I mean, I have them NOW, like, but I'm not going to tell you what they are until they're finalised. I simply can't. What if, for example, I mentioned that my publishers are thinking of sending me to a town near you, and you organise your mates to go along, and start making plans, and then a week later I announce that, actually, we're going to be missing out on your town because we simply don't have time to visit?
That would suck, would it not?
So, I'm keeping them to myself for the moment. I've just sent an email off, checking on when I can announce, and hopefully it'll only be a few days.
As it stands, though, and without getting into too much detail, I think I'm spending 4 or 5 days in New Zealand, and then about 10 days in Australia. I'll be visiting a lot of cities I've been to in the last tour, while also adding some new ones. Right now, my main focus is making sure I get to spend enough time at each particular location, but this timetable is TIGHT... I just don't want to get into a situation where I have to rush to the airport when there's still 50 people waiting to get something signed...
And then the Ireland/UK tour kicks off. Unlike previous tours, where I was gone for 10 days, we're only going to take the first three weekends in September, in order to fit in as many big signings as we can.
The kind of tours you go on tend to change DRASTICALLY depending on how your books sell. When you're starting out, or when your audience is smaller, writers get sent to a load of schools in order to get the word out. Then, if they're lucky enough for their books to catch on, the schools come to THEM, in theatres or community halls or whatever. And then, if they're REALLY lucky and their books have an established audience, the best use of their time is these huge public signings, where they get to meet as many readers as possible. It's frantic, it's hectic, sometimes only one book can be signed per person, but the whole point of it is to send everyone away with a smile on their face.
Except me, of course. By the end of these signings, I can no longer smile. My face-muscles tend to melt.
This year is going to feel weird because I'm not going to Germany, like I've done every year since 2008 or so. The reason for this is because my German publishers want me over early NEXT year for one of their festivals, so all you German readers will have to wait just a little longer...
Speaking of festivals, I've got a few coming up. I'll be at the Dalkey Book Festival on the 17th of June in Dublin, I'll be in Cheltenham in October, and... okay, I have a few others that are apparently unconfirmed, so I'll wait until I know for sure before announcing them.
Hmmm... I'm thirsty...
Do I have anything of interest to say to you? I'm trying to think...
I've been watching a few movies, ever since I finished the book. Watching some TV. The Avengers kicked all kinds of ass. Words cannot express how much I loved that movie.
The Grey surprised the hell out of me. Wow.
Dexter is its usual brilliant self.
I'm loving how much Game of Thrones is being loved by the general public.
Umm... is that it? Is that sincerely all I've watched?
Actually, the only other show I've been watching is the only reality show I'd EVER watch, The Ultimate Fighter, where all these fighters train and fight in order to be awarded a contract with the UFC. Mixed Martial Arts is just terrifying to watch because your favourite fighter might be winning round after round after round, and then he makes one tiny mistake and the fight is over. Not even boxing is as nerve-wracking as MMA.
But to my mind there is one thing cooler than MMA- and that is Women's MMA. I've mentioned Gina Carano before- she was in Haywire, some of which was filmed in Dublin, and she's going to be in the next Fast and Furious movie- and she began her career as an MMA fighter. As you can probably tell by my books, I have a healthy respect for women who can fight, and Gina Carano is probably one of my favouritest women in the world right now.
And my other favouritest person is Ronda Rousey, the current Strikeforce Women's MMA champion. From what I've seen, Rousey is wonderfully upfront and honest, and if you have a few minutes, go on You Tube and take a look at her fights. I say a few minutes because most of them end within the first 60 seconds or so. Her armbars are AMAZING.
Do yourself a favour, though, and look at the Miesha Tate fight LAST. And only if you have a strong stomach. Honestly. The way that arm bends back on itself is just stomach-turning.
In one of the books, I can't remember which, Val looks at Tanith and wishes she had shoulders like hers.
Ladies and gentlemen, I give you those shoulders.
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Thanks Star.
Er, yeah, down south. Not cornwall-south, more like London-south.
It's in Suffolk. Which is the county below Norfolk.
You know that large lump sticking out on the east side of England, near the bottom? Yes? No?
Well it's on the bottom of the large lump.
Takes three/four hours to get there from east yorkshire, but we have to take a rectangular route, so . . .
Oh yeah, I know where you mean Star.
*is writing* It's not the next part but a bit further on. It's very... Um, how could I put this... Atmospheric?
No, more northern than London, I just looked it up on Google Maps.
Bb in 15, unless I get distracted by things like jigsaw puzzles.
It doesn't matter Star, I know whereabouts you mean.
K Star!
http://idoterriblethingswhenigrowbored.blogspot.co.uk/
I'm blogging more recently.
According to the law of sod Derek will probably comment today because I won't be in at all/:
I PROMISE I WILL BE BACK NEXT WEEK !<3
Bye, guys. *hugs*
You're all bloody brilliant and make me proud to be a minion! <3
Bye L!
Bye L!
brb, I'm gonna get my breakfast. (Yes, I know it's 9:30 but I couldn't be bothered to get my breakfast until now, ok?)
I'm not usually up at 9:30 on holidays
K Lynxia
OK, back now. *has toast*
Murders and robberies. That's the news for today!
WB
*is looking at toast* Oh damn, I left my milkshakes downstairs! brb again.
And not far from where I live too...
http://flighttotheimagination.blogspot.ie/
The first post is just my way to say thank you to your guys.
I'll talk to you all later on tonight and I hope I get to meet some more of you.
Okay Shell B
Hi Shell!
K Shell! I probably won't be here, I have so much revision.
*is back with milkshake*
Oh right. See you later then!
Dinner bye!
Bye Eve!
Bye Eve!!
Ah sure might as well have a chat with some of you that I haven't met yet.
Heya Nix and Lynxia. I haven't formally introduced myself yet, I'm Shell, the newbie as of wednesday night lol
Does anyone else on here own a black glass ring like Valkyries? Or am I just weird?
Hi Shell
Hi Helena. I don't own any rings, but meh
I was once I newbie. That started talking about redheads, and I was so confused
Hi!!!!!
I wear it around my neck because people already think I'm a goth/nerd enough.
Why did you start talking about redheads Nix? lol
That's so cool Helena but if that was me, I wouldn't wear it around my neck, I'd wear it on my hand with pride.
Hello Shell, interesting name. We're all newbies once.
Back! Sorry, I DID get distracted:P
Ah cheers Helena. My full name is Michelle but most of my friends just call me Shell. God that is so boring, I wish there was a more interesting story behind the name :(
Hey Star!
Hello Shell! *shakes hand* HI!!
I have a ring like Valkyrie's! I love that ring... <3
Well it looks funny because I'm so pale. ANd my wrist is small, I'm also covered in scars because of my cat.
I didn't start it!
I'm still really distant, I want to get the feeling across right in this part...
I don't . . . :(
That shouldn't matter Helena lol I'd still wear the ring to bits
*shakes hand back* Hi Lynxia lol
I once swallowed a ring. True, a plastic ring, but still a ring. I spat it back out. The sad thing is I still have it somewhere...
Feelings in stories are hard to get accross.
CRAFY CROC IS A LOSER.
BUT THAT DOESN'T MAKE THAT IDIOTIC COCO A,WINNER.
Sorry, just wanted to put that out there . . .
:O
You swallowed a ring!! I once knew someone who stuck to magnets up his nostrils, he had to have them removed by surgery as they were clamping that inside bit of his nose together.
I think all of them are idiots on those Coco Pops adverts.
I also swallowed a magnetic ball thing and some miny conect four things. I spat them all out...
I once swallowed a plum stone.
Yeah, we don't have those ads here anymore
*looks at italian work*
Why do nyou hate me?
I'm surrendering. Have any of you been to Veneto?
How did we get into a swallow fest lol thanks Nix that's your fault lol
Ah coco pops aren't the same.
I didn't spit the plum stone out. O_O
When my mum was little she choked on a chip and she wouldn't died if someone there and turned her upside down and shaken her, apparently.
No, sorry Nix. Furthest away from England I've ever been is Germany.
It all started with a ring. RING RING RING RING HAMBURGER PHONE!
The coco pops adverts irritate me soooo much.
Anyone want to read this bit I've been working on?
I do lynxia. Hit me with it!
YES!
Uh, please.
I've been to Florence Nix.
Lynxia, yes please.
Shell, you might need to read the bit up there. ^^^ It's the prologue so you know what the cavern is. It doesn't follow on directly from where DIVA wakes him up but - oh well....
Arcaneon pushed open the door. The corridor beyond was shining steel and long. Both sides were lined by doors and at the far end was a set of double doors. He had been shown the plans when he had got the job but never had this corridor shown up. He walked past one door, cupped his hands and peered in. Inside was a bunch of artefacts. The room was dark and in the centre was a throne-like chair. It was made of bronze with curved sides and a pointed top and it had what looked like a black orb in a cradle on top. The actual seat and backrest was made from a dark purple silk. Around the chair were other things, chests and bookcases holding books and other shining substances in glass cases.
He un-cupped his hands and walked on. He passed more doors but stopped when something shining caught his eye. He peered into another room to see a staff propped against a picture. Like the chair, the staff was made of bronze and had a matching black orb at the top which was encased in a brass cage. The picture it was leaning against was clearly hand-painted, something you didn't get very often in Arcaneon's time, it was of a woman with long blonde hair with was slightly looped and wavy and was streaked with brass-y colours, her eyes were a piercing light blue that bordered on turquoise and she had a very regal face with high cheek bones, a slightly pointed chin and an almost mocking smile. He could only see a little into each of these rooms as they didn't seem to have their own light sources so he could only see by the lights of the bare bulbs in the corridor.
He continued on and reached the double doors at the end. These had no windows so he couldn't tell what was beyond them. He scanned his personal card and, much to his surprise, the door opened with a hisss. When he entered the cavern beyond, strip lights in the middle of the ceiling flickered on and he felt his jaw drop.
NEED MORE!
I'll post the next bit here when I've done it... I shouldn't be writing this now... *goes back to writing it*
Wait!! Hang on, read it while listening to this, maybe it'll help, I don't know...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9TtYbt7mCg
SHE WENT TO SLEEP FOR A THOUSAND YEARS OR SUMMAT LIKE SLEEPING BEAUTY, DIDN'T SHE?
OH, SORRY, THAT WAS A HUNDRED. BUT STILL!
Wow I am so jealous.com here
Will you read my first 3 chapters Lynxia and Nix and tell me what you think?
I could also use a few suggestions on how to begin chapter 4, cause boredom hid my imagination last night and I've stalled.
it would be an idea to give you the link wouldn't it lol
dublindaes.blogspot.ie
K, will do!
Reading it!
FYI, I might not be able to read to much, my eyesight's gone funny. But I think I can manage it
They might be away for a while . . .
Just do what you can Nix lol
So do you wanna play tic tac toe while we wait Star lol
HELLO EBERYONE! I'm here so you can start clapping now! :P
Haven't you got your eyesight checked yet Nix? It's been funny for quite a while now.
Back and commented. *goes back to writing* He he he he...
Hi Eve
I'm still on chapter 1...
*begins a rapturous round of applause that leads into a standing ovation*
Hey Eve
Nix doesn't need his eyes checked! They're fine!
*is stealing all his stuff*
*stamps feet at Eve's arrival* Ooohh, rebel. Hi Eve!
Hi Shell! A pleasure for you to meet me!
And now dinner. I'll read the rest when I get back
Bye!
ps, no, not a new post, but for anyone who hasn't read all my posts, I would appraciate it if you could, there aren't that many. At least Stolen and my SP fan-fic
http://readthismortals.blogspot.com.au/
. . . Is that noughts and crosses?
Coz if so . . .
| |
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| |
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| |
Not sure how that looks after it's published, but it's meant to be a grid.
I take the honour with pride Eve lol
God that was quick Lynxia lol Thanks for the tips
Hi Lynxia! I appreciate your foot stamping! Because I'm appreciative! Of foot stamping!
*bows to Shell* No problem.
Hi Eve!
K Nix.
Ah, my grid failed. *grins*
What are you bowing for *blushes* I'm just the same as you.
So any suggestions on how I should start my next chapter. Just push me in the general direction lol
And not literally Eve, I'm watching you lol
Bye Nix! I reckon I've read and commented on everything! It wasn't easy....wasn't easy complaining about it not being easy either
I read your profilian, Shell! How surprising that you love Skulduggery too! So very shocking too meet someone like that here...
You completely forgot to mentiion me before Shell, now I don't like you. I can say that because I don't know you. If I said that to Nix, he'd get all agro. Funny but no one else likes it.
*had hands ready to push Shell*
*lowers them* Aw.
Damn, I'm so slow at commenting today!!
Bye Nix!!
Ok, I've got the next part with the pods and stuff if you wanna read.
Hi Helena!
Helena, be nice
YES! PLEASE!
Hel, would it kill you to hold your tongue? 0_o
I haven't met you before Helena, have I?
If I have I do apologise lol but you can't blame me, blame the baby brain.
Ditto Eve!
Promise me you'll listen to this while reading, you have to otherwise it's not quite right!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9TtYbt7mCg
Arcaneon pushed open the door. The corridor beyond was shining steel and long. Both sides were lined by doors and at the far end was a set of double doors. He had been shown the plans when he had got the job but never had this corridor shown up. He walked past one door, cupped his hands and peered in. Inside was a bunch of artefacts. The room was dark and in the centre was a throne-like chair. It was made of bronze with curved sides and a pointed top and it had what looked like a black orb in a cradle on top. The actual seat and backrest was made from a dark purple silk. Around the chair were other things, chests and bookcases holding books and other shining substances in glass cases.
He un-cupped his hands and walked on. "What the Hell is this place?" he muttered to himself.
He passed more doors but stopped when something shining caught his eye. He peered into another room to see a staff propped against a picture. Like the chair, the staff was made of bronze and had a matching black orb at the top which was encased in a brass cage. The picture it was leaning against was clearly hand-painted, something you didn't get very often in Arcaneon's time, it was of a woman with long blonde hair which was slightly looped and wavy and was streaked with brass-y colours, her eyes were a piercing light blue that bordered on turquoise and she had a very regal face with high cheek bones, a slightly pointed chin and an almost mocking smile. He could only see a little into each of these rooms as they didn't seem to have their own light sources so he could only see by the lights of the bare bulbs in the corridor.
He continued on and reached the double doors at the end. These had no windows so he couldn't tell what was beyond them. He scanned his personal card and, much to his surprise, the door opened with a hisss. When he entered the cavern beyond, strip lights in the middle of the ceiling flickered on and he felt his jaw drop.
Rows upon rows of old Sleeper Pods were in the cavern, stretching into the darkness away from the lights that were in the middle of the cavern. The lights seemed to be directly over one pod that was in the centre of the large chamber. This pod was raised up with steps leading up to it. Arcaneon took a tentative step forward, his boot echoing loudly around the metal walls of the underground cave. He continued towards the podium. Every now and then he would stop and look into one of the rusting pods. Each pod had one of the old hand scanners to open it. Inside each pod was a person and all of the ones he saw were alive. They were men, women and some children of all shapes and sizes. He zigzagged his way through the old pods until he reached the fist of the steps. They were steep and made of a slippery metal. Whoever had built this place was trying to stop anyone getting here.
He climbed the steps, having to use his hands for extra support, and looked down into the window of the pod. Lying with her eyes closed was the woman from the picture. She looked as if that picture could have been painted the day she had been put in the Sleeper Pod as she looked no different. He leaned by accident on the hand scanner and a red light flashed on the dash followed by a message.
'Authorisation Level: Guard. Status: Secure' it read and a slight tsss told him the pod was opening. He jumped back a few steps and fog rolled from the opening lid. He stood back over the pod as the lid lifted. He thought for a minute that the pod must have malfunctioned and she was going to stay asleep when her eyes opened and she sucked in a breath.
No she's alright girls lol
I'm not taking it too heart.
But as I said blame the baby brain not me lol
*reaches up and grabs hold of tongue*
*starts dying*
*lets go of tongue*
*gasps* Yes I . . . think it would . . . kill her . . . Lynxia.
Baby brain? What's that? And no to everyone else, I'm hotheaded. My friend had a really annoying "friend" who wanted to know her address, she didn't want to tell him, I voluntered to punch him in the face.
We're all hot headed Hel but there's still no need to snipe.
SCARY!!!!
Baby brain is a serious condition Helena
Your brain turns to mush and you forget small little things.
This occurs mainly to women and it occurs because that woman is a proud mother who's life revolves around their little babe :)
Msd.
You can hold your tongue and not die, Star.
You have a child? Wow, most of us are adolescents.
K Star.
Wow, cool, Lynxia!!! I didn't have to force myself not to skim read (I skim read so much it's not funny. I have trouble focusing)
*panda*
Um... Thanks, I think, Eve!
That's three friends I've made this week who have a kid. Well, the first one wasn't a friend. She was my arch enemy.
Because she....
GAVE ME HOMEWORK
*reels* Homework!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!?
I BOUGHT GONE AND HUNGER!!!
FINALLY!!!
It's a compliment, yeah, Lynxia. :P
Yay for GONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hey Missy!!
hi all
Yep I have a babe who is nearly 2 Helena
I really feel like a granny but I'm gonna say it and hope none of ye are put off by this
But I am 22
And she gave me homework because I didn't write down how many people could fit in the building AND THAT WASN'T EVEN IMPORTANT!!!!
*lightly cusses in Italian*
Hi Miss Cain!
Forget Italian Eve, use Gnomish! (D'Arvit!!)
Why would we be put off by that? We are surrounded by adults every day! EVERY DAY! AND MOST OF THEM GIVE US HOMEWORK!!!
But you don't, so you're my friendling. :)
D'Arvit
adults are just weird
i will NEVER become one
Gnomes. DWARVES!
True Eve lol maybe the only I'll give you is a request to read my story when I post new chapters or I'll give you a smile
But homework! Never!!!!!
Friendling... I'm going to use that someday...
Yeah, sop what if you're 22? I think Aquila and Dragona are around 20...
2800!
*1
D'ARVIT!!!!
I JUST REMEMBERED THAT I HAVE HONEWORK TOO!!!!!
Right girls I have to, my babe is needing to go and watch Raa Raa, hopefully I'll talk to you all again soon
Keep safe x
I've got revision Star. I'm gonna leave 11-11:30 and do my revision. Oh God, I'm gonna fail...
Bye Shell! *hugs*
ded time...
i dedicate this page to Derek saying hi to me
(previous comments)
and anyone else who Derek has said hi to...
IVE ONLY BEEN HERE FOR ABOUT A MONTH!!!!!
May the fours be with you Shell!!!!!
No Dragona's only about 15, coz he was 13 in 2010.
Hello,
Miss Cain your Blog is so amazing!
bye Shell
I like stories! And smiles! I LOVE smiles!
It started when I wrote friend, then added ling, and Betty whited it out but I kept writing it and she kept using her paper white out xD
P.S it is the second blog I( have ever seen.
thankyou Necro!!
and hi!!
Hi Nercomanynz!
which one??
Brb Dinner.
Bye Shell!!!!!
Hi Nix! You missed out on all the watermelon!
WB Nix!
Hi Necro!
Nix, I posted some more of Another Life near the bottom of the last page.
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Bye Hel!
May the fours be with you Hel! WB Nix!
Read it Lynxia
The school for minions of the golden god.
Sorry I take ages to reply, still not used to blogging
The school for minions of the golden god.
Sorry I take ages to reply, still not used to blogging
Do you live in NZ, Necro?
Hi Necromancyz!
Hi Nixion Strange, You have a really cool profile,P.s why hate twilights?
and yes I do live in nz
um ink,
Why did you swear in fairy earlier?
Because... I would go on to explain the weak plot, but I don't want to offend anyone who might be a twi-fan
*cough EVE cough*
Hey have you read them?
I read the first in a extreme moment of weakness
This was my way of convincing my mum to let me go to meet Derek
me: mum, you know that Derek Landy is coming on an aus tour
mum: whos he?
me: *stares at her*
the author of Skulduggery Pleasant
duh
mum: yeah and
me: so can i go?
mum: yeah
does he have a twitter account?
me: *walkes out of the room*
The correct term is TWI-HARD, I believe
I've read Twilight and I can confirm that it's *cough*suckish, apologies to Eve*cough*.
Because Lynxia mentioned it. Look on the bottom of the last page.
I don't like romance, But I want to be a vampire almost as much as I want to learn Necromancy
swearing in gnomish is better than swearing in english
or italian
or any other language
Twilight's okay.
never read it
never watched it
too many better things than that
sorry Eve
and I am almost as obsessed with Twilight as I am with Skulduggery Pleasant. But it is ok to have your own opinion. Just never mention the movies..............
Your right miss Cain
Gnomish is way better
At least you agree that the movies are horrible
I apologise to Nixion, I origanly thought he was a girl untill I read his profile.
Like AF and Gone and PJ and obviously SP!
and yes I DETEST the movies!!!!!!!!!!
Necromancyz is my best friend now *prim nod*
You wouldn't be the first
*grumbles*
Two people have thought I was a boy. O_O
Flame and this person called Nathan . . .
Hey Ink,
cool profile,
Do you mean the gone series by michael grant?
i wish when they make movies from books they use the books as the scripts OR use the author as the...
script writer person
That's what they were planning.
The movies ARE rubbish! And SO BORING! The books are quite good.
again sorry Nixion.
Oh wait
I don't really mind the movies
But the books are better
Except for the part in eclipse with the third wife thing
It was better in the movie when she actually cut hersekf
WB Helena!
apparently theres going to be a AF movie....
i think
Miss Cain and Ink,
Sooo true!!
Yep, Gone by Michael Grant.
Only read the first three though - blame my very excellant library.
I think there is only about too movies of books that I actually Like.
YES, I REALLY REALLY DON'T GET IT IN ECLIPSE WHEN SHE ALMOST CUTS HERSELF BUT DOESN'T! MY BIGGEST COMPLAINT ABOUT THE BOOKS.
ive got the Gone and Hunger sitting on my bed, waiting to be read
i bought them today as well as a book called Starters by Lissa Price
I spelt two wrong,
Yay ink! I think Plague has disturbing scenes.
On monday I have to do a 5 minute speech on my favourite book, What SP should I use?
Good for you!
my fav is DD
Starters is good, I liked it
unfortunately the only one I don't own is Dark Days!
Don't look at me.
DB? MC? SOTA/SP?
im gonna read Gone first,then Starters, then Hunger, then buy some MORE books
i need a new bookshelf
i REALLY do
Or, DD?
Stop abbreviating things!!!
Guys, will you read something for me and tell me what you think Iris (the woman) comes off as?
I am thinking I will take Death Bringer as Necromancy was a major part...
OMGG
maybe DB cus that was a REALLY good one with you know Skulduggery being...
im not gonna say who because some people are gonna read this and i dont want to spoil it
Of course, Lynxia.
do DB
Arc opened his mouth to reply when his com-sleeve beeped. "Thirty minutes until sunrise." the computer said. Arc jumped up. "I have to go, are you coming with me?" he asked, sincerely hoping she would say yes.
Iris dashed his hopes. "I'm afraid I can't, the world is not ready for me yet and I am not ready to venture out. Not yet." she walked back to her pod. "I go back into this pod with my faith in you, Arc, will you come and wake me again tomorrow night?" she said, not looking at him and running her finger around the rim of the chamber. "If you do not wake me, the pod could fail and I might die but you have a choice - you can walk away now after putting me back in the pod and never return, leave me for someone else to find in another couple of thousand years or you can wake me again and help me purify the world." she said, turning to face him again now.
Arc was now completely under the spell of her eyes and shimmering voice. "Of course I'll wake you, why wouldn't I?" he said.
She smiled. "Then I go into this pod in peace. See you soon, Arcaneon." she said and climbed back into her pod.
Arc stood over her and pulled the lid down as she closed her eyes with no idea what he had unleashed...
How many people Havn't read it?
P.S I so didn't expect Skulduggery to be .... ....
DB or MC is my fav.
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