the party) were planning on being Fletcher and Caelan when we meet him, and so my brother said that Derek probably won't come to Washington, so I said, "Peren, Derek WILL come, even if that means I have to drag him from Ireland back to here. He can't escape his destiny. And his destiny is to meet ME, because I am AWESOME. He'll come."
if i have to check my email one more time..
*weeps* I can't watch the shows Derek goes on! They aren't even on youtube! IT'S SO UNFAIR!!!
Hey Guys just wanted to say Hi Luciana And Derek WHY U NO RELEASE END OF TEH WORLD ANY ERLIER HeHe
Hey Val and Thrust..
oh yeah,
val,
mist wanted you,
BADLY *waggles eyebrows*
*arches an eyebrow suspiciously* And why did Mist want me?
Something about a story.
My story, or...?
he wouldnt tell me he just kept screaming your name to come on,
and it was valentines day
*sighs* That's irritating. Was it on this post or the last?
Ok. Bye.
the last
last, page before the last one
Hmmm... Suspicious... I'm gonna look at those comments.
Oh and Derek, I decided to watch Doctor Who. I was watching one where there was cybermen or something, and my dad walked in and said, "What is this? It looks super cool!"
*looks at the comments* Weird...
I do love phones, I can read all the comments this way and thus keep an eye on DC ^.^ Yay! Only one problem with my phone...it lacks ninjas <3 Actually made my week that <3 :3 ~L xxx
I decided to watch Dr Who ever since the post that said
"I wear fedoras, oh by the way Dr Who is the best, that is all"
... bACK
I wear fedoras when I dress up as Skulduggery! *does a dance* Derek likes fedoras too! Wheeeee!
if he asked you out, would you say yes?
If Skulduggery were made into a movie, would you like/mind it if Skulduggery sounded the way Rupert Degas does him? (all of you answer)
Thrust, *sighs* talk about something else,I'm going to kill someone.
What IS a fedora.
Some kind of hat.
Indiana Jones hat,
I need to know.
*looks at Flame* WHAT?!
If there was to be a film (I hope there isn't) then it'd have to be Benedict Cumberbatch!!! <3
~L
They WILL not make a movie. AND IF THEY DO... I'm going to kill someone and burn Hollywood to ashes.
just answer
I'm not answering unless you give me a reason.
Not Hollywood movie,
I'm a little sceptical about the movie myself, but say there WAS one and you had to answer the question I gave, what would you say? (Derek's writing the script anyway, that's why I'm not a LOT sceptical)
If there was a movie, I'd wanna be Val even though it would never happen. I'm American *weeps* Although, if I keep working on an Irish accent...
None of you gave an answer
I don't want that guy to play Skulduggery. I think Stephen Fry - the Cheshire Cat - should. Happy?
Because i proposed to sparky today
that a reason?
No, it's not a reason. And what did Sparky say?!
Not really, flame
*breathes quietly..*
They're making a movie?
I am angry. And I want to kill someone.
Movies ruin good books people should knw that. Whatever...
*sighs*
Maybe I should kill myself then.. And I'm not sarcastic.
Oh God, dont kill yourself.
maybe they shouldn't make one...
^^
She said
i~I cant answer that
i cant answer that
you know i cant
then said
but i want to continue going out with you flame i love you i really do
http://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=385301611496112&id=157868560906086
Stop with the love things..it's making me sick.
looooooooooooooooooooooooooveeeeeeeeeeee
Well, I understand what Sparky means.
And you still haven't gave me a reason, so you don't get an answer.
*laughs at Flame's comment*
I hope a horde of Zombies attacks my school right now. I want to kill something.
*waves hand towards Gabriel* Go kill a slice of cheese or something. Although, that'd probably make Derek mad. He likes cheese.
because if he dies ask you,
he will like you,
therefore i want to know what you would say
that is a reason,
I'm going I have P.E. now. Sadly they don't allow violence. Goodbye.
DC, I knew you'd do that! It's terrible! Why on earth would you do that??? *le dies of how bad her writing skills are*
~L xxx
But why would he even ask? I'm a jerk to everyone I know. And why do you even think he'll ask? Why?
For all you know, he might've been saying "VAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAL" because he wanted to ask about a story or something. And I think that's what it was.
i am back
Val, cos it was valentines day and he looked pretty desperate to see you..
and he wouldnt tell me why and was secretive
You asked once and he wasn't there to answer. And so what if it was Valentine's day? I hate Valentine's day. I only celebrate it because I use it as an excuse to demand candy.
Gab-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-dtJ45jES0&feature=related
skip to 7:30 for where the talk about the movie starts
just tell me
srr you are denying answering
which means you would say yes
What're we talkin 'bout now?
idk what they talking about i got too invovled with dark days since i got home
Reading it?
WHAT?! DENYING DOESN'T MEAN I'D SAY YES! THAT'S THE WORST REASONING EVER!
Denying, what, flame/val
yeah i got to pick a book to do my book report on so i did dark days and even though i read it once it fun rereading it i picked up tiny details like how scarab was in Arizona for the past 200yrs
YOU MET JOHN BARROWMAN? ACTUALLY? Oh my God, I can't breathe. I actually can't. I can't believe the world didn't implode from the sheer epicness of the two most amazing men on the planet meeting together.
On another note, good work on more progress on the book! We're all waiting...
I don't think The End of the World is going to be available in Canada for a while... :( I don't know if Amazon UK ships over here, either. Oh well...
Hi Fly!
the truth val.
The truth? The truth about what?
The truth that you have terrible reasoning?
Also, Happy Valentine's Day, Mr Golden God :)
Are we talking 'bout mist?
He started needing to talk to you before Valintines day.
VAL, OMG, I HAVEN'T SEEN YOU IN FOREVER. I'm so sorry I haven't been here lately. I just don't understand these comments, plus I've had a lot of crap in real life to deal with. Lots of heavy, heavy stuff so I avoided people for a while. How have you been? Do you mind if I internet hug you? I missed you.
oh, Fly! Hi!
Thrust, my god, I haven't seen anyone in so long. I'm so sorry. I'm back, though, and I'll try to STAY back for a while. You guys were a lot to me, and I missed being here.
Also, there's a lot of new people on the blog, and I feel left out.
Ugh, this comments box. It's so stupid. I'm just posting this so I can get to the latest page.
I was actually just thinking about you.. Not in an awkward way... just I noticed your absence.
Aw, I actually wondered if anybody had noticed, and it makes me feel pretty nice that someone did. Thanks Thrust, you made my day :)
no, that you would say yes
I don't mind if you hug me, no. *hugs Fly*
I've been dandy! I got my books from Derek in the mail, and they all say 'To Ivy', because Ivy's my story character... Have you read any of my story? It's really good, or so everyone says it is...
I know how to avoid the whole page change thing not working....I worked out a way around it quite fast actually...~L xxx
*glares at Flame* I'm still not answering.
And did you see that? Thrust said he needed me BEFORE Valentine's. When he sees how wrong you are about why he needed me, Flame, he's gonna be irritated.
Yeah, I was on whenb he needed you it was before, then robin started sayin "yay val. day" etc..
I'll find a link to the spot...
*leaves for a while in order to be nice to Val*
ill have to read it lol i waiting for my own copies of dark days and death bringer to show up still *sighs* that and i need the faceless ones because apparently my kindle decided to spazz and commit kindle suicide
see if, you were to say no, you would say it.
but you havent
i have a point
see if, you were to say no, you would say it.
but you havent
i have a point
You have no point. If I were to say no, I would say it to Mist, not to you.
And this conversation is pissing me off. Stop talking about it.
I'm sorry, I'm still lokking, but what do yes or no mean?
It doesn't matter. I'm not talking about it anymore.
*thinks* I should start chapter seven...
jeex
I still can't get the hang of this comments box. It's so STUPID.
Also, Val, no I haven't read it yet. Sorry about that. Link me? :)
i wonder if the Golden God has found a way to read past the 200 comments....i think i might have helped but i confuse myself with technology
Sure Fly, the link is http://valkyriesstories.blogspot.com/ and it's actually pretty long, so you'll have to click on 'Older Posts' to find the beginning of it. But it's worth your time to read the whole thing, because everyone seems to really like it so far and it is amazing.
hmm i shall read it with the 12min i got before bed
Thanks Val! I'll try to get in a chapter or so before I head off to bed. It's great that you got the books in the mail.
Thanks
...?
What "OMG", Thrust? What's doing on?
its really interesting...i wont finish them all tonight but i shall do so tomorrow....nice work val
Thanks Zafira. Like I said, it's a long story...
your welcome and good night enjoy the books you got
Never mind Everybody! -- false alarm
Val... I'm reading your Halloween story, and you've pretty much nailed the characters down perfectly. It's actually uncanny how in-character everyone is...
Take this bravo and a cheer. You earned it.
Wow.
Thanks Fly! :D I didnt know if the characters were quite right, because I wrote that back in October...
Well, you did it right, and I'm impressed.
Also, I love your picture. You're very pretty :)
I wish I could convince my parents to let me do that to my bedroom wall...
You think I'm super pretty? Thank you so much!!! :D
I actually didn't do that to my wall - I came home and my mumzy had done it while I was at my dad's house. She rocks.
Omg! How can you torture us hinting that you know the name! The excitement is unbearable! Hahhaa,I watched the show, You were great! :) Well done Golden God!
Hehehe... I changed my name slightly just now.
val doid sparky email you recently*
No, except the conversation we had a few days ago about how some of our friends don't like Skulduggery.
I almost killed someone today
I just asked my mom and her boyfriend what they would guess my name was if they didn't know. My mom instantly said, "Valkyrie." I told her that she had to guess as if she DIDN'T know me, and she said "Jenny." Then her boyfriend said that he would guess "Jenna."
It's interesting to know what people think...
How do they breath?
Really? That's lovely, that is.
He was annoying me so... I almost said if you kick me one more time I am going to kill you with my ruler. It's metal ruler
Oh the same thing happend to me once...
I've gotten closer to killing someone. Let's see... Well, this morning, I greeted one of my best friends by coming up behind her, wrapping my arm around my throat and shouting, "HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!". I also stuck my hand THROUGH a window, and the glass fell all over my sisters...
Killing is so going to be fun
First
First
Damn it
First
First
Fg
First
First
Yay. But I thought it was you.... Anyway
Anyway
Dedications...
To all people that I like talking too and SP and China Sorrows
To I meant to
Anyway see ya later alligator
Jenny or Jenna? That's weird. Most people think I'm a Jennifer if they don't know me.
I'm not an alligator! I am the walrus! *starts screaming the song*
So far, what people have told me is:
Sarah
Nicole
Jenny
Jenna
Valerie
Emma
Melanie
Judging from what pictures I've seen of you, you definitely look like your name ends with a pretty "ee" sound, like Valerie or Stephanie. HEY, we could be name twins then :D
I look like a Valerie or Stephanie? Awesome.
And what do you mean, name twins?
Name twins are people who have the same name (It's something I made up with some friends). And it's because I'm a Stephanie :D
You're a Stephanie?! YOU ARE SO LUCKY!!! In that case, though, I have a ton of name twins... I know, like, a billion people with my name.
I've NEVER met anybody else named Stephanie. For such an epic name, I'm surprised more people don't name their kids Stephanie, even the boys XD
My name is actually a large reason why I picked up the Skulduggery series in the first place :D
I've met so many people named Isabella/Bella it's ridiculous. Not to mention the fact that I know about six people with the same middle name. Who would've guessed that I would know three people named Isabella Marie?!
Dude, really? That's uncanny, though, granted, they're lovely names :)
Thanks :)
I have to eat dinner, I'll be back after!
3 people on my street have the same birthday as me, and we're all next door neighbours. Freaky
I actually might not be here, I'll be going to bed soon. But if I'm not here, it was an absolute joy talking to you again after so many weeks, and I wish you a good day tomorrow. Sleep well.
'Night.
I'm back!
And Fly, I swear, you're like one of the nicest people on here... I thought I should tell you, whether you're here or not. :)
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