I'm STARVING.
I decided it was time to eat lunch, like, an HOUR ago, and I'm still at the computer. And what am I doing now? I'm writing a blog post. Tssh.
Okay then, what have I been up to? Well, the Tanith novella, as you may have guessed. I have another week of writing on that and then I'll pretty much launch straight into Book 8, provisionally titled Skulduggery Pleasant: People Gonna CRY. But I digress.
On Halloween I did an event in Dublin with my editor Nick Lake and cover artist Tom Percival. It was the first time we'd been on stage together and it was basically a big chat about how the books get made and the process behind it all. Plus I mocked people. It was fun.
And that event also marked another first- the first time the real Valkyrie Cain attended. Laura was sitting at the back beside my agent, and when I mentioned that she was actually here there was an audible gasp around the room and everyone started craning their necks to try and spot her. Laura, for her part, stared straight ahead and tried to attract no attention whatsoever. I'm fairly sure she emerged unscathed by the whole experience- thought she DID glare at me afterwards.
That night we all went out to dinner, fifteen of us, and many laughs were had. Presumably. I spent the next day with Nick as he tried to get me to decide what to write once Skulduggery is over. I have a few ideas, but I'm still not entirely sure what it'll be. Apart from brilliant. We all KNOW it'll be brilliant.
Voting for the Irish Book Awards have come around again. This year I'm up against Anna Carey, Judi Curtin, John Boyne, Darren Shan and Eoin Colfer. That's a pretty impressive list by anyone's standards. I didn't win last year- Anna did- and to be honest I had THE best time. I actually like not winning. It means you can hold a conversation with someone without interruption.
Every year, I don't ask you to vote for me- I ask you to vote for whoever you think deserves it. And this year is no different. Well, ALMOST no different. The only difference is that this year the last Artemis Fowl book is nominated, and if any book deserves to win...
Just pointing it out, that's all. Not trying to influence you, one way or the other. Ahem.
http://www.irishbookawards.ie/vote-here-for-your-favourite-titles
Let's see... oh, next week is going to be fun! You're going to be getting TWO cover releases here on this Blog. The new paperback cover for KOTW at the start of the week, and the Tanith cover at the end of the week.
See? I'm so good to you.
Now I'm going to eat lunch.
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My brother just let one of our dogs pee on my bag.
Bye :)
Hello, anybody here.
Hey Harmony.
I've got to go.
The sweet scent of dog urine on my bag awaits..
MIDNIGHT
Val, quick, what time is it over there?!
Anyone here? *voice echoes around Blogland*
I am here!
HEYLOA PEOPLEA!
Hey, SPDirectioner! *hugs*
Hey, Staaaaaaar!!!!! etc. *hugs*
How's life?
I HAVE SO MUCH HOMEWORK OMGG.
Homework....
...Hello?
IENI!!!!!!!!!!
*is trying to work out how to put recurring dots over my exclaimation marks*
Luciana! *hugs* How's life?
I'm doing homework too - history. The assassination of Ferdie.
Recurring dots? Wow, I'm feeling really special right now :D
LUSCATHIO! Me and my friendlings were having a conversation about you at lunchtime today. Then it morphed into a conversation about Blogland in general for a bit, but then we went to the toilet so the conversation ended. :P
Hello, Ieni.
Life? Life is crap. Of course it's crap, it's life...
How are you?
Why do so many people hate Niall? What did he ever to to you? *brushes away tears from cheeks*
Sorry, SPD, I forget to say hi to you! :(
You have the right to burn me at the stake in recompense.
...why?
Nobody talks about me unless it's in a negative manner...
Ink, you're forgiven
@Ieni: We did about that at the beginning of term. :)
Silence? No!!!
Sorry...I'll shut up...
I dunno how I am. Some of today has been good, but some of it was pretty crap.
Things appear to be getting beter though.
I remember I went though you all, with my friend at school. She said you all sounded very nice:)
Sorry I'm distant, it's the homework -_- and I'm talking to my friend on Facebook. Need to go find out what the Black Hand thingy was...
Amerminions have the school day off. It's Veterens Day here. But I still haven't finished my weekend homework.
We don't get a day off on 11th November for Remembrance. No, we just have 2 minutes off -_-
Hey, Melica! *hugs*
wats everyone talking about? :D
*hugs*
@SPD: YAY!
@Luciana: Here the the conversation as best as I can remember it . . . I probably missed a load oc things out . . .
I think I said something like, "It's my blogfriend Luciana's birthday on Sunday." Can't remember why.
athen my friend said, "Where does she live?"
And my other friend said, "Does she live in America?"
And I said, "No, she lives near Sheffield, in Yorkshire. She's the nearest bloglandian to me. The next nearest regular Bloglandian is probably Ieni. She lives in England. In . . . Bedfordshire, I think."
And someone said, "Where's that?"
And I was like, *points downwards and thinks* "Errr . . . south of here."
And then one of them was like, "Have you actually met Luciana?"
And I was like, *grrr, she's a Bloglandian, of course not*, but I said, "No."
And one of them was like, "Why don't you?"
And I was like, "I dunno."
And she was like, "Sheffield's only about an hour away from here."
And I was like, "I dunno. It's probably be really awkward anyway."
And one of them was like, "But I don't get it, because if she's your friend, why would it be awkward?"
And I was like, "Because we're not used to talking face-to-face. I've only ever spoken to the bloglandians on the internet, and it would be difficult to adjust."
And one of them was like, "That's odd,"
And I said something about Englandiminions and timezones and Luciana, but I can't remember it well at all . . .
And then someone said, "How old is Luciana?"
And I said, "Nearly sixteen. Her birthday's on Sunday, like I said."
And then my friend said, "But I don't get it, how are they your friends if you don't actually know them?"
And I was like, "But I know them online, and I like them online."
And one of them was like, "So is that how you make friends then, over the internet?"
And I said, "That's one of the ways, yes."
And a bit later she said, "How do you know they're not all pedofiles or something?" Not the first time she's asked that.
And I said, "I don't." And then we went to the toilet.
*It'd
that sounds like a fun conversation :)
*grunts* my teachers are evil - they gave me homework ... DUN DUN DUUUNNN
What isn't fair is that whilst on the toilet I thought of a lot of points to contribute to the above conversation, but I never got to put them across. :(
Never mind. Their time will come. :)
one day your time will come :)
My comments are disappearing, again. ._.
Star, how do you pronounce ny name, btw? People pronounce it differently, you see... :P
Lucy-Anna. :)
Luce-ee-ann-a.
Although my Scottish friend prounouces Lucy as Lussy . . .
Brb.
I kinda do that aswell...
Omg, epic, Star!
Haha, I've been asked the perv thing before and I was like 'Haha, what stupid perv would go on a website with a load of geeks? It's just...no.'
Omg, I'm in hysterics over this email my uncle sent me. I quote:
' that one should be very careful with Wikipedia. I know and I stand by that, but for all that it is generally a good place to start your searches'.
I compare to my friend's email:
'Errmahgerrd I can't type anymore freaking school bus and speed ramps je feel sick lol'
You pronounce it the way it'd be pronounced if it was spelt how Flame writes it...
Guys, how would you pronounce my name? I'm intrigued...
I would pronounce it like flame writes it but when I try to say it my Scottish accent changes it slightly...
Luci-ana
this is bugging me...i cant say luci-ana, lucy-ana, IT DOESNT WORK NO MATTER HOW MANY WAYS I TRY :'-)
STUPID FRICKING COMMENTS DISAPPEARING ALL THE FRICKING TIME. :(
and I'm annoyed that I didn't have enough money for that KotW with the red cover. :(
Hey, Val! *hugs*
I fail at saying it. I always think about asking you how to say your name, but I never got round to it.
I say Luc-char-na.
Don't ask :/
damn my scottish accent :(
Awh, you guys are adorable.
Better than Lunika, I guess.. I don't even know why he called me Lunika, to be honest...
Wb really really d. :(
But BACK.
SCOTTISH ACCENTS ARE AWESOME. :)
I know, my friend has one. :)
ta much you just made my day :)
Huh? Who called you Lunika?
My friend's half-Scottish, but she has a bit of a Scottish accent and it makes my laugh:)
I may have to unmysteriously disappear to dinner at some point...
YAY! YOU USED MY WORD! THE UNMYSTERIOUSLY ONE! :)
The first person I ever talked to in this fandom, I think he was... He called me Lunika. And me, Cal and him spent at least an hour talking about my name and saying how to pronounce it.
Jack is one of the few people I've talked to that can pronounce my name. :P
I did? I didn't realise it was your word. Does it have copyright on it? Will I have to pay a fine? :O
everyone who likes scottish accents is extremely awesome, thankyou for your positivity because you all just made my day :)
*Unmysteriously disappears to attack/munch on dinner*
No. You have to accept the status of Awesome, though. Does that cause any inconvenience? :)
not really but i thought you would want to be awesome :)
YAY! Thanks Melica!
no, thankyou :)
No, thank you thank you. :)
no, thankyou, ta much and tapadh leibh :)
is anyone out there?
Sorry! Was working on my geography, then I had dinner . . .
Yo
is ok, im eating my dinner right now *munch* *munch* :D
Heya
hello chloe, im mel nice to meet you :)
Nice to meet u too! How r u ?
im gd!(stuffs pizza into mouth) how are you?
Pizza. Yum :)
HEYLO CHLOE!
Im great
I feel very dancey at the moment and i dont know why.....
STAR!! *tackle hugs*
GEOGRAPHY, DONE. *big smile*
That took me sooooo long . . . Though I s'pose it was my fault for multitasking. :(
im currently still staring at my maths homework thinking WHY DO YOU EXIST?!?
EYYYYYYYHHHHH, SEXY LADIES.
OP, OP, OP, OPPAN GANGNAM STYLE.
NO SCHOOL TODAY IN AMERICAAAAAAA
jammy...
Hey everyone, -_- I hate maths homework
its mocking me...I can tell
*falls into lake with force of tacklehug* Aw, dammit. *throws pebble at lake in annoyance* AND YOU'LL GET ANOTHER PEBBLE IF YOU /DARE/ TO SOAK ME AGAIN!!! UNDERSTOOD?????
*no answer, apart from a small rippling*
ARE YOU IGNORING ME????
*more ripples*
GAH. *punches lake and stomps away* The nerve of some people . . .
Never mind. :) *tacklehugs Chloe back*
My family is obssessed with gangnam style.
once it was just my and my sister in the house so i turned it up really loud and was dancing to it insanely then my dad walked through the door....
I HAVE NO MATHS HOMEWORK AT THE MO. :)
HEYLO, YOU ARRIVING PEOPLE. *tacklehugs*
*falls from impact*
Sowwy. :P
i feel like im forgeting something...
I have the Tots TV theme in my head. ._.
OMG ZAFIRA I CAN'T WAIT FOR THAT TO COME OUT!!!!
- breaking dawn part 2
@Luciana ONG! I was humming to that earlier!
i was reading the wrong convo wasn't i? oh well *facepalm* hello everyone *blushes*
Luc!!!!!!!!!!!! havn't spoken to you in so long, how you been?
*feels awkward* sorry everyone... carry on...
ive decided - Im going to start my maths homework, it may go well but it may not fingers crossed :D
*listing alot of reverse harem animes*
GEM! *HUGS* I'VE BEEN MREH. BUT I'M REALLY HYPER, RIGHT NOW. XD
Ellie decided to bring up Sunday :P
HOW ARE YOU, MY DEAR?
problem - Im stuck on question 1
*hugs Luc* sorry i havn't been on... i have an english prelim tomorrow and prelims all this week and i'm just busy busy busy but i always make time for the blog <3
does anyone know any good reverse harem animes?
*Flies in making aeroplane noises*
DON'T call me werid.
Well, I'd say that violin practice was fairly sucessful :)
I'VE MISSED YOU!:(
e-mail me now and again, if you like^^
What's a prelim? :S
*Talks to old toy leopard called mrs freckles* Have you seen ouran high school host club?
*waits for a reply*
OURAN HIGH SCHOOL HOST CLUB! ASDFGHJKL;
A prelim is a very important test, it's the pre-exam, a practise for the real thing. If you do well on the prelims and rubbish at the exam, the prelims can get your mark bumped up. Say if you get a 2 for your prelims, then you get a 3 for your exams you can get your exam mark up to a 2 :)
Ouran High School host club?
He leni, Ouran highschool is AMAZING
I have to go sorry
Oh... Sounds like a mock. But better
It is? Then why have I never heard of it? What is it?
I HATE MY HOMEWORK! JE DETESTE MES DEVOIRS! ICH HASSE MEINE HAUSAUFGABEN!
Staaaaar!!!! *hugs*
Homework is there to be hated. Or detested. Or hassed. That's probably not how German works, but MEH.
What is it about?
I officialy have a headache
*murmers under voice*
*laughs*
¡Odio les deberes, ya que es muy aburrido!
what languages are we speaking cause i can only understand english and french :/
Spanish! I do Spanish. I'm going to drop it for my GCSEs though.
Aw, hope it goes to hell Melica:)
I study French and Spanish at GCSE!^^
Doing 2 languages confuses me. I keep writing Spanish in my French book and vice versa.
Not everyone is as clever as you, Clove ;P
i can barely say a sentence in english, my french teacher told my parents at parents evening that i should focus on other subjects.
my tranlasion - im crap at french :D
Doing 2 languages confuses me. I keep writing Spanish in my French book and vice versa.
Not everyone is as clever as you, Clove ;P
^That comment has disappeared on the thingy
gtg study for my english prelim now, bye guys :-/ *hugs*
have fun :)
I'm not even that clever, though.
Bye Gem!:( *hugs*
Bye, Gemma!
*raises eyebrows* So how can you get an A* without revising?
I accidentally wrote normalement in my German assessmemt instead of normalweise. :P
You're right, learning two languages is confuzzling . . .
I do German and French.
I don't hate any particular homework, I hate ALL of it. *glares at planner*
@Ieni: The past tense of hasse is gehassen unless it's irregular. :)
I hated my homework = Ich habe meine Hausaufgaben gehassen, I THINK . . .
*tries to remember what it would be in French* Uh, j'ai détesté mes devoirs?
*assessment
im allergic to other languages its official :O
*shrugs* Helluva lot of luck, I guess^^
Oui, j'ai détesté mes devoirs. *nods*
YAY! Merci, Luscath. :)
I would completely and utterly know my past tense in both French and German if there wasn't such things as irregulars. -_-
Same for the near future tense, but only with French.
*weren't
I take French. I used to take Spanish.
I like other languages. :) I occasionally use a word or two in French or German whilst speaking in English . . .
OH NO OPTIONS TIME SOON. D:
I've decided I want to do two languages if I can. Je know ich bin sehr shlect at French mais languages are NÜCHLIG UND WICHTIG. Uh, that translates as, I know I'm very bad at French but languages are USEFUL AND IMPORTANT.
I take French. I used to take Spanish.
SEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEV!
C'est ne rien, Star!
Je voudrais plus argent de poche donc je peut acheter plus livres!
Sorry I disappeared - I was on the phone to my friend.
Well, MEH. All my friends seem to do German, I swear.
Aha, yeah, I have to chose my options too :O I think I'm goint for French rather than Spanish, because I'm awful at Spanish and I'm only bad at French.
*slowly starts piecing together Luscathio's sentence*
*gives up and dives for my French dictionary*
*spots the word assassin on my way to argent* Did you know the French word for murderer is assassin?
*finds argent* And did you know that the French word argent, which can mean silver, is very similar to arget, which means silver in the ancient language from The Inheritance Cycle?
. . . Are you saying you have more pocket money so you could buy more books?
Or MIGHT buy more books?
Got to disappear...
Byebye:)
Hello world. I have a Few things to say.
1) TWILIGHT COMES OUT THIS WEEK!!!!!!!!! And as a Girl scout I get to go 6:00 on thursady. 6 hours before anyone else!! GO TEAM VOLTURI!!! WOOHOO!!!
2) As regarding Zafira Kerias. Derek Landy, I believe I have a punishment that would upset her worse than being killed. She has expressed her hatered for Billy-Ray Sanguine ( who I have become overly obssesed with) And her mutual dislike for Dreylan Scarab. seeing as they are both americans, I belive her punishment should be that she is Billy-Ray's Sister. she will hurt me for this but I believe it is worth it
Sincerly,
Vinette Riddle
:( FOURS IENI!
. . . Wasn't she Billy-Ray's sister anyway? . . . °~°
girl scout? im going to assume thats the american equivelant of girls brigade,guides,brownies and scouts :/
idk if it is on here ...
I would like more pocket money so that I can buy more books:3
Yea. Brownies is actually a level of girl scouts.
( From youngest to oldest) Dasiys,Brownines, Juniors, Cadetts, Seniors, & Ambassidors.
yeah the british version is - rainbows,brownies,guides, senior section
or -
explorers, juniors,seniors
and there is also the boys version (scouts basically) :D
GAH. I KNEW I'd learnt the word voudrais before but then forgotten it. Oh GAH. *headdesks*
Never mind. I got most of it without using a dictionary for all of it. :)
OH MY GOLDEN GOD, RAINBOWS...! *LAUGHS*
I was in Girls' Brigade and Brownies in Ipswich . . .
Up here I was in Brownies and later Guides . . .
OH MY GOLDEN GOD. I ACTUALLY DIDN'T REALISE. MAIS OUI, RRAAIINNBBOOWWSS. LOL. :)
Or:
*ABER JA,
My friend chose her taken name. This is good, because it means she has FINALLY read SP. Just the first, but she's going to read PWF. :D
yeah i was in girls brigade and guides :D
my ear is bleeding... WWWWWHHHHHYYYYYY........
:)
My friends 'a'n't read SP. One of my friends today confessed that she actually liked reading, and that she read quite often. I asked her what kind of books she liked and she said, "Girly books :)" and then she asked me what books I liked and I said, "Boys' books. :P Okay, technically, they're for both genders. Adventure books. Fantasy books. Science-fiction."
My mum and me find it unfair how people assume girls read romance books and boys read action-y books. It's true to some extend, but both genders can like both. You know that thing at the back of some books that says something about great boys' books and has pictures of Artemis Fowl and Percy Jackson and Young Samurai and TimeRiders and more books I haven't read so can't remember? My mum says that's very wrong coz she saw it in the back of TimeRiders and she pointed out that TimeRiders has both girl and boy themes and that the mainest character in TimeRiders was actually a girl.
Okay, rant over . . .
*extent
Nice rant. Sorry I vanished. I had to print the " Vampire Index" Because it was written on and needs to be thrown out.
i feel like i have been stabbed in the ear - well technically i was but i dont think a pencil counts but now im bleeding and theres not much i can do about it :'-( sad face (but my ear does feel cold)
Mmh. :)
*sets fire to the rain* OWWWW!!! OWWWW! RAINING FIRE!!! IT'S BURNING ME!!!! OWWWWWWW!!!! *dives into lake to escape the merciless burning*
Where in your ear? Coz if it's INSIDE your ear it could be serious. :/
I hope that when Adele set fire to the rain she made sure there were no innocent bystanders nearby. Imagine, just coming home with the shopping, and then suddenly there's fire everywhere. Painful. Not to mention the fact that your shopping would be destroyed and I don't think the shops would refund for something like that.
*hums I Set Fire To The Rain andwatches fiery raindrops plopping into lake*
well im not sure its not in any of my ear tube things but its not my actual ear...its kinda in between :/
*and watches
:/
Hope it heals itself up soon. :)
thanks :) i g2g bye guys :)
FOURS MELICA! :(
Is Maddy the mainest character in TimeRiders? o_O
Omg, I remember there was this comment on YouTube saying 'Adele, I hope you'll set fire to mey school'.
I'm not sure how long I was in hysterics for. I think it was about 5 seconds, which is a long time for me.
HELLO!
I swear I am NOT liking Sanguine. Vinette i am going to KILL you when I see you tomorrow, VIOLENTLY!!!!!
*storms up into my tree*
i swear I am not related....unless Fate (Derek) decides to torment my soul then until then I have no relations to Sanguine
And correction, I like Scarab he's my favourite bad guy
FOOD!!!!!
Hello self do you talk?
Seof: yuup
Excellent!!!
Self: Zafira you ok?
Totally!!!
Self: Zaf, go seek help you shouldnt hear me
But why are you referring to me in third person you are me
Self: Zafira Kerias!!!
Uh...oh,...
Woah...
I have now seen it all.
DAMN OT HE"S MINE PEOPLES!!!!
*it
http://randomnthingsthatdomatter.blogspot.com/2012/11/the-council-and-friends.html
Told you I'd eventually get this picture!!!!! Blame Hurricane Sandy
Omg
First because i just wanna
Ok then. This gonna be FUN.
I deducate this page to, Ameriminions, you know I swear its so annoying right now. I feel like we just need to have the hope and spirit maybe one day they'll finally realise we EXSIST I think Derek definetly realised that since well, some of us myself included are a tad....insane. I dedicate to Derek because honestly I think he is crazy to deal with all of us as we are mad. But hey insanity is really a jump away from intelligence, so thank you Derek for reading through our comments and probably being amazed at events. Cant say I've seen you in person but maybe one day I will. To OTOA peoples, admt it we know who is the real Grand Mage I got fired but heeey. Derek knows the truth. He should know what is the truth. Hmmm I also dedicate to Nascar. Dude that was priceless with a pit crew getting pissed and attacking! Daaamn. I was rolling.
YES! AMERIMINIONS ROCK! Please come to America.
http://sphotos-e.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/21882_354593384636005_273372402_n.png
*nods* SEEE!!!!
Hi guys! First of all, this is going to be my last night on here for a looooong time, by which I mean months. :(
Second, ignore what Czernobog said on the last page. That was me playing a joke.
Third, I am rereading AF and seriously regretting not doing it sooner. I had forgotten how amazing they were!
I swear, if no one is on, I will kill someone. Come out, comment ghosters!
DAY 2:
Phew.
This new one is coming out really... okayly.
I'm proud of myself, but that's because I've managed to keep at it this long without breaking down again.
Please!? I want to TALK to people on my last time!
Yes! A person!
Day 2 of what? Hi Thrust! How are you?
making a different Lego video.
Where are you gonna be for the next few months?
Oh! Cool! Im trying to figure out how to make good book covers for my books on Wattpad, and failing miserably. ;)
It's a long story.
Basically, I got in trouble for something I did online, and if my parents catch me doing anything ELSE bad, I lose my laptop. Since I'm technically not supposed to have a gmail/Blogger I could get in mega-huge trouble for having this, if they find out. I'm going to lay low for a while until they forget, and then hopefully actually get permission to be on so I don't have to worry about it.
Thrust? You still here?
....
OKAY! :)
If you have an iPad, you can probably get an app for drawing and stuff. I use one called Procreate, but it cost me five dollars.
I'm sorry about being distant, but I'm really working.
Well, figuring stuff out.
Until I got an iPad, I used paint. I hear Gimp is good.
I have an iPod touch...
And I use Picasa... And the pictures turn out great, but then I go to add text, and I can't seem to get it right. I should get Tom Percival to do it. xD
Do you know any websites where yu can get photos that absolutely positively aren't copyrighted? For free?
The text is also drawn
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