And the title of Book Eight IS...
Actually hold on, we'll get to that in a moment. I have another 15 minutes before I have to post this entry, at 9 PM, and I'm going to use that 15 minutes, dammit. Because I did things today! Things that deserve to be blogged about!
Well, I did ONE thing that deserves to be blogged about. This afternoon I interviewed Steven Moffat, head of all things Doctor Who and Sherlock, on stage at Trinity College, Dublin. I'm pretty sure it wasn't recorded, though, so you're just going to have to take my word for how brilliantly it went. I've never interviewed anyone before— I'm used to being the one interviewed— so it was very interesting to sit in the other chair for a change.
Mr Moffat turned out to be everything I'd hoped he would be— he's a nice guy and he's FUNNY. It was such an informal, casual conversation that it made asking him questions a breeze. I love the shows he makes, as did everyone there, and it was so cool to be able to talk to him about them and not feel like a total nerd.
And for those of you who are wondering, yes, I DID ask him for Karen Gillan's phone number. NO, he did not give it to me. But I think I broke him down sufficiently that all it'll take is one more chance encounter, and then wa-heyyyyy!
Ahem.
Okay, I now have seven minutes until I have to post this entry.
Oh, I'll be doing two publicity events in Ireland on March the 7th. At 10:30 AM in the Riverbank Theatre in Kildare I'll be interviewing (because I do it SO well) Alex Barclay on stage about her new book Curse of Kings.
Later that day, back in Easons in O'Connell Street at 6 PM, Alex and I will be doing... er... some sort of event. We haven't a clue WHAT we'll be doing, to be honest, but it'll be brilliant, and it'll be funny. I swear. Probably.
At both events, we'll be signing whatever you want signed.
Two minutes!
Okay then, here we go. This title has been in my head for years. EVERYTHING in the series has been leading up to Books Eight and Nine, and this is really where it all starts to build to the (hopefully epic) conclusion.
Prepare yourself for horror! Tragedy! Hilarity! Fights! Blood! Quips! Magic! Everything that makes life worth living!
Ladies and gentlemen, coming at the very end of August, I give you
Skulduggery Pleasant: Last Stand of Dead Men.
GAH!
ReplyDelete1st?
ReplyDeleteFIST AONON:ODJ NVSD
ReplyDelete3rd
ReplyDeleteSo close to the top :D
ReplyDeleteMY LIFE IS COMPLETE
ReplyDeleteClosest I've been to the top, Ever, 5th.
ReplyDelete*dies*
ReplyDeleteOmfgg.
F***!!!!!
ReplyDeleteYOU
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure what I think of this title...
ReplyDeleteNONONONONONOO
ReplyDelete:O Derek... The Title
ReplyDeleteI GOT SECOND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeletenow i gotta read it...
*faints*
ReplyDeleteAww yis. Dead men. WHICH MEANS WE MIGHT SEE GHASTLYS MAMA.
ReplyDeleteasdfghjkl.
ReplyDeleteOmg Derek I'm crying. Dead men.
ReplyDeleteoh
ReplyDeletemy
god
NONNONONONONONNONONONO YOU VCANT DO THIS DEREK YOU CANTTTT
ReplyDeleteAHHHHH HELP
ReplyDelete...I think I want to cry now.
ReplyDeleteWhy does it have to be Last Stand of Dead Men. Why can't it be second last or something.
AHHHHH HELP
ReplyDeleteThat sounds ... scarily final, for at least some of those Dead Men. :-|
ReplyDeleteBut it's an awesome title!
Also Derek. That was like, 54 seconds late, I am dissapointed. /Shuns/
ReplyDeleteOMG!!!! AMAZING TITLE!!!!
ReplyDeleteI think my feels all died already.
ReplyDeleteDAMN YOU DEREK
AWESOME TITLE!!!
ReplyDeleteBut I don't want them to die :(
Oh my gOD
ReplyDelete*the name sinks into her brain*
ReplyDeleteWHAT THE MFH DEREK. IF YOU MAKE MY CRY, I WILL CRY. AND IT WILL SUCK SO BAD
help me i can't
ReplyDeletethis isn't okay
please help me
FOR THE LOVE OF GOD TELL ME THE DEAD MEN WILL BE ON THE COVER
SCARY TITLE
ReplyDeletei am now questioning whether it should be "the last stand of the dead men", "the last stand of dead men" or "last stand of the dead men"
ReplyDeleteDEREK Y U INC RIDDLE
...ok...the...title...
ReplyDeleteOH MY GOODNESS DEREK! I can't wait! That is such an AWESOME title :D
ReplyDeleteLast stand?
ReplyDeleteOf THE dead men?
Derek just hates us.
WELL COLOUR ME EXCITED! Derek I swear to God if you kill off Vex Or anyone Dead Men well I'll *waves fist in a threatening manner* actually I'm jolly excited XD
ReplyDeleteThey're all going to die.
ReplyDeleteWe all know it, deep down inside, that Derek's gonna kill them all.
8O 8O 8O 8O 8O 8O 8O 8O 8O 8O 8O 8O 8O
ReplyDeleteI
AM
GONNA
**DIE**
I bet you hes watching us...waiting...and laughing...
ReplyDeleteof excitement...
ReplyDeleteDEREK YOU ARE GOING TO KILL MY SOUL WHAT ARE YOU EVEN DOING WITH MY FEELINGS RIGHT NOW
ReplyDeleteDEREK! GET ON!!
ReplyDeletethe last stand?!! the LAST??!
ReplyDeleteI DONT EVEN
I feel like its necisarry to punch something...like a tree...but I wont...
ReplyDeleteI agree with Mel. I also think he's eating cookies or something. Maybe popcorn, while we suffer from not-knowingness.
ReplyDeleteDerek. I warned you. If you do ANYTHING to Ghastly...
ReplyDeleteSo now I know what book i am getting killed in
ReplyDelete*curls up into a ball of despair*
ReplyDeleteWHY
WHY
WHY
WHY
WHY
WHY
WHY
WHY
WHY
WHY
WHY
WHY
WHY
WHY
WHY
WHY
WHY
WHY
WHY
WHY
WHY
WHY
WHY
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WHY
WHY
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NO YOU CAN NOT DO THIS. I SCRATCH MY TWEET FROM EARLIER.
THE DOCTOR HAS TWO HEARTS BECAUSE YOU GAVE HIM YOURS
OH MY GOD, YEAAAH! Derek, that's perfect!
ReplyDeleteLAST stand that doesn't sound good for the dead men.
ReplyDeleteI'm now even more exited for it than I was before.
You know what? He's probably going to bring Tanith back, and then Ghastly dies. Thats what he'll do.
ReplyDeleteJust to be evil.
I agree with Adra, DEREK.
ReplyDelete[Blinks] Well, that was bad timing on my mom's part. She doesn't seem to understand that I have to be there for the announcing of the title of the next super-awesome book in the super-awesome series.
ReplyDeleteSo that's the mysterious and elusive title. I must say it has totally shocked me.
* hyperventilates more*
ReplyDeleteOmgg.
ReplyDeleteBest explanation, Adra. XD
Derek you made me cry, shame on you.
ReplyDeleteBut i still love you for what you're doing.
DEREK I HATE YOU. I GOT SO WORKED UP MY EYEBROW BAR FELL OUT.
ReplyDeletejust an emotional wreck b/c you can just tell one of them will die
ReplyDeleteIF HE KILLS VEX HE WILL HAVE AN ARMY OF FANGIRLS READY TO KILL HIM
ReplyDeleteBUT HE WOULD, WOULDN'T HE.
BUT LAST STAND OF DEAD MEN MAKES ME THING SKUL IS GOING TO DIE
HELP
H E L P
HELPHELPHELP
ugghhhh
ReplyDeletePEOPLE WILL DIE
AND I WILL CRY
A LOT
D': D':
Can I just say, that theres a voice in the back of my head saying "last stand of dead men doesnt sound correct" but ohh well I wont question Dereks logic.
ReplyDeleteMiss are you glad you got up so early now?
ReplyDeleteAnd now I will be running around screaming "The Last Stand of the Dead Men! Aaaaaaaaaaaiiiiiiiieeeeeeeee!!!!!!"
ReplyDeletewhoa.
ReplyDelete*stares Derek in the eye*
ReplyDeleteYou are a DEAD MAN to me.
*cracks up at her joke*
Too soon???
:D
rocking in corner crying
ReplyDeleteYES, I AM GLAD I GOT UP ST 5AM :D
ReplyDeleteDerek, you basically made me get up.
same Becky, same.
ReplyDeleteAdra. What you said about the hearts....
ReplyDeleteI am laughing so hard. But internally. Because I'm in a library.
OH
ReplyDeleteMY
GOD
WHY CAN'T IT COME OUT EARLIER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I fell up the steps screaming
ReplyDeleteWhen I get up, (I'm in bed under the covers) I'll be running around the screaming Dead Dead Men.
ReplyDeleteBecause it will happen.
I think it will grow on me, just like Jenna louis coleman did...
ReplyDeleteOH GOD DEREK I JUST DIED.
ReplyDeleteNO I CANNOT.
NOPE.
I was here on my phone. I left early so I could be here in time. So, naturally, I was ten minutes late.
ReplyDeleteAwesome title Derek, can't wait!
Impressive. 77 comments in 12 minutes.
ReplyDelete*falls onto the pavement like John Watson*
ReplyDeleteNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Zaf.... If Derek kills some of mah Dead Men... Then we are SO dying also.
Derek why?! NoT THE DEAD MEN. OH GOD RAVEL DEX GHASTLY SKULDUGGERY SHUDDER NONO NO STOP RIGHT NOW
ReplyDeleteI vow i will explode Landy if any Dead Men die
ReplyDeleteI can now put the title on my countdown chart. I did just have book 8 written but now it will be complete.
ReplyDeleteAh Derek you had us all exited and then you told us the title and we're all so much more exited.
-_-
ReplyDelete-_-
-_-
-_-
-_-
-_-
COME
OUT
SOONER!!
PPPLLLEEAASSSEEE
It's not fair we still have to wait another nearly 6 months.
ReplyDeleteI will now try to list the Dead Men in order of favorites. Not counting Skulduggery or Ghastly of course. Because they would break the list.
ReplyDeleteWait, no this could be used against me.
Derek, please not the dead men. ANYONE BUT THE DEAD MEN.
ReplyDeleteI can't believe you got to meet Steven! I'm uber jealous! 'The Empty Child' was the scariest DW episode I remember, and don't even get me started on 'Let's Kill Hitler'.
ReplyDelete...
Oh, nice title, by the way, and excuse me for my Doctor Who fan girling. :3
Now I don't know whether to keep crying or be excited or freak out or what?! I'm just doing them all at once!
ReplyDeleteDerek Landy please don't kill any of the dead men please.
ReplyDeleteI'M IN A GLASS CASE OF EMOTION!!!!!
ReplyDeleteOMG Awesome! ut if Skulduggery dies i will freak the f*ck out!
ReplyDelete'Don't kill the Dead Men'
ReplyDeleteAnyone else see the irony in this?
O MAI GAWD...
ReplyDelete*Lies on floor* I need to lie down.....
GAHHHHHH ME TOO!!!!!
ReplyDeleteI DON'T KNOW WHAT TO FEEEELLLLLL
i know that sadness is one of them though...
Ive met Mr Moffat, everything Derek says about him is correct, but when you look at him theres a sense of evil lurking behind his eyes...and he is also uber sarcastic :)
ReplyDeleteCannot wait! Gonna be soooo good.
ReplyDeleteDo you have dates for your April tour yet? X
EVERYONE JUST LIE ON TE BLOGLAND FLOOR AND PRETEND TO BE DEAD>
ReplyDeleteDEREK MIGHT RECONSIDER HIS CHOICES.
I...I love it...
ReplyDeleteOK!!! *dies*
ReplyDeleteAnd Robin, I so see the irony, man I love it
ReplyDeleteDeal.
ReplyDelete*dies*
*falls onto Blogland floor*
Wow over 100 comments in 20 minutes.
ReplyDeleteThat must be some sort of record.
EVERYONE HIT THE DECK
ReplyDelete[Dramatic death as title sinks in]
ReplyDeleteTehehe. Dead men. Aptly named perhaps. *grins*
ReplyDeleteAnyone would think Derek was a mass murderer looking at these comments.
Ok Adra. *dies*
ReplyDelete*dies*
ReplyDelete....Now everyone is lying on the floor because of me...WOW...
ReplyDeleteAnd Jubi, is that profile pic what I think it is from?
YUP!! :)
ReplyDeleteERMAHGAWD!!!!!
ReplyDeleteWell... IF you're talking about sherlock, then YES
ReplyDelete:P
*whispers*
ReplyDeleteHave we been dead long enough?
Yus I am, I LOVE THAT SHOW/DRAMA :3
ReplyDeletesherlock is AMAZINGFUL!!
ReplyDeleteAm I really that influential? I make everyone on Blogland DIE????
ReplyDelete:O
*imagines Valkyrie, standing over Skulduggery's grave*
Val: "Um. Hm. You... you told me once that you weren't a hero. Um. There were times that I didn't even think you were human. But let me tell you this, you were the best man and the most human.... human being that I have ever known, and no one will ever convince me that you told me a lie. And so... there. I was so alone and I owe you so much. Please, there's just one more thing. One more thing. One more miracle, Ghastly, for me. Don't be... dead. Would you do that, just for me? Just stop it, stop this..."
Wow. There are SO many people on.
ReplyDeleteI put an arrest warrant by the American Sanctuary
ReplyDeleteADRA SEE TO HIS IMMEDIATE ARREST
*goes back to being dead*
ReplyDeleteMaybe someone should tweet Derek to come see us dead in Blogland...
ReplyDeleteMoffat. That is cool. You might have to tell us more about the things you asked him, I'm curious.
ReplyDeleteEveryone still dead?
Good idea miss it can't be me though cause I'm not on twitter.
ReplyDeleteNO
ReplyDeleteNOPE
NU-HUH
LANDY IF YOU KILL SKULDUGGERY I WILL SWIM ACROSS THE ATLANTIC OCEAN JUST TO PERSONALLY BEAT THE CRAP OUT OF YOU
AND IF YOU KILL EITHER GASTLY OR TANITH IN THE MIDDLE OF BATTLE AFTER TANITH SOMEHOW GETS HER REMNANT REMOVED I WILL PERSONALLY SLAY YOU WITH A BIG STICK
DO YOU HEAR ME?!?!
._.
Can't you just change it to A Very Nice Picnic or Skulduggery Goes Camping?
A title that DOESN'T promise death to our favorite characters?
Adra, you've brought tears to my eyes.
ReplyDeleteI'm partially dead...
ReplyDeleteApparently so. *pulls Robin down* *whispers* I just told Derek on twitter that everyone here is dead.
ReplyDeleteAdra, I know a sertain scene which has something similar to that
ReplyDeleteYep robin I think everyone's still dead I am anyway.
ReplyDelete*goes back to being dead on the floor*
Am I the only one that isn't sure about this title?
ReplyDeleteI am dead. Derek killed me.
ReplyDeleteLOL Calidae, it's a Sherlock quote.
ReplyDelete#Reichenfeels
MY SHERLOCK POSTER KEEPS FALLING DOWN
*goes back to being deeeead, on the floor of Bloglaaaaand*
ReplyDelete*Get's up* Make that everyone but Me
ReplyDeleteI WANTS DR WHO, SHERLOCK AND SKULDUGGERY PLEASANT POSTER (;_;)
ReplyDeleteI'm alive. I can't wait for the bloglander appearances. I'll be grinning the whole time.
ReplyDeleteAdra?
ReplyDeleteYou said it was Skulduggery's grave, but Val said Ghastly.
Hang on...
ReplyDeleteIDEA HERE>
WHAT IF BOOK NINE IS CALLED "AND DARKNESS RAINED UPON THEM"????
I have 3 DW posters, 2 SP posters, and an Avengers poster. :3
ReplyDeleteI need a Hunger Games poster, thoughhhh.
Adra, I know its a sherlock quote. My LIFE is sherlock. And Doctor who. and Skulduggery.
ReplyDeleteWhich is why I practically died when I found out that Derek and Steven Moffat were in the SAME ROOM.
Thats a GENIUS idea, adra.
ReplyDeleteYou are GENIUS.
IF BOOK 9 IS CALLED "AND THE DARKNESS RAINED UPON THEM", MY FAN-GIRLING WILL REACH NEW HEIGHTS.
ReplyDeleteUm... My mind was arseways. I was going to make it Skul-Ghast but then decided not to... And changed it. Not ALL, apparently
ReplyDeleteHmmmm So it would be "Skulduggery Pleasant and darkness rained upon them"?
ReplyDeleteBecky and I have been saying that book 9 should be called that from book 1 release, Adra.
ReplyDeleteAnd the last line of it should be "Magic."
no Adra, it should be AND DARQUESSE RAINED UPON THEM
ReplyDelete*explodes Derek*
ReplyDeletei think i soiled myself
ReplyDeleteI know, Derek and Moffat are probably brothers from different mothers.
ReplyDeleteI think I mite get started on my Wholock fanfic
ReplyDeleteJust hold on a second while I burst my parents eardrums....
ReplyDeleteOkay, think I'm fini-
Nope, now I'm finished. Ohhhhh My Godddd!
OMG GOD GUYS.
ReplyDeleteDerek I know your looking at the blog. twitter told me.
Awesome title! =-) SO COOL!!
ReplyDeleteWhat Jubi said
ReplyDeleteOh Zaf, I will miss your explosions when you're DEAD.
ReplyDeleteYes,hes watching us.
ReplyDelete*cracks up* LOL GLEE!!!!!!!
ReplyDeletePerhaps just: Skulduggery Pleasant: Darkness Rained Upon them...
Or
And Darkness Rained Upon Them. And feelings.
OMFGG.
ReplyDeleteDEREK TWEETED MY REACTION. THE SECOND LAST STAND OF THE DEAD MEN ONE. *dies*
does anyone else feel slightly weird now that hes watching us...?
ReplyDeleteAdra, It was actaully Seph's idead :P
ReplyDeleteI just stole it xP
HI DEREK!!! *waves at the sky *
ReplyDelete*explodes Ireland*
ReplyDelete*Stares into darkness* We know your there....don't hide with the vasta narada
ReplyDeleteYes melica it's weird to know that he's watching us but not saying anything.
ReplyDeleteHI DEREK!!
ReplyDeleteWe know you're there...
I don't know if I should go back to sleep. I probably won't.
Where do you get your explosives from, Zaf?
ReplyDeleteDON'T BE EDWARD, DEREK
ReplyDeleteDedward?
DEADWARD?
My Dad almost crashed the car because I squealed so loud.
ReplyDeleteOMG ARE WE DOING DOCTOR WHO REFRENCES NOW BECAUSE IF WE ARE...
ReplyDeleteUh' well
ReplyDelete*sneaks into Derek's house*
HI DEREK! =-) I SO wanted to go to the imagine festival thing but I couldn't. =-(
ReplyDeleteMel......
ReplyDeleteIf we must
WIBBLY WOBBLY TIMEY WIMEY
THERE BETTER BE SHERLOCK REFERENCES, TOO.
ReplyDeleteZaf don't explode Ireland I'm in Irel----*is now exploded thank you Zaf for exploding me*
ReplyDeleteMy mum grounded me last time I squealed because of SP.
ReplyDeleteIt was totally worth it.
Now, every time Derek blogs about something like this, I have to go to my room and read it on my phone, and bite my lower lip so I don't screech/squeal/get hyper.
It's still worth it.
YUS WHOLOCK
ReplyDeleteOUERGHOUIPH[WEIP
THIS IS MY TIMEY-WIMEY DETECTOR!
ReplyDeleteIT GOES DING WHEN THERE'S STUFF!
dereks making my head pound like the drum in the masters head...
ReplyDelete*laughs*
Some one tell derek to get on the blog!!!!
ReplyDeleteI CAN'T SQUEAL YET. D:
ReplyDeleteIt's 20 to 6 in the morning...
Derek will probably accept full blame.
ReplyDeleteHe did when I screeched. He told me to tell my mum to blame him.
She laughed at that.
OMGOMGOMGOGMGOGMGOGMOGMREHSVIHJZDIPYVHSUIZP
ReplyDeletehttp://www.johnwatsonblog.co.uk/blog/07february
derek, i will !@#$%^& kill you if you kill off the dead men.
ReplyDeletethat said...
....
ReplyDeletePlease come to America, Derek.
*whispers*
Please
AUSSIE NINJA STALKER.
ReplyDeleteI saw in one of Derek's tweets something about signings for the first 3 weekends of September...
AND THUS
ReplyDeletehttp://www.thescienceofdeduction.co.uk/
Slow down there, Forest...
ReplyDeleteG2g bye
ReplyDeleteRiver: There. Parked her right along side.
ReplyDeleteDoctor: Parked? You havent even landed!
River: Yes I have. I just did.
Doctor: But... it didnt make the noise...
Yu know, the * imitates the tardis noise, sounding like he's choking *
River: Its not supposed to make that noise. YOU just leave the breaks on.
I HAVE FOUND THE BLOGS OF JAWN & SHERLOCK
ReplyDeleteBYE ROBIN!
ReplyDelete*is glad it's a long weekend*
I have my book somewhere in the land of mail
ReplyDeleteOne book will be signed
Bye Robin!
ReplyDelete*is trying to decide whether it's worth staying or not*
*FALLS OVER* It's just too much
ReplyDeletelol Calidae....
ReplyDeleteDEREK IS DELIBERATELY IGNORING ME ON TWITTER.
Maybe it was because I said he gave his heart to the Doctor...
*grovels*
I"M SORRY
Bye Robin!
ReplyDeleteBYE ROBIN!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteL, staaaaay. :)
ReplyDelete*sobs*
ReplyDeleteOh Derek
Bye Robin. :(
ReplyDeleteWow. That is an AWESOME title :)
ReplyDeleteY'know, this is actually the first time I've gotten to comment on the first page. I need to check my feeds more :)
derek is talking to me now...its weird...
ReplyDeleteFIRST!!ERGFSDBGF
ReplyDelete