A few other people also won for, like, other categories- including Katie Taylor in the Best Sports Book. I really really really wanted to meet her and she was RIGHT THERE in front of me but then I was called away for a photo, and then there were a few people who wanted napkins signed, and when I looked around again she was gone. Dammit. I always thought she looked so petite on screen, but in person she is physically IMPRESSIVE. Here she is with Cecelia Ahern- one of my top two favourite writer-type-people that I know.
It was a fun night- it always is- but very well behaved and restrained when compared to last year. Ah, last year... what fond, fond memories I have...
My editor Nick came over for it, so we were chatting about the Tanith novella and he reckons it needs only the barest of edits. What does that mean for you guys? It basically means it'll stay at around the 54,000 word mark and I won't have to cut anything out. Apart from, apparently, all those mentions of Tanith in a bikini. I sincerely don't see the problem. It's not like I have her running around nekkid or anything.
Ooh, maybe I should...
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Star, yes, I reread all the time, but when you read them all in order, everything seems to connect better...
Gracias. I have to go people, bye!
I read them all in order, just not one after another without a break.
Bye Kessie! Slán! x
:( FOURS KES!
Bye Kessie
*has just watched a lyrics video for Three and started crying* OHGODTHOSEPOORPEOPLE. I KNOW THEY AREN'T REAL, BUT STUFF LIKE THIS HAPPENS ALL THE TIME IN REAL LIFE. AND THAT IS REAL. :'(
Going to sleep now. Fours.
Bye Star! :( x
Bye Star
*looks up song meaning on DISTURBEDpedia* Oh, and apparently it IS real. :'( *almost starts crying again*
What song meaning and lyrics DISTURBEDpedia has to five on Three:
"A song about the West Memphis Three... these kids that came from this Bible Belt town and because they wore black and listened to heavy metal they were found guilty of murder, even though there was no evidence."
I often wonder why I sit and wait to die
What have I done to justify the sentence they gave
Too many hours, spent in darkness, questioning
How and why?
I can't remember many moments in the light
This retribution has defiled me to no end
An execution without merit, looms ahead
Tell me why
I was a boy who had to live his own way
I never fit into the model they had designed
I chose the path less taken
I stood with others who had often felt the same
We garnered stares from passersby
Our dark attire seemed to frighten people away
And when the three young boys died
They pointed fingers and entangled us in a lie
With no hope in sight
I sit here, terrified
Can't someone try to bring the truth to light
Won't anybody open up their eyes
Before the three of us have lost our lives?
Why was everybody so damn afraid
They blamed the devil for the heinousness of the crime
To justify their own faith
We were labeled pawns of satan for a time
The three of us were attacked and disgraced
For many hours we were questioned and so maligned
One of us couldn't take it
His simple manner was manipulated in kind
Fear made him blind
Now I sit here, terrified
Can't someone try to bring the truth to light
Won't anybody open up their eyes
Before the three of us have lost our lives?
And why
Can't anybody see through their disguise
Won't they believe we didn't take their lives
And now the three of us have lost our lives
Okay, NOW I'll go to sleep . . .
SPOON ME IF I COME BACK AGAIN.
I just sent Louis Tomlinson a friend request on Facebook :)
Yesterday, during the Chamber of Secrets, at the part when the phoenix lit on fire I started laughing REALLY hard, and my friends kept giving me weird looks (I was delirious, mind you), and I shouted at the screen, "IT'S FLAME PHOENIX! IT'S ON FIIIIIRRRREEEE!"
It's like when my mum tells me about people complaining about the teenagers she works with when the teenagers've done nothing. :(
*runs away from spoons*
*pops head back from behind tree* LOL, IVY. :)
Also, this morning, Emily was pretending to be fancy, and she tried to hand me her plate, saying. "Take my plate, peasant" and my reaction was to run away screaming, "DOBBY IS A FREE ELF!"
I have a slight headache now. Either from staring at screens, listening to music, crying, or a combination of the above.
OOH OOH OOH! *takes ooportunity to quote Gone*: "all of the above.'
DON'T MAKE ME LAUGH! LAUGHING WHEN YOU'RE MEANT TO BE ASLEEP IS ALMOST AS BAD AS CRYING WHEN YOU'RE MEANT ASLEEP!
*opportunity
And then I started rapping Edgar Allan Poe poems.
*MEANT TO BE
Really tired now. IF I COME BACK, DON'T JUST SPOON MW, FORK ME AS WELL.
YAWWWN.
im going to bed bye guys :D
Gooood morning
night nix :D ha thats ironic ...
Hello Nix :P It's night here... haha
Bye Mel :) x *hugs*
Hiya me backs
Ah, but I use morning for any time of the day
XD Nix is it the morning?
YAWWWWWWWWN.
It is always the morning
Why am I yawning? I'm not tired...?
Because you are bored with my company?
I'll go if you wish...
NIX!
No, Nix x) That's not it, I'm sure! I think it's something to do with the boring TV...
Why becuz you in Nix's company? Nix an Aussie that makes him awesome
LUCE!
Good morning!
Aussies are amazing.
Irish people are alright.
HAHAHA
We are pretty awesome, for reasons unknown
Because of the accents, the warm country, the general epicness...
Yes, the warm country
34 degrees celcius here yesterday. Blegh, I should really get air conditioning
Good evening, Nix!
How are you?
Hello everyone else, BTW! And sorry I vanished. I got sidetracked... And I was going to go to bed but Nix is here and I've not talked to him in aaaagggeeesss!
it was too cold to snow today in Ireland... ._.
hello Luci! :)
I am... well, kind of bittersweet mood I guess
Msd, I'm really tired. D: I was up really early this morning because I'm sick and I didn't get in until late last night so I got barely any sleep. :/
Oh, sorry Luce
It's fine.
I'm just really tired. :P
I had a really long week, anyway. Exams, exam prep, a college interview, tutoring and also babysitting. Long week was long! D:
So I bought myself a book. I'm encouraging myself to do well with books.. ^^
Well, I may as well mention it now, but for thoese of you who don't know. in... Two or three days time I lose all source of contact with the outside world, including this place. My laptop
I. am . so . freaking. happy. OMG.
Don't need to be happy I'm leaving
Nix why you losing your laptop?
Still wanna cry me no geth Tanith novella cover :(
*sighs* soon...soon...I am losing my mind
It's the school laptop, and school's nearly over
Aaah!!! I forgot its nearly summer by you, so what will you do til school? Dont you have an iPod?
Nup. I will be reading for two months and maybe once or twice able to get on the computer to answer email and have a quick talk
Hmmm ah ok
MAH
Huh??
... Mah...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJNR2EpS0jw
*nods*
dont let Marissa and i try to get through a computer game, we fail wonderfully
I am ashamed at the tiny amount of comments.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ask for a laptop for Christmas, Nix? *hopefulness*
Not going to happen Stario
:(
Oh, and hi Nix and anyone else.
Mornings used to be the busiest time on the blog and now it's the quietest. :/
*they're
Fading, falling, lost in forever
Will I find a way to keep to it together
Will I find a way to last through the weather
In the hurricane of my life
Can it be a conscious decision
That I look for ways to alter my vision
Am I speedimg towards another collision
In the alleyways of my life
Memories don't lie
You know better than
Memories don't lie
You know better than
Memories don't lie
You know better than
Those who have fallen in
Memories don't lie
You know better than
Memories don't lie
You know better than
Memories don't lie
You know better than
Those who have fallen in
Please believe me
That my eyes decieve me
Don't stand me up
Just leave me
I have fallen again
This is the end
Pain redefined!
*memory fails*
*keep it
HELLOO???
IT'S SO COLD TODAY.
Apparently it's meant to be 8° today.
It was 2° yesterday, though . . . :/
I think the weather forcast is wrong. Usually is.
WBD
Guessed that. :P
IT MAY BE CHUCKING IT DOWN IN REAL LIFE (TO THE POINT WHERE THE GARDEN IS BECOMING A POND :P), BUT IN BLOGLAND IT IS ETERNALLY SUNNY! *starts building sandcastle*
FIVE HOURS LATER:
*admires my miniture masterpiece* Look at the DETAIL! Isn't it amazing?
*seagulls swoops down, lands on sandcastle, scuffles it about and flies off*
HOW DARE YOU??? *chases seagull up and down beach*
HEY
*manages to tackle seagull* YOU WILL PAY FOR THAT, YOU SANDCASTLE-DESTROYER!
*seagull tries to peck at my eye, misses, and pecjs ny cheek*
OW! *releases seagull to clutch at cheek in agony*
*realises mistake and tries to run after seagull whilst holding cheek* *pokes self in eye* ARGH.
*ignores cheek and continues sprinting after seagull*
*seagull starts flying out to sea*
*stops sprinting and glares at seagull in indignation* YOU CAN'T DO THAT! THAT'S JUST, THAT'S JUST . . . THAT'S JUST /CHEATING!/
*pecks
ADRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! Do you have a boat I can borrow? Right now? Please?
Um... Star?
Um... Boat?
And no, I don't. Sorry. :/
Holy fudge. *yawns* I might go in a sec. i need to get back to sleep... who else is on?
*tries to surf out to sea on piece of driftwood*
*fails, mostly due to the fact I've never surfed anything before, and falls in sea* GAH.
*hands boat*
someones coming. sh*t!!! I GTG.
BYE STARFISH *huggles* sorry i couldn't stay longer. scold Nix for me for being distant. :P
bye guuuuuurl
NIX IS ON! Distantly . . .
What time is it where you are? 'Tis 9:04 AM here.
*tries to bodyboard out to sea using driftwood*
THE WAVES KEEP PUSHING ME BACK. *frowns* *falls off 'bodyboard'*
FOURS ADRA! :( :( :(
AND DANKE. THANKS. MERCI. MERCI BEAUCOUP, IN FACT. THANK YOU VERY VERY MUCH.
*inspects boat* I've never driven amything before, but . . . *pushes speedometer* *nothing happens* Alright, guess that wasn't the start button. *prods seat* Alright, guess that wasn't the starr button either . . . *prods side of boat* Nope. WHERE ARE YOU, START BUTTON?
*kicks boat* No, that didn't start it either . . .
Uh, actually no, I had a shower
*googles 'how do you start a motorboat'* (I actually did that in real life).
Okay, apparently you push it out to sea first. *starts pushing*
*scolds Nix with hot frying pan* Sorry. Ducktor's orders.
*manages to push boat out enough that it floats* WOOHOO!
Right, now how do I get in it?
*jumps at boat* *bangs head on side and falls into water*
*gets up again, spitting out sea* Gah. *tries to pull self over side* *hands slip off* IT'S ALL WET AND SLIPPY! PLUS UT KEEPS /MOVING!/
*tries again*
*falls off again*
*retries* *tumbles into boat* YAY.
*sets fire to the boat*
LOL!!!
Trust Nix to be the pyromaniac at twenty past nine in the morning lol
*is looking at weather forcast on TV, because it happens to be on the TV and I happen to be near the TV*
Apparently today ia going to be briefly drier so we should make the most of it. *looks at wet world out of window* Yeah, right.
I think this week is gonna be rain, rain and more rain.
Fire is always plan A
Plan B is usually to punch it
Plan C is blow it up
Plan D is open to change
Oh, and good morning Em
NIX! *grabs old bucket and start scooping up sea and pouringit on fire* *realises bucket is actually empty flowerpot* OH, HELL. *tries to pour water on quickly before it dribbles out of the holes* *fails* *gives up and sppashs water onto fire* *fire doesn't go out*
:/
*takes off hoodie and uses it as container for the water* *pours a few hoodiefuls of water on fire, then dabs at fire with hoodie*
*puts fire out* :)
*pulls on slightly burnt, soaking wet hodie* ALL COLDDDDD. This is an England-in-summer style beach. In other words, it's warm enough to not need a coat, and that's about it. :/
Good morning sir...
How are we all today??
I am now on day 6 of writing chapter 3 of the new book and I'm honestly surprised that I am not bald due to stressfully pulling my hair out...
Damn Drew.
Plan A didn't work?
*punches boat*
I am d
*sees Plans A, B, C and D*
OH, HELL.
STAR NOT LIKE PLAN C.
*yanks on starting cord thing* *boat engine makes spluttering noises* *carries on yanking* I'm sure there were other instructions on google involving gears and stuff, but I forgot them . . .
*boat starts* YAY. *uncertainly turns steering wheel from side of side' *boat moves from side to side, making me let go of steering wheel and clutch at sides of boat* Ah . . . cool. *tentatively prods steering wheel*
...hello?
Okay, Plan B is a no go
Plan C
*rigs boat with explosives*
Hi Luce!
Morning LuLu!!!
Why are we hatin' on Star's boat??
Because it's very destroyable
Morning Em! *hugs*
Ah... that's reasonable.
Do you want to hate on Drew for a while... just until I like writing him again...
*looks at Nix punching boat*
*tells brother about situation and asks him what I should ro if I want to avoid Plan C*
Brother: Blow HIM up.
Me: Don't have any explosives.
Brother (WARNING: the following sentence is edited due to bad memory): Use an AK47-whatever on him!
Me: *frowns* What?
Brother: Ah never mind . . . Shoot him!
Me: Don't have a gun.
Brother: Uh . . . Strangle him!
Me: Aha, I can do THAT . . . *turns back to phone*
Brother: No, wait - punch him in the face, then strangle him!
*back in Blogland* Sirry about this. *punches Nix in the face then tries to strangle him*
Star, you might want to read the comments before commenting
*blows up boat*
HI L! *starts carefully pulling explosives off boat*
... What did I just say?
Brother: *starts suggesting kicking Nix in the face then punching him then killing him*
Me: *ignores him* NOOOOOOOOOO!!! MY BOAT!!!!!!!!
*is blown out of boat into the air, then into the sea*
OW.
*imagine a xylophone playing*
Now you're just some boat that I used to know!
Tell your brother that I can smell his fear.
Hello, Star!
My comments keep disappearing... :(
I'M LOOKING TO FIND THE LAST TWO BOOKS I NEED TO FINISH MY COLLECTION SO I CAN BUY ALL SEVEN AROUND THE SAME TIME.
*is now dead. Again* Wonderful. *gazes at surface far above my head*
Me: By the way, Nix says to tell you that he can smell your fear.
Brother: Kick whoever it is in the face! Wait, no, kick them im the stomaxh so they go "AH!" and then kick them in the face!
Me: If I kick him in the face, he'll probably blow me up again.
Brother: He can't blow you up! He has no explosives! You're swimming around in the ocean! Kick him in the face! Kick him in the stomach than in the face tgen in the stomack. Then kick him in the eye . . .
Me: *is trying to type all this down* Hold on, I can only remember so much!
*stomack
*then
Well, give this message to your brother
*sets fire to Star*
*in
Right can we stop all the arson now... this is the first time, I've been on with you all in ages and I want to enjoy it...
After we get rid of Drew for a while lol
God I'm really hating on him in this book... Not good!
*stops, drops and rolls*
*shows comment to brother* Uh, what now?
Brother: Uh . . . kick him in the mouth.
Me: I think I'm gonna stop taking your advice because you're just getting me killed. Again.
Brother: What?
Me: You got me blown up and set fire to.
Brother: How could he set fire to you if you're soaking wet?
Me: Um . . .
Brother: Ask him that.
Me: I will.
@Nix: How can you set fire to me if I'm soaking wet? :/
Being wet doesn't stop fire. It can slow it down, but it won't stop it completely
If you put water on you after I set fire to you, that would have stopped it
*reads out Nix's comment*
Brother: Go underwater again.
Me: Why? I'm not on fire anymore. I stopped it. Why would I want to go underwater? Plus I'm not following any of your advice anymore, no matter how sensible.
Brother: *pauses* To drown him. You go underwater and he follows you and you drown him.
Me: Yeah, but he might be an Elemental.
Brother: Fart on him so he gets knocked out and then he drowns.
'~'???
Msd, my phone's dying. Less than 3% battery.
If you do it Star, you'll regret it
On another note, how powerful do you think an elemental who's focused on water could get?
Water can stop fire from being lit, but if there's more fire than water the fire will win, basically.
Because it'll use the oxygen from the water as energy, leaving two hydrogen atoms.
However, the kind of water can also be a factor in whether it will stop fire or not. :)
NOW I will look for book because I've read Sparx's fanfic. :3
*thinks* Well. As good as Percy Jackson is with water.
Brother: How did he get in the boat anyway?
Me: He didn't. I'm pretty sure if he was IN the boat he would've died as well.
Brother: Has he answered to why?
Me: Why what?
Brother: Why you'll regret it?
Me: Oh, I didn't put that. I'm scared to ask, anyway.
Brother: Why?
Me: Because I've already died once today!!!
@Luciana: I'll try to remember that for future Science lessons. :)
HELLOOO???
I didn't have anything to say to the conversation...
Sorry
Wbd for a bit. :(
Sorry! Phone keeps crashing. :/
BUT ON THE PLUS SIDE I'VE FOUND LOTS OF BOOKS TO BUY ^.^
My phone keeps crashing.. :/ It's so annoying!
hey guys :D
HI MELICA!
HEY STAR! so how are you?
HELLO MEL! :D
HELLO LUCY! how are you?
I'm gonna kill Drew off again... for the craic.
He's just annoying me...
Got a cold but other than that I'm fine. :) You?
*sits down and does homework* I will not lift my head until it's done. *skips five sections*
HELLO EVE!
I'm okish, Mel. You?
Ive got a cold aswell :( but yeah Im good aswell :) HI EVE! damn you just reminded me *writes on hand - remember to do maths homework*
Ive got a cold luc its not good :(
My colds feel like they last forever, is anyone else like that?
HI EVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Is the homework anything I can help with?
no, not really because theres loads of diagrams and calculate this but if you dont know that then how do you find this and it looked confusing but I think thats it done... I think
brb I need to go get ready but I will be back... :D
YES!
I FOUND ONE OF THE TWO BOOKS I NEED.
AND IT'S LESS THAN A FIVER.
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!
NOWTOCONVINCESOMEONETOBUYITFORMEIFIGIVETHEMTHEMONEY.
HELLO LUCY ANNA! You know, I don't actually pronounce your name as Lucy Anna. I say Loo-shee-ah-nah. :P
HI FROSTY! You're melting!
HI STARBOARD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Wells, if you want to help, you could let me blame you for my unfinished homework. :D *hugs* You're a wonderful friend.
*bashes head against the wall* That awkward moment when you answer a question that wasn't directed at you. :P
*laughs* Lu-see-arna
AT LEAST THAT'S HOW I SAY IT.
my brother says it really weird.
I think he's just started referring to Luciana as L, so he can't pronounce it wrong. xD
EVERYONESAYSMYNAMEDIFFERENTLY. IT'S ACTUALLY SO WEIRD. xD
hey guys im back like I said I would be :D
I pronouce it Lucy-Anna . . .
To blame your unfinished homework on me, you'd have to first prove I existed. :P
I think all homework should be algebra. You can type that easily.
IF NOBODY NEEDS HELP WITH THEIR HOMEWORK, I SHOULD DO MY HOMEWORK . . .
*looks at planner*
NOTICE THE 'SHOULD.' *buries planner*
aww star see if you asked me if I needed help with my homework a couple of months ago when I was doing algebra revision my life would have been so much easier :L
*laughs* Everyone pronounces Luciana differently! If it was spelled how Flame writes it - Lucianna - it'd be pronounced Lucy-Anna.
I DON'T EVEN KNOW ANY MORE.
ha I can only pronounce it one way thanks to my accent , I say it like Lucy-Anna XD
Dinner, bbs!
Haha, everyone pronounces it differently. I'm clearly too awkward to have a simple name. :P
BYE STAR!
My Scottish friend says Lucy like Lussy. :/
If anyone's interested, I say it like loose (as in 'a knot has come loose'), with an eee on the end. Loose-ee.
OMG. Its half past twelve and none of my family are out of bed...somethings not right...Im normally the one who sleeps in *looks suspicious*
I thought it was like this for your last name. :P
Hands up if Scáth rhymes with Math! *hand up*
I can prove you exist! This is what I'll say:
"It's Star's fault I didn't do my homework! Star Inkbright is her name. She's an only octopus girl who worships me as the Banana Lord. She even made a statue for me. Just yesterday she was set fire to by Nixion Strange!"
They'll totally believe that! :D
Funny, coz the homework is all algebra. :P
Oh yes, an lunch is apparently not now, it's in a few minutes. *frowns*
I put my suspicions to the side because Im eating cookies now :D YAY!
But if you type algevra out I can do algebra and even give explanations! :)
Assuming, you know, I get it right . . . '~'
OF COURSE THEY WILL BELIEVE IT!!! WHY WOULD THEY NOT???
because as you say, you may not be real...
my t-shirt has a picture of santa stealing a six pack of coca cola on it... hes a thief now...
I thought everyone pronounced it like "Loo-see". :P
Here's how I pronounce your full names:
Loo-see-ah-nah Cloh-Ver (rhymes with Over) Scath (rhymes with Math)
Stah (rhymes with La in 'do ray mi fa so LA ti) Ink (rhymes with Drink) Bry-t (rhymes with Light)
Mell-ick-ah Frost (rhymes with Lost)
... Thanks for everyone greeting me...
Too late now, it's 11:13 pm :P
Hi Nix!
Nix (rhymes with Kicks) ee-on Straynj (rhymes with Range)
I don't even shorten the "on". I say it like it's ON. Weirdness. XD
ha cause Im so cool Im melting. - that sounded lame , nevermind. I feel like a poof now.
*hide in corner ashamed*
HI AGAIN NIX!!!
Yes, Loose-ee = Loo-see.
Nicks ee un, I pronouce Nixion.
why did we all have to choose cofusing names...
I dont think mine is confusing though - Mel-i-k-a and then the word frost...
Just for the record, I said hi before I saw your comment.
Frosty, explain your picture! I don't understannnnnnd! DX
ok its the gallifreyan alphabet, from Dr Who :D
Confusing is FUNNNNN. :)
Right, NOW it's lunch . . . :)
yeah my picture basically came from me watching The angels take manhatten - again - and I thought what would the doctors home planet Gallifrey look like so I typed it into google and I found a picture of the time lords alphabet :)
.....Oh. Well, that explains why I don't understand. Point me to the E and the V in this foreign alphabet.
Confusing is frustrating! Coz you know that when you finally get it you'll feel like a total idiot. :P
See you soon, Star!
Msd
*raises eyebrow at Eve and grins*
its hard to explain how to spell things because theres lots of circles and various shapes...
YAY I actually got first on a page !(even though its the 8th one...)
Sorry for being distant!
I WAS LOOKING AT SP BOOKS! And the comment count. :P
brb, Im going to investigate why nothing else in my house is moving except from my dogs and me...
*glowers at Nix* That wasn't fun. Not one bit.
That was hilarius
heyas peeps :) s'up?
I CANT BEIEVE LANDY DIDNT WIN!!!
the latest fowl book was good though...
meh *shrugs shoulders*
http://skulduggeryrp.forumotion.co.uk
It was frustrating for me! My algebra homework was at least bearable!
Heyas Jasmine!
hey guys sorry I dissapeared I was finishing some homework and trying not to set myself on fire at the same time ...
Are my friends all arsonists?
every bodys an arsonist somewhere deep down in thier hearts... or like me they are just a pyromaniac...
Well, yes I suppose you could call me an arsonist, but what I think your failing to see is that fire is warm, has nice colours and is flashy unlike where I live so...
Yes all of your friends are arsonists, OH that reminds me about this one time I nearly set my house on fire, fun times :D
THAT was the word I was looking for. Thank you for your vocabulary, Jasmine.
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