Monday, March 18, 2013

Germany!

I love German book fairs.

Every single one I've been to has been PACKED, and while that does tend to slow things down as you're trying to walk from one gigantic hall to the other, you really don't mind all that much. All these people crammed in around you are book-lovers, for god's sake. How annoyed can you actually be?

Over the weekend, I was at TWO German book fairs. The first one was in Cologne, on Friday evening, and I was up on stage with Rainer, the actor who does the German audiobooks, and Margarete, the translator. We've been doing this together for a few years now, so we're all quite comfortable with the process. The main difference between events in Germany and events everywhere else (apart from the need for a translator) is the emphasis put on the audio book. Rainer is as integral to the show as I am, and his readings make up half of our time on stage. The event in Cologne went wonderfully, and we had a really receptive audience, and I even spotted some familiar faces in the queue.

Once I'd finished signing, we went back to our hotel, where we had a very nice meal attended by the weirdest waiters I've ever encountered. One was tall, one was short, and they looked so alike that I started to suspect that they were the rejects from a batch of clones some mad professor had concocted in a dark and dingy lab. They were both wearing ill-fitting suits, both had the same type of glasses, and they both stood around and stared into space in the corners of the room while we were waiting to place our orders. So incredibly ODD.

Thankfully, we managed to escape the restaurant before they could kill us and harvest our organs to replace their own failing ones, and I got to my room and got into bed and put my head on the most deadly pillow the world has ever known. It was so big and so soft that when I put my head onto it, the whole thing folded up on either side and tried to suffocate me.

Convinced that the clone waiters were hovering outside my door, waiting for me to die, I slept without a pillow that night. I also slept sideways, because the double bed I'd been given was, in actual fact, two single beds pushed together, and I kept slipping down between them. Who knows what was waiting for me if I had slipped all the way? Scorpions? Tarantulas? Really lazy ninjas? Or maybe just a hole in the floor and a twisting slide that would deliver me to the mad professor's Experimentation Table of Doom?

I survived the night. Barely.

The next morning, we got a train to Frankfurt and then a plane to Leipzig. No attempts on my life were made during this time.

Leipzig Book Fair is half book festival and half comic convention. There are all these people dressed as Manga characters roaming around, chatting on their phones, browsing book shelves. Also, all of Germany had had a pretty bad winter, and there was piles of snow everywhere and it was pretty damn cold— and in the middle of it all you have these really cute German girls walking around in bizarre costumes that don't really cover a whole lot. They must have been FREEZING.

We did our first event, and although we only had a half an hour, it went very well. Such a huge crowd. The signing went on forever, and it was so cool seeing that many people wanting me to scrawl my signature over whatever they had.

The moment we were finished there we got in a car and drove to a graveyard. Because that's what you do once night falls, obviously.

We went to a huge sarcophagus-type place and we yapped in front of 200 people, doing our best to ignore the deep hole behind us with the old coffin. So just an average Saturday night, then...

Once that was done with, we went to dinner with a bunch of other people, including American author Maggie Stiefvater, and I sat at a big table with a bunch of people speaking German all around me. Best night EVER! Well, not quite. But Maggie is a funny lady.

Then I got back to my hotel. This time, my bed was a proper double bed, but the waiters had obviously followed me from Cologne because those damn pillows tried to drown my head again.

Sunday was my last day there. It was also Saint Patrick's Day.

(That's St PADDY'S Day, in its shortened version. Not St PATTY'S Day, as some Americans insist on calling it...)

I had an interview to do in the morning, and then I had two hours off before my event, so I went wandering through the halls. It was all so incredibly strange, and wonderfully so. It made me wish that Irish book festivals were like this. Imagine if The Mountains to the Sea festival had hundreds of teenagers walking around dressed as characters from comics and books. That would ROCK.

We did our event, signed for an enormous amount of people, and then I was whisked off to the airport to catch my first flight. I arrived back to my front door a little under eight hours later, tired but happy to be home, and looking forward to spending a night with my head on a pillow that doesn't try to kill me.



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Maralie Lily Charm said...

*hugs Star back*

I second that.

Aisling Dubh said...

Gtg night.

I'm Jubilance Glee / Occasional Haiku-er / And a dinosaur said...

LUCI

pleasepleasepleasepleasepleasePLEASE
don't leave

Star Inkbright said...

I FIFTH THAT!!!!!!!!!!

Because fives are awesome. *nods*

And even if you guys make me feel all bad when I was in a perfectly good mood, that's okay, because the awesome times way more than make up for it. :)

Maralie Lily Charm said...

Night Ais. *hugs*

Luci, please don't leave. Please.

Mary Contrary said...

*hugs Star back*
I'd like to return the phrase.

And I'd hate to see Luci go. I'd hate, hate, hate it. Her contributions to this community are immeasurable, and she'll always be welcome and wanted. But I'll support, if with great reluctance, the choice which she thinks is best for her, even if I disagree with it.

Such is the insensitive twistedness of my brain.:/

Maralie Lily Charm said...

She thinks she isn't wanted...

You are most definitely wanted, Luci. Even if you only come on at odd time, please please please please please don't leave! *hugs*

I'm Jubilance Glee / Occasional Haiku-er / And a dinosaur said...

Luci. There's no one on this blog that doesn't want you here. I swear

Star Inkbright said...

@Taia: Well, it's nice to know I'm not utterly objective. :) *hugs*

Mary Contrary said...

*points to Jubi's comment*
That is, and will always be, the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.

Maralie Lily Charm said...

Luci;
You are beautiful, no matter what they say
Words can't bring you down.

Pretty pretty please, if you ever ever feel
Like you're nothing, you are perfect to me.
<3

Night, guys. *hugs*

Ieni Strider (Ieni The Ninja Aeroplane, Eater of Fabi's armses) said...

And by the comments in reading, I could never understand why the amazing, remarkable Bloglandian called Luciana Clover Scáth could ever be not wanted.

I love her to bits and if she did leave, she'll leave a big empty void in Blogland.

Msd.

Ieni Strider (Ieni The Ninja Aeroplane, Eater of Fabi's armses) said...

Byebye, Mara!:( *hugs*
Those words go to you too:)

I'm Jubilance Glee / Occasional Haiku-er / And a dinosaur said...

BYE MARA *hugs*

Ieni Strider (Ieni The Ninja Aeroplane, Eater of Fabi's armses) said...

Ugh, I'm so tired. I only out two comments, but I'm going now. Byebye *waves*

I'm Jubilance Glee / Occasional Haiku-er / And a dinosaur said...

BYE IENI!!!!


i have to go too... -_-


BYE GUYS!


Luci, PLEASE DON'T GOO!

Star Inkbright said...

Well. Hi the person who came, bye the people who left . . .

I finished Kes's birthday card! :)

Trip Castalan, Lord of The Hobbits, The Fourth Most Popular Folk/Parody Banana Thief In The Land said...

My g+ account just got 87.335% more awesome!

Anonymous said...

Hello...?

[hugs everyone]

Lucy is perfect.

Mary Contrary said...

I'm going to head off.
Sorry for being so, well, me.

Luciana. You are wonderful. I don't think there's a person here who doesn't believe it.
Personally, I want you to do what you want to do. And I house only copious hopes that what you want to do is stay.
*hugs*

Star Inkbright said...

*laughs* Taia, it's me who should apologise for being me. :)

Even though I did.

I totally get you and you're very, very nice. *nods*

Hey Fabi!

Poofing soon. Very msd.

Star Inkbright said...

Testing!

Melica Frost said...

Rawr

Anonymous said...

Bye, Taia.

Hi Star and Mel.

...

Star Inkbright said...

If Kes isn't grateful for that, I will eat myself, because that is the best birthday card I have ever made ever.

No, please don't zoom in on it! It looks better small! D:

I got the Guy's 'face' all wrong, but yeah. :P

Star Inkbright said...

HI MELICA!

Anonymous said...

It looks really cool, Star.

Star Inkbright said...

Very, very msd. D:

Star Inkbright said...

Thanks, Fabi. :)

It's my best piece of artwork yet, so it's a bit above horribly terrible like most of my stuff.

That's why I'm proud . . .

Mary Contrary said...

Star, *nods and shakes head simultaneously, looking a bit of an idiot in the process* I'm not that nice, I swear. :P
Your card looks brilliant, by the way. :)

Um. Leaving. Yes.

“Never say goodbye,
Because goodbye means going away,
And going away means forgetting.”

*waves, hugs, and stamps the word 'awesome' onto everybody's foreheads, just to ensure that nobody forgets it any time soon*

Anonymous said...

Okay...

And I'm gonna disagree about 'horribly terrible.'

I'm not going to argue, though, no...energy...

I haven't been able to argue or take sides since...recently.

Dragona Pine said...

Just saying night one last time and asking people again to read my story.

dragonapine.blogspot.co.uk

Any comments would be appreciated. And thanks to Aisling who has already read it.

Night!

Melica Frost said...

Im going to bed now I think so night!

Anonymous said...

Night, people who left...

Anonymous said...

I'm not here now...

I'm Jubilance Glee / Occasional Haiku-er / And a dinosaur said...

OHMYGOD OHMYGOD OHMYGOD



TMS JUST CAME IN THE MAIL!!!! *screams*

Jophiel said...

*Hugs Jub Jub*
Awesome book... Awesome to draw as well...

*Sighs*

I'm Jubilance Glee / Occasional Haiku-er / And a dinosaur said...

IT'S SO BEAUTIFUL! --------->

I'm Jubilance Glee / Occasional Haiku-er / And a dinosaur said...

I'm freaking out



and I should be reading....
so BYE

Zanida Laufeydottir Queen of Asgard (Zafira Kerias) said...

Ahem im just....here yeah just here

NOM Ominous said...

Sooooo...! How many of you read the first chapter of my story?

NOM Ominous said...

Ohh AWESOME, JUBI!

I'm Jubilance Glee / Occasional Haiku-er / And a dinosaur said...

To all my fellow Whovians:


TOMORROW IS STOP THE SILENCE DAY! WE ALL HAVE TO WALK AROUND WITH TALLY MARKS ON OUR ARMS FOR THE ENTIRE DAY BECAUSE THE SILENCE ARE COMING.




you have been warned *dun dun duuuun*

Jophiel said...

I WILL WEAR MY TALLY UPON MY SLEEVE!!!

Not here btw...

I'm a rebel, I'm not supposed to be on.

Anonymous said...

Hello?

I'll be not here so much for the next few days... Here now though.

Jophiel said...

Fabi!!!!!

Jophiel said...

*Is very tempted to throw up*

http://i2.listal.com/image/2548751/600full-matt-smith.jpg

Jophiel said...

http://fc05.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2010/223/1/7/Matt_Smith_Dress_by_SpuffyObsession.jpg

Anonymous said...

Oh, hi, sorry. I was uh... at the playground. [winces]

Jophiel said...

I was at school... I still am at school...

How are you?!

Anonymous said...

Hi Death!

Confused, you?

Willow Von Stratton said...

hello everyone

Anonymous said...

Hi Willow!


Exclamation points are like jackets with collars...

Jophiel said...

Tired and hot... I should probably take my jumper off...

I PLANTED A JELLY BEAN AND IT WILL GROW INTO A BEAN STALK AND I WILL CLIMB IT AND FIND A GIANT AND A GOOSE THAT LAYS GOLDEN EGGS!!!!!

I also ate jelly beans from the floor...

Jophiel said...

Hi Willow!!!!!!!

Willow Von Stratton said...

hey guys, long time no talk

Jophiel said...

Agreed!!!!!

Anonymous said...
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Anonymous said...

Yeah, it's been a while... How are you?

Jophiel said...

*Hugs*
You okay?

Willow Von Stratton said...

i'm ok..i guess i can say i'm not the only one with emotional problems right now

Anonymous said...
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Willow Von Stratton said...

cream cheese? *weird look*

Anonymous said...

Sorry... Cream cheese has nothing to do with it, I was just about to make myself a sandwich and remembered.

I should probably go...

Willow Von Stratton said...

psh, no you don't! you wanna stay lol jk, if you do go bye!

Anonymous said...
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Anonymous said...

Sorry about that...

I'm here again, for now, but msd.

Jophiel said...

My best friend an I had a big fight today... I cried... And she laughed at me... We had been friends for years...

Why?

NOM Ominous said...

Hiya! You? Yes, you! Why don't you read the first Chapter to my new story? It's really really short, and I really really want feedback. So come over to my blog! Get some tea. Perhaps a really small teacup or a shot glass of tea. Relax and read Chapter One. It means a lot. http://shockerlocker-turn-back-now.blogspot.ca/2013/04/chapter-one-just-post-it-already.html

NOM Ominous said...

Hi Death. Sorry to hear that.

Jophiel said...

I am too... I'll go read you story...

NOM Ominous said...

Cool!

Anonymous said...

Oh...

Jophiel said...

Sorry, I was cooking "I am depressed so I will eat blueberries" muffins

Anonymous said...
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Anonymous said...

I hope you and your friend can sort out your disagreements and be friends again soon. [hugs]

Jophiel said...

I hope so too...

I like blueberries...

Anonymous said...

Blueberry pie is good...

I'm posting a bunch of things dipped in chocolate...distant.

Anonymous said...

Blahh... It's 1am. I'd better go... Night.

Alice (Or Tyler to some) said...

Is anyone here?????????

Jophiel said...

I am!

I am boiling a potato...

*Is singing Ain't Nothin' but a Hound Dog*
Mum: Dannielle, shut up!
Me: Shutting up
Matt (Older Brother): *Laughs*
Me: What?!
Matt: That was awesome! Shut up! Shutting up! *laughs again*
Me: *Checks on potato*

Jophiel said...

Why? I am always the one being yelled at, being picked on, being insulted. Why am I not like the others? Why do I have to suffer? All I try to do is make peoples' lives easier and better, sticking up for anyone even though they will go strait back to insulting me? To yelling and snickering?
Am I that invisible that people don't see that I am in pain? That I too, have feelings? I am not a vampire as many tend to claim. I am as human as anyone else here. I know how hard life is, how strong people are at living an easy life.
I am not going to lie, I am weak. Physically, psychologically and mentally. I do not have any great strengths whatsoever. I stand up for those who deserve it, who can not fight for themselves. I know what it is like to be all alone. No one there for you when you need it most. Someone to talk to and to share your fears with.
That is where you, the Bloglandians, come in.
You have talked me out of... You know... So many times, I always seem to bring the atmosphere down on here. I don't know how you put up with me, but I am forever thankful. I know that you will always be there for me, always have something to cheer me up, always have a way to make me forget about my miserable life.

"I don't know where it all went wrong
Where all of this hostility came from"
My life is like a waterfall. A long time ago, sharp rocks fell down a cliff. After a while, rain started to fall, creating a small stream to fall on the rocks. That stream turned into a river and the rocks began to be worn away. Now they are flat, pieces breaking them and being turned into sand. I am like the rocks, my life is the water.

My life is also like magnets. I shall sit for hours playing with them, manipulating them so the same poles touch. It goes against all the magnets' properties but I force it. So, I guess it is also similar because of the way that people force me into what I have become because of shear force of will and determination.

Who would be that Hell bent on ruining my life? I already have names: Jonah, Gianni, Josh,Tom, Xavier... But why spend that much effort on me? A nobody? It is touching in a sick kind of way that people will think about me, even if it is to plan how they will make me commit suicide. I guess I should be happy that they are trying to kill me via insults and mental abuse.

Alice (Or Tyler to some) said...

Somebody please kill me

Jophiel said...
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Jophiel said...

I feel the exact same

Unknown said...

“You're going to meet many people with domineering personalities: the loud, the obnoxious, those that noisily stake their claims in your territory and everywhere else they set foot on. This is the blueprint of a predator. Predators prey on gentleness, peace, calmness, sweetness and any positivity that they sniff out as weakness. Anything that is happy and at peace they mistake for weakness. It's not your job to change these people, but it's your job to show them that your peace and gentleness do not equate to weakness. I have always appeared to be fragile and delicate but the thing is, I am not fragile and I am not delicate. I am very gentle but I can show you that the gentle also possess a poison. I compare myself to silk. People mistake silk to be weak but a silk handkerchief can protect the wearer from a gunshot. There are many people who will want to befriend you if you fit the description of what they think is weak; predators want to have friends that they can dominate over because that makes them feel strong and important. The truth is that predators have no strength and no courage. It is you who are strong, and it is you who has courage. I have lost many a friend over the fact that when they attempt to rip me, they can't. They accuse me of being deceiving; I am not deceiving, I am just made of silk. It is they who are stupid and wrongly take gentleness and fairness for weakness. There are many more predators in this world, so I want you to be made of silk. You are silk.”
C. Joybell C.

Unknown said...

“When people hurt you over and over, think of them like sandpaper. They may scratch and hurt you a bit, but in the end, you end up polished and they end up useless.”
― Anonymous

Alice (Or Tyler to some) said...

I just want to die.......

Unknown said...

Well you can't die!

Alice (Or Tyler to some) said...

I want to!

I have a project to finish and I don't wanna do it

Eve the ROCK said...

I'm feeling the same thing, Tyler. I have to an assignment to do and it's the last week of the holidays and I was supposed to have started it at the beginning of the year....I'm so lazy I won't even do it now.

I'm Jubilance Glee / Occasional Haiku-er / And a dinosaur said...

TMS IS SO AMAZINGFUL

Zanida Laufeydottir Queen of Asgard (Zafira Kerias) said...

Ay?

Mary Contrary said...

*strolls in*
Howdy.
My bus broke down again, because buses are just useless like that.

But, um, Alexandra!
I know it was about an hour ago, but my bus broke down again, so I couldn't get here any sooner, and I just want to point out that those two quotes you posted: They are golden.
Thanks for sharing. :)

If you're still, like, here. :P

Mary Contrary said...

*Frowns* I didn't mean to mention the bus thing twice.
I probably typed, forget to hit 'publish', then read up, and typed a greeting again, forgetting I already did that.
Idiot.

Dragona Pine said...

Hey Star! How are you?

Alice (Or Tyler to some) said...

YAYYAYAHAYAYYAYAYAYAYAYYAUWQGODNIH VIAOHEUIYGFIQWUGYU

IM ALMOST DONE!

Dragona Pine said...

Hey Tyler!

Dragona Pine said...

Guys, if any of you have time I would appreciate it if you would have a look at my blog:

dragonapine.blogspot.co.uk

There's a story on there called The Dark Shadow. It isn't long but I would appreciate some feedback from it, in the form of a comment prefferably.

Dragona Pine said...

Tea brb.

Star Inkbright said...

Oh, I forgot I already arrived here.

Anyway, hello again.

Wbd, drawing.

Mary Contrary said...

Hiya, Star. *hugs*

I'm in a hug-y mood.

How're you?

Alice (Or Tyler to some) said...

I might start drawing tally marks on myself because of what this day is :3

Mary Contrary said...

@Tyler: I already did. :3

Star Inkbright said...

Hi Taia! *hugs back*

Hi Tyler!

Unknown said...

Thanks Taia!

Star Inkbright said...

Hi Alexandra!

Miss Cain; The Aussie Ninja Stalker said...

...Thought I might pop in for a bit.

Dragona Pine said...

Hey Miss Cain! How are you?

Miss Cain; The Aussie Ninja Stalker said...

Hi Dragona!
I'm good. :)
How are you?

Dragona Pine said...

I'm fine thank you. :)

Mary Contrary said...

Hi Miss Cain, Hi Dragona.

wbd/msd

Dragona Pine said...

Hey Taia! How are you?

Miss Cain; The Aussie Ninja Stalker said...

Hi Taia!

Mary Contrary said...

I'm... not really sure, Dragona. Thanks for asking, though. ^^

Dragona Pine said...

What's wrong, Taia?

Miss Cain; The Aussie Ninja Stalker said...

WHAT?
THERE'S ONLY 5 EPISODES ON THE DISC?!
Damn. Now I have nothing to watch.

Mary Contrary said...

Things happen.
I get the feeling that I'm this really detestable person, and I find myself unnecessarily hating a lot of people. I don't like the part of me that hates people. It does other things, too.
It's nobody here, though. Blogland's too good for that.
It doesn't really matter. How're you? :)

Dragona Pine said...

I'm fine, thanks. Though you're not detestable at all.

Dragona Pine said...

*yawns*

Aisling Dubh said...

Hello

Oh god I've got to write another themed story. Does the teacher not understand that themed stories aren't fun to write. Well the themes she gives us aren't anyway. This weeks theme is Modern Fairytale. Please does anyone have ANY idea what I could write about. Cause I sat at the table with my copybook open in front of me for about half an hour and couldn't think of anything. So please does anyone have any ideas?

Mary Contrary said...

Thanks, Dragona. It's good to hear. :)
*frowns*
It still hasn't rained properly here this year. It's slightly worrying, really. :P

Aisling Dubh said...

Hasn't rained properly all year? I'd defiantly be worried. It's rained properly here MANY MANY times this year. But the last week has been lovely and warm.

Dragona Pine said...

Hey Aisling! How are you?

And I think modern fairytales could mean you have to write about something magical that happens in modern life.

Dragona Pine said...

Cheese.

Aisling Dubh said...

Dragona I'm good know apart from the fact that I've no idea what to write. How are you?

That is what it means I've just got no idea what to write about...

Aisling Dubh said...

*you know

Aisling Dubh said...

Oh new page.

Dragona Pine said...

Well, you could write about a person who finds a magical bracelet and everything he/she touches turns into like cheese or chocolate.

Or you could write about a tree. A tree that makes people forget important things as soon as they walk past it.

Dragona Pine said...

Or a pixie called Bob who has to live in a city despite the fact he's like an inch tall.

Mary Contrary said...

Hi, Aisling. 'Modern Fairytale'. I'm not entirely sure what that means, to be honest.
I'd assume that it's a far-fetched story, with a happy ending, set in modern life?
In which case, I'd have thought there'd be a pretty wide range of options.
If I'm stuck for ideas, sometimes I'll try to create a mental moodboard of sorts. Looking at things on Google, or just noting anything that comes to mind when I think of the theme. At a quick glance, there's a list on IMDb called 'Modern Fairy Tales'. Maybe looking at some of those plot summaries could be useful?

I'd try to be a little more direct, but I've gotta dash.
*waves*
Bye, all.

Dragona Pine said...

Bye Taia!

Aisling Dubh said...

Bye Taia

I like that idea about the magical bracelet Dragona. I think I'll use that thanks :)

And that's useful to know Taia thanks :)

Dragona Pine said...

Oh, the best idea would to be that they would find it in an antique shop.

Aisling Dubh said...

Oh yeah.

Wbd writing a story about a magical bracelet.


Dragona Pine said...

Wow my ideas are amazing. *is all proud*

Alice (Or Tyler to some) said...

BORED!

Aisling Dubh said...

Hi Tyler. Try acting like a leprechaun to stop being bored. It probably won't work though. It never works for me.

Dragona Pine said...

Hey Maralie and Tyler! How are you both?

Anonymous said...

Hello?

Mary Contrary said...

*frowns*
I eat a heck of a lot quicker than I think I do.
Just pretend I never left. :P

Hi Tyler. Try drawing/writing/singing/dashing around poking people with a carrot. *nods*

Hiya, Maralie. Hi, Fabi. :)

Maralie Lily Charm said...

Horrible. Just horrible.

How are you, Dragona?

Anonymous said...

Hello Taia

Aisling Dubh said...

Hi Fabi

Wb Taia. Wait why am I saying that? You never left.

Dragona Pine said...

Why horrible, Maralie?

Anonymous said...

[hugs Mara] ;-(

Hope things get better soon.

Aisling Dubh said...

Brb dinner

Maralie Lily Charm said...

For reasons that nobody would ever understand.

Anonymous said...

See you, Ais.

Unknown said...

Mara!!! I love one direction now because of you!

Ieni Strider (Ieni The Ninja Aeroplane, Eater of Fabi's armses) said...

*hugs Mara tightly and never ever ever lets go*
*also hugs Fabi tightly and never ever lets go*
*offers hugs for anyone else*
I really really hope things improve for you both. I love you both, because you're just incredibly amazing<3

Msd.

Maralie Lily Charm said...

I'm shaking. Why am I shaking? It's scaring me.
I wish I was strong. Oh my God, I wish I was stronger than this. I'm crying. Oh God. I wish I was braver. Why am I so weak? Oh my God.

Anonymous said...

[hugs Ieni back] Thanks... You're amazing, too. :-)

[hugs Mara] Sounds like you don't really want to talk about it, but if there's anything I can do, let me know.

Mary Contrary said...

Exactly, Aisling. ;)

*hugs Mara, and hands her a cookie*
Hang in there. I hope thing'll get better soon. You deserve the improvement, after all.

Hiya, Ieni. :)

wbd/msd.

Aisling Dubh said...

Back

*is still distant though*

Dragona Pine said...

Hey Ieni! How are you?

Mary Contrary said...

* things'll

Curse me and my typos.

(Naturally, I just typo-ed 'curse' as 'cure'.)

Aisling Dubh said...

Oh I like this story. The main character's schoolbag just turned into cheese.

Ieni Strider (Ieni The Ninja Aeroplane, Eater of Fabi's armses) said...

Mara, I wish I wasn't hundreds of miles away from you. *hugs again*

You can email me, if you want. I can't get on right now, probably, but it's your choice:)

Wbd.

Hello, Aisling, Dragona and Taia!!:)

Mary Contrary said...

Ugh. That should read 'My typos and I'. I may as well just stop correcting myself. :P

Aisling: Welcome back. If a schoolbag turns into cheese, it's bound to be a good story. *nods*

Dragona Pine said...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQmBJONo5_E


That's a funny film.

Anonymous said...

Sounds like a good story (-:

Dragona Pine said...

Aisling, lol. *is rather proud of the idea himself* ^^

Aisling Dubh said...

Thanks Taia and Fabi :)

You should be proud of the idea Dragona it's a good one.

Dragona Pine said...

My mind works weirdly. Like in year 8 we were told to write a story about being lost.
So my mind formed up the idea that my story would be about an assassin who was flying in a plane then it got shot down over the jungle and he had to work his way to his target whilst having to face all the dangers.

Anonymous said...

Not here now, sorry, bye.

Aisling Dubh said...

Whey Fabi

Maralie Lily Charm said...

"So now perhaps you can see that Ruby Redfort is right - that your worst worry is the worry you haven't even thought to worry about. And it is difficult to see it coming. You may just feel it creeping up on you but you won't know what is is because how can you imagine the unimaginable if you can't imagine it."

"I am thinking about Betty Moody leaving and how I never would have thought it was possible and that this is truly the worst thing which has ever happened to me. And then I think now the worst thing has happened at least that is that - I don't need to worry anymore.
But as I am thinking about this, it dawns on me that there is always a worse thing that can happen. Because now the worst thing has happened it means the second-to-worst thing can happen and that will be the new worst thing and there is always a worry you have never thought to worry about.
There is always
something
worse than your
worst, worst
worry.

~ Clarice Bean, Don't Look Now
Lauren Child

Aisling Dubh said...

Finished writing for today. But still distant reading.

Aisling Dubh said...

*bye

Bye Fabi

Just noticed that typo now.

Mary Contrary said...

Mara: I remember reading that book, years ago. And I don't remember the plot very well, but I'm fairly certain there was a hint, somewhere towards the end, that there is always something better than your best, best hope, as well. ^^

Sapphire Iota (S/ Cam) said...

Mara; I remember that book! Have you read the Ruby Redfort books? They're quite good :)

Aisling Dubh said...

I read that book but I can't remember it at all. I just remember the name.

Sapphire Iota (S/ Cam) said...

Ais; Lol :)

Dragona Pine said...

Hey Sapphire! How are you?

Maralie Lily Charm said...

Clarice Bean is perfection.
In Don't Look Now... I remember relating to how she felt. Lauren Child is amazing.

I have the first Ruby book. Look Into My Eyes. I've read part of it.

Aisling Dubh said...

Hi Saph.

Emerald Melody said...

Evening Bloglandians!!

Maralie Lily Charm said...

Hey, Saphy.

Excuse me if I'm snappy or rude. I'm not having the greatest week.

Dragona Pine said...

Hey Emerald! How are you?

Maralie Lily Charm said...

Hey Em. *hugs*

Oh, Saphy - *hugs*

Artemis Fowl, now. Just started reading it.

Clarice is better though... :P

Aisling Dubh said...

Hi Em

Emerald Melody said...

Never really got into Artemis Fowl to be honest.

I read the first chapter and just didn't like the lead character at all, something about him didn't appeal so I never got into it.

I'm doing good! Tired but that's only cause I've had such a busy week.

I wish it would stop so I can write to be honest.

Mary Contrary said...

Hello, Sapphire.

Mara: *nods* Lauren Child has some genuine talent in writing in a way which people actually think, and with both wit and insight. It's been years since I read anything of hers, but I remember her books standing out because of that. :)

Hiya, Em. :)

Sapphire Iota (S/ Cam) said...

Hi everyone!
Aw, I don't mind if you snap Mara *hugs and offers a virtual cookie* (::)

Sapphire Iota (S/ Cam) said...

Em; I know what you mean. I started reading Artemis Fowl but it was really borng so I stopped.
Tara; Hi! Nice to meet you. I'm Saph

Aisling Dubh said...

I really like Artemis Fowl. But not as much as Skulduggery.

Mary Contrary said...

*smiles*
It's nice to meet you too, Saph. *offers her a cookie*

I never read Artemis Fowl. I've been meaning to. But then, there's a lot of things I've been meaning to read. :P

Emerald Melody said...

Oh would you stop Taia!! I have about 8 or 9 books still to read. And I only finished TMS last night when I've had it since the end of March.

Authors need to stop writing books until I'm up to speed lol

Sapphire Iota (S/ Cam) said...

My friend loves it, but then she loves all books :)
Thanks Tara! *noms cookie* Delicious :)

Sapphire Iota (S/ Cam) said...

Em, don't you wish that we could make authors publish books whenever you want? Than they wouldn't all come at the same time, and we wouldn't have to wait a whole YEAR for LSODM :(

Emerald Melody said...

Oh that would be amazing!!

I swear I have so many to read...

Will I give you the list of what I still have to read??

Mary Contrary said...

*facepalms*

I just went to start working into this human's ear. And realised I've forgotten to /draw/ his ear. So he has no left ear.

*is an idiot*

Dragona Pine said...

I have to go now. Night guys!


If anyone has the time I'd appreciate people to have a look at my blog at the latest story. It isn't very long so won't take a long time, and it's a new series I'm starting so you only have to read that one piece. A comment would be appreciated too.

dragonapine.blogspot.co.uk

Mary Contrary said...

*laughs*

I still have to get KotW, let alone TMS, Em!

Alice (Or Tyler to some) said...

EHHHHH BORED

Heya Mara

I feel....shi**y

Aisling Dubh said...

But at least it's not a year any more it's only 4 months.

But then it'll be a year until book nine. And then the series will be finished. Finished. That'll be it. *gets a little bit upset*

Zanida Laufeydottir Queen of Asgard (Zafira Kerias) said...

IRIMINION!!

Aisling Dubh said...

Bye Dragona.

And thanks again for the idea for the story :)

Mary Contrary said...

*points to Dragona's comment*
That there, that's something else I've been meaning to read. :P
All in ood time, I suppose.

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