Ah, my Minions...
As some of you are aware, KOTW was released early in some parts of the UK. Mistakes were made, I am told, and by the time news got out, it was already too late to do anything. Our official release date had been breached.
I was told all about it. I shrugged. Hey. It happens.
While this tends to mean very little for the overall sales of the book- the same amount of people are going to buy it, after all- it CAN mean that a new book doesn't get to rise as high in the book charts as it otherwise would have, and so doesn't get discussed in the media, and so more people aren't made aware of it...
For example, if a thousand people intend to buy a book the first week it's out, then a thousand sales will move it to a certain spot in the chart. But if five hundred of those people manage to buy the book a week EARLIER, then those sales are spread out over two weeks, and so it doesn't reach as high.
A breached release date can mean the difference between a best-selling book and a NUMBER ONE best-selling book, which is what all publishers are looking for.
Me personally? I'm not OVERLY bothered. Death Bringer was a number one bestseller last year in the UK and Ireland, and that's enough for me. Like I said, I wasn't too fussed at the idea that a few thousand books has been sold before the release date. So what if I didn't reach number one twice in a row? Did I really care? Nope, I didn't.
Which doesn't mean I wasn't utterly delighted by the news today that DESPITE a breached release date, KOTW is now the number one book for young adults in the UK- so thank you, Minions! (I haven't been told how we're doing in Ireland yet, so I'll hold off my extra-wide grin for THAT moment...)
The reader reaction to KOTW has been wonderful. I know a lot of you were stunned by certain events- of which you are free to talk about in the Spoiler Zone post below- and I know some of you would have quite liked to throttle me upon closing the book, so I want to thank you for investing so much of your faith and emotion in these characters. All I can say is: prepare yourself. You have, I assure you, seen NOTHING yet.
And speaking of the final installments, here's a link to a short thingy I wrote for the Tesco website...
http://booksblog.tesco.com
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AH!
I can tell you anything you want!
Damn. Bb in half an hour.
I SHALL RETURN.
Got to go...
Bye!
Bye guys! Is there anyone left?
*cleans the statue a little bit*
Bye Star! Bye Death!
*Crawls away hoping Eve doesn't see*
Woops, I meant "Bye Calamity"!
*throws a bottle of milk at Death and it explodes*
*Crawling slowly stops and passes out from loss of blood*
I have a feeling that something really strange and confusing is going on right now.
*heals Death then whacks with explosive banana* *banana explodes*. Darn! I was saving that for later.
Hmm.
*samples some of the blood*
Hi Kessie!
*Dies from loss of blood*
Are we still fighting??
i went to have lunch...
*Still dead from loss of blood*
How can death be dead?
The Rose is dead, the Death is not.
So now its just Death ____
Exactly.
You have one more life Death________
*I am dead, Death Rose has been murdered*
If that's what you want. *shrugs*
Is anyone doing NaNoWriMo?
Oh. So death is dead...
Does that make us all immortal or something?
Possibly. Unless, of course, she wasn't really Death and was just LYING the whole time.
*raises eyebrow archly*
You have to kill The Harvester of Souls to become immortal
*turns into Skyetéœnæ*
(true name)
*Kills Harvester of Souls* there.
Uh oh. Now we have do defeat ANOTHER true-name-knower * sighs *
I'm not evil. In fact, Kestrel is eviler than me!
*Finds a note saying "tell Eden I am dead"*
I'm Death if you are dead, how are you finding anything?
Magic??
*You guys found the note!*
*Still dead*
*destroys note*
I gtg now. BYE!
Bye Kes!!
*Hears someone in the distance yell "Get down! Nye is coming!"*
*Nys walks up and frowns. "I missed all the fun!"*
*Starts fixing Death Rose*
Nye!! Hi!! Do you want a Valsnack??
It's almost LOL-worthy how many people here know their true name :P Wow
No thank you, I might get crumbs in Death
Back! Aw, did I kill Deathle?
Oh, wait, I'm not back. Will be soon, hopefully. *disappears again*
Uh... well, that was odd.
Here! She is alive, just try not to kill her again
*Nye walks off and Death sits up*
Death is alive....
So alive is death??
I am VERY confused right now.
hey death i had to leave because my mother took it off me and sent me to bedd
...and annoyed. I am annoyed too. Why? Because I CANNOT THINK UP SOMETHING ORIGINAL TO WRITE!!! I like to write, alot. But I just cant think of anything to write at the moment. At all. And, its not 'passing' like people say.
It is VERY annoying.
is the war still going on
death you still here
...im not actually sure, Eden.
okay is the war still on or not cause if it is * gets in fighting position *
Well, nobody is fighting still so....
finds out true name is marvalgon *gets it sealed *
well that could be because there is no one left to fight so
True. True.
Why is no one else talking??
Is it just us two still here??
i think so * calls out to death * maybe nix will come back
i think so * calls out to death * maybe nix will come back
I am here! Just getting over the fact that Nye brought me back to life!
Maybe...
Valsnack?? * offers one *
Nah...
death * tackle hugs *
so how were things while i was gone
Oh, while I was dead, I learned my true name, I have sealed it too! It is Jhudipor
Umm, I have no legs, 6 fingers and died! Eh, pretty uneventful
awesome mines marvalgon got it sealed to
Am I the ONLY one who doesnt know my true name!?
i have two legs ten fingers and havent died yet so yeah pretty uneventful
bye gtg
I think so, I'll kill you and you might find out, if you don't well you die!
be back in like3 hours
Bye! Will you be back on later?
Okay! That will be 1 am for me...
i gotta go too guys bye :)
LLLLLLLLLLLL*tackle hugs*
Hello! You guys missed a mini war, me losing four of my fingers and dying!
Oh! And as you can see, I have no legs!
And what is up with everyone tackle hugging each other?
Hey, Flame. :)
*Punches Flame with good hand*
Death your a bagel.
*spits at her*
Going to bed, be on tommorow or at four in Bloglandian time!
What is a bagel?
You.
I am very heartless.
*Punches L because of boredom*
Am Australian? Yes, yes I am! We don't have bagels here!
Death, I'm not in the mood.
Flame, we need to talk. Soon.
But I have to go for a short while in a moment...
Okay, sorry! I'm going to bed now! Bbs
SLAUGHTERHOUSE!!!
Morning
Back!
Hi people! If you don't know what a bagel is - google it!
Morning Zafmira!
Ha, three in a row :P
Wait, no, FOUR in a row!
Hi Star!! :D
Ink! No! Please! Take me hostage!
Baguette....I had this weird dream!!! I dreamed I went to England and Derek was at signing and i didnt know then the nice lady let me go anyway because I was foreign and I stood in line with my books. I then met Derek in my dream :D he was all confused by my accent why I was in England til i explained i was on holiday
Back!
Hi people! If you don't know what a bagel is - google it!
Heya, those that appeared. *hugs*
Sorry, I had to take some tablets.
Msd.
*kidnapps Death and gives her new legs and fingers* There you go. :)
Ink! Please, don't kill me!
*hangs from tree*
Why did you. . . Are you going to cut them off again?
Nooooo, Death. Well, not now at least. I'm not in the mood for torture atm.
Did the tablets help at all?
I'll cut fingers off
L, We do.
No! Not the fingers!!!!!
*Sigh*
What's the point? I'll just get them chopped off one way or another
*Holds fingers out*
*grins*
n'awww i cba. I just woke up
Okay, I am really going to sleep now!
G'Night!
It's really nice and warm out here.
*is sat in her grandparents garden*
It's very sunny.
Good night Aussie!
Fours Death!!!!!
Bye Grim Reaper!
* hits Nix with frying pan*
*hits Zaf with the sharp side of a scythe*
OH NO! NIX HAS JOINED THE SHARP SIDE!!!
. . . Sorry, family joke. XD
Bbl, gonna go play Snap.
*spazzes out wrapping shadows around Nix's throat*
*doesn't spaz out, but still cuts out Zaf's arm*
*cuts of Zaf's arm
*hits into tree*
owwww
*sends shadows with left arm*
*dodges shadows*
*clicks fingers and hurls fireball*
*ducks down nearly getting hit then sends shadow knives at Nix's neck*
*turns and spins, but one hits shoulder*
*growls and starts circling Zaf, holding left shoulder*
Gonna go!
BYE!
*is in a lot of pain but tried to not show*
*sends shadows knives at Nix's chest*
*shadow walks in*
EEK!!
*dodges shadow knvies*
Bye Flame
*uses air to send myself flying over the knifes, and angles down towards Zaf*
*waves*
hi Miss Cain!!!
*sends a lot of shadows at Nix hoping he dont kill me*
kill me you be in an American Gaol, I am Grand Mage
*shadow walks up tree*
*grins*
guess what I just watched?
What you just watch? THG or Doctor Who?
the new season of Doctor Who
*looks around*
this tree has a great view...
and it's out of the way of the battle...
*nods*
I like this tree
Asylum of The Daleks? I saw that last week. I gotta wait til 9pn my time
Hi Miss!
Zaf, look at me and be honest, does it look like I give?
*use air to angle away from the shadows, but some hit my side and cut me*
*lands next to Zaf and punches her in the head, then kicks her legs from under her*
...
oh
*shrugs*
i don-
*gets punched and collapses to ground arm over where my other arm was*
owww
*stands over Zaf*
Make a deal?
Fiiiine!
*feels safe enough to come down from tree*
I know someone who cann fix you up and attach that arm
But you've got to do something for me
Alrighty what do I have to do?
Despite this being so cliche is hurts...
I want you to teach me Necromancy
How about being a shark? In my opinion, being a shark is much more exciting than being a part of some boring pseudo-cult.
*looks up*
i can teach you. But dont kill me
I can't guaretee it. But you're just going to have to trust me
*holds our hand*
Die here bleeding to death, or take a chance?
Or I could bite your head off, because I've been standing behind you this whole time...
Though that would be incredibly rude AND disgusting, so I'm going to walk away.
*frowns at Sir*
Hi Sir!
Ooooh fiiiirst!!!
I dedicate this page to Necromancy, I live the type of magic plus all the mages except Melencholia. Personally I hope Nye dissects her. Other than that I love everything about it. No wonder Im a Grand Mage who learned Necromancy
Frowning will do you no good, friend. After all, it shall only make you more tired than if you smiled.
*shakes hand*
fine but dont dont forget im one of the few who go outside the Temple.
*nods*
Necromancy rules
*shadows play with my hair*
Actually, it's been proven that it doesn't take more muscles to frown than smile. It takes more muscles to smile
uhhh...
thanks for the advice Sir, I think
Hi people!
Snap was . . . Arguementative.
Well then, that's new. But for the sake of continuity, let us just simply say that I am right.
Hey Star!
Zafira, that is exactly what I want. I'll go to the Temple occasionally, but not live there
So, to fix you up. You get a choice between a nice guy who can take the pain away immediatly, then put you back together and charge nothign, or some guy who costs thousands who may or may not try and kill you. I like the second guy, he's Nye's ex-assistent
I love Necromancy :)
WB Star!
*laughs*
I've been listening to Evanescence a lot lately, probably more then what is healthy
*pauses*
I was going to say something else
I don't remember what it was now...
I dont like Nye but....fine the second guy.
Greetings, Star.
Okay.
By the way, I'm not paying. And if he kills you, it's not my fault
This guy seriously has the emotional range of a fingernail. I've never seen him even frown, not even when I broke his leg
I REMEMBER!!
*dances around*
*stops dancing and clears throat*
I've been drawing on my oh-so-plain pencil pot
It looks pretty cool
I might put up a picture on my blog later
Well, there are worse things that could happen to him. Like having his atoms slowly ripped apart, one at a time.
*laughs*
what I said just sounded a lot better in my head
*just then
I.....
Just bring me to someone. I dont care. I rather not bleed to death
*second guy walks in*
Why is he Nye's EX-assistant? Why was he fired?
*ponders over what Sir said*
Well, when Nye moved to the Sanctuary, this guy stayed in the Workshop
Oh. Shame, I thought that he was too vicious for the job. Would have been quite entertaining.
*looks up*
help?
(side note Zaf in Elders robes
That may have been the reason he was locked up in the workshop originally. Or why Nye made sure he didn't come to the Sanctuary
*holds against every instinct I have to mock the robes*
*gives up*
*can't think of anything to say mockingly and just laughs*
The robes the Elders would wear. Im Grand Mage
*looks up*
nix cut my arm off and well i need it reattached
(second guy)
Do you really need an arm?
(second guy)
You already have another
Perhaps he needs a spare.
*glares*
yes I do need an arm! I am on the American Council
The Arm-erican council?
(second guy)
If you're trying to impress me with you big titles it's not going to work. I've killed my fair share of Elders. You could be the next, if I wanted.
I need payment upfront. $39 000
*manages to stop laughing to breathe*
*starts laughing hysterically*
*sighs*
i dont carry a wad of cash!
*facepad*
(second guy)
I need something. You're about five minutes away from death if I don't do something, and I need the money now.
How much do you have?
*stops laughing to see if Zaf will survive*
Why no earth are you asking? He has already lost an extraordinary amount of blood, it's not like he can fight back if you take all that's on him.
I...
*takes wallet out
$200
Sir I am a girl by the way
Ah well, I usually simply say he, or him, or other descriptive words that involve being male. It's a habit.
I get it just thought i'd mention my gender
I understand. I'm used to people calling me, "it".
I'm not entirely sure why. Maybe it's the handkerchief I sometimes wear.
(second guy)
Maybe so, but I've found Necromancers have the annoying ability to try and cut my throat with shadows, no matter how weak they are
*raises eyebrow*
A Grand Mage only has $200?
I'll expect the rest of my pay later. To make sure I get it, I'll be injecting you with a toxin of my own creation. If I don't get the money in three days, you won't get the atidote. And don't bother trying to get the atidote anywhere else. I have the only one
*takes out needle*
(second guy)
*starts sowing Zaf's arm back on, noth bothering to give her painkillers*
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