2012 saw me jetting around the world yet again, meeting lots of lovely Minions, some of which laughed, some of which blathered, some of which stared, and some of which hyperventilated and cried tears of unbridled joy. I expected nothing less.
It saw another Skulduggery book reach number one in the Bestseller chart, despite a few bookshops releasing it early and risking my wrath (which is terrible and frightening. Honest it us. You can ask anyone).
It was also a year of writing and looming deadlines. I started the year without a single word of KOTW written, but within three months or so I had a finished manuscript that is probably my favourite of anything I've produced so far. Then The Maleficent Seven turned out to be 20,000 words longer than I had anticipated, so when November came I was still writing the damn thing, instead of starting Book 8 like I'd planned. The good news, of course, is that TMS turned out to be a whole heap of fun, and I have a feeling you'll like it when it's released in... in... oh God, when is it released? March? I think?
The whole thing started, by the way, because of the speed you lot raced through Deathbringer. After a year of hyping yourselves up and building excitement, the book was released and suddenly you had another year to wait for the next one. And for some reason I began to feel guilty about that, so I decided to release something small between KOTW and Book 8, and Tanith's little adventure was born.
Book 8 is progressing well, you'll be happy to know. 25,000 words so far, which is roughly a fifth of KOTW. I don't know how long the new one will end up being, but it'll PROBABLY be fairly substantial. There's a whole lot of war to get through, after all.
Of course, while 2012 brought with it great surprises and good news, it also provided no news at all on the movie front... at least no news that I can talk about. I've been writing the script myself (and it is AWESOME) and I'd have liked to be able to announce some kind of film deal before the end of the year. But things move slowly in Hollywood, and things move even slower because I'm extra-cautious after what happened with Warner Bros (still awesome people, by the way). So just be patient, and eventually I'll have something to say. Good things come to those who wait.
(Well actually, good things come to those who work really hard to make those things happen, but whatever.)
But as the year draws to a close, I like to remember the things that I've enjoyed.
2012, after all, brought us these guys
And this...
... this...
... this...
... that...
Oooh and this slice of awesomeness...
And it brought us Haywire...
... and so more of Gina Carano...
... which is ALWAYS a good thing...
And it had Ronda Rousey defending her Strikeforce title...
AND moving to the UFC...
And 2012 gave us Michelle Jenneke, for which I am eternally grateful...
... and my dear beloved Jenna...
Further words about Jenna, I think, need not be spoken.
... I'm also thanking YOU, the many silent Minions out there who read this Blog but don't comment. Whenever I talk about how proud I am of the Skulduggery readers, I don't just mean the readers I know. I mean you, too.
So, thank you for everything, and I hope you all have an amazing 2013.
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I only watched that recently! He's waay better a Tony Stark though..
Fffff, Stark... He's just... Fffffff. Too sexy.
I just read over what she asked me to, what's "ded"? I am so out of teh loop D:
"Ded" is a shortening of the word dedication.
Deds are dedications. Whoever gets first on a page of comments, excluding the first of the first page, gets to dedicate the page to something(s) of their choice. Some deds are short and simple - "I dedicate to Skittles" - others are longer and more meaningful.. like the crap I write. XD
REMIND ME TO TALK TO NIX FIRST PLEASE
Soon, please*
*facepalm* my mind is all over...
Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. Makes sense. Thankssss :D
All that you want is to critisize
Something for nothing
And all that I want
Is forgiveness one more time
I know that all that we want
Is to feel inside
Something for nothing
And all that we want
We can't hide
We'll be the best in the world!
Now I'm doing Ten Thousand Fists, I'm happy again. :) I love Judt Stop.
Sorry for disappearing. I went off and did Sudoku for a bit.
Unless you are Derek Landy who has dedicated a first page and also another page to our lost pets in hope they dont come as zombies
*Just
I OFTEN SAY WHAT I'M THINKING INSTEAD OF WHAT I'M MEANT TO BE SAYING, BOTH VIRTUALLY AND IRL, SCÁTH. :)
Although backsace is a saviour. :)
Zombie pets? That would be cool... Where do I sign my dog up?
*backspace
17 minutes into the movie, I see.
@Luce, was that Skittles example one of mine? It sounded so similar to one of my dedications where I pour my emotions out in 4 words... ;D
J'ADORE JUST STOP. :')
did you all read my newest blog post? because I dont want to be questioned about irn bru after making a post about it...
Melica, I love irn bru :3 nom nom nom!
OF COURSE THE SKITTLES EXAMPLE WAS YOURS, RIM!:3
What's irn bru? *laughs*
Thanks for reassuring me L. *smiles*
Irn bru is awesome. I buy a bottle at least once a week
IDIOT PEOPLE WHO DON'T KNOW IRN BRU. :)
Did I mention that I love Just Stop? *grins*
KEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEES! *tackelhugs*
http://awesomesocks14.blogspot.co.uk/
follow the link if you dont know what it is, just follow it :)
Msd. :(
Red bull is nicer though. nommm
I havent met one scottish person who doesnt enjoy irn bru, not even 1 :)
yet...
YET, exactly. My sister probably wouldn't like it as this dislikes fizzy drinks. I don't really like that either. We both prefer them relatively flat.
YEAH WE'RE ENGLISH BUT OKAY. :)
*is tacklehugged*
SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRR!
HI Ieni!
Hi Rua!(Stupid Alt. Gr or whatever it is doen't work)
Mel, we Americans are uneducated. :)
Hi L.!
Sorry about that, had to do something for Latin...
*she
*them
WHY MUST MY BRAIN PLAY WORD ASSOCIATION WITH ME???
OMG flat drinks are soooo much nicer... Flat cola... nom
Hi Kestrel!! *waves* ^-^
I KNOW! FLATNESS IS NICE!
I have to go, dinner! (The one at night. Not lunch.)
Dinner is night time :O Never heard it being used for lunch before!
:( FOURS KES! FOURS SCÁTH! :(
I HAVE. I used to call lunch dinner before allyou ordinary people infected me. *glares* :P
Has anyone here seen Repo! The Genetic Opera?
Ohhh btw Derek, I saw Cabin In The Woods when it came out in the cinema and it wasn't that good!!
No. :(
Awh ok.. Alexa Vega stars in it, the qay she looks in it with the hair and all, I thought she'd be perfect to play Val in a movie...
way* -.-
how old is she now?
I dunno, but she played a 16/17 year old in the movie!
well she would have to be able to play a 12 yr old and then look 13 if there was a second movie made etc... but if she looks the part and can do an irish accent or is irish then why not!
I dunno bout the accent lol.. It doesn't seem to be that hard to fake though..
It'd be cool if those of us who have their OC in the books can play their OC in the movie
Brb!
ha yeah that would be cool zaf, even if the main girl isnt a minion or minion material then it would be good for at least a little bit of minion in the movie...
I had FUN in school my fellow Minions were congratulating me calling out Elder Kerias xD almost except some wanted to kill me off as well xD which is usual since they too cowardly to go on the Blog and speak to Derek i told them he wouldnt spoon them
ha ha !!! Im the only minion in my school Im pretty sure no one wants to kill me...O_o
but I have been practising my irish accent like every day just incase I get the operchancity to be stephanie/valkyrie...I know it sonds really weird and lame but if you could be her in the movie would you?
What is Jenna wearing?!
god knows...seriously we arent even sure how he got that picture...
AHHHH! Damnit imagination!
It's from his 'personal' collection Hel lol
Emmy?
Yeah Zaf??
Yay!!! Iriminion!!
*tackles*
Ive g2g guys sleep beckons so bye! :)
Back!:)
*curls up in a ball and rocks backwards and forwards*
Oh my God. Oh my God. Oh my God.
Is anyone one?
HELLLO.
Hello :)
Hello Flame!
Hi RuaMonster, I've never met you before. How are you?
Hello Helena, Child.
*waves* Haii :3 I'm ok, fairly hyper.. You?
It's lovely to see you again Flame.
I'm... The opposite. Fairly tired. But I'm on holiday so... *shrugs*
It's lovely to see you again, too, Helena.
How have you been?
*sits down*
I don't like Clockwork Angel, I think...
It's two in the morning.
Hello, Rua!
Hey Fawkes! 2am here, too...
I've been... Strange. Feeling strange.
It's 12.54pm here...
*sits down and look at Flame*
I should hope that Clockwork Angel is good. I just bought it.
Hi!
There're going to be Doctor Who stamps! *dances*
Ameriminion hehe
Hel, you've been Nix?
*was unable to stop self*
Doctor Who... Stamps? ASDFGHJKL
One second, I'll give you the link.
I've... Been Nix?
Doctor who stamps? :O
IKR!!! I wish they were out sooner i'd have sent an American one to Derek
Hel, Nixion STRANGE. Just ignore my babbling...
http://m.palmbeachpost.com/ap/ap/entertainment/royal-mail-to-issue-doctor-who-stamps/nTkMK/
You JUST heard about those? I knew about them 2 months ago. My dads going to buy them for me.
\jsjgsajakaakj WANT.
They werent out in time to send to Derek! :( even my dad who is a postal worked didnt get them fast enough
Zaf, by March I'll actually have permission to be on here, so maybe I'll be able to get one of the Englandminions to send me one...*crosses fingers*
Hi Andra!
Well, your dad is quite possibly the world's biggest Whovian, so...
Kes, did you mean did I MEET Nix?
What is it with dads and Doctor Who? My dad painted his front door to be an EXACT replica of Matt's Tardis door.... -.-
No...you said you've been strange, Nix's last name is Strange, just ignore me.
I should ask Em to scare Derek next time she meets him xD
Ruá, Val is painting her closet to be the TARDIS...
My dad is a Trekkie, and he insists that it's not possible to be both.
Oh. Yeah. Oh. No. ARGH. I said I've been feeling strange. Gah.
My dad doesn't like Doctor Who, I'm the biggest Whovian I know.
But the front door?! I'm glad he lives on a quite road ib the middle of no where -.-
My parents got my a Tardis lamp
I would be, if not for her-*points at Andra*
We always ignore you Kessie....
Oh yeah, I got the sonic screwdriver for Cheistmas, and my sister BROKE IT YESTERDAY! it's got a crack in the side and the top keeps popping out!
Oh no! Poor Kes!
One of my Sonics did that. They're not that trustworthy.
I still can't get over the fact that I was feeling strange.
WAIT JUST A SECOND! YOU GOT A SONIC SCREWDRIVER AND DIDN'T TELL ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *tries to strangle Kessie*
Helena, it's good. I'm just a slow reader.
Or maybe it's just the fact, /I don't read/ that much anymore.
I don't read that much anymore. It's upsetting.
Andra, if THAT'S what you're upset about...*laughs*
Hi Flame!
Hel, that IS upsetting...
No killing Council members! Bad enough one might die
*looks around* What's so funny?
I literally ASKED Derek to kill me off...
So if I'm in it, I WILL be dead.
He said i might get killed off
Yes, but you asked for your job back, I asked to be killed.
When was he online to say that, did I miss something?
No... FAIR.
Just... No... No.
Yeah on the Twits post
Hey he owes me! Not everyday your favorite author fires you!
*off to check*
I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT'S GOING ON!
*climbs onto Flame's shoulders*
Andra, he came on, and got spammed with requests and character profiles. It was hilarious.
ZAF I'VE WEN TRYING FOR AGES! AND YOU JUST WALK IN AND HE TELLS YOU THAT YOU COULD BE JUST BECAUSE YOU-! asdfghjkl ):
Derek, I'm going to sue.
You can't sue....
Probably.
Flame calm down beg for book 9! He does owe me for taking my job plus it means i'll leave him alone over it xD
I really only told close frienda and my parents
I gtg to bed guys be on tomorrow hopefully
Bye Zaf!
But I HAVE BEEN TRYING FOR- ASDFGHJKL.
Just, /no/.
Flame, he said maybe me, too. *laughs*
And NJ, and Nix, and Mist....
There're gonna be a lot of dead Bloglandians...
*pats Flame's head*
At least you know what's going on.
*There's
I hope you're reading Kessie... lol
Bye Zaf.
Are you still here, Helena?
If he does and doesn't include there will be /ALOT/ of dead Bloglandians.
Yes, yes I am.
Me*
Why?
Em, I haven't read as much of it as I would like-too busy with Latin, but I read a couple chapters last night, and hopefully I'll read a bunch more tonight!
Why what?
Why were you wondering whether I was still online?
*does a handstand on your shoulders*
I'm back!!
Because you weren't talking :D
*holds her steady*
That's okay Kessie,
I hope your enjoying it and remember what I said about comments...
Goodnight everyone!
Night!
Night Em!
*brings in knees and jumps off Flame, flipping in the air*
*turns to him*
Thank you. *grins*
Night Em!
For what? *smiles*
I needs a pee.
We all need to know that why?
Hmm... For steadying me.
Because I needs a pee, obviously.
Okay... *looks away oddly*
*raises eye at Helena*
Hm..
*winks*
Well... The forest is thataway. *points* There are bushes there.
*smiles*
I'm going for a swim.
That's lovely, Flame...
*climbs a tree and bombs into the lake*
OOHH! Are we going swimming? Kessie could get the boogie board and iI could sit on HER head this time (referrence frl)
*watches Hel*
gtg :(
maybe
*splashes Kessie*
Live a little...
Andra, you TOLD me too!
*runs and dives into lake*
Hi Kes, Ember, Flame :)
*laughs underwater*
*comes up to breathe*
Ariana! *runs out and pushes her in the water*
Bruno, you don't need to breathe!
Idekw...
YOLO!
Hi Shade!
I dedicate this page to...um...
The neutral side of the ded war! That's be L., and Miss Cain, I think. Thank you guys for not participating in this madness that has become dedications! *laughs*
*splashes Flame back and then dives underwater*
*Splashes water at Ember*
Thanks, I missed you too.
Hi Ana! Haven't seen YOU in ages!
*pulls Ana into lake*
*giggles*
*looks down at soaking clothes*
I probably shouldn't undressed a bit... *looks at Flame* Nope, I was right to keep my clothes on. *dives*
*Tries, and fails, to drown Kes*
It's good to be back :D
*shouldv'e
*should've
*climbs out of lake*
*cannonballs back in*
I'm back *jumps in pool with clothes on*
*pushes Andra underwater*
It's a lake, not a pool...
*kessie lands on head* f@¢k you
Whatever. As long as its not a *sniffle* Pond
Flame, everytime you say YOLO a small child gets hit by a semi.
YOLO!!!
I didn't land on your head, I pushed you down....
*swims away*
*sticks out tongue*
YOLOYOLOYOLOYOLOYOLOYOLOYOLOYOLOYOLOYOLOYOLOYOLO!
Stupid nook is too slow.
YOLO YOLO YOLO YOLO YOLO YOLO YOLO YOLO YOLO YOLO YOLO YOLO YOLO YOLO YOLO YOLO YOLO YOLO
Is there a diving board at this particular lake???
http://thehungergamescompetiton.blogspot.com/?m=0
EVERYBODY ENTER! WE CAN'T HAVE A HUNGER GAMES WITH ONLY EIGHT PEOPLE!
Ana, no clue. *looks questioningly at Flame*
What district do think i should enter for?
No idea. I would read the rules post first, though.
Brb
http://thehungergamescompetiton.blogspot.ie/2012/12/open-ness.html?m=0
Yes PEOPLE ENTER NOW. Asdfghhjkl
*sighs happily*
I'll do it because Zath's running it.
No questioning looks! They burn!
*melts*
Shade, what's a semi?
*continues giving Flame questioning looks*
I'd enter but my writing's not the best. Plus I doubt I'd have time for it :\
Why am I being looked at questioningly?
And Hel, WHY BE SIGHING HAPPILY?
Flame, a semi-truck.
We're wondering if the lake has a diving board.
SHADE. Enter the fucking competition.
Do
It.
Now!!!! NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW.
A semi truck?
Mean.
Yes, Ana, ENTER!!!!
Kes, I get looked at questioningly?
What district should I be...?
It wouldn't be fair to Zath.
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