Such is the reality of life as a writer— there IS no time off.
Other people leave the office and go off on holidays, but that's not the case with writers. Oh sure, we can easily walk away from the writing desk, but it's not so easy to flick the switch in our heads that makes us stop thinking of the next thing to write. We're stuck in that headspace. A writer's brain will continue to churn, even when we want to think about other things. It's not a BAD problem to have. It's not as bad as, say, being born without a head or waking up one morning to find your house is made of cheese. But it can get annoying. It means that you can never really relax...
I've had a few days off ever since sending in my first draft of LSODM. The last time I spoke with Nick, my editor, he was halfway through and loving it. Apparently. So that's good. I think. I'm not sure what my feelings are towards this new book. At the moment I'm too close to it, I don't know if it's good or great (or, yikes, bad) so I'm at that stage where uncertainty is tainting everything and I'm just waiting for Nick to finish the whole thing and say "Yeaahhhhh it's... fine... BUT..."
So yes, I've had a few days off since then. Two of which were taken up with meetings. But from Thursday on, I haven't even had to answer the phone. So what have I been doing?
Planning.
I have two short stories to write for various things. I want to do a lot more for the Skulduggery short story collection coming out next year. I need to start thinking of Skulduggery Book Nine. And I have to get a handle of what I'm going to write AFTER. What book is going to coming out in 2015? What will the next series be?
So that's what I've been doing over the weekend.
But now that I have the first draft handed in, hopefully I'll be able to get back to posting here on a weekly basis, and being a bit more present on Twitter, and generally getting things back to normal. You've all been very patient while I've had my head down, and I appreciate it. As a reward, here's a thing.
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Me looking forward to rock climbing:)
Maybe I'll stop being scared of heights, because I was nearly at the top yesterday before I remembered that I was quite high...
Then I made myself touch the top thingy and did the coming down thing.
I wasn't scared about coming down at all, weirdly. Coming down is jepic:)
oh wait.
I'M ALREADY OUT!!!! THANKS MARA!! :D *supermegathankyoutacklehugsofdoom*
*runs away from Star*
WHAT PART OF UNBREAKABLE DOES CLEMY NOT UNDERSTAND????
HE OVERSTANDS EVERYTHING.
IT IS BECAUSE HE FLIES ABOVE THE HEADS OF THE STANDING PEOPLE.
Under, over, Pepsi, cola, one, two, three!
Coming down is abseiling. *nods*
ABSEILING BE FUNNNNNNNNNN. :)
Yay, Ieni! :) :) :)
first of all
CLEMY IS A SHE
and Second
I'M FRREEEEEEEEEEEEE
HEY IT RHYMED!
kinda
Oh, I popped back in without greeting anyone, didn't I? Sorry, that was kind of rude of me. Hi Jubi and Taia and Mara and Ieni and Star and Lucy and Ais and anyone else who may or may not be here.
It rhymed, yes. It did not have meter, though. SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSYLLABLESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
FABI!!!!!!!!!!!! *supermegatacklehugsofdoom*
hi.
BUT CORSETS ARE PRETTY, STAR. AND REALLY COMFORTABLE. AND PRETTY.
Sorry for vanishing. Went for tea.
now i gtg :(
BYE
[is SUPERMEGATACKLEHUGGEDOFDOOM]
Bye Jubi! *hugs* :(
Wb Luci! *hugs* :)
Bye Jubi
Hello Lucy
Back wow that was a long dinner.
Wb, Ais
I'm very distant now, writing MC, not ranting at people, reading The Hobbit and watching yesterday's the Voice.
Uh, Club Penguin's not as good as I remember it, tbh. xD
Hiya Fabi!
Bye Jubi!
Welcome back, Ais!
Oh God, I used to have an obsession with Moshi Monsters... XD
Yeah that happened to me as well Taia. I didn't go on Club Penguin for ages and when I went onto it again it wasn't as good.
My sis used to play Club Penguin, but she forgot about it when we found Glitch...
I used to love Marapets...
It's terrible, but I used to love it. I was a maramillionaire, *laughs*
*grins*
I used to play a lot of Runescape, too.
I rarely play games on the computer any more... That's probably more good than it is bad. :P
Hey anyone wanna join:
Type in this link:
bloglandcollab.blogspot.co.uk
I was OBSESSED. My room was covered in posters of Moshi Monsters and I even had the CD... *laughs*
I spend most of my life writing, tbh:)
Ihavenolife
Hi everybody! How are you all?
Hi Rhydian
Hi Ais!
New MC chapter
I grg to New Jersey now by my grandma for mother's day
Oh and I'm good how at you?
I'm fine Ais. Are you going now Zaf? Bye!
Does anyone wanna join:
we only have three members me Death and Tyler there's room for more.
If yes
bloglandcollab.blogspot.co.uk
Hiya Rhydian! I be good, thanks. Cold, but that's better than too warm. :P
HOw're you?
@Brad: Hi! I'll think about it, but, like Dead Reaping, even if I were to join, I won't be contributing for another- *glances as calender* - six to eight weeks.
If it's still possible then, I'll consider a little closer to the time, if that's okay (don't mind catching up).
I want to Brad but my computer won't let me visit that page (Stupid computer) I'll go on the laptop later and have a look.
I'm fine Taia. You? I've already asked that. Ignore what I just said
I don't write collab. Not my style
Bbs - shower.
Hello people who arrived!
I need to ask you all a question. For my story Hide should I write in first person or third?
Rhydian I've no idea.
Rhydian its OK we'll be accepting members for a long time yet... and do you watch Wolfblood its just Rhydian is a character off it?
My cousins watch it and I walked in and it sounded like an interesting name so I Googled it and the name suited me. So I took it.
@Rhydian: I do that, too. xP
And, whichever feels best to you, for the story.
I'd say, if your story has to look into your protagonist's thoughts/feelings/general mind, first person tends to work better, I think.
But yeah, maybe try out both and see which you think fits best? :)
Thanks Taia that really helps. I'll write the some chapter one from my POV and the other in third person, and see which ones best! Thanks!
@Rhydian: You're welcome! I hope it goes well~ :3
*tilts head*
I'm listening to three songs at once.
Why am I listening to three songs at once?
It sounds really quite odd. o0
Yes, it is quite odd o0
Showering...
Showering...
I KNOW WHAT I NEED TO DO! And I'm thinking of starting another story (I write too much) Basically there's a huge war type thing and us from Blodland are fighting in this war. (I was hoping to get as many of you involved as possible. It's not a collab) Basically something is threatening the world of Skulduggery Pleasant. I don't have a title yet but the storyline id AMAZING! (I hope. You might think it's stupid) Do any of you want to be involved?
Sorry I keep poofing!
Um...
@Brad: It figures, though, since I'm pretty odd, too. :P
And, 'kay.
@Rhydian: As I said to Brad, I can't atm. 6-8 weeks, if you're still up to it, I'll consider that?
Curious - If not a collaboration, how're you intending that to work?
No worries, Fabi. :)
Speaking of war and Blogland, I really need to read Battle for Blogland... Hmm...
And write. I need to write.
In don't know. it might be a collab or you lot give me your OC details. I don't know. I had this idea since this morning so I haven't really thought about it much.
I would Rhydian but I can't. Although if its not a collab what way is it going to work?
Minecraft...
*laughs*
Yeah I can't do it Rhydian sorry.
It's fine. It's too far fetched any way. I just need to think how it's going to work.
Would this be a good title?
From The Grave
Rhydian-- For now, I'm going to say no, sorry. If you think of a more specific idea that sounds interesting, then maybe. I just don't want to join anything if I don't know what I'm getting into.
Totally depends on the story.
It's fine Fabi, I know what you mean. I don't know the details of it yet. Give me a few more days maybe a week and it'll be improved.
back from my shower... I'll join Rhydain where's the link...
Hm. If it's just OC details, I may be able to TRY. Though I'd have to think up an OC first. :P
And, yes, sounds a pretty awesome title, provided it fits with the story. :3
Also, does anybody know how to indent paragraphs when writing a blog post? I'm posting a small excerpt (275 words) from something I wrote a couple of weeks ago, and punching the spacebar doesn't really have the same effect.
There isn't a link yet Brad. It's just an idea that'll hopefully be AMAZING!
Taia, would you like to join my collab
bloglandcollab.blogspot.co.uk
I haven't been able to figure that out, sorry Taia. I usually just do five spaces, but I know what you mean.
Rhydian, let me know if/when you have a more specific idea, and I might join.
What's this Battle for Blogland everybody's talking about?
OK Fabi!
@Brad: Welcome back. :)
Um, I think I said when you mentioned it before- Ah, I'll just copy/paste it. :P
I'll think about it, but, like Dead Reaping, even if I were to join, I won't be contributing for another- *glances as calender* - six to eight weeks.
If it's still possible then, I'll consider a little closer to the time, if that's okay (don't mind catching up).
@Fabi: Okay, thanks. :)
Five spaces. *nods*
Blogger needs an 'indent' option, though... :P
Sorry for poofing
I'm very distant
Got to go now. BYE EVERYONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Bye Rhydian
Battle for Blogland is a story that Zathract Mist wrote.
Zath is a beautiful person and I love him tons, so if anyone says anything bad about him now or ever, I will probably give you a VERY hard time. *smiles* Just saying. c:
There are PLENTY of stories that have included blgopeople and aren't collabs! I wrote one myself! :)
. . . A few chapters of it, then I gave it up. XD
You just write about people. O_O
Treat the OCs as characters, y'know.
Nix and Mist is technically one of them stories. :)
And Lynxia wrote one, and Sparky wrote one, and obviously Zath wrote BfB, and Flame did one, and Ivy's done some, and all sorts! They were well popular when I was new. *sighs wistfully*
I MISS THE OLD DAYS.
Hi! VERY msd.
Skuttlebuggia has some Bloglandians in it~
ANYTHING BAD ABOUT HIM NOW OR EVER!
I said it! *nods proudly* I BE A DARING PERSON!
*hides behind rock from hard time*
XD
@Mushroom: AND SKUTTLEBUGGIA!!!!!!!!!!
There you go. *nods*
Sorry, missed it because my mind wasn't in recent times when looking for examples. :/
Hi Star...
Msd/wbd
There've been much more of those types of stories than collabs in my time as a Bloglandians.
Empathis on the 'my time' part. Unlikely as it may seem, I have not been here forever. :)
It appears that collabs are 'in' right now...
*laughs* It's okay, Star, it's crappy anyway c:
Speaking of Skuttlebuggia... Wbd.
Bye Rhydian!
Hi again, Star! :)
*nods*
I think quite a lot of people have used others' OCs in their writings. :)
I posted that small writing-part-thing. It's still only rough and probably kinda out of context, but meh. I still posted something. :P
If anybody wants to read that:
*Points*
http://spfffromtaia.blogspot.co.uk/
*noms a tree*
HI STAR!
Oh, wait, I meant HI FABI!
Ah, the other day in Science.
Girl on my table: Holly?
Me: Holly?
Girl: What?
Me: What?
Girl: You're not supposed to say Holly, you're supposed to say yes.
Me: Sorry.
Her: Holly?
Me: *pauses* Yes?
Her: I've forgotten what I was going to say to you now.
Me: Oh, sorry.
*a bit of conversation in which the first girl explains what happened to another girl and they laugh*
First girl: *insert name of second girl*
Second girl: *name of second girl* *name of first girl*
First gril: *name of first girl* *name of third girl*
Third girl: *not been listening* Yes?
First and seconds girls: *laughs*
First girl: You said the wrong thing!
Third girl: *general confusion*
First girl: *third girl's name*
Third girl: Yes?
*more laughter and then explainations*
First girl: Holly?
Me: Holly? I mean, yes?
. . . And then the first girl got moved for talking so they probably dislike me more than before. :P
It be not crappy. *frowns*
And just as I was starting to get on with them too. :P
Never mind. I do not deem them worthy of more than a mild dose of my friendship. *nods*
And I have to go. D:
Fours!
Oh, it's not SPFF.
The URL is misleading.
I need to fix that, actually. I haven't posted (or written, for that matter) any Skul-fanfic since this time last year. :P ^^
Maybe I should do that...
*frowns*
Awh, bye, Star!
Bye Star
Bye Star...
I wrote another fanfic...
http://www.wattpad.com/16841477-raising-cain
Please read and comment (if you have Wattpad)!:3
I WANNA READ BATTLE OF THE BLOGLAND OR WHATEVER HOW DO YOU DO IT?!
Wattpad is not letting me comment at the moment! :-(
They're on Zathract Mist's blog.
I'm looking for the link, just a sec.
OK, may thanks fabi!
http://myuselessshortstories.blogspot.co.uk/
Search for "Battle For Blogland" in the search bar:)
http://myuselessshortstories.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/battle-for-blogland-chapter-1-calm.html
^That's the first chapter.
Yeah, what Lucy said!
And now I gtg, sorry!
Thanks for the link guys!
"Don't freak out guys, this is how we blew it with Nemo."
*laughs*
Bye Fabi
BYE FABI! *hugs*
Ellikins is drawing me a rainbow unicorn called Jeff!:D
Bolt is such an amazayn movie!~
Anyone got a good taken name I need one!!!!!!!!!!!
I have a lot of good names for characters and possible taken name, but if you're thinking one up it should be something you choose on your own:)
Hi!
I have a teeny tiny question. You know when you look up blogs. They ask you for the url..... how do you do that
@Brad: Try thinking of words associated with the character you have in mind?
And words associated with those words?
Can you put anything together with those?
Just, like, themes or characteristics or traits or just words that describe the character well, and see how some of them work together, perhaps with some little alterations.
That could be pretty helpful for names, I think. :) ^^
Hi Maegan!
Sorry for distance. Writing random 200-300 word pieces of writings, for some reason. Or, alternatively, for no reason at all.
I had difficulty looking up Brad's blog yesterday
Hey dino! How are ya!
Hi Maegan
Hi aisling! You are all on! Thank god no more empty conversations with myself on this!
I'm good thanks, Maegan. :3
And yourself?
Ah, looking up Blogs? How d'you mean?
*pauses*
I want cake.
Going to see if we have any cake.
Brb.
Taia - That's how I got Mara C:
I imagined her as pretty - she had a lot of charm -, and then I heard of the name Malarie. I switched the letters around to make Maralie, and later on I thought Maralie would be delicate, like a flower, and so Lily came to mind :3
Writing is funnnnn:)
Oh, that reminds me. Wbd, MC chapter is calling...
I'm good!
Like hmm....... cake! Anyways like Brad wood's blog is called blogandcallab but when I look it up it asks for the url how do you do this!
Any hear about the 2cnd avengers movie?
Saoirse Ronan is supposed to be in it!
There a second Avengers movie? When is it coming out so you know? Avengers is AMAZINGLY JEPIC.
No, talking to myself?
*do
Saoirse Roran is stunning, omgg:)
Oh Aisling is on oh yeah! Yeah my mum just told me she got it off rte entertainment news
Maegan I will give you the link
bloglandcollab.blogspot.co.uk
There's no cake.
And I have maybe five minutes left here. But I'll probably return later. :P
@Mara: Awesome! You DO have a very pretty name. :3
And writing is fun indeed. Even when it gets frustrating, it's fun.
@Maegan: Hm. I don't know how to search for blogs, but the URL for Brad's blog is ' bloglandcollab.blogspot.co.uk ', if that helps at all. :P
*laughs* I haven't even seen the FIRST Avengers movie, yet. :P
(Emphasis on YET).
Its out in 2015
2015 I looked it up. But 2015 is so FAAAAAARRRRRR away.
Taia - Your name is really pretty, too! :)
Indeed. *nods* 'Specially fanfics c:
AH NOW BOLT. YOU CAN'T JUST LEAVE POOR MITTENS. OH HAYL NO.
Look up Skulduggery Pleasant movie NOW!! Scroll down on the page and click on the one that says IMDb. *coughs* Derek is this true?????
I know! Anyway still can't find it! WHAT IS WITH MY COMPUTER OR MY COMPUTER SKILLS! BRB I'M GOING ON A SEARCH TO FIND WAYS THAT I CAN ADD THIS BLOG!
Id Dyansty a boy's name or a girls
I LOOKED IT UP OMG ALL MY FAVE THINGS ARE COMING IN 2015!
AISLING
IF THIS IS TRUE
I'M GOING TO GO CRY
The 1D3D movie is coming out in August~
I'll be there, reaching out to touch Harry's curls and crying, as you do.
SKULDUGGERY MOVIE IS STILL A DEVELOPMENT SO THIS might be a rumour so calm down for now! BUT AHHHHHHHHHH OH YEAH OUR CAMPAIGNING HAS SUCCEEDED
@Mara: Danke. :3
OMGGC, AIS.
2015?!
That's, like, two years!
That IS two years!
*resisting temptation to Twitter-spam Derek with SP movie questions*
I almost cried of happiness when I saw it. It better be true. If it is then it better be good. I hate I when you have a really good book and the film is dreadful.
Is Dynasty a boy or a girls name...
Please don't only be a rumour. Please don't only be a rumour. Please be real please be real.
Me: *reaches out*
Harry: We love our fans-
Me: OMFG HARRY I LOVE YOU TOO BABES! OMG. THE FEELS GUISE. THE FEELS. *cries*
One Direction?
One Direction?
Uh, the 'C' stands for 'Cats', btw. Most of my shocked exclamations involve cats. IDK why. Cats are cute.
@Brad: Sounds to me as though it could be either. :3
Gotta go.
BBL.
Bye~
*eyes Derek* This 'rumour' had BETTER be true, Mister.
Bye Dino!
Brad I've no idea
Why is 2015 so far away? Although think about the timing book 9 is coming out in 2014 so 2015 makes sense.
3801th person will be on the new page.... i think
Maegan, its ok you have plenty of time...
Bye Taia
One Directionnnnnn?:
Guys, what if Skulduggery Pleasant is an animated move and if its not, how will tehy get a skeleton. I know about Visual Effects but like, come on.
Aisling you are really right let the book series end and then the movie series begin so then more fans will come but then Derek's blog and comments will be taken up in a second and we won't have conversations like this anymore but hey we have another 2 years so we'll be ok...... until
Eli your also right..... that'll be terrible! Animation would ruin it for me... please oh please be live action
Hi Brave
Make up maybe? Amazing things can be done in movies.
I AM TERRIBLE AT WRITING AND I WANT TO CRY BECAUSE THIS IS TERRIBLE AND I WANT TO SCRAP THIS WHOLE STORY BUT I CAN'T GIVE UP AND UGH
Score! *laughs*
Bye Taia! :( *hugs*
LUCI THAT'S ALL LIES. *hugs*
You're amazfect at writing, okay. Stop before I throw skittles at you. :P
Luci you're not terrible at writing. I've read some of your stories and they are anything but terrible. You're a brilliant writer.
Animation would ruin it for me as well. Although some animation is alright.*fails to think of any examples*
But who would make a 12's movie cartoon.... if the first movie is 12's
Mostly cartoons are pg or g or u
Not u like you Just u for universal so 2 year olds can watch it
It might be PG though. The first book is nine plus. But with all the fighting in it it'd probably be 12.
And the way the corpes are on the floor in the sanctuary
Yeah it'll probably be 12s.
More than likely
Anyway most of us all talked about who will play who but we never said who will play Valkyrie?
Not most some people
Valkyrie V. is Val.
I'm not here. Too... I'm not here.
anyone know any eleven year olds just in case the movie starts filming next year or late this year?
Maegan I'd say we'll be alright here though. Movie fans might go somewhere else. Derek will get stalked by WAAAY more people on twitter though I'd say.
Bloglandians are readers. I'm just thinking now of all the people who will become Skulduggery fans and never have read the books. *sighs* I've said this before bit that's the only reason I don't want it made into a film. There will be fans who think they know everything about SP but they won't cause they'll never have read the books.
Ugh, I hate my writing so much .-.
Val should have an Irish accent. Just saying.
True.... but I can say I read the books before the movie came out!
Hi Fabi sort of.
Me if Haggard was in Cork but it isn't so ..... Dublin people you should be lucky
*but
There'll also be people who see the movie (if its made) and then decide to read the books. So it'll all be grand.
I dedicate this page to;
Blogland
Luciana Clover Scáth
One Direction
Little Mix (for Fabigail, Star and also me! ;P)
Disturbed (for Star)
Marina and the Diamonds (for Luci)
Music
This Is Us: The 1D3D movie
How Animals Eat Their Food (hilarious, omg)
Derek
Skulduggery
Wattpad
Kessie
Bolt - That movie is wow.
Evanescence
Emails
The MC
And smiley faces! :)
Meagan well a Cork accent is still an Irish accent.
I love Marina and the diamonds!
True! But it would be weird if Valkyrie said You alright boy!
Luci - Not as much as I loathe mine XD
Yours is amazing! :) I love reading your stories!
Maegan + Ais - Valkyrie V. is Valkyrie. No exceptions. :P
Thinking about it Valkyrie V does look like what I imagine Valkyrie to look like. And as for the accent she can live in Ireland until they start filming and live here during the filming as well. Then she might have a sort of Irish accent.
I mean't liked not like!
You people. I love you.
True Valkyrie V does have the hair and stuff I'm not studying the photo but yeah the hair
Hi Val
Are you able to convince your parents to let you move to Ireland so that you can get an Irish accent? Actually are you any good at accents? I'm hopeless at them.
Also your really lucky to have actually met the genius
*Looks at Derek and says " So I've made you look good how about that movie..... is it true?"
I am terrible at accents aswell... but my essex one is really good so I'm told *grins and nods*
I'm good at accents, providing I practice. While I was in Ireland I had a very good accent. If I was there for two weeks I think I could get it perfectly.
YEEESSS Valkyrie V you should DEFINATLY be Valkyrie in the movie.
Hi guys :)
To be honest, I am all out for the idea of me being Val. We need to get Derek on to this.
*coughs* and you've seen places irl where things in the books happened. And Derek probably knows after meeting you that you'd make a great Valkyrie. I think you'd make a great one an I've never even met you irl.
Aisling, you are officially awesome :D
The places where the books take place are so cool.
Hi Flora or should i call you Ophelia?
*I
Thank you Val you're awesome too :)
But can you do a cork accent! Hmm.... that one is difficult or kerry or derry. I'm just thinking about farms now
How'r'ye boys and girls!
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