Sunday, December 23, 2012

Twits...?

Wayyyyyyy too busy to write a proper Blog thingy- you'll be happy to know that I am 13,320 words into Book 8- but can I just ask why I have so many Twitter followers?

I DON'T TWEET ANYTHING. 


I don't even know how to re-tweet. Or do anything.

I also only follow two people- Gina Carano, who rarely tweets, and Ronda Rousey, who only stops tweeting when she's asleep.

In fact, on the run-up to her UFC debut in February, Ronda and her mum have organised this cool "feed the hungry" competition. Basically, you log on, answer some questions, and for every answer you get right, the advertisers on the site donate 10 grains of rice to the World Food Program. It's free, it's fun, you're helping people AND you're proving how much smarter you are than your fellow Minions.

How could you resist?

Go to Ronda's mum's blog (her mum is a Judo blackbelt... how cool is that?), follow the link and try your luck.

http://drannmaria.blogspot.com

Also, for all you Twitter people, could you take a picture of the Ronda Rousey mention in chapter 52 of KOTW and send it to her? I would, but I haven't a clue how. My genius lies in other areas. Like cookies.



And on an unrelated note...

Big congratulations to Em and Chase.

4,963 comments:

  1. Can't wait for book 8!!! Epic Awesomeness.
    And we'll follow you anyway, just because you are Derek Landy, it's the only reason we need!

    Also check my blog on 6th Jan, I'm featuring you as one of my Top 12 favourite authors of 2012!!!

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  2. THEN TWEET SOMETHING!!
    OMG!!

    I FOLLOW YOU!!
    FOLLOW ME BACK PLEASE!!
    @MissNJMaverick

    PLEASE DEREK I AM BEGGING HERE OMFGGM!!

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  3. Also, WOOHOO BOOK 8 IS UNDER WAY!!
    HAPPY DAYS!!! :D

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  4. OMG--Can't wait 4 book 8!!!!

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  5. If you would like to contribute anything to said post you're welcome to. :D

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  6. Idk--I'm not one of them--haha.

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  7. OMG DEREK PLEASE PLEASE FOLLOW ME!!
    I WILL DIE!!
    ALSO, YOU ARE SO SO EPIC
    BRILLIANT
    FUNNY FANTASTIC
    WORDS JUST CAN'T DESCRIBE HOW GREAT YOU ARE!! GAH!!

    PLEASE COMMENT

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  8. He better comment on here xD

    DEREK I SENT YOU MY COPY OF SCEPTER OF THE ANCIENTS!!!!

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  9. Derek doesn't seem the type to do anything you tell him to, but maybe.

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  10. Derek is the guy who has an ego bigger then Russia America and Asia

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  11. Tweet! Make Twitter better!

    Or... Carry on with Book 8 whatever you think x

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  12. What were ye celebrating that he didn't celebrate with you??

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  13. bigger than mercury.

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  14. Chase - surviving the end of the world I think!

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  15. Yeah surviving the world makes sense cause I would hardly think it to be my engagement!

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  16. Derek has a twitter? What?


    Now I have an excuse to get one... Mwahahaha...


    And I've heard of the rice thingy!

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  17. I don't know, but I wish he would come on. :P

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  18. Hey, Derek. There's peppermint brownies!

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  19. Don't worry Derek, I only follow people on twitter... I haven't tweeted anything yet And I've had twitter for 5 months. So really I have this creepy twitter voyeurism going on. :/

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  20. Yeah, lots of cheddar cheese!

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  21. If you come on, we'll actually share.

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  22. Chase - have you noticed he's updated the post to congratulate you! :D
    See - he does care. :D

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  23. DEREK I WILL TEACH YOU HOW TO USE TWITTER!!!!!

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  24. I can see... this man is awesome!!

    And plus I got a text from my lovely fiancee who is now crying...

    Aww bless her!

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  25. Derek, you're so nice, congratulating them :D

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  26. DEREK YOU FANTASTIC MAN!!

    ALSO, EMERALD IS REALLY PISSED OFF RIGHT NOW :P

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  27. Totally!!
    And - awwww. bless her indeed.
    :D

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  28. Derek, by the way, I just did the follow or stalk or whatever thing for you on twitter.

    Yeah, I don't know how it works either.

    CONFUSED WEIRDOS UNITE! *high fives Derek*

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  29. Aww, Em is crying!!
    Bless her!
    Derek you have made Em Cry Tears of absolute Joy!!
    WOW
    WE LOVE YOU SO MUCH DEREK
    YOU ARE THE MOST AMAZING MAN EVER OMFGGM

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  30. I will teach whoever needs help how to use Twitter!!
    Honestly!!

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  31. Im so proud of you Derek. You know what Twitter is!

    I think Em might just cry more from joy

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  32. I'm not even on twitter, but if i was i'd follow you just to be annoying. Tani would, too.

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  33. I think I just tweeted something at Derek.


    *facepalm*

    "Tweeted" is such a stupid word.

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  34. And Derek, it's called Tweets. Not Twits :P

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  35. Tweeted is not stupid. It would be stupid to say that you Twitted.

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  36. I can't/don't/won't tweet.

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  37. At least Derek knows what Twitter is. He isnt exactly technology advanced

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  38. I have twitter but get very confused so don't really use it much. :P

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  39. Derek

    You have done the impossible...

    You have made Em speechless!!

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  40. Em is Crying with Happiness.
    So is Zaf!!

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  41. I can't/don't/won't leave until you post SOMETHING! I know you're out there, Derek.

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  42. Derek stop being so mean and watching all of our pain!
    COME ON AND COMMENT SOMETHING!!
    please?

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  43. I'm with Fabi, I was about to switch off when this post came up and now I know that if i shut down you will come on the minute I disappear (cause that's my luck), so I'm hanging on until you comment!

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  44. Even if I do have to get up for work in six and a half hours. On Christmas Eve. In the cold. Tired.

    Come on Derek, help me out here!

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  45. Derek, I am genuinely trying to take a picture of that page for you, but my camera hates me.

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  46. Comment, sil vous plait, and I will help donate donate rice to the hungry!

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  47. I know what's going on here. I get it. He's waiting until I'm gone.
    I'll just leave then...
    *shifty eyes*
    *lurks in the shadows*

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  48. DEREK!
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    do you think he heard me?

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  49. παρακαλώ, παρακαλώ, παρακαλώ???

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  50. DEREK I TWEETED RONDA FOR YOU :D

    Well. It's sending at the minute. Big Pic and all that :D

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  51. YYAAYY! Greek worked!!!

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  52. Don't leave! Comment more Derek. :D

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  53. DEREK I TWEETED HER FOR YOU!!
    I SHOULD GET A FOLLOW FOR THAT!!

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  54. K. Ima donate rice 2 the hungry now.

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  55. DEREK! YOU STALKER!


    By the way, I did the tweet thingy for you! Just now, actually. I hope I did that right...

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  56. Tani says (flag thingy) (post) (human figure) Egyptian hieroglyphics for post more!

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  57. Good girl NJ! You rock!

    Hi Jubilance!

    And barmybex!

    And Fabi!

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  58. HI DEREK! Tani says hi too!

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  59. THANKS DEREK!!
    :'D

    BUT COMPARED TO YOU, I suck. :P

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  60. Hi Derek!

    I'm trying to sign up for the Rice quiz. I'm not that clever though so don't hold out much hope.
    I would re-tweet pic but have no idea how. :P

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  61. You have left Em completely speechless Derek...

    But seriously thank you from me and Em, that was so appreciated and you didn't honestly have to do it.

    Um... can someone hand Em a tissue please lol

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  62. I love you Derek be nice to my book xD i gtg Taylor and Trevor say hi now i gtg eat

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  63. I didnt know you had a twitter account! what is it? so many un-official ones!

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  64. Hi Em! Hiya Chase!

    Zaf, I'll be good to your book when it arrives!

    Tani- helllllo there.

    Barmybex, I know the feeling. I have no idea how twitter works.

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  65. Derek, did you see? I did the twitter thingy too!

    I feel so smart, I figured it out...


    Gotta go now! Bye Derek!

    *hands him a bomb*

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  66. I don't even have a twitter... It seems too complicated...
    and time wastey....

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  67. Aww Derek
    *hugs*
    You have set of a fountain with Em!
    All these tears of happiness! :')

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  68. Hey Derek! Before i go...can you do a huge favour? Will you think about giving my job back to me?

    Now im off

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  69. Tani says helllo back! She's OMGing right over my shoulder :)

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  70. editorsarticle, are there unofficial Me's out there? Bah! If it clears it up, I'm the one with, er, something that looks like an egg as a profile pic. And I'm only following two people.

    Only two! I will only follow two! No more!

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  71. Your books rock!!! Like, funny and exciting!!!

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  72. DEREK THAT IS SO MEAN!!
    PLEASE FOLLOW ME, THAT WILL ACTUALLY MAKE MY CHRISTMAS!!
    AND TWEET SOMETHING!!
    I WILL TEACH YOU IF YOU DON'T KNOW HOW!!

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  73. Ima give Tani a turn 'cause it's her computer. XD

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  74. You have to follow Em, Derek...

    Or at least read Dublin Daes!!

    You've left her crying in bits, least you can do lol

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  75. glad it's not just me confused.

    I've donated 690 grains of rice so far. I'll go back on again tomorrow. :D

    Need to turn in for the night. Really do have to get up for work in the morning.

    Night Derek

    and night fellow minions.

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  76. Zaf... I will CONSIDER making you one of the Elders- but I MIGHT kill you. Good enough?

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  77. Hiya Tanith!

    Jube- it's going FINE, thank you for asking!

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  78. editorsarticle, can you put the link here so I can follow him too, not sure I have the right one. Then I really am shutting down. :P

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  79. OMG scott Westerfeld just retweeted me! (Author of leviathan)
    YUS!

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  80. @barmybex https://twitter.com/DerekLandy
    http://twitter.com/DerekLandy
    Derek Landy's Twitter

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  81. Wait Derek you are on twitter

    TWEET TO ME LORD

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  82. DEREK CAN I BE GHASTLY'S GODDAUGHTER THEN?!
    OMG PLEASE!!
    THAT WOULD BE SO SO COOL
    OR FLETCHER'S GIRLFRIEND/WIFE!!
    *hint hint*
    PLEASE
    OMGGM
    I WOULD BE SO SO HAPPY PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE
    I HAVE BEEN HINTING AT THE FLETCHER THING FOR OVER A YEAR!! COME ON!!

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  83. COULD YOU MAKE ME A FAILURE ASSASSIN??

    cuz thts what I am.... *sigh*
    hahahaha

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  84. Also Derek, is the rice thing you were talking about called Freerice?

    Because here I am.

    http://freerice.com/users/gorgangler12

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  85. Derek Landy, next time I see you, you are getting the biggest hug ever!!

    There was no need for you to do that, I wasn't expected that at all.

    Just thank you, thank you so much.

    I would love for you to see the story I'm working on... Its my bad guy against Skulduggery.

    But thank you so much again, I haven't stopped crying since and I think it's starting again!

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  86. Hey Derek, by the way, MERRY CHRISTMAS!



    I present you with this gift!


    *gives him a drawing of a unicorn*

    (You'll get it for real in April)

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  87. "TWEET TO ME LORD"

    Howlett you just made me spill my can of coke!

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  88. DEREK PLEASE COME ON!!
    OMG PLEASE
    YOU KNOW WHAT I AM BEGGING ABOUT!!
    HINTING FOR OVER A YEAR IS A LOT OF HARD WORK!!
    EVEN MY NAME ON HERE IS AN OBVIOUS HINT!!
    YOU HAVE TO GIVE ME SOMETHING HERE!! LIKE, JEEZ!!

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  89. Em, is that the Dublin Daes thing I've been hearing about?

    As a rule, I don't read fan fiction, but every Christmas I dip my toes in those pools a LITTLE, so we'll see if I have time to GLANCE at it...

    Val- a picture of a unicorn? Pour moi??

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  90. I am so sorry to your can of coke.

    And to you for spilling it.

    But please, do tweet, or follow, or do something other than look like an egg.

    Maybe add a little biography.

    You tweet by replying, so it's the first button on your left underneath someone's tweet. If I found you right, you'll see a few from me.

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  91. I have a question: How do you overcome writer's block?

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  92. NJ, Fletcher already HAS a girlfriend!

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  93. THEN MAKE ME GHASTLY'S GODDAUGHTER!!

    AND THEY COULD BREAK UP!!
    Under Mutual understanding of course!

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  94. and Derek, how do you come up with the names for your books?

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  95. Wait... have people been telling you about Dublin Daes?? About my story??!!! And your interested??!!!!

    OMG here comes the tears again...

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  96. Yes, Master Derek, a picture of a unicorn.


    Also, Amanda has a creepy Coraline-like doll she made and calls it Creepy Derek. I would be concerned, but it's really funny, so I can't. Just so you know.

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  97. I think I've FINALLY gotten y friend into SP...

    she won't ADMIT that it's amazing, but I know that she likes it....

    :D i feel so proud of me :P haha

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  98. Derek, you should read MY story. It isn't a fanfiction. So you can read it. And it's awesome.

    And only three chapters.

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  99. AHH!!! DEREK HELP ME TREVOR AND TAYLOR THROWING SNOWBALLS AT ME!!! INSIDE

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  100. 400 grains so far!!!
    (You couldn't really expect me 2 leave for good while Derek was on, could you?)
    Flips back to free rice, and begins answering questions correctly. XD

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  101. Howlett, what tweets? I can't see anything.


    Oh dear GOD I just clicked "Connect" and there are all these messages.

    I'm running away now.

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  102. Running away? From the unicorns? Because I just told you too.



    (Also, my sister who wasn't able to attend the party in October says Happy Really Late Birthday)

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  103. 500! Considering postings Tani's apocalypse story (not fanfic, but ridiculous!!!!) but decides she might kill me. Or at least stop me from using her laptop.

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  104. raven, you overcome writer's block by not worrying about it. Seriously. Chill. Relax. Don't think about the story. Read a book. Watch 10 movies. Relax... and daydream. And remember that writing is FUN.

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  105. DEREK YOU CAN'T DO THIS TO ME!
    I WAS HINTING BEFORE YOU EVEN STARTED KOTW!! SERIOUSLY!

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  106. Derek, if I have writer's block, can't I just eat a whole ton of ice cream? Will that work?


    (If you say yes, even if you're lying, that will be my excuse. FOREVER.)

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  107. So who said what about Dublin Daes to you...

    Oh and it is being edited as we speak!

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  108. Derek dear God I can just imagine you on Twitter. How even...Good luck. Just good luck. HAPPY CHRISTMAS EVE, ALSO, HUSBAND. Excited?

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  109. Derek dear God I can just imagine you on Twitter. How even...Good luck. Just good luck. HAPPY CHRISTMAS EVE, ALSO, HUSBAND. Excited?

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  110. I think I tweeted to you... If you click connect, THAT'S WHERE THEY ARE, DEREK.

    ALSO. You know you mentioned Freerice? How about I start a Skulduggery group where we minions can help the hungry?

    I say I do it. But will you blog about it, Derek, to spread the word? :D

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  111. 800! Strange, I actually go faster when the vocab's harder. XD

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  112. Hey, Jubilance, I just got your name as a vocab word!!! Lol. Oh, you probably aren't even here.

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  113. Derek Please reply to me!!
    I am a wreak right now!
    Give me something!! PLEASE
    I am a Sigil Student of China's you haven't had one of them in yet, that could be me!!

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  114. im getting tortured here....

    *nods*

    OH MY GOD DEREK!!!! DEREK!!!! HAVE YOU FOUND ANYTHING ON SCARAB YET?

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  115. A doll called Creepy Derek? Oh dear....

    Zaf, snowballs? There is snow? You're gonna have a white Christmas? Awesome!

    NJ- Ghastly doesn't HAVE a goddaughter! Your characters can't be tied to the main characters, otherwise I won\t be able to just slip a mention in without a LOT more work!

    nights.raven... errr, I dunno... book titles sometimes pop into my head, sometimes I have to work at them...

    Em, not promising anything, but yes, I've heard all about it! Can't remember where I read it, though.

    Jube- I AM proud of you!

    Well done Fabi!!

    Valkyrie V, er.... that's not EXACTLY how writer's block is dealt with...

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  116. DEREK!!!


    I AM READING SKULDUGGERY TO MY EIGHT YEAR OLD SISTER!

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  117. Thanks Derek!!! 970. I got one wrong. lariat = lasso. :-( Oh, well, not bad anyway! Back to freerice!

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  118. ah, i see
    thanks for answering my questions, Derek :D *hands him a cookie*

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  119. Yup Derek they said we are having a white Christmas this year. Want me to post pictures when it gets lighter out? Just look on my Blog called Random Things That Do Matter

    oh and Derek you have 2 very young Minions by the name of Taylor and Trevor who are begging me to tell you they say hi

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  120. AND I AM THE AMERICAN ADMINISTRATOR. REMEMBER THAT. *nods*

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  121. Jubilance, read my earlier post! lol!

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