Okay FINE, so we're all waiting for the Tanith cover... It's looking like a Friday reveal right now- so long as we suffer no more delays. Believe me, once you see it you'll know it's been worth the wait. Tom's best cover. Ever.
Speaking of awesome covers, take a look at these.
Isn't that brilliant? There is literally nothing about this cover that I do not love. And there's more!
I know Suz Korb is a Blog-reader and she's commented a few times, but just take a look at these books she's written. And the titles! Pulpy, trashy, and so much FUN.
You know that old saying, never judge a book by its cover? That's not always applicable. People who judge my books by Tom's covers know exactly what they're getting- awesomeness on a page. And if a writer has enough taste to approve these covers, as Ms Korb obviously does, then that bodes very well for what's inside. From what I know, they're all available online.
Okay, I didn't actually intend to show all of these covers, but once I started I just couldn't stop.
This Blog post, by the way, is for a girl called Molly, who I met today in Forbidden Planet in Dublin. There I was, perusing the shelves, building up the stack of comics in my hand, and then I hear a "Excuse me, can I ask you a question?" from right beside me. I turn, and there stands a fifteen-year old in a really odd hat.
She was, as you can imagine, overjoyed at meeting me. We talked about her nonsensical love of all things Transformers (except the movies- she has issues with the movies) and her appreciation of Batman and how she never could get into Wonder Woman. That led to a conversation about lassoes, and then to a conversation about lassoing horses, and then to a conversation about how cowboys don't lasso horses, they just run after them when they want to catch them. Bless her, she has a small brain.
So this is a Blog post for Molly. Happy birthday Molly.
I've been watching some movies lately. I saw The Amazing Spider-Man last week. Not as bad as I'd been led to believe. I quite enjoyed it, in fact. Andrew Garfield didn't have to cry NEARLY as much as Tobey Maguire, and of course Emma Stone is just divine. I could watch her in anything.
The Dark Knight Rises is out now, of course, but I'd already seen that in the cinema. Not perfect, and some of the story just refuses to make any kind of sense, but a fitting end to the trilogy. I am in awe of Christopher Nolan's ability to generate atmosphere, and then use that atmosphere to make the audience dread what is about to happen.
I've been playing games as well. Just finished Hitman: Absolution. Awesome stuff. I want to play it again and not fire a single shot. Now that's a challenge...
I had been playing the new Assassin's Creed game, but got bored.
Dishonored, however, is a game that did not bore me. The thought and the imagination that went into building that world is staggering. Loved it.
Basically, I've been fitting as much as possible into the last few weeks because I think I've started Book 8... It's all very random at the moment, very casual, just writing a few bits and pieces, a few scenes here and there... but yeah... I think I've actually started. I had a look at the plot a few days ago, to remind myself of what's in store. I've already got it planned out to a degree- I did that a week or two after finishing KOTW- and wow. A LOT happens in this book. Like, SERIOUSLY. It's going to take a lot of planning on my part. War is like that. Complicated. Got to remember who's on who's side and where they are and when certain things take place and who's around when certain people DIE HORRIBLY.
Be warned. There will be horror. There will be slaughter. There will be betrayal and hatred and love and there WILL be blood.
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«Oldest ‹Older 201 – 400 of 4966 Newer› Newest»Thrust, it was. I asked Derek. He said-
"He took the name Skulduggery before he became a skeleton-ironic, eh?- because it was a word he used to describe the criminal goings-on he investigated, long before it came into common use."
Would you like some of my homemade cheesecake Derek? It tastes really fruity with the lemon and orange zest in it.
I dedicate this page to the Ameriminions. We are the patient ones. The ones with three books published in our land. The ones who Derek has not visited. We are the MIGHTY!
I have to go now
AMEN!
Hmmmm Book 8....hm. Sounds more like the impending destruction of my heart and soul.
I'm on to you, Derek.
This time I will be prepared.
Bye Derek!
Awesome ded, Sevpie! And I have to go too. BYe!
Hi Kestrel!
Derek check Bebo one last time before you leave me
Also get twitter please
Looks like its just Derek and Me now.
Nvm
By Derek....I just came back from eating...BRB i gotta print out Blogspeaks
AHA. Thanks Kes!
BYE DEREK! Come back soon.
Please.
YOU'd better
Please.
PLEASE.
No pressure. hava good night!
Hmmm hell this'll be fun
Very little between Grand Mage Kerias and my Cell phone. * WINKWINKNUDGENUDGE*
It would be a shame if someone missed used it.
What??? I figured Derek was on and its easier for you to talk to him....I was too fangirly
Was that you I heard screaming?
Well he got stuck on the toilet, apperantly.
No go back a page and read he said: im logging for the night
And he said something to you
Great Im going to hafta hunt Marisa down on W101.... If her computer works. Unless I see her...
AHH, science. Bye guys. I actually have to study this stuff.
Good night, yall
Oh. I have something funny to share. O.K. I googled nye, a pic comes up of fb sign up of nye's info with the gender thing scrolled down. Options; Select Gender, Male, Female.
Speech bubble. " Goddamn it"
I already read that one zaf.
I'm gonna go. Got a story to finish up. Then the sequeal... ttyl
He went to bed...ah well. Ok so when I get the letter do not freak if you hear my screaming
Have fun Vinette! Ill edit part 1 when you finish hopefully if I see you before homeroom 2hrs can be put to use
*just read the previous page* NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
I MISSED DEREK!!!!!!!!!!!
Hey Derek, I have a question for you: do you have any considerations for the director of the SP movie? I know you said that there are no movie news yet, but im curious.
I have an idea for the director if your still on the fence (This is just a suggestion, in no way do I expect you to actually take this advice or even listen to this note which is turning kinda ramble-y so i'm gonna continue with my originial thought) I was thinking maybe Peter Jackson as the director. He directed the LOTR trilogy, and the new Hobbit film (i havent seen that one yet, but it looks pretty good)
Hi/bye everyone online! *hands them all cookies*
I just logged on to say hi to derek and all of you real quick, make my suggestion (cuz idk if he's seen my previous comments)
bye all!
(P.S. Derek, i'm sorry if it seems im spamming)
O.o
om i read this and i like wet myself from how excited i got, the new book sounds amazing and so does the tanith book, im like a little girl at a one direction concert atm
Guten tag alle!
(before you ask that's german and no, I'm not, I just like the language)
I haven't been on here properly for a while (school). So how is everyone's day/night/eternal damnnation going?
Our great respect for you has soared once again. Spiderman, Batman, Hitman, AC and Dishonored?
You, Derek, ROCK.
Quick question, not really here.
Can Persephone Grief be mentioned in Book 8. Just a passing mention. EVEN AS A DEAD BODY IN THE WAR. JUST SAY HER/MY NAME! PLEASE!?
HI EVERYONE WHEITHER YOU'RE HERE OR NOT!!!
KESSIE! I did not say that. I told you that you shouldn't put that in your report(wheither it be true or not)'cause Mr T might not get it.
Now that i think about it now, though, I suppose you meant 'make the report more interesting' as in to work on, not to include in your report. Why must you always focase on the stupid things I say and ignore the rest?
*focus
DEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK
(I just typed a bunch of 'L's instead of 'K's. Had to redo that.)
So... Um... Uh... Wait, what was I going to say... uh...
OH! I REMEMBER!
A few things...
1. Did you find my letter in your mail? 'Cause, y'know, I mailed it last Christmas when you sent me a letter. If you haven't got it yet, that's a bit concerning. (I blame it on the mail man. He's associated with the possessed milk man.)
2. Amanda keeps repeatedly telling me to ask you what colour your left sock is. So, what colour is your left sock, Mr Landy? She'd also like to know if you've ever eaten frog legs, because she has. It was in a weird restaurant.
3. What's your favourite pet?
4. Look at this link. http://ivyanimosity.deviantart.com/art/Val-V-and-Derek-Landy-are-AWESOME-340730437
~ONE HOUR LATER~
Uh... Wait, wait for it... ummmm..... What should we say....
5. Have you ever read the Skul-man comics? Because they're hilarious.
6. MOST IMPORTANT POINT!!!!!!
(Because bold makes things stand out)
IRELANDDDDDDDDDDD
Yeah, I need you to arrange to meet up with me and Amanda in Ireland. Like, I REALLY need you to. Because if I don't meet you in a civilized way, I'll be forced to hunt you down or something to meet you.
7. Also, Amanda and I would like that door that you destroyed. Or, like, a shard of wood from it. Because that was smashed by YOU. And you are AWESOME.
8. Be warned - we have stories to hand to you when we meet you, along with other presents and such.
9. Do you think it would be hilarious if we made a Skulduggery musical? Because we're considering it...
10. Amanda wants to know if it's a good idea for her to go bowling down the isle of the air plane.
I think that's it for now, so, um... Yeah, that's it.
Oh, and hi!
That was a lot of questions Val
That's because Amanda is with me.
*waves* Hi Amanda!
She says hi back.
I was re-reading your questions. Why on earth would it be a good idea to go bowling down the aisle of an airplane? (Though it does sound like fun)
I saw the blog title and I instantly went "IT'S FOR MEEEEE!!!!", but it turns out that this post has nothing to do with ME, Molly, whose birthday is suspiciously close to this Molly. How odd. I wish I could have been that Molly. I even have a truly odd hat that I could wear (it's a knit viking helmet). Sigh. Happy Birthday Other Molly.
-Molly, sighing.
Hi Molly2!
Amanda: I'm not saying it would be a good idea, but it would be FUN.
Hi all!
Amanda, of COURSE it's a good idea to go bowling down the aisle of an airplane! (Not sarcasm, I swear)
Val, how is the Queen of the fish-people doing?
Don't knock any flight attendants over :D
KESSIE!
So my friend Jubilance's parents are letting her join the blog!
But the flight attendants are the bowling pins...
Hi Sevpie!
My parents don't know about it, I'm asking for a Blogger account for my birthday, so I can scream when Derek biogenesis instead of going into shock.
(I still am, by the way. This was the first I've actually been online when he Blogspoke to me.)
*hums Never Again*
*blogspeaks
*is researching how to pick locks*
Hi Kessie! as i said previously I did not say that about the alps. I told you that you shouldn't put that in your report(wheither it be true or not)'cause Mr T might not get it.
Now that i think about it now, though, I suppose you meant 'make the report more interesting' as in to work on, not to include in your report. Why must you always focus on the stupid things I say and ignore the rest?
Wordchamp is really, really tedious.
we're going to do great at breaking out of jail *give knowing look to kessie*
I'm doing alphabet math. AKA algebra. It's really boring. We are working on formulas and literal equations. Again, boring. I LOVE maths. But this is just boring... And easy.
Oh, hello.
hi :)
YAY YOU'RE HERE!
haha :D
Ok,
Kessie and SPD this is Jubilance. She is insane. She should fit in nicely here.
Yay Zaffy happy
*grabs knife out of thin air and holds against Jub's throat*
Hello Jubilance! I'm Kilandra :) Shall we play a game?
lol! HI! :D
SURE :D lol
OHHHH people I decided my disipline. I'm an awesome adept that can conture anything that can be used as a weapon by just thinking about it and reaching into the air.
*conjure
Hi SPD!
Jubilance, she's serious. I would run.
Kestrel LeStarre, master of torture and all manner of unpleasant deaths, at your service. *bows*
I'm also the Administrator of the American Sanctuaries and forM er student if China Sorrows.
http://m.wikihow.com/Pick-a-Lock
*former
haha awesome :)
n im running right now xP
She's slow-ish. YOU CAN GET HER!
*conjures bow and arrow* *shoots through stomach*
wait... IM slow... or SHE'S slow...??
wait... did i jst DIE??
Yeah, you're dead. Sorry about that.
Kilandra! What sort of welcome is that?
*jubs dies for being incredibly slow mentally and physically*
My type of welcome
She's actually faster than me. Because I protest the mile run by walking it.
FIGHT THE POWER!
Sorry, I missed a bit. Got distracted. I haven't been on in a while. I have three clubs after school, every week, homework that takes time, busy weekends, and I have been hunting for a flash drive I lost.
haha yea i was bout to say "didn't u walk the whole time during the mile while i ran??" lol
Hey, Andra, I've seen you run. And there are RULES you know. I've been training for ten years with these *gestures at katanas* you can't master a weapon in a day!
And then I yelled at the kindergarteners to rebel against the Man. I was hyper that day
SPD, losing flashdrives is bad. Very bad. *nods sagely*
I wonder if they appreciated that.
Nice power
The flash drive had some important stuff on it.
well.. i dont think they heard... but maybe they did... they were too busy playing on the swingset or whatevr...
I don't think they heard me. They definitely didn't hear me when I called them government slaves because my friends were shushing me. *glares at Jubi* SPOILSPORTS
HI IF ANYONE IS ON I NEED TO KNOW IT IS A MATTER OR UTMOST IMPORTANCE
WHAT IS THE ADDRESS THAT WE CAN SEND DEREK FANMAIL TO
AND DEREK
I HAVE THREE REQUEST
1 IF POSSIBLE COULD I HAVE MY NAME IN BOOK 8
2 CAN I HAVE A PERSONALISED MERRY CHRISTMAS
3 WHERE CAN I SEND YOU FANMAIL
And me, being stupid, didnt save it to the computer.
Hi Zaf! How are you doing?
Kessie, RULES are meant to be broken (thats my life motto)
thats a good motto ;)
Hi Zaf, thanks i thought it was pretty cool
I have to write a paper about how a book changed my life, thoughts and emotions and actions. It is going to be fun. I'll probably get first place for having Derek's name in it. I'm naturally doing Skulduggery Pleasant. She said we can do a series.
i feel sad now
Why are you sad?
Hello Amelie! Why are you sad?
Thanks Zaf, 'twas MY idea.
o no! dont b sad! BE HAPPY xP
OMG I THOUGHT I KILLED YOU *slits throat* ugghh the exasperating things in life
o right *dies*
no one was answering me and i cant get my show to work on my computer
Kilandra! Violence is not the answer. Sometimes cake is the answer.
Hi Amelie! Why?
Jubilance, that right there *points at Zaf* is the Grand Mage of America!
oo i like cake... P:
i dont know why it wont work but it doesnt qork on anything i think maybe the disk is scratched do any of you watch greys anatomy
Kessie, she knows. Because I read her my story where Persephone assassinates Zafira. SORRY ZAF
oo awesome :D Hi Grand Mage! hehe
No you didn't kessie I came up with it.
no only pi(e) can be the answer, with violence
yea i did kno :P
OMG, Jubilance, I LOVE your profile picture! Doctor Who is AMAZING! It takes up a third of my brain! Skulduggery Pleasant takes up half!
haha IKR?!
Oh yeah
Zaffy is fine Zaffy feels by Saturday her mailman my think she mental
Sevpie, I'm a psychopath. I fit the profile. No remorse. For anything.
Or, to quote one of my favourite online books:
"I was seven years old when I realised I could be a serial killer. I wasn't standing the dead body of a neighbor's dog thinking, 'wow this is really f**ked up' or anything like that, no I just fit the profile."
Of COURSE violence is the answer.
I LOVE David Tennant and Matt Smith! I don't really love Christopher Eccelston as much though. I probably spelled his name wrong, so that just proves it. I think David Tennant is the best Doctor! Who agrees?
so do any of you watch it
thats both creepy yet.... idk... jst creepy
I haven't watched Matt Smith yet. Christopher Eccleston was awesome!
i watch it sumtimes... i thnk i only saw like 2 episodes tho :P
I don't watch Grey's Anatomy. I don't like television that much. I only watch Doctor Who and Merlin.
I've got to go. BYE EVERYONE!
OMG MERLIN <3
I LOVE DOCTOR WHO AND MATT SMITH!!!!!!!!!!!
ok i have to go now anyway but before i go does anyone know where i can send fanmail to
Christopher was awesome! Then I met David Tennant! Well, I didn't actually meet him, sadly.
Matt smith isnt as great as Davit Tennant... but he's still AWESOME! :D
Goodbye to the people who are leaving!
Yup
Bye Sevpie! Bye Amelie!
OMGG, Doctor Who is amazing! River Song FTW!
o... BYE 7Ï€! :P
Haha River's awesom
Oh, I haven't really gotten this out yet. David Tennant looks like he's in his late twenties but he's in his early forties. It's against the law of anatomy! Not really, but that's what I say.
I can't decide between Tennant and Matt Smith! Because, y'see I've seen every Matt Smith Episode, three Eccleston, and nearly the whole first season of Tennant.
well he's a time lord thats like 900 years old! he's lookin prty good 4 a 900 yr old! :)
I love River and Rory and Amy and the Doctor(s) and Donna and a lot of other characters!
SPD, are you serious? I thought he was, like, 25!
Tennant....DEFINITELY Tennant
Yes, I'm serious. I googled it.
You guys realize that Rory died THREE TIMES in Angels Take Manhattan?
thts actually a littl scary...
BOW TO JIM THE FISH!!!!!
River Song: Oh Jim the fish!
David Tennant is the best! I haven't seen the older doctors, just the latest three, so that's kind of unfair, but it's still my opinion. Then I like Matt Smith. Matt Smith is awesome.
Matt Smith is rly cool... LIKE BOWTIES!
Telling you me mailman gonna be worried
Yes. I criedso hard in Impossible Astronaut, and A Good Man Goes to War/Let's Kill Hitler, Cold Blood, River Songs Wedding, The Girl Who Waited, etc.
Oh yeah! And because David T. ALWAYS wore Converse, I'm never getting any other brand of shoe again.
IKR!
heyy jst wonderin... who here's from the U.S./America??
OMGG, Tennant has Fletcher hair!
OMG YES!!
to kessie not the shoe thing
Me!!!
But i gtg bed
Derek when the letter comes you'll hear me in Ireland I assure you
I think we're all Ameriminions at the moment.
haha...'Night!
Bye Grand Mage!
yea... its like 2 am in the UK area...
Oh, yes! I'm American! David T. AND Matt Smith MUST be in the Skulduggery Pleasant movies! They could play like Ravel and Vex or something!
I'm an Ameriminion too
Bye to the people leaving!
Awesomness ^_^
SPD, OMGG, yes! I. Would. Die.
yes i know i am
4 sum rsn... everyone wants David T 2 b skulduggery... but i jst cant c that happening...
no forking (thats for you kessie) way
Hello?
hi!
No!!! David T. cannot play Skulduggery! I NEED to see his face!
Lol! Idk... its jst in a bunch of dream cast things that iv seen...
Hello!
What do I call you for short, Jubilance Glee?
HEY! DOES ANYONE KNO ANYTHING ABOUT GLADIATORS???
Oh, btw, Karen Gillian as Eliza Scorn.
Just sayin'.
SPARKY! *tacklehugs*
Your treehouse has been empty!
Umm u can call me Jubi I gues... haha i think tuts become mi nickname after mi, like, 15 minutes of being on here...
Sparky, yes. Just...yes.
I know a lot about gladiators. What do you need to know?
Karen Gillan's too nice tho... wel... her CHARACTERS are nice... but she DOES look like a great Eliza...
Kes!
It has!
I know..
But Chester's all happy now!
Kk Jubi!
Definately Karen!
wel... I guess thier lifestyle... :P
Heeeeeeee. Karen G and Arthur D and Catherine T must also be in the movie.
msd
Karen Gillian could TOTALLY be Eliza. An actress is an actress. She will act anyone.
And I'd love to see her play mean...
Chester? You named your...treehouse?
Jubi, okay, this'll take awhile to type.
haha i hav to admit... it WOULD be interesting to watch... :D
Katie McGrath would be an awesome China!
OMG YES! I CANNOT WATCH MERLIN ANYMORE WITHOUT THINKING OF MORGANA AS CHIN
I named my treehouse, like, four months ago.
... I think Zath was there...
But yes, I did.
**CHINA
Yup!
Hello! Goodbye!
I don't know any actors/actresses that could play Val or Fletcher though. They'd be too old anyway.
umm HI BYE!
I honestly don't see why people want Katie McGrath as China so badly...
Though I may have just set myself up for complete obliteration.
I think Val should be played by a complete unknown.
Same as Fletcher.
haha yea... therz a prsn thts named like Dakota Blue Richards or sumthing... n evryone wants her 2 play Val... but idk bout Fletcher
I think if China's not in book 8 I am going to die a sad, horrible, depressed death.
Yes, Sparky, you have.
Katie McGrath would be an amazing China. Her character in Merlin is similar to China-to a certain extent. Plus, they look alike
...First?
hahaha yeaa... it was kinda disapointing how she wan only in KOTW 4 like 10 seconds each time... n it WASNT EVEN THE REAL CHINA
And Alex Kingston should be....someone.
Jubi, gladiators were usually people who had been enslaved from conquered countries and their ow ers decided to sent them to a gladiator school. They spent a ridiculously long time buildingup their strength before the were allowed anywhere NEAR weapons of any sort. Their main meal was porridge- with so e ashes mixed in for good measure. There were a lot of different types of gladiators, ranging from simple sword and buckler, to spear and net, to chariot and javelin. Before a fight, they always had a massive feast, and were pampered.
If they grew rich enough from their winnings, or were successful enough, they could buy their freedom. Also, if the empires at the time believed they deserved to be free, he would give them a wooden sword at the end of a tournament, which showed that he recognised them as free men.
Anything else?
Dakota's too old...
O MI GOD! THANK YOU SOO MUCH!!! :D :D :D
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