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 3401 – 3600 of 4879 Newer› Newest»I was telling Star that YOU aren't formal. :P
You're always entitled to your opinion, even if it is completely and utterly incorrect.
Oh, Cheers :P
We all know you have an inner child.
Emphasis on the INNER.
LoL
Haha. Denial.
Sorry if I'm slow.
*glares at the internet, for trying to die again*
It's a bit more like enlightening you.
Ahh I just pulled some guacamole out of the freezer... and instead of letting it thaw normally, i just put it in the microwave.
Haha whatever you sayyy :P
*secretly still thinks Denial"
I am inkyyyy. Yes, that is how I am . . .
And I am also distant. Doing my competiton entry. AGAINNNN.
You're even in denial about being in denial!
(Yes, MPAA quote . . . It's kind of sad that I know it that well. :P)
And you'll probably be in denial about THAT as well.
So then you would be in denial about being in denial about being in denial . . .
So then you would be in denial about being in denial about being in denial . . .
*gasp*
I forgot about that.... OH SNAP.
*runs off to type*
*sticks head back in room*
Oh, and uh, I'd really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really appreciate it if you all checked out Val and I's band page...
derekminion.blogspot.com/
That is, if it conveniences you. But really, please, Val and I would really like it if you all commented or just want there.
And commented.
wbd.
I'm going to pretend that the sound of you talking is the sound of banjo music. Both can annoy me equally.
Sorry, double post . . . Damnthe mini-laptop. And competition. And Dymocks. *grins in memory of the good old days*
OMG Sir Rein. How rude!!! You're not talking to ME are you???
Can I go there when I'm on my phone instead? Then I can bookmark the page. I'm usually here on my phone . . . It's just not the same on the laptop.
Of COURSE NOT! You kidnapped me! Why would I speak like that to you!? But seriously, no. Star's semi-references to Inception annoy me, and the fact that I am so incredibly right is slowly tightening around me. And I had a VERY bad day. So I might be a bit cross.
*smiles sweetly and gets out a massive pair of speakers*
*fiddles with them and they start booming out banjo music* It's not QUITE the same as music from a real live instrument . . . But it's louderrrrrr. :)
I bite my thumb at you, Star!
Aww... *hugs Sir Rein* haha well then this might'nt have been the right place to go to *see above*
Sorry, Rein. *tries and fails to switch speakers off* HELP! THE SPEAKERS ARE BEING DISOBEDIENT!!
I did see that. Thankfully, I'm wearing special earphones. I can't hear a thing. Not a thing.
*glares at Rein enviously and sits under tree with hands over ears*
oh good! *pulls out gigantic guitar, and strums a few notes*
*sings Darquesse, playing the guitar while simultaneously playing the piano and cello*
*kicks the speakers*
*smiles at the sudden silence* Well, that worked.
*music starts again*
. . . Or not. :P
Now remember kids, eat your vegetables to grow big... Except in this case, it will be a veggie eating YOU!
*pulls out giant monster broccoli*
I play the cello irl. *still hands hands over ears* It's not you, Adra, it's the damn banjo.
*has hands, not hands hands
*eats broccoli*
You have no idea how much i LOVE BROCCOLI. IT IS AMAZING!!! AND LOOKS LIKE LITTLE TINY TREES!!!
Haha VAL plays the cello... So I'm playing her bit in the song :P
Oh. Well... See you later Batman!
*Disappears through hidden trapdoor*
Hehehehehehehehe!
WHAT???
It's old, complicated, and you probably wouldn't even care.
Which is exactly why I said it.
*looks up*
I like broccoli.
But I always feel bad eating it.
Because, y'know, it has Nerve Endings and all...
old? Batman?
ADAM WEST???
Nope.
Oh. I LOVE BATMAN!!!!
Seriously. Best. Hero. Ever.
(well, okay, not HERO, exactly, but, ah...)
No no no Rein, it's Robin who goes through the trapdoors! And Catwoman and Penguin! Batman uses the grappler pads! *is talking about Lego Batman DS*
I've always found my own acts to be good enough inspiration, so I've never glorified and idolized a fictional character. Apologies.
EVe says she doesn't think of Batman as a superhero, because he doesn't have superhero powers, but she says he's a HERO, without the super . . .
*Eve
Maybe he's a super hero. Two different words.
My brother says that he isn't super, because without all the money, Batman would be normal.
i told him that without his powers, Superman would be normal.
Something about superheros seems to grind conversations to a halt. I'll make note of that in the future.
Going, now. Fours!
Goodbye, Star.
Wow. so true :P
BYE STAR!!! *hugs* *sends her off with Skul-cakes*
INTRO OF DARKNESS THEN REDNESS THENNN WHITENESS...
Bye Star!
*waves Madly*
*dances around the room*
*trips*
*sings her song again*
While on the ground? Good work.
Thanks. It comes naturally.
I really hopes Derek hears of Derek's Minions :D
I hope so as well. It deserves attention. So, what is your favorite song? At least, right now.
haha thanks :P
Uh... the only song we have- Darquesse. But there is another that I'm working on... It's pretty epic.
Wait- no. Val's one. "SKULDUGGERY IS AWESOMEEEEEEE"
thats the song. right there. whole thing :D
ahhh brb in 10! lunch
I meant your favorite song that you have AT ALL. Not your favorite that you wrote...
ooooh. Um... Eh.... I have too many :P
Oh yeah. BACKKk
Good to see you.
*pats back* its good to see you too!!!
*ponders, then comes up with an idea*
WANT TO GO ON AN ADVENTURE???
*looks around, wondering where Sir Rein went*
Hey Flame!!!
Hi people. Wbd. Damn that competition.
Yeah... Apparently Flame and Sir Rein disappeared.
I feel a mystery coming on...
don't YOU disappear, also.
:P
It's okay, I'm writing my bit also.
Oh God.. they're all dead, aren't they?
Silence will Fall...
I'MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM BACCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCK
I'm DISTANT. Er, very distant. Actually, I fprgot I was here. :P
Sorry.
im gonna go
Cheers, Star :P
AHH NO IM DOING IT AGAIN. Writing from an Irish POV... GAnpabvlkjeva
And Flame. Thanks.
Bye. *sulks*
Silence has fallen... And I'm pretty pissed with it now...
Thanks?
Oh, the terrors of silence.
YOu shOulD KiLl us ALl oN SIghT.
For leaving... :/
And actually... the terrors of THE Silence.
Thank YOU!!!!!
*shoots lightning*
*looks in cracked mirror and sees tally marks all over her arms and face*
Oh god..
Meh. Yeah.
YoU sHOulD KiLl uS ALl On SIghT FoR leAviNG.
I should. Good idea.
*hides behind leaf* However, I shall not allowed you to sight me.
*prances after Star, swinging a mace around on a chain*
Hello, sweetie :)
You can't seeeee meeeeee . . . *feels secure behind my lovely leaf*
*noms on leaf*
*clears throat*
And you know you can fix that Chameleon Circuit if you just try hotwiring the fragment links and superseding the binary binary binary binary....
?
*hides behind banana*
*takes banana*
Bananas are good.
*let the party commence*
*stalks forward, to Star*
*hides behind flamethrower*
*blasts flamethrower aside with air, draws knife, holds it to Star's neck*
I forgot why we were doing this...
*has just ginished reading Rogue from the H.I.V.E. series* Overlord is 'reborn' so many times. It's getting kinda boring. Why can't he just stay 'dead'??
*finished
*squeaks in terror and squirts ink into Dark's eyes, running away to hide at tje bottom ot the lake whilst she is blinded*
is this italicized????
*screams in pain, the cheers because she finally figured it out*
GET BACK HERE! *rubs out ink*
*portals to bottom of the lake, and strangles ink*
I FIGURED IT OUT!!! I FIGURED IR OUT!!!
*it
*has been strangled to death*
*floats up to the top of the lake as a ghost* Congratulations . . .
So then, I never disappeared. Definitely.
Is this in shadowed writing? Here's normal writing to compare.
Oh SUREEEEEEE Sir Rein. SUREEE.
YAYYY!!! I KILLED STAR! You and Eve are now ghosts!
*swims up*
I CAN DO ITALICS NOW>>
i wonder what THIS does
nothing, apparently.
LALALALALALA
No, it isn't. Dammit. I tried copying and pasting it form my word document . . . Didn't work.
Hm. Interesting. I just hope you don't use this power to conquer the universe.
Hi Rein . . .
Oh, is my master a ghost, too? Then I'm happy being a ghostly ghostling. :)
:0
^^^^^Does that face look ghoslty, at all?
Nope. *sigh*
*moanfully floats through a tree*
Are you going to start stealing lines from Hamlet? Because that would be hilarious but sad at the same time.
*laughs*
I is still HUMANNNNNNN
OUT! OUT DAMNED SPOT!
Doubt that the sun doth move, doubt truth to be a liar, but never doubt I love.
Dammit. Gtg. Fours.
Bye dear! *hugs*
It shalt never relinquish its holy on thy one skin!!!
*hold
*own
Ah. So you caught those errors.
I catch all my errors. I just don't always feel the need to fix them..
*remembers*
I feel a sonnet coming onnnn
My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun
Coral is far more red than her lips' red;
If now be white, why then her breasts are dun;
If hair be wires, black wires grow on hear head.
I have no roses damask'd, red and white
But no such roses see I in her cheeks;
And in some perfumes is there more delight
than in the breath that from my mistress reeks.
I love to hear her speak, yet well I know
That music hath a far more pleasing sound;
I grant I never saw a goddess go;
My mistress, when she walks, treads on the ground:
And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare
As and she belied with false compare
TAKE THAT.
*rolls eyes*
All this the world well knows; yet none knows well
To shun the heaven that leads men to this hell
*clicks heels*
I bite my thumb at you...
But I must admit, your ability to copy and paste is impressive.
Copy and-
COPY AND PASTE????
I'll hhave you know, good sir, that we spent a full two months of school on William Shakespeare last year and within that time I saw an awful lot of sonnets. Not all, may I say, but a lot.
*scoffs*
Copy and Paste. I had to memorize the thing!!!
Oh. So you CUT and paste. I deeply apologize for that mistake.
Cut and paste?
Is it really so hard to imagine that someone could memorize Shakespeare's sonnets???
No. But if you think about it, you really are copying and pasting. It's just that the source you're getting it from is your memories.
*rolls eyes*
great. I got all worked up about that....
Sorry, dear. I always go to defensive. :P
DAMMIT. I GOT FIRST.
WOW. First time in several days that someone besides Zaf got first.
I'd like to dedicate this page to Derek's Minions, my band, William Shakespeare, and Derek.
Derek's Minions, because I want Derek to find out about it, and because its epic.
William Shakespeare, because he's a boss.
Derek- because without him, none of us would've been here. Ever.
Oh, and a side-note. Also dedicated to Sir Rein because he's on, and uh, not leaving the blog like everyone else did.
*hands out Skul cakes for the present people, past people, and future people*
*raises glass* hear hear!
Hoo rah.
So much enthusiasm, please people. I'm not used to it :D
Amazing. A standing ovation.
Ahhhh the wonders of sarcasm...
*twitches*
Sooooooo.... How bout them Yankees?
Well, my grandmother is from Boston so... If you even mention them, she'll go on an enormous cursing spree.
Yo
Ah Red Sox, eh?
Hmmmmm.... It's okay. I've got friends who are like that.
Wait.
AMERIMINIONS DOMINATE THE BLOG!!! *captain Morgans' on top of an outcropping on a cliff, over looking the sea while the sun sets, and the wind blows her hair behind her*
Hello, Flame! Again!
*screams* I JUST COMPOSED THE MUSIC FOR DARQUESSE!!! OMGOMGOMGOMG FIRST COMPOSITION EVER!!!
Awesome Adra! :)
Oh, and hi.
I'm soooo tired
Ooh, I hate being tired. Good thing it's only 4. And Adrasdos, AMAZING.
The Dubliner has arrived lol
Can you, uh, write it in base clef??? Would that be at all possible??? Coz then I could play it on the cello. Also, if it was in base clef Val could also play it on the cello. I could send a recording of me playing it to you if I can work out HOW to record it . . .
*bass clef
Haha by phone????
And woo! i know... Im awaiting what Val thinks.
HEY EM!!!
HEY STAR!!!
@Flame- sorry. I have one suggestion- get some sleep!!!
Cool, Adra.
I've alreat slept for 2 hours-ish
I know how to do vids on my phone but then they won't email . . . Maybe if I . . . *starts fiddling with laptop* There's always Skype . . .
Since my last comment here.
30 more days.
I'm hoarding money all this week.
Already have a fiver. Had eight but I had to spend it :(
woah. OOH gotcha Flame :P
Star.. do i have your skype??? I'm adrasdos.dark
obvioussly
Hmm car crash, fire or drowning?
Which do you prefer?
Fire.
Fire.
Why fire?
I never really USE my skype, but I'm star.inkbright . . . I'm fairly certain I am, anyway.
Okay. Can somebody tell me how to make a video on a computer? Coz I'm feeling a bit helpless here.
FIRE!
*fistpump* YES! I discovered how to record a videooooo. :)
:P
Fire... Drama. Heat... It corners you, I suppose. When you drown, well, it's just not as COOL... Car crash is someone else's fault, and its over quickly.
And there's just so much going on in a fire... :D
Fires are just COOL. They look nice. All red and burning hot with smoke everywhere and flames springing up. They're noiser. They cause buildings fall apart. They're nice and slow. Slow, painful, death. Car crashes are just like, CRAAAAASH! Then it's over. And drownings are just so calm.
I um back
heyyyyy
*writes another composition*
Jesus now I know how bach felt.
Fire. Well you can describe the smoke, the burning building, the person slowly dying and struggling, using up whatever little oxygen they have, the roof falling in, the house being destroyed.
Drowning is just so, calm, not as a much struggle.
Car crash; boom.
Stupid touch.
Thanks everyone!!
*raises eyebrow* whaaaa
Why do you want to know Em?
Doing death scenes
My iPod keeps shortcutting.
Oh, ok Em.
*sings*
oh yeah. New batch.
EVERYONE!!! *clears throat*
I'd like to say, Val and I, and NOW Star have made a band...
Derek's Minions...
We'd greatly appreciate it if you all went to our page, subscribed, commented *Em you should because I read your whole story so far... You owe me :P*
derekminion.blogspot.com
please check it out!!!
I can't comment on my phone, so it's lucky I haven't shut the laptop down yet . . .
Wooo!!! (oh and i sent the Skype thing... I also kinda made you an admin to the blog so.... :D )
Lol see you blackmailing me Adra lol the cheek of you lol
:P you know it Em :D
ahh okay i've got dinner.
Bye everyone!!! Thanks for viewing!!! *hugs for all*
*hands out Skul cakes and free CDs*
I've already got the name of the first album... :D
Hmmm??
What if...
Skulduggery met Drew?!
Fours Adra! I'm going as well, unfortunatelyyy . . . So may the fours be with you all!
Hi all, I'm back.
Heya Uke
Bye star
Hi people!
I've watched so many alien movies in the last few days... The Signs, War of the Worlds, Cloverfield, Super 8...
Are there any Irish alien movies?
Hello people!
Hi Rose
Val, you should watch Paul and I'm not aware of any Irish alien movies.
Irish alien movies... haven't heard of any, either.
Well, if there's ever an alien invasion, I'm retreating to Ireland. I mean, what would aliens have against the Irish?
Uh
See? Ireland would be safe.
Ireland would also be safe from a zombie infection. Same as Italy.
My iPod is shortcutting.
Ugh, Pink Rose is here.
Leave now Pink, before i attack you.
Well, I know it wouldn't be safe from zombies, but aliens? Yes.
Irelands an island. There'd be no benefit infecting Ireland.
Makhira and machete clashed furiously, smashing down on each other hard, spinning, twirling and thrusting towards each other.
Sparky Braginski dodged an attack from Flame Phoenix, stepping backwards and parrying it, turning around and trowing her sword in a high arc downwards on Flame. He brought his machete up to meet the attack but misjudged it by an inch and with a high cry from Sparky, the makhira sword connected with his chest lightly, cutting the vest and grazing his chest.
Blood trickled out through his vest and spilled out onto the ground. Sparky grinned maliciously and attacked again, thrusting the sword forward. Flame stepped forward, parried and mirrored Sparky's former movements, raising the sword in a high arc and bringing it down upon Sparky's upper arm. He sliced it, cutting through her T-shirt.
"You'd better be careful, Phoenix!" she shouted in pain.
"I'd rather not," he grinned, thrusting his machete forward, once again.
*throwing
Anyone watching the Olympics?
Nope.
Val, Email.
Nah, I barely know what the Olympics even are... Besides, no cable.
Cool story Flame! Did you read the thingy on my blog?
Nope...
You link me? or maybe email me?
Bah, up there that's horrible. I'm going to have to write more on computer, am on iPod.
Nobody watches the Olympics :P
LINK!
http://valkyriesstories.blogspot.com/2012/07/something-new.html
I think that's it
Omg LOL.
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