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 1401 – 1600 of 4879 Newer› Newest»You know, I need to organize my list of favorite quotessssss... I have so MANY!
Yeah, but it's fine. I'll live.
I really need to read KOTW
DEREK JUST SO YOU ARE AWARE I AM COUNTING DOWN AT RANDOM POINTS ON TWITTER
ALSO
I HAVE MANAGED TO CONVINCE ANOTHER FRIEND TO READ THE BOOKS
AND
I AM IN THE PROCESS OF NAGGING A FRIEND INTO CATCHING UP!!
She read the first 4 then the first 2 chapters of MC then stopped and that was over a year ago. So I am trying very hard to get her back on track!!
Let's see if you guys can name of them!
AND BE SPECIFIC [if at all possible]
Oh, the CHICKeeeennnnsssss!
Let your inner lunatic out. Fun times guaranteed.
My sentiments precisely
Demons runs when a good man goes to war.
Val, I have a question for you, is it just me or is battle pack picture of Tanith prettier than China's??
I think so. IDKW
I just think so *shrugs*
GAH! I have so many, and I can't think of them...
The first on is Skulduggery in DB
I've got a jar of dirt.
The other 2 are Doctor Who I think.
@NJ
By "first" I assume you mean "Let your inner lunatic out. Fun times guaranteed."?
JACK SPARROW
PIRATE OF THE CARIBBEAN!!
Me no have battle packs. Argh....I gotta ask Derek that question next time he Blogspeaks....its nagging!!!!
Demons run is.. I should number these so it's easier to see.
Yes.
LOL, NJ!
YES!
Jack Sparrow!
JOHNNY DEPP IS A FIT BABE JS
6.
"I don't believe in God."
"It doesn't matter... God believes in you."
7.
"I don't suffer from insanity- I enjoy every minute of it!"
Lol!!!! I love Johnny Depp hmm I got Corpse Bride or Sweeney Todd or Charlie and The Chocolate Factory
I don't know that one... Number 6. I don't know it.
Ummmm... some otherssssss....
Well, of course, everyone knows, "Doors are for people with no imagination."
@NJ
Number 6. is from the Count of Monte Christo
I don't know 7 either.
Here's a quote of my own:
"Heroes are not made; they're moulded."
Well, I just made that up. Good on me.
H'ummm...
GAH, it's so annoying when there are zillions of quotes I quote frequently, but can't remember them when I'm trying to
@NJ
Actually, I'm not so sure about 7 either... To be honest, I just read it on a magnet once..
And then bought the magnet.
Nice, Uke
Oh, and "My sentiments precisely" came from Mamma Mia
The End Of The World is book 6.5.
Never seen that.
And, "Oh, the CHIKennsssss..." came from The 10th Kingdom.
Ok.
~stops quoting~
For NOW 8]
32 days
2 hours
10 minutes
*40 minutes
Lol 6.5? Oh yeah we read TEOTW too god i wish I had recorded Trevor's reaction to Nye in MC
Here's my proper quote:
"I'll pull the philosophical card on you and say "So we, as human, acctually take a step out into the great expansive universe! To see things from a slightly different perspective."
The Moons low gravity would be a good place to have "drop off" station of some description for mining ships to drop off cargo before being taken to earth or where ever it's needed. An orbiting station for the building of new ships maybe?
A quick google search shows that people have found (from space crafts and meteors from mars itself) that there are many valuable materials on Mars. Bringing a relativly small amount of hydrogen there would mean we could convert the martian atmosphere into oxygen, methane and water. The oxygen and methane can be used for rocket fuel. Mars has a gravity of about 1/3 of Earth's, so a colony on Mars could produce heavy products like building matterials or items in large mass such as clothing to be shipped to Earth. While Earth could produce high-tech, low weight products to ship to Mars and the moon.
If "we don't exactly have space travel reliable enough to make space mining a viable and cost-efficiant option", then why isn't there anyone out there trying to find out how to create that kind of technology?
The ignorant who don't see any problems are holding humanity back. Unfortunately, these are the people that run the world.
P.S. Earth's population just hit the 7 billion mark a few months ago, so there's that too."
Posted by someone on some gaming forums.
O.o
Yes. O.o Indeed.
Me heard it all....
*sighs*
7:30pm EST i see the opening ceremonies WHY!!!!!!!!
I'm watching the opening ceremonies now. J.K Rowling's reading a book.
Sorry, again.
But I'm back!
To show you guys my "Oh the CHICKensss" quote!
I LOVE this part xD
It's at about 7:50 in this video, and I copied that url so hopefully it will take you to the right spot :P
Anyway, watch about a minute of it!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nf_g0-faBA&feature=player_detailpage#t=469s
A COUPLE OF DRUMSTICKS DOESN'T MAKE ME A KILLER!
I love this guy.
~wonders if Derek Landy has watched the 10th Kingdom~
YOU NEED TO!
I know he's watching us
~pokes the silence~
I'ma go now gais :/ Chat's getting boring.
Bye
Bye, Uke!
Sorry :/
Sometimes I get so distracted with other things that I just don't chat!
Same here like I'm watching Jekyll and Hyde...*sighs* poor Jekyll
Cool. I've never watched it. And yes... poor Jekyll, indeed.
I have :D looooove it. Obviously my pic says it.
Dunno I like the dark musicals.
Interesting...
I SHOULD watch it. I've always thought the idea of Doctor Jekyll and Mr Hyde was an ingenious one
I gotta go! Byeee, guys!
~runs around hugging everybody~
It is :P
*sighs*
lost in the darkness silence surrounds you, once there was morning now endless night. I will find the answer. I'll never desert you, I promise you this til the day that I--
Do you really think that I would ever let you go? Do you really think that I would ever set you free? If you do I'm sad to say it simply isnt so you will never get away from me!
:D
Me go poof
Before I go...heard Ireland going on Opening Ceremonies may the odds be ever in your favor, Iriminions and the Golden God.
i just looked at a sp forum and accidentally read an un-flagged spoiler... :(
strangely knowing what i know makes me want kotw even more... :>
it was a pretty big spoiler as well....
GRRRRRRRRRRR
This is my last post for a week, so I'll shove as much in here as I can think of.
If Derek blogspeaks mind asking him to read one of my dedications? :3 Mainly because it'd mean the WORLD to me!
Wish me look on finding some SP books in Cornwall! I am aiming to have 50 by the end of the year...! C:
If anyone finds a US Proof copy/arc of Skulduggery Pleasant it would mean sooooooooo much for me to let you know! Mainly because I really really want one! Hehehe. Same for a large paperback of SP or PWF! :3
Um...Oh, I posted some more of my stories on my blog. Mind reading them for me? Thanks.
I'll miss you all very much! *hugs* And I will try to make at least one vlog and definitely take lots of pictures! c:
Mind letting me know what happens in my absence? Thanks.
Talk to you in a week. *hugs* X
I would be VERY interested to hear what the non-English think of our Opening Ceremony for the Olympics!!!!! Personally, I thought it was surprisingly good.
BAH
Hi! I've got four tickets to the event thanks to my mum! I'm only using three though. I'm taking Mama, Brother, and Maseeeeef
*groans*
I haven't got tickets or the damn book yet
:(
Maybe I could type the whole book up and email you the thing.
I might be getting to tomorrow, or... next week...
Fingers crossed for tomorrow!
*glares* My older brother and I were guessing what the monsters on the cover were. I won't tell you what they were, but my brother got it right and I told him his idea was preposterous before, so now I have to tell everyone who's read the book that he was right and I was wrong. His condition for reading the book, I guess.
Tomorrow, or I'll go mad
Tomorrow tomorrow tomorrow tomorrow
Morning Aussiminions!
Hi Em!
*frowns*
Isn't this a little late for you?
Oh My gosh, I am going to by Kingdom of the Wicked tomorrow! YAYAYYAYAYAYAY
Hi Selena!
Oh, lunch time, be back asap I Am SO EXCITED!
Oh, and yesterday, I had to do jump jam.ARGHYY BLURFGYUFGY! It was terrible! no offense to people who enjoy jump jam, but I hate it! asdfghjkqwertyhjkl! Me and my friend were just singing along to it, and halfheartedly dancing. 0-0. I wish that it was still the holidaysssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss
Okay, be back soon!
That it is Nix!
I am in the middle of a thought process for Chapter 14 so my brain won't turn off unfortunately.
Hi Memerald and Selena!
Nix, that story you were talking about made me realize something.
I AM A SENSITIVE.
Oh my god it took that long for me to figure it out...
Good for you
And I've realised something
I AM SO BORED WITH MY MAGIC
Why?
Because it's just boring
I break a bone. That's it, that's all I can do
*gives an embroidered hanky to everyone* Hellow Eve, Nix and Em.
No one here?
Hey Hel
SPOILER! SPOILER! SPOILER!
Hello Eve. Hello Nix. No, I didn't... or maybe I did...
OH MY GOD THAT WASN'T EVEN A SPOILER
I am back
IT WAS! NOW I'LL BE LOOKING OUT FOR THE BIT AND WONDERING!
"A spoiler is a summary or description of a narrative (or part of a narrative) that relates plot elements not revealed early in the narrative itself. Moreover, because enjoyment of a narrative sometimes depends upon the dramatic tension and suspense which undergird it, this early revelation of plot elements can "spoil" the enjoyment that some consumers of the narrative would otherwise have experienced."
At school, this guy came in a talked about cyber safety and now I am paranoid that one of you is a stalker.
NO OFFENSEEEEEEEE
Munch is anither word for EAT. Cereal has been introduced in the book and Valkyrie has eaten it before.
NOT A SPOILER
EXACTLY EVE!
Maybe YOU'RE the stalker, Selena...
MY GOSHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
Halfuncle
NO, BUT NOW I KNOW THAT IT'S THERE, AND YOU SAID DID YOU SEE IT, AND I'M WONDERING IF SOMETHING SPECIAL HAPPENS THERE
Nix. What have I been doing for a while now? Munching, that's what. It's very special when one of my favourite characters munches too.
THAT IS WHAT IS SPECIAL!
valkyrie does munch on cereal a lot...
I wish that I could reasure you guys that I am not a stalker, but I can't because who says that you will believe me? You only have my word for it. I AM NOT A STALKER, ASK IZZY WHO ONLY NIX HAS MET, MAYAJUNE AND MYNAMEISSTELLA WHO NONE OF YOU HAVE MET.
To prove that these people exist:
This is Stella's blog:
http://letmebecrafty.blogspot.co.nz/
This is Izzy's
blog:http://isizzy123.blogspot.com/2012/07/this-is-my-blag-so-post-stuff-on-my-pag.html
You know MayaJune
Hey, Nix, you met Stella right? She is moi friend :)The one who you said to, you know people don't talk here, right? Or something like that. Oh and I made Izzy get a blog, soooooo
I like to nom, its better then munching
Selena, you could be all of those people!
NOMNOMNOMNOMNOM!
So, is anyone on? I bet a bajilion dollars* that no one is.
*mayallthosereadingpleasenotethatabajilionisnotarealnumber
I know I could Helena, but wait, if I was MayaJune, how could I be on the blog talking to her? If I was her, I would have to sing in and out and that would take forever and you know that I am comment fast, soooooo I AM NOT A STALKER
I am on Sir do I count???? HMMMMM????
*sign
You know, you can have more then one profile, you just need more then one email account
No Selena, who I don't believe I have had the pleasure of meeting for any extended period of time, you do not count. Neither does the snappily dressed skeleton who seems to be carrying a mini, glowing Oogie from The nightmare before Christmas. Or the rock. Or the Vampire.
I have to go
NO WAIT I CAN STAY! And sir, I DO count because I am so epic I just do. @ Nix, JUST DROP IT! Hey, for all I know, you are a stalker!
Dude, we all count as people ...................................................................................................
Sugar high!!!
Hi Aussiesminions!
Drop it? You're the one who brought it up
OH MY GOSH< I LOVE MUSIC HhaeheheEHE
Hi Zaf!
I know, but now its sprilled out of control!!!!!(lololol)I am sorry for bringing it up. I AM SORRY
Hi Zaf!
Kia ora?
Why did I put a question mark?????
Hi!!! Finally some Aussies i can talk to...im trying to pry if Billy-Ray is alive
IRELAND ON PARADE!!!!!!
I wouldn't know, I haven't got the book
Kia ora, Bonjour, Konnichi wa, Hello, Cio, Gday mate, Bonjourno, I think that is how you spell them, I think...
I am a kiwi. 0-0
Ditto Nix
Just saw Ireland!
:P
Ireland England USA i want to get medals forget Italy
Hi Kiwi!!!
GO THE ALL BLACKS WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
Hi KOALA!
Ameriminion just watching Opening Ceremonies
Oh Moi Jolly Rogers, I have to make a dress for a presentation of my groups wiki
Lolol
Lol..
Ugh really comercials...
Kiwis came by
Okay, who in America pronounces Aussies 'Ozzies'?
I must away
Bye!
Sorry I left, I made cookies, and now I am back!
I missed the opening ceremony! POOS! But when I was baking, I heard them talk about it on the radio, apparently it was very good
Bye Nix, oh my cookies are ready, be back soonnn
I have to leave now, goodbye!
Away then!
tatatatattatatat for now I have to make a dress, yay for me not :(:(
You are sad, sir, sadddddddd
I meant it in the nicest way possible!
I didn't even realize how it sounded until after I posted it... I meant it like if you had said, "I must away now!"
Page 30 (start of chapter 2) there is a print error, between "ran" and "across the road" it skips to a new line.
Thought you'd like to know before you printed the entire batch. Love it sofar <3
helloooooo
People make mistakes, Red
ELEPHANT
Ded later
Bye!
bye Nix!
Bye Nix!
KOTW is sooooooooooooo awesome!!
wbd, reading...
*is dead*
*looks at Vals dead body*
*shrugs*
*goes back to reading*
*is dead because I can't read KOTW yet*
*looks up*
ahhhh....
*goes back to reading*
Awww, why not Val?
i got to go now
byeeeeee all!!!!!
Bye Miss!!
Because I can't get it till it comes out here. I can't find any Australian eBooks or anything, so I can't cheat to get it early.
*dies again*
...I am so depressed that I can't read KOTW...
*breaks things*
I can find one. One sec
http://www.skulduggerypleasant.co.uk/books.php
I wonder if Americans can get it though.... :/
*sobs*
It won't let me buy it :(
I hate being American...
:(
Quickly fly over to Australia and grab one from Big W!
Pfffffft, the flight to Australia is NOT short
I would need an Australian address to make it let me buy the eBook... *swears*
Oh right. I forgot about that. I would send over a book, but my mum wouldn't let me...
They stop it as customs apparently
Why would they do that?
Because if a book's not availble in a country yet, they stop it. Only if it's soon to be released
Well that's stupid.
Hate the game, not the player
Nah, I'm a hater so I'll hate both.
At least don't hate the duck
Too late. I already killed it.
May it rest in flaberel
More like rest in pieces. I blew it up.
Not allowed? I'll smuggle it through. I know a guy.....
Haha, I'm kidding. Don't arrest me, blog-stalkers! I'm twelve!
May some of the pieces be in flaberel
Grrrrrr... I want to read Kingdom of the Wicked SO BADLY.
Maybe I'll just take a picture of every single page and email them to you :D
I WANNA READ IT
I dedicate this to books. Wonderful little things they are, full of words. I dedicate this to books, and curse ebooks, the little electronic bastards
I was reading Lucy's dedication on the other page. She dedicated to never saying goodbye. After that she said bye and left
LOL
Eve, you should take pictures of every page... I'm that desperate
I'm pretty sure that's illegal
Why? It's not like I didn't already order the book. I'm going to read it anyway.
Yeah, but taking pictures of each page is an illegal copy
But I'm going to own a LEGAL copy anyway. Can't that cancel it out?
Meh, I can try to look innocent if they pull me into court.
("But I just love to read, Judge! Give me a chance, I'll give you a hug if you do!")
And then silence falls.
*pushes Silence off the stairs and laughs*
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