As was recently pointed out to me, "Nerdy Dalek" is an anagram of my name, so I suppose it's only fitting that my birthday should be the day my Doctor Who story comes out on ebook. The Mystery of the Haunted Cottage is a Tenth Doctor adventure and I had unimaginable fun writing it. For those of you who don't read ebooks, fret not- a physical book, containing all eleven stories by eleven writers, will be arriving late next month.
Ah yes, my birthday. I am 39 today. Some people might worry about reaching that age — just one more birthday till 40, after all. But not me. I shall live forever. And I don't mean in a metaphorical sense. I don't mean I'll live forever in the hearts and minds of my readers. I mean I will literally live forever, drawing as I do from your pain and suffering.
Your pain makes me strong.
Today is the day I knuckle down and officially start Book 9. I've been writing bits and pieces of it for the last few weeks — I've got close to 10,000 words done — but today it kicks off properly. October 23rd is, of course, the day Skulduggery died, hundreds of years ago. Once again, I think it's only fitting that I begin his final book on such a date. Poignant, even.
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I wonder....*smiles* Who wants to-
Olivia: *comes in*
*frowns* hmm
I wonder what would happen if I learned my true name . . .
I'd probably crack the world in half . . .
*shudders*
I hope I don't learn it.
I . . .
I think I'd go mad. I don't even understand my own head, I don't think I could stand having TWO voices in there . . .
In all honesty Zaf would suggest not to ever. Hi Olivia *picks up*
Olivia: Justy
*sighs, rubbing her forehead* Not a single word on him*
This is ridiculous! *shivers, pulling her coat closer and looking at the screen* Damn
((I do worry i haven't heard from Trip in a while...))
Oscar's a bit of dark horse. You'll find few records. He knows how to wipe his slate clean.
*thinks about what she just said*
*chuckles*
Another one? Too many for my likings.
Lorcan: I'm sorry... I look a... right state.
((Finally someone else catches on- it's been, like, a week -_- I hope he hasn't, like, died.))
That's stupid. *sits back*
Alexis: *laughs* You do but I'm just glad to see you now. Alive.
He IS stupid.
*sips tea*
No, no's not. He's only reckless.
((Well it is odd....I mean he's left a day or 2 but uh yeah I dunno why he left...he vanished and yeah so I dunno maybe he got grounded?))
Moot to mention he's trying to kill me. That's a setback
Hmm what do you mean stupid? I'm thinking insane.
A bit of a setback, yeah.
. . .
I met him earlier today, you know.
((I do hope, like, his parents didn't ind out. That is, if they wouldn't be cool with it.
THEN that would suck))
Did you?
((Yeah I mean I hope he's okay....))
He's . . . he's . . . I don't know what he is anymore. He seems confused, and worried, and pained, and . . . and I don't know what to do anymore . . .
*holds head angrily*
Damn him . . . he's getting so . . . so . . . IMPOSSIBLE!
Yes, I met him . . .
*laughs* *ships*
Anything interesting happen?
Like Zafira would call Niccolò
*sigh*
He . . . well, I know what that amulet does now.
He took me there.
To the white place.
*pulls off hat*
*her hair is long and gray, as always, except for a very very thin white stripe*
He said . . .
He said . . .
*swallows*
(Gotta go back in the comments to see what he said . . . one sec . . .)
*peers at it* What is that?
((Omfg))
I really rather not know because I see no point in caring don't touch the amulet that simple!
He said:
What is wrong with you, you idiot . . . come back . . . I'm all you've got . . .
And then he tossed me out, back into reality.
(Correction: Don't be an idiot! Come back! I'm all you've got! Dammit, you're all I'VE got!
sorry.)
So it was like a date?
*suddenly turns red*
He grabbed me and yanked me into an alternate dimension . . .
No.
And I came back . . .
*points to thin stripe*
. . . with this.
Well great. I don't like alternate dimensions especially after the last one
Well what does that mean, Anni?
Wh-what does what mean . . ?
Don't look at me. You aged? I don't know.
The stripe? Is it just random or what?
I dunno what the stripe means . . .
But it looks an awful lot like Oscar's. And if I get a thin stripe and used the amulet once, and he has a thicker white stripe and has used it many times . . .
2 plus 2 equals four . . .
Its tying you to him? I really don't know.
So, what, he's going to age himself to death? Or he becomes some strange Estonian
Like me
Happy Birthday Derek!
*sobs* You have just began the start of the end of my soul. Your present from me is to enjoy the knowledge that you have ruined and destroyed my soul in so many cruel and unusual ways. Hope you're happy.
Hope you birthday was fun!
I don't know.
The man's a lunatic.
Happy Birthday Derek!
*sobs* You have just began the start of the end of my soul. Your present from me is to enjoy the knowledge that you have ruined and destroyed my soul in so many cruel and unusual ways. Hope you're happy.
Hope you birthday was fun!
Of course... *sighs, rubbing her temples again*
((Hi Kila!))
(Hello, Kila!
I'm sorry, I have to go . . .)
He is...
((Okay Anni))
((Right *waves*))
*leans back, the seats on top of her tower ice cold, her hands trembling*
*goes ourside*
*sighs, feeling herself become warm again, and dizzy* *curses below her breath*
((Can I go up? I think we're alone sorry wbd re-reading LSODM and jm at that))
((Yeah sure))
*goes into tower by Adra* Hey. You sure you should be up here?
Doesn't matter. Don't care.
Adra...whats wrong?
Think about what I just said- and think about what you said. You know the answer
*hugs* I'm sorry
*doesn't move*
*lets go* I wish I could help
You wouldn't be the first to say that to me
Why do people not think I'm capable on my own?
((Snatched it! Haha))
I feel bad! I do...
(*In sex ed... Going to die from embarrassment....*))
Well. *scoots away from her* Don't. It isn't your concern
(Lol)
((May the odds be ever in your favour Rose. Remember the baguette goes into the bread basket and babies form! That is all))
I know still....maybe Niccolò's concerning side rubbed off on me but I feel awful seeing you so worried...
(Shut up... *Dies*))
*laughs* Oh you are awful at interpreting emotions, dear. Simply dreadful
You so are worried. And I never said I was champion at it
Yeah, because I can assure you, seeing one thing is pretty slow..
Angry sad worried....I am awful at this. Anyway you aren't happy
*nods* that's closer, at least. *half shrugs, pulling her knees up to her chest
Come inside its cold
It's cold everywhere
(YES!!!!!!!!! AUS HAS LEGALIZED GAY MARRIAGE!!!!!!!! *Does epic happy dance* I am so proud of Aus... Even though I have already said this...))
((*claps* WOOOHOOO!!))
((Yay!!!
I know....
((Omg I read my chapter in LSODM to my nephew he was shocked I told him I'd be in it but like the intial holy crap that's my aunt thing was fun to see))
Indeed, it is an excellent advancement in civil rights for Australia...
*glances to her* You should go- it's getting late..
Fine Adra *goes down to outside my treehouse and scoops up Olivia* Come on you
Olivia: I wanna play!
No Olivia its too late *takes inside treehouse taking her snow gear off and laying it to dry* Now go get your pj's on I laid them on your bed
Sir, do sharks eat whales?
Hey Sir.
*nods* *sits cross-legged and feels her muscles lock up a bit* *murmurs* *the cold wind lashes across her face and she winces*
Wait, not whales. Elephants. Do sharks eat elephants?
Olivia: Awww! *goes to sleep*
Good girl.
*curls up in bed sound asleep*
((Yeah I'll ghost a bit but assume me not here unless I comment))
*claps her hands together and looks up at the sky* *begins to think, slowly worsening her mood*
Reno: Max, what would you do if your girlfriend got pregnant?
Max: *No hesitation* Run.
*Everyone dies of laughter*
...
No. Sharks do NOT eat elephants...
I*glances yet again at her watch*
*smiles, looking back at her times spent with artists*
Oh... They should.... It's still meat....
There usually is a rather large distance between the two species. I suppose they would, given the chance.
*gets up, putting her weight heavily on her cane and begins to descend the rather tall staircase back down to her lab*
They would...?
Would a whale eat an elephant?
Hrm. I do hope Ms. Adrasdos has not keeled over and just lies on her floor...
That cough DID look rather nasty.
*ends up sitting on one of her couches*
*glances around, not really remembering how she got there- everything was a daze*
*figures that if she walked right up to someone they would still be deaf* *ends up lying on a couch and turning on Star Trek TNG
Ms. Rose, I doubt it. Whales eat krill, not large creatures such as elephants.
Shredded elephant?
That sounds...
Very bloody. I quite doubt it.
*her hand still shakes* *glares at it*
Stop it.
Stop it, hand.
*it doesn't cease it's tremble*
*growls*
*shivers, but simultaneously feels like a desert*
Elephant purée?
Ms. Rose, may I ask why you pursue this point of inquiry? If it is not too much, of course.
I'm merely curious...
You know how arctic fish have anti freeze in their blood, what would happen if people put antifreeze in human blood?
...
Death, I would assume. Injecting strange substances into the human bloodstream usually leads to that.
Did you know that gum trees absorb gold particles?
Really? Fascinating.
Perhaps an alternate form of gold storage for the future.
*flips sideways*
*ends up upside down*
*coughs weakly*
*slowly feels her chest begin to flare up with a sharp pain, for another coughing episode*
*hops to her feet and sprints over furniture to get to the restroom*
*ends up being bit by it in the hallway and falls to her knees, coughing up way too much blood*
It would take 500 gum trees to make a fully gold ring!
Still, if it is fully gold, that is impressive. Certainly, one would not think to look for gold there...
Harrumph. I might pay Ms. Adrasdos a visit. She honestly needs bed rest, not to be running about, killing herself. Poor, determined woman...
*gasps, falling to the ground, her head spinning*
Damn. Gianni's being a... Word that I shall not use in the presence of Sir.
*blacks out*
... Erm, quite. Who is Gianni?
Perhaps some form of chocolate...
*a few minutes later regains consciousness* *tries to move but finds her muscles can't receive the signal* *tries to move again and it fails*
*suddenly smiles, showing multiple rows of teeth*
Of course! A fruit basket, I do believe Ms. Adrasdos was more health-minded. Well, now I have a way of blackmailing her to stay in bed...
*half pushes herself up and reaches for something to scrub at the floors with to clean up the splatter* *moves rather painfully, her lungs like splintered lead*
Gianni is an annoying boy in year nine...
((Everyone in year nine is annoying))
But Gianni hugs people and pisses people off and freaking chokes WarZone.))
((My teacher once stuck a kid upside down in a bin. Bitch deserved it))
*works on cleaning the floor* *glances at her reflection and notices how awful she looks- pale, gaunt, and lips as red as, well, blood*
...
Ah. I suppose I shall ask no more, then.
*sighs, dropping it and figures she'll clean it up in the morning*
*slowly gets to her feet, muscles aching and screaming and hobbles to her foyer with her cane* *glances at the time*
Mm... Almost time to close down for the night
Right, well, good bye for now, Blogland.
I need to go to Wisconsin, and then South America. My apologies, I shall return eventually.
What??
*))
((For real?!?!?!??))
*Envious* Goodbye, Sir.
((I have to go too/ sleep))
I'm here.
#ChaseForBook9
Hey Ari! *Huggles*
Hi Death! *hugs back* I've missed you.
#ChaseForBook9
I've missed me too!
And... Maybe... I've may have missed you too...
Yeah, I'm missing you now... You're not here... Mrkmow...
*Mrow
Warzy is evil... I think he's saying hi...
Heh, sorry, I'm distant. Also, if I vanish, assume I'm asleep. Well, if he is saying hi, tell him I say hi back.
#ChaseForBook9
Hello? Anyone?
#ChaseForBook9
I'm sorta here...
I'm also sort of maybe here for a little bit... Just maybe, though...
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DEATHY! [nods in greeting, like a... Like a nodding person]
[Nods at the fact that I was nodding like a nodding person]
[Shrugs]
#ChaseForBook9
Hi Ari. :-)
[Nods like a nodding person again]
Oh... The person I've tried to avoid mentioning, but have sort of been worrying about anyway is out of the hospital.
#ChaseForBook9
*Hugs* That's good Fabi!!
Yes. [hugs back]
I'm still worried, though... I guess I usually am...
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*Huggles tighter*
Thanks, Death... [hugs]
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I'm going to sleep now... Four hours of dance... Tired...
[hugs anyone who wants a hug now or in the future]
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HBD!
I don't know if I feel be more excited about book 9 or if I dread it more... and using the work poignant does not lighten my mood about what you will do to us in the final book
But even at your cruelest in book 8, I still couldnt put the book down.
So excited, then.
In Derek's Doctor Who e-book:
"Children are so cruel," said the Doctor, "Children's writers are even crueler."
THIS is something that only Derek will do.
Happy birthday, Derek, you cheese ball. ;-) Just finished Doctor Who and it was the highlight of my week. Thank you for always making me laugh.
I JUST FINISHED IT TOO, DANI!!!!!
Aww, you're a single commenter person, aren't you?
That's sad. Not for you, but for me. BECAUSE I'M STILL ALONE!
Happy birthday, Derek, you cheese ball. Thank you for writing another "favorite" book of mine. Doctor Who made my week as only your humor and wit can.
.... Did you say that just to prove me wrong?
You did, didn't you?!?!
Aww, that's just mean...
Why are some fictional characters so...real?
#ChaseForBook9
Because they are real, Fabi.
They all live under your bed, waiting for you to fall asleep.
And when you do...
...they play poker.
Riiight.
There are so many layers of reality, though...
#ChaseForBook9
The only layers of reality I know are non-fiction, fiction, real life, dreaming, the outer-layer, the inner-layer, the layer slightly to the left of fiction, and the layer where giraffes fly around with jetpacks.
*cough*
@Fabi: I agree! I have this theory about the layers of reality that I don't fully understand because it hurts my head. :) And, Duck - there are many layers of reality, and fictional characters stem from all of them. It was never defined with layer was which. ;)
Not really here - school.
#ChaseForBookNine
So... the layer of reality where giraffes fly around with jetpacks is real! AWESOME!
LOOK! I AWESOME-ED OUT MY PICTURE! --->
Pretty advanced stuff there, you know.
I changed the contrast so the duck is more yellow and the fire is more red, I rotated it a bit which was overly hard to do AND I made the background black!
I was all in a days work for... Duck
......the background's not black...
WHY THE HELL ISN'T IT BLACK! I PUT A LOT OF TIME AND MONEY INTO EDITING THAT DAMN PICTURE! THE LEAST THEY CAN DO IS MAKE SURE ALL THE SPECIFICATIONS ARE LOOKED TO!!! I WANTED A BLACK BACKGROUND! AND WHAT DO THEY GIVE ME?!?! THAT'S RIGHT! A BLOODY WHITE ONE! I ALREADY HAD A WHITE BACKGROUND! I WANTED SOMETHING NEW! BUT NOOOOOOOO! THEY HAD TO BLOODY KEEP IT WHITE INSTEAD OF MAKING IT BLACK!!! IT'S NOT THAT HARD PEOPLE! THE ROTATING WAS THE HARDEST THING THERE AND YOU DID THAT PERFECTLY FINE AND WHEN IT COMES TO SOMETHING SO DAMN EASY A BLOODY TODLER COULD DO IT, YOU JUST DON'T DO IT!!!!!! WHY DO YOU TORTURE ME LIKE THIS?!?!
I am so sad. I'm depressed over Liam. I shouldn't be. He's only a character. He was a babe. I miss him.
*Dies over Duck's comment*
So... Who's Liam, Death?
Character. In The Forsaken. I shouldn't be sad...
He's a hunter and a warrior but... He's just... So human. His character is amazing. He's written so well and now he's possibly dead because he saved Alenna's life...
It's alright to be sad.
I fell in love with a girl in a book. She died in the next chapter. Well, when I say died, I mean smashed repeatedly with a baseball bat and then walked away and you found out she was a robot.
Most emotional book I've read.
*Hugs Duck tightly* Oh my God... I would have died... From dehydration... Because of my tears... *Hugs tighter* I'm so sorry.
Yeah... she had red hair and all...
HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEREK (for yesterday)
The short story was great, fast flowing, punchy and best of all gave the doctor an ego to challenge your's
HOWEVER, I have long since been someone who will spot a continuity error instantly and unfortunately there was one, only one in this book. (That I could find)
The doctor says that the sonic screwdriver could not be used as a torch but in the book "monster's inside" the same sonic screwdriver design is used as a torch, in fact its use as a torch is critical to the story. Furthermore the 11th doctor's sonic screwdriver has been used as a torch in "the name of the doctor"
Other than this it was great
...Nitpicker... .__.
Woah dang, a most gracious of Birthdays to you, Derek!
Seconded, Duck.
Hello? is anyone here?
*mumbles* I posted something between Justaria and Alastair on Nameless if anyone wants to read it
Do you hear the students sing?
Singing a song of angry kids?
It is the music of a people who will not be the same again
When the beating of your heart echoes the beating of the drums
There is a life about to start when tomorrow comes
Will you join in our crusade?
Who will be strong and stand with me?
Beyond this conformity is there a world you long to see?
Corny, like Hell. I'm going to sig that to my English teacher while standing on my desk, playing a mini-bongo drum...
Ohh...
ImsorryIforgotyourbirthdayDerekdontkillmeeee!!!!!
As a side note, happy late birthday.
PS: Again, pleasedontkillme!
Lav!! *Huggles* I love you Lav!!
Hi Death, Zaf and Hope
How are you all?
How's life?
What have you all been doing?
((Hi Mistiiii, if you're still here))
*wakes up* *murmurs* ugh
I'll make the bed wibbly wobbly every timey wimey ;)
Oh my god
Hello?
*serenely backflips into Blogland*
Is there anybody home?
Mrs. Lovett!
What a charming notion-
Imminently practical and yet appropriate
as always! Mrs. Lovett,
how I lived without you all these years I'll never know!
How delectable!
Also undetectable!
Quite despicable Lovett my dear.
Oh, hear the sound of the world out there?
Those crunching noises pervading the air?
That's man devouring man, my dear!
And who are we to deny it in here?
*serenely chicken-dances out of Blogland*
Meh....sleep...too tired
And so I've said too much, and not enough
And so the play is finally at an end
You never had the care to call my bluff
And so I must be pleased to be your friend
But what, then, was the purpose of this game?
I never really had a chance to win
It's true, I rather like who I became,
But what am I to do with who I've been?
For I may wish to meet myself someday
Among the ashes of a fire long dead
To see my shadow there and hear it say
That it was happy with the life it led
What emptiness awaits me? This I fear
More than any peril I might face
My purpose in this world became less clear
When you were taken from your cherished place
Within my wishing heart and went your way
So willingly it almost makes me ill
To think it never crossed your mind to stay
Pushes the dagger deep, completes the kill
And yet how much of this was done by me?
Had I the courage, would you still have flown?
How sad to think this was not destiny
But my mistake. Yet how could I have known?
Now here is my dilemma, as it seems
Do I accept the score that fate has set,
And calmly watch the passing of my dreams,
Or do I dare to place another bet
That where the curtain falls, another rises?
If I am wrong, then strike me for my sins
But I believe our acts and thin disguises
Were but a prologue to what now begins
Goodbye, by Emilie Autumn
I feel very strongly that this is an Osmosis poem in disguise.
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Ember! Hi! *hugs*
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☂Hi, Ari! :DD☂
☂My mom's coming back on Sunday... ugh...☂
☂She was gone for two weeks because I was staying with my grandma... too short!!☂
I keep meaning to ask you- have you heard of Lindsey Stirling?
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Oh, I'm sorry. That stinks.
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☂No, I can't say I have...☂
☂☂runs to Google☂☂
She's a really awesome dancing violinist. Dancing violinist. Look her up on youtube- she has great songs/videos. She did some dubsteb violin, too. She's basically just really awesome, and I thought you'd like her because violin.
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☂Hey, this person sounds really cool!!!!☂
☂Looks. Sounds.☂
☂☂retrieves headphones☂☂
I mean, you don't have to immediately go and look her up or anything... Don't if you don't want to, I just thought you'd think she was cool.
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