Okay then...
For those of you who have read KOTW, first of all, I'm glad you seem to be liking it, but I'm going to have to ask you to be careful. And for those of you who haven't read it- which is the vast majority of you- I'm going to have to ask you to be EXTRA careful. There are spoilers all over the place, on forums and Facebook pages and Tumblr...
The heartening thing is that these spoilers don't pop out of thin air. Everything is tagged with spoiler warnings, which I really appreciate. But I know you lot. I know how impatient you can be. I know that if you're on a forum and you come to a post that's hidden behind a spoiler warning, and all it takes is one little click... I know how tempting it is to just sneak a teeny tiny peek...
Which could ruin the entire book for you.
We have, what, 35 days until it's widely available? That's a lot of days for mistakes to be made, or for something to slip out...
So be careful. I was never a fan of releasing this book so far in advance of the Ireland/UK date but I was convinced it was necessary in order to facilitate the tour. If it doesn't work out, it won't be happening again. I don't know what that would mean for any future Down Under tours, but I'll deal with that if it crops up.
So, I want to thank everyone for behaving themselves as far as spoilers go, and ask that they continue to be very, very careful about what they say.
And also, some of those spoilers (of which I am allowed to read, because, y'know, I wrote the book) and your reactions to them have made me grin...
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«Oldest ‹Older 1801 – 2000 of 4879 Newer› Newest»Do you come from a land down under?
Where women glow and men plunder?
Can't you hear, can't you hear the thunder?
You better run, you better take cover.
MAKE ME
All together now!
I COME FROM A LAND DOWN UNDER!
Hi Nix!
yey yey yey DOWN UNDER
Down under. Maybe we're on the TOP
Or maybe, you know, we're down under
Maybe we're just on the side
Ugh. I'd hate to be on the side. What happens when a giant comes to eat the world
"Errr, I'll have Australia on the side...."
Afternoon!!
Oho, that is a funny one.
But I'll kill the giant
Hi Em!
Hi Memerald!
Kill the giant, take the goose! Don't forget the standard scream!
What, you expected a rhyme?
Cool. I'm watching the Olympics! Except it's in Korean... Well, I can still understand what's going on. That's good. Sorry, only one comment. I'm going to bed soon and want to watch what I missed. I only watched glimpses of the opening ceremony and I really want to watch the whole thing! It looked awesome!
So I'll try to come back tomorrow. Bye!
So have you read the new Chapter Nix?
I know you were excited lol
Bye Lav!
Yeah, I read it. I didn't comment though, sorry
Bye Lav!
Be back soon!
Bye Eve!
Ah your grand, you can let me know what you think now if you want.
Oh and Eve lol why do you call me memerald lol
Oh. It was good. Not quite was I expected, but good
Uh oh... that doesn't sound 100% confident
Well, don't take this the wrong way, but no one seems to have a personality except Drew and Deacon. Everyone else is just there to serve the plot. Jessie didn't seem to mind anything that happened to her. They don't seem to have personalities really. Just saying
And I said,
GEEEEEEEEEEEEEELLO
*throws jelly at Eve*
That was supposed to be the A** Chorus
*shreds jelly*
I'm going now
Bye!
Bye Nix!
Hey Memerald, still here?
Are you people still here?
Do I count as a person?
Hmmmmm...
Yes.
Then I'm still here!
Checkin ma dashboard...Rollin ma eyes....they rollin, buddy, they rollin, honey, Rollin Rollin Rollin Rollin ROOOOOOOLLLIIIIIIIIIIN!
*stops singing*
I might disappear soon, warning
Don't let the tree people get to you, Eve!
You know, I think one of my favourite parts in my story is this line:
The looks of doubt instantly were replaced by fear. Ivy sent Sparky a glare so terrifying that even a tree would've cried under her gaze.
I laughed so hard when I wrote that...
Could a tree do THIS!?
*appears out of nowhere and kicks Valkyrie in the face*
And yes, I know I'm two hours late. It was a long kick.
Yes. I've been beaten up by a tree before, remember?
*uses a branch to smack Rein in the face*
No! Wood! My only weakness! As well as comments that take a long time to resopnd to other comments!
I'M MEEEEELTIIIIING! What a world, what a world!
*hits Rein repeatedly with branch and runs*
Try hitting a puddle!
*Finishes melting*
*scoops the Rein puddle into a water bottle and screws on the lid*
*tosses water bottle off a cliff*
I'm going to be reasonable here and say that... I HAVE NOW MELDED WITH THE OCEAN AND CONTROL ALL WATERS ON THE EARTH WITH A LARGE AMOUNT OF SALT IN IT
No, you're in a closed water bottle in the bottom of the ocean.
Wait... If I'm a water bottle... Then who are you? *GASP* YOU'RE IZMA? WHAT HAPPENED TO PRINCIPLE AMZY!?!?!
...What?
*gets water bottle from the bottom of the ocean*
*brings it out to dry land and stomps on it*
Ewww...
*wipes shoes in the grass to get rid of the melted Rein on them*
I just realized, if you want to get rid of me, you can sing, "Rein, Rein, go away, come again some other day!"
I am such a genius.
Oh. Okay.
Rein, Rein, go away, come again some other day! (so I can melt you again)
Sorry, but I'm stuck here. Forever floating in a cyber limbo, the same posts over and over and over and OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER!
Sorry about that, sometimes my inner sane person slips out. It's because I was born in August, long story.
July 28, 2012 8:00 PM
*climbs up a tree* *looks up and sees the TARDIS flying above*
*leaps out of tree and grabs onto the bottom of the TARDIS* *knocks until door is opened and runs inside*
*lands on Rein*
Aw. That's adorable.
Now, it's time for my required, and awesome, villain song!
Valkyrie, look it is she, but not for long now!
Listen to me, and you will see, the TARDIS is weak.
Yes, meet a blast from your past, bitter, crazy, and mad, say hello to the amazing Exploding machine!
*Boom*
It's not that good yet, but it's a work in progress.
*arches an eyebrow*
Nice song.
SOS DEREK!!!!!
My prime detective is over we have this weird question, if Nye was in public and needed a potty break what gender's rest room would it use?
Nye can just go into a port-a-loo, that hasn't got a gender sign on it!
Mortal Coil, page 255: Nye is referred to as a 'him'.
It's a good thing I had Mortal Coil within reach.
That is a serious typo
*I witnessed it*
I noticed it the first time I read the book, yet I completely forgot about an important conversation until I reread the book.
I'm such a grammar freak... :P
That moment when you get a new copy of Mortal Coil in the mail and show it to your family, talking about how absolutely beautiful it is and they say it looks exactly the same, and you are exasperated that you even have to point out that this one is hardcover.
SO. IRRITATING.
*hugs new Mortal Coil, then gets out other two copies, thinking about how they'll make such good friends*
Three copies of the same book? I am impressed.
Not really.
How about 26 Skulduggery books in total, 8 of which are signed despite the fact that I'm American, a Skulduggery blanket and a Skulduggery poster?
Yup. THAT is impressive. But three of the same book? Nope.
How about five of the same book?
That's interesting. But not enough to warrant too much of a remark. Wait. Are you talking about Skulduggery Pleasant books?
Yes. Duh. I don't read very much else.
Oh. THAT changes things. It's very impressive, now I'm going to change the subject.
Society is falling apart. The world, a well-woven web of lies. Nothing is true. But disguises are slipping. Riots, everything is falling apart. Anarchy is arriving. People won't last long. Fools, all of them. They can't look up. Their necks are all weighed down by piles of things, things with tags on them, NEW!, BETTER!, CHEAPER!. Why can't they see? Think for a moment. Individuals are being tortured, they aren't fitting in with the sheep.
Drama, yo.
...I never try to fit in.
You may have noticed.
Indeed. This group is certainly filled with miscreants of the motley sort.
And pedants, such as myself.
Omg this was funny Ali and I did this thing its funny
Jason is Necromancer btw
Jason: *fights Zafira*
zafira: *fights Jason*
*lots of violent shadows are swirling around*
billy-Ray: right now this is one moment when I wish Derek hadnt just given me tunnelin' i cant fight without dyin'!!
Hey
is for horses.
HI!!!!!!!
Hey Zafiras, sir guy.
Me girl.....
I cant even post the second question Ali dared me to write i laughed too hard. But i think the gender one was ok...
Jekyll!!!!
Hey Kal!
Hiya peoples comed!!!
Well well well
My siblings who are in the same house as me call me when they want to tell me something, rather than knocking on my door and telling it to my face.
...That's slightly depressing.
Anyhoodles, how are you all?
Just suggested to my mum that she order insurgent from America for me. I explained why and she said maybe
Order what now?
Im ok...hungry...want Chinese food
I'm not hungry and I haven't eaten a single thing all day... I think it's because I'm depressed about not having KOTW.
Insurgent, Veronica Roth.
Join me. Im very sad
*sobs* KOTW COME TO ME!!!!!
I can't join you, Zafira, I just told Sparky I'd stop moping about the book because she was threatening me with spoilers, slowly filling in letters for the blanks...
I stopped when she filled in one blank.
Sparks has the book, then?
Yeah. She told me something just out of the blue and I flipped out... Now she keeps threatening me with spoilers...
We live in an evil, evil world...
Lol.
I'm excited for the book, but I can wait.
Pfffffffft, I can't. I watch the countdown clock as if it was Caelan watching Valkyrie.
LIKE A STALKER.
I'm talking sparky now.
WELL SO AM I.
Well I'm on YouTube too! So pleuh
Well I'm TEXTING Adra, emailing Sparky, listening to music, talking here AND breathing, so HA!
Well I'm on YouTube too! So pleuh
*pokes Flame in the face*
So, did you read my story on my Blog? You're in it.
Whichy one?
Which blog?
The stories one.
Hey I really dont mind spoilers i wanna know.
Biiig crack of thunder i got my iPod on i HEARD the thunder loud and clear. Think i squaled
WHO WANTS TO KNOW SPOILERS???
That's right, NO ONE. We don't do spoilers round here
I'm not sure if I should be glad or sad to not know what Riversong is.
Hello, person who I had no idea existed.
Oh. Hello.
Sorry for a bit of a delay responding, I was washing the dishes. My favorite chore of them all. Warm water, soap, and bubbles. Wait. I hate bubbles. Never mind, I hate washing the dishes. Bubbles... Bleck!
Lol.
Really though, who likes BUBBLES!? It's ridiculous.
Gotta go, bye!
Yeah Eve summarize KOTW *obvious sarcasm*
No unless Billy-Ray is dead SHUSH YA PIE TRAPS
*holds hammer*
i'll lock YOU in a room without a door knob and...window too tiny
HA HA, GETTING IT TODAY!
Damn you.
I might throw you in the lake. No Irish will stop me
Too bad!
Going to get it now
Bye!
I'll wait to throw you in the lake xD
N'aww Aussies too awesome...meh gonna watch Olympics i saw one Irish dude. And I know!!! Uhm...it's 10:27pm EST they dont go on til 8pm what i wanted
Hiiiiii! Yay, Nix is getting it!
Zafira... *gives Zafira a meaningful spoiler-giving look* I just have to LOOK at you
*hums along to song*
Oh I could throw you in a lake,
Or feed you poisoned birthday cake...
Hellooooooo?
Hello!
*hides all of Eve's blood sampling equipment*
Hi Eve!
Mumzy: Oh, wait, Bella, I had something to tell you. I just need to remember what it was.
Me: You secretly planned to take me to a super fancy ball so I could act professional and wear a really fancy dress because it would be fun?
Mumzy: Uh, no. I was going to ask about how you wanted to sew a TARDIS onto your backpack.
I'll just use my nails. Super sharp, remember?
*claw fingers at Val*
Lol
My reaction to Mum: ...Oh.
Nooooo! I'd prefer you use something other than the nails! *gives Eve back her stuff*
Thank you... *takes out ninja star*
*screams and runs*
*throws ninja star with alarming inaccuracy* Oops.
*throws ninja star with alarming accuracy*
*it hits Eve in the eye*
*eye swallows ninja star*
*frowns*
Gosh, I hate it when that happens...
Indeed. *ninja star reaches brain*
Hello!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hi Lynxia!
Hello!!! How is everyone this morning? (I'm hyper for no reason. Maybe it's left over sugar from that cake last night...)
Lynxia, I haven't seen you in do LONG! Hi!!!
I thought I saw you the other day Eve...
*is slightly tempted to go to bed* *frowns*
...Where did the sheets go?
Not a clue Val.
AGRH! BARRELS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You did? No you didn't. I was gone for most of the week and I havent seen you since I came back. SO LOOOOOONG!
I found the sheets. I now have them wrapped around my head because it makes me feel like Voldemort is on the back of my head... Mwahahahaha!
I stole the sheets! I was building a fortress...
Oh. Er, yes, I felt guilty so I returned them to you...
Might be distant, I'm playing Amnesia...
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! NNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
RUN RUN RUN RUN RUN RUN RUN RUN RUN RUN RUN RUN RUN RUN RUN RUN RUN RUN RUN RUN RUN RUN RUN RUN RUN RUN RUN RUN RUN RUN RUN RUN RUN RUN RUN RUN RUN RUN RUN RUN RUN RUN RUN RUN RUN RUN RUN RUN RUN RUN RUN RUN RUN RUN RUN RUN RUN RUN RUN RUN RUN RUN RUN RUN RUN RUN RUN RUN RUN RUN RUN RUN RUN RUN RUN RUN RUN RUN RUN RUN RUN RUN RUN RUN RUN RUN RUN RUN RUN RUN RUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GO!!!!!!!!!!!! RUN FASTER YOU GOD DAMN GAME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! NNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*dies in game* Oh COME ON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I HATE YOU, YOU STUPID AMNESIA MONSTER!!!!!!!!!!!!! YOU AND YOUR MESSED UP JAW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGGGRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *is prepared to throw laptop out of the window*
AHAHAHA I LOVE CLARABELLE!
Sorry, it had to be said XD
Oh first. Dedications then I guess.
1. To the vanquishment of the Amnesia monster (because I don't like the fact that he keeps killing me).
2. Slender Men (because they are awesome).
3. And to the hope that Eve and Val are still here so I'm not alone and that I have someone to talk to.
Amnesia?
Google it. One of the creepiest games EVER!
...It has the Slender Man in it? I don't wanna know about it...
Naturally, I'll google it anyway :P
No, Slender Man is in Slender. That's the other really creepy game that I insist on playing.
Slender Men are SCARY.
Funny thing is, my dad had a band called Slender Means.
And Caelan means 'slender'.
WEIRD.
"Hi. I'm Clarabelle. Will you be my friend?"
Slender Men are creepy. Caelan is creepy. Makes sense.
Yeah, both like to stalk and follow you.
Amnesia is probably worse but that's just my opinion. Slender is just... Nothing. There is nothing. Trees, notes and a dying torch. No music, nothing. That's the creepy thing just how there is nothing. Amnesia on the other hand. Loud noises, creepy music and messed up graphics when you're attacked.
Yeah, I usually just stick to reading books... I'm rubbish at video games.
But hey, I still try :D
I suck at video games too but I still play.
What do you think of this?
"We are coming." the words echoed around the empty hall. "We are coming and we shall take our revenge." The doors at the back clattered open and two men walked in.
"Stop." one said.
"Nothing shall stop us. We are too strong, too many and you too weak and too few." The voice was low and crackling like thunder in the church and echoed out from open mouth of the woman. Her eyes were closed, her hands bound and her arms and face covered in bruises and gashes.
"Let her go."
"It is too late." the voice that was a million other voices boomed. "The time has come for us to rise and Earth to fall. The time has come and we cannot be stopped. We have waited and now we shall be rewarded." the woman's head drooped and the spirits left her. SHe fell to the floor and that's when the world started to end.
Morning :(
Morning Em! What's up?
Val, you'll have to go and re-cast your vote on the Bubble. Something went wrong with the poll and it restarted.
I'm just not feeling myself today.
I can't write anything else in my story. I just don't want to go on with it.
I don't even want to cross stitch today!
You'll be right as rain again soon, Em. *hugs* Everyone has off days.
Hi Em! *waves frantically*
HELLO!
Sorry, random burst of energy at 2 in the morning...
2am. Great time to be awake.
Back from dinner! Oh my god is it just coincidence that my brother is talking about Slender as well????
Hi Em!
It's a brilliant game! Everyone talks about it!
I had no clue it existed till you mentioned it...
I gotta go now1 Bye guys!! *hugs and shadow walks*
Bye Lynxia!
Oh jeez I just watched a Slender video. That is so frollicking scary but exactly what I expected. The guy got so freaked out he quit the game and started looking at pictures of kittens. :3
Bye Lynxia!
Haha... Kittens solve all the world's problems.
...Unless you're allergic to cats.
Derek, i demand of you, great sir, that you scold Sparky Braginski in your next post! She's torturing me and Val.V With spoilers! She'ssssss evil!
Also, I'm coming to see you August 30th, I think. So, this year I shall finally tell you I'm flame from your blog. You probably won't know me from the blog, seeing as, well, you never talk to me. But anyway, I'm coming. So beware, I'm slot more confident than the last two years.
P.S please release KOTW NOW. NOW.
Mr. Derek Landy
my mind has been BLOWN. And i mean BLOWN. I finished KOTW last night and jeez, it was AWESOME!! There was alot of sounds coming from my mouth. Like gasping, laughing, shreaking, and some other sounds that i cant indentify. So, yeah. YOU DID AN AMAZING, EPIC, AWESOME [insert other complementing words here] JUST UNDISCRIBABLE!!!
hello all
*waves*
Hey, btw.
heya Flame
and i wont torture you with spoilers, im me
Hi Phoenix and Miss!!
Miss, I'm about to send you an email
Mwahahahahaha... Eve is so awesome.
I was giving sass, though, so like I deserves it...
And Val was moping about NoT getting te book.
Sparky can be evil. We did this in email, too.
ok Eve!
im waiting for my friend to get KOTW so i can rant about it to him
if he hurrys up..
*hurries
Val, she dropped A BIG spoiler ON Me!!!
*stares in disbelief*
naughty Sparky...
*is plotting a plan*
She told me a surprising one just out of the blue... And she tried to tell me a few others but I stopped bugging her so she didn't.
Sparky, you're dead.
*nods cheerfully in agreement* I AM awesome. Rules were made to be broken! *gangsta* Yo.
What rules?
Nothing! No rules! I didn't do anything!
*laughs*
i totally agree with that
i say it all the time at school
I g2g
Bye Flame!
And heck yes Eve, those were rules that were always meant to be broken by awesome people
bye Flame
ugh, stupid Killer Whale research...
brb
dinner
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