I'm finished the book.
It's only the first draft, granted. And I've finished it twelve days after I expected to be finished, also granted. And with the schedule so horrendously packed, I'm gonna have to start the edit by Sunday. But none of that takes away from the fact that I have finished Kingdom of the Wicked, and I am one happy writer-bunny.
My editor called this afternoon. He'd read most of it, and was just calling to give me the thumbs up. This, I have to say, was a relief. I've never written a book as quickly as I did this one, so I was worried that the quality might slip. Apparently it hasn't. This makes me happy. It's also LONGER than any of the others. Please keep in mind that the finished product might be significantly shorter, but at the moment this one is clocking in at 130,000 words- that's about 12,000 words longer than Death Bringer.
I am so, so drained. I need to play video games. I need to watch movies. I need to spend more than an hour away from my computer. But despite how drained I feel, I am buzzing with that wonderful, wonderful feeling of accomplishment that I always get when I finish a book. I am truly great.
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*looks at him and holds his hand* Well I don't think you're useless. Although I don't know what kind of useless you're talking about...
Useless as in "can't do anything/help anyone" useless.
*frowns and sits up* When did you start thinking that?
I would say something, but I'll probably delete it after, so I'll just keep staying quiet...
*points to the deleted comment that said *sighs and posts it**
Hi Lavender. I've been staying quiet too!
Yeah, Gab. I noticed you never left and assumed you were doing the same as me.
Hi five!
And now I'm questioning the sanity of Gab and Lav seeing as their talking about why their staying quiet, making themselves not-so-quiet-anymore by doing so...
Yeah I've been playing a game called Wild Ones. I'm pwning this people!
Lol Zath.
*falls back onto ground* Mist, you're not useless. I was being stupid and destructive, and besides, I didn't even tell you anything, how could you have helped?
Come to think of it, you DID help.
That makes everything worse though. I helped without even doing anything and without knowing it.
*looks at him* it doesn't make it worse. How does it do that?
No, I meant it makes me feel worse.
*blinks*
...
...
*looks at time*
One in the morning...
*tilts head*
Do I even feel tired? Hmm...
*continues to work on story as I was doing while being quiet*
Not so quiet anymore, I guess...
*goes back to silence*
...OK, it stopped.
I just killed someone in Wild ONes and before I killed him I said "Why hello and oh goodbye."
Now I got killed by someone else.
...Okay.
*smiles at him*
*smiles back and reads through the top comments*
...
*watches him* What is it?
Nothing.
*nods*
Oh, yay. Jessica's safe.
Um...
Hi Jemma?
Even though I don't think she stays...
Okay. *hugs him* You sure?
*hugs back*
Um...
...
...Yes.
*looks at Jemma's profile, then her blog*
Hmm... She has a blog, but only one post that was in January and I think she knows Lorelei...
What's wrong?
Hi people!
Go Jessica!!
Well, Lorelei knows her.
Hi Star!
Nothing.
Hi, Star.
Hi Star. :)
Hello Starr
*has a feeling I should go to bed, but doesn't want to*
Even though I'm not saying much here, I'm working on a story...
Might suddenly go distant. If i do, i'm writing.
Hi lavender eve zath jemma(?) gabb.
hELLO sTAR!
hELLO gAB!
...I'll email it to you. Please excuse my clumsy explanation.
Helloio gabio.
Okay. Thank you. :)
. . .silence . . .
Ever wondered what it was like to see your two best friends held at gunpoint? Don’t. It isn’t a pleasant experience. Especially when you have to decide which one gets saved and which one dies. Trust me, it’s not fun. I would know, seeing as that’s the position I’m in currently. Is there enough time for me to start from the beginning? No. But I’ll try as best I can.
It all started this morning, when Vulpin Rouge, Hayley Skirmish and myself were watching scary movies. Well, we’d been watching them from last night, but that’s beside the point. We were watching and it was fun, and then my stomach rumbled really, really loudly. So, I got up to get snack. Vulpin was hungry too, so she got up as well. And because we were at Hayley’s house, she needed to guide us to the kitchen. We were laughing about something that had just happened in the movie when we heard tires screech on the street outside the house. Well, being mages and adventurous and all of those other things, the three of us went to check it out. We walked outside and saw blood everywhere. Now, when I say everywhere, I mean EVERYWHERE. The street, the trees, the walls. It was like someone had come and painted it all. The only spot that wasn’t drenched in the red gunk was a line of tire marks. We stood in silence, a bit shocked by it. Vulpin was the first to speak.
‘Holy shit.’
‘Uh…’ I say. Hayley walked back into her house. She then came back out and looked at us, hands on her hips.
‘Are you guys coming, or not?’ She then walked back in, murmuring something about us needing to get used to this kind of thing. I followed her and Vulpin followed me. I pulled my jacket on and searched for my Makhaira. I found it and slid it into my belt. Hayley was making sure that she had bullets and Vulpin was throwing her daggers around.
‘Cut that out.’ Hayley said, not even needing to look at Vulpin.
*just had an interesting idea*
What if I make you guys cats?
As in look for a cat pic on the comp that makes me think of you?
I think I got Nix and Mist and Flame and Sparky already. The cats in pairs...
Maybe I'll look for an individual pic as well...
But I'll look first. Post them once I get what I'm looking for.
Sorry if you think that's weird. I AM weird.
Any comments?
FISHYWEBBS!
SHRIMPINGCODEX.COM!
Wow, sparky, intriguing . . .
Sent it.
Dinner. Grr. Bye! *kisses Mist softly and hops away*
And hi sparky, btw.
Yes please lavender!
Wow, Sparky. It's a really cool story. :)
Sounds cool Lav.
Thanks Ink.
Bye Eve!
And Lav.
Thank you Lav also.
Nice, Sparky.
I think you already basically described what the characters are like, especially with the dagger throwing and the fact that Hayley didn't need to look at her to tell Vulpin stop it.
May the fours be with you eve!
I lile it sparky.
*kisses back*
Bye, Eve!
*like
Thank you Zathract!
That's the sort of thing that happens in real life.
Hayley'll be doing something, Alfred will start goofing around and Hayley will tell her to stop without looking.
It's kinda freaky if you don't know them well.
Hahaha.
*reads email*
...Ah...
Hmm...
So far I've only found possible cats for Sparky, Flame, Nix and Mist...
They are all in pairs though. Nix and Mist-cat in one pic, Sparky and Flame-cat in the other...
If you see the pics, I think you'll know why I thought of you being those cats...
*smiles*
You guys don't know what magic Alfred picked...
Yay.
*sighs*
Replied, Eve.
...Anyone know how to spell Dylan's True Name?
Lav, can I see the pic of me and Flame as cats?
Trelaque?
Trelaque.
That's his true name.
(I have a visual memory)
I think that's right, about Dylan's true name.
Okay, Sparky. I'll send it to you.
Although, I have a few possible pictures...
Yeah it is Trelaque I remmeber because it sounds like Trelawney
4.
Something
“Who the hell is that?” Sparky asked harshly, standing up as I returned to the group, Dylan’s limp body in my arms. Eve and Nixion quickly rose from the sides and grouped in front of me, their faces white. Or perhaps it was the moonlight playing tricks on their faces, because Nixion certainly didn’t seem worried or scared about who could appear to be unconscious or dead. In fact, he still looked particularly murderous.
“Jasper.” I said quietly. I’d never liked Dylan much, but his death was still a blow. “He’s dead.”
There was a short pause.
“…Who?” Nixion asked, confused.
“Jasper.” I repeated, not understanding why they were all looking at me like I was insane. “Y’know…Jasper Scourage?” no change. “Kai Oblivion?” I was still the insane madman. “Trelaque?” now I was an axe murderer with bad breath. “Uh…Dylan?”
“Oh.” They all said in unison, a wave of realization rippling over their faces.
I dunno what it sounds like, just what it looks like.
Well, I would remember all of his names. But besides that, it's a good start Mist! :)
No offense, but i would have definately remembered kai, maybe jasper but not immediately. Trelaquae, no.
Still good though:)
*Scourge
Star, you're sleeping.
*Trelaque
Sorry, dunno HOW the a slipped in there.
And I know that basically everyone would remember his names, I was just trying to make fun of the fact that he had so many names.
In a healthy way, obviously. I liked Dylan more just before he left.
I might've remembered Kai.
But not Jasper or Trelaque.
Dylan would've gotten immediate response.
Gotta go!
Yeah, but i'm just SAYING.
Yes, i think i would be sleeping if it was irl.
Okay, Mist. :)
Sparky, sorry, but it's going to be a little while to send the pics. But I'm going to soon.
Bye Sparky!
May the fours be with you sparky!
*loos at time now*
2 am...
*tilts head again*
Still not tired yet...?
...
Nope.
Bye, Sparky.
Distant now...
Lavender, have you thought that maybe thr reason you can't concentrate on school is coz you're tired?
YAY!!!!!!!!!!
I finally can get back onto the computer again, after been grounded for almost two weeks because of my little prank on April fools day.....
I don't think that's it, Star... I just...
*shrugs*
Not that I'm not good if I try, but I'm just...
It's not cause I'm tired.
Hi dancing fire!
Hi Fire! :)
Kk lavender.
i was just watching Vampire Dairies. its pretty good
Star, I'm sorry, but I don't think I can find a cat pic that makes me think of you.
Maybe it's cause I didn't find the right pic yet, or maybe cause I don't have a good characterization of what you look like...
*shrugs*
I don't know...
Is it? I haven't watched it at all . . .
Maybe i should.
Heard of it, Fire, but never watched it...
its good but there is a lot of stabbing people and kissing in it.....
but i skip the kissing parts....
*shrugs* s'okay lavender.
Yeah, watching people kissing is kinda boring . . .
Baaaack!
Bye Guys.
bye Gab!
Bye gab
Bye Gab! Hi Eve!
Where's Mist...?
Mist?
Hi Eve!
*reads his last comment*
Oh, he said he's distant.
AWESOME!
Congrats Landy, hehehehehe expect me to lurk around for that book to be published. I'm dying to read it!!!!!!!
May the fours be with you gab!
Hi eve!
Hmm... I wonder if it's okay to send Mist an email with the pics of him and Nix as cats...
Maybe later.
Hi, Eve!
Replied to the email...
Mist! Is it okay?
Who's getting first...
I saw it. :)
*hugs him*
I'd like to. :)
back again! i was just checking on my facebook page because i havent been on there for ages.
St
St
Uh...
Okay then. Eve got first. :)
hi Mist!
Hi Fire.
Haven't got an email, Hope.
brb:)
Oh, that's cause I was asking before I sent it. So I'm guessing it's okay then and I'm just putting the pics on the email now.
Sent!
I dedicate this page to Mist.
I love you, Mist. I love you so much and nothing will ever change that.
I also dedicate this page to short dedications. :D
And to wombats, because they're fluffy. :D
And to dogs, because my mum took a list dog home today and it was adorable. :D
And to Mist being only a page ahead of me. :D
And to this smiley face. :D
*lost
Wow, only one page ahead now? You caught up fast, Eve! Last I remember, Mist was ten pages ahead!
Indeed!
*hugs Mist*
*again*
*hugs back*
Thanks, Eve!
...But you're wrong.
Now we're even. :D
YAY FOR EVE!
Replied Lav.
Really? Yay!
YAY FOR ME!
Okay, Sparky. :)
Mist, I sent the email now!
After I know you got it and if you reply, I think I'll go to bed.
Seen it. Eh. I don't really see a resemblance, but whatever.
bye guys! gotta go.
Bye, Fire.
May the fours be with you fire!
Bye Fire!
*laughs*
Well, if you guys don't think so, it's just what I thought. I think I'm still going to post them though. Once I can think of all the regulars.
Now I think I'll go to bed. Night guys!
Bye Lav!
Bye, Lav!
*stumbles in*
ugh
*falls flat on face*
Bye lav
May the fours be with you lavender!
Hi nix!
Nix, I'm going to take a wild guess here...Are you tired?
12 hours of walking and fishing after 4 hours fo sellp and sitting in that damn car
Yeah, im tired
I just get people like that.
*gives Nix a purple banana*
*sits on couch and pulls Mist with self*
*looks at banana*
*falls flat on face again*
*gets pulled onto couch and smiles at Eve*
Oh, Nix. Ch. 3 of Battle for Blogland is out.
Poor Nix. *throws an oven at Nix*
im reading it Mist
Damn it. Have to go. Will be back in a few hours.
*kisses Eve softly and vanishes*
Bye!
*smiles back at him*
*kisses back* Bye Mist!
Bye Mist
May the fours be with you zath!
Ever wondered what it was like to see your two best friends held at gunpoint? Don’t. It isn’t a pleasant experience. Especially when you have to decide which one gets saved and which one dies. Trust me, it’s not fun. I would know, seeing as that’s the position I’m in currently. Is there enough time for me to start from the beginning? No. But I’ll try as best I can.
It all started this morning, when Vulpin Rouge, Hayley Skirmish and myself were watching scary movies. Well, we’d been watching them from last night, but that’s beside the point. We were watching and it was fun, and then my stomach rumbled really, really loudly. So, I got up to get snack. Vulpin was hungry too, so she got up as well. And because we were at Hayley’s house, she needed to guide us to the kitchen. We were laughing about something that had just happened in the movie when we heard tires screech on the street outside the house. Well, being mages and adventurous and all of those other things, the three of us went to check it out. We walked outside and saw blood everywhere. Now, when I say everywhere, I mean EVERYWHERE. The street, the trees, the walls. It was like someone had come and painted it all. The only spot that wasn’t drenched in the red gunk was a line of tire marks. We stood in silence, a bit shocked by it. Vulpin was the first to speak.
‘Holy shit.’
‘Uh…’ I say. Hayley walked back into her house. She then came back out and looked at us, hands on her hips.
‘Are you guys coming, or not?’ She then walked back in, murmuring something about us needing to get used to this kind of thing. I followed her and Vulpin followed me. I pulled my jacket on and searched for my Makhaira. I found it and slid it into my belt. Hayley was making sure that she had bullets and Vulpin was throwing her daggers around.
‘Cut that out.’ Hayley said, not even needing to look at Vulpin. Vulpin scowled and tucked her daggers into their slots at her ankles. Hayley walked out of the room. Vulpin and I looked at each other, not knowing where she went.
‘Are you going to stay there?’ Hayley’s voice called. Vulpin and I both jumped and ran after Hayley. She was standing next to a door, waiting for us. She opened it and ushered us in. I recognised the silhouette of Hayley’s Suzuki Hayabusa in the darkness. Hayley flicked a switch on the wall and the room was flooded in light. The small corner of the garage that was filled by the motorcycle was in the shadow of a black 2007 Jaguar XK. Vulpin’s jaw had dropped.
‘Hayley, since when did you have a car!?’ I asked, dumbfounded.
‘Since always. I just never needed to take you anywhere together. Get in.’ she said, unlocking the car.
‘Shotgun!’ I shouted. I then ran around to the passenger side of the car and dived in.
‘Hey!’ Vulpin scowled. Hayley laughed and got into the drivers seat. Vulpin hopped into the backseat begrudgingly. She then folded her arms and scowled determinedly. Hayley rolled her eyes and drove out of the garage, following the tracks in the blood.
Bye Zath!
Coolio sparky!
I like how hayley's kinda the boss.
HELLO!
AGAIN. I AM REVISING. IT'S HELL. DON'T TAKE TRIPLE SCIENCE AND TWO LANGUAGES, ESPECIALLY WITH DOUBLE HISTORY........IT'S HORRIBLE.
Cool, Sparky!
Here. Distant. Msd.
HELLO LUCIANA!
Yay. :)
Hi L!
*looks around for L*
*opens book and checks between all the pages, looking for her*
ium really not feeling well, so im going to go. Might bbl
Bye!
May the fours be with you nix! Hope you feel better soon!
I'm a fantasy book reader wanting a book with more than Fantasy:a bit of unrealistic horror! I read Harry Potter. It didn't satisfy me enough to keep me reading it over and over again. Then I found Alex Rider... It didn't turn out too well. So I turned to the Hunger Games Trilogy. The ending of Mockingjay wasn't great, so I went off to find a new series of books that will keep me occupied. I even read A Series of Unfortunate Events. Nothing satisfied me, until i found it Atlas! Skulduggery Pleasant! I have all of the Books and Short Stories! I read them over and over again, time after time. The best bit of this unpredictable trilogy is that it's not even over, so you can wait restlessly wondering what will every happen to the deadly duo. The Harry Potters had its time, as did the first 3 books of A series of unfortunate events and the first Alex Rider book. Right now its the Hunger Games realm of glory. Copy and paste this on everything that you can comment on in the next 15 minutes if you think its Skulduggery Pleasant's time to shine! :P
Bye Nix!
*looks sadly at Sad.de.buhuh@gmail.com, not wanting to crush his(?) dreams, but knowing that the chances of derek seeing his comment qre more or less 0*
Yeah, Derek never comments anymore. Doubt he reads either.
I wonder if Mist's disappeared.. :(
:(
He should do.
May once KOTW is over and done with?
Someone hacked me....My blog is none existent and nothing is working for me. I've had to make a new account. FML.
Oh:(
That. Is. Bad.
I hate people......Now to start life on blogland again, I guess.... :c
He just said he already finished the book. *gestures madly to post*
Aw, that's terrible, Luciana. :(
I know. GRRRRRR. My blog wasn't even doing that bad, I had 10 followers and I am not even funny or anything, so it was pretty good....DAMN IT. Guess starting again can't be so bad, right?
*is trying to find where derek blogspoke to me*
If you make a new blog, I'll follow it. :)
Thanks, Eve! You're amazing!! :)
Of COURSE I'm amazing! I'm me!
*feels a tiny bit stupid*
Uh, could, could someone go onto chat and see if Flame is there...?
Ive never been on chat before.
Sorry sparky, i can't go on chat.
*is still searching*
http://idoterriblethingswhenigrowbored.blogspot.co.uk/
There we go...I'll get it up and running properly, some time soon. I am going to finish this section of revision then upload one of my stories, I think...Please give me feedback on them, when they're up? 'Cause I trust you guys, you know stuff about writing! X3
If, uh, if I sent you the link would you check?
*feels more than a little stupid now*
Sure. :)
LINK TIME'
Followed your blog, Luciana. :)
Thanks, Eve!!!! *hugs*
No problemo, Luciana.
Wait, Eve, are you on a Touch/Phone?
*looks at page* Um...
Where exactly do I go to see the comments? I went into the second comment tab thing, and they're are only a bunch of conments. What do I do???
Yeah, I am.
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