What a year that was...
2014 saw the final part of my EPIC nine-book series reaching the shelves, and there was much rejoicing. It was a bit of a scramble to get it written in time, as it generally is, but this book achieved everything I wanted it to achieve, and so I remain immensely proud of it. The ninth book, and the events that transpire within it, had been a secret I'd been keeping for seven years, and it was such a relief to get it out there. Sure, I didn't tie up every last plot thread — in some cases I just ran out of time, in others I decided to be mean and simply not resolve stuff — but it was a fitting send-off, I think.
The publication saw another astonishing Tom Percival cover, plus a very limited black edition which, as it turned out, was an extraordinarily clever bit of marketing by yours truly. It meant that the excitement that first morning was ELECTRIC as everyone rushed to search through each shop. That wasn't my original intent — I just wanted a cool black book — but to follow the tweets that morning as each copy got snapped up... that was awesome.
The reaction to the book was exactly what I wanted, also. True, there was some confusion over the chapters that ended mid-sentence, but all in all, readers understood what I was doing. And then to catch you all out right at the end....
... glorious...
The Dying of the Light got me back touring, of course, and we fit in the Requiem Ball and the Theatre of Shadows, and I once again visited New Zealand and Australia and met loads of enthusiastic readers. If ever my ego was in need of a boost...
And then I got home, and got to work on the NEW book.
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Ew, cat breath! It smells awful..
Do you know any Green Day songs? If so, what are your favourites?
I like Basket Case
And yes, cat breath is pretty bad....
Hi.
*laughs wildly*
Good night!
*leaves*
Hi and bye, Guitar Man...
Hello.
Hello Raven, how are you?
I'm not okay, but that's ok. How are you?
It doesn't strike me as okay at all that you're not okay, what is it that is making you okay with not being okay? I my self am perfectly okay.
Well what's making me not okay, happens all the time, not to me, but to the human race. So that's okay. And it's okay that I'm not okay, because you can't be okay all the time. And sooner or later, I'll be okay again. It's very good that you are okay.
Well, if you're really sure it will be okay I won't argue with you. We seem to have the same problem as last night though, with us being the only two here and neither being terribly good at small talk which leaves us at a loss as to what we should do.
Ah here's something, an excellent song that I have just recently come to truly love.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=buDzp8GfHzQ
Thank you. That is true, maybe we are actually both really good at small talk, but for some unknown reason us, and everyone else who isn't very good at small talk, were abducted. Then, we were turned into minions of some unknown species, and for their plan to work in twenty years time, they need us to think we are bad at small talk. And then, one day, BAM!, we all get arrested for assisting an alien species take over our world. Don't know how this'll help what we should do. Maybe we can just talk.
That's actually an alright song. Their sound reminds me of The Killers. They have that same sound.
They're an amazing band, and that particular song holds a special place in my life.
What sort of music are you into?
Honestly all sorts. I don't like country, and don't even speak of this new generation of pop which every brainless teenage girl seems to think passes for music. Other than that I am perfectly open to whatever you may suggest to me.
I'm like that too. I love music though, music is like, I don't even have a word for something that amazing. I like to think I'm multigenrical. My dad loves country music and every time he drives you somewhere you get subjected to it. I don't hate it, but don't actively listen to it. I also feel the same about mainstream pop music, because alternative pop music is sometimes okay. I like Aussie Hip-Hop. That's probably my favourite genre. Yeah.
I'm more of a punk rock kind of guy, though you'd never tell by just looking at me.
I don't think you'd be able to tell much about anyone just by looking at them. But I get what you mean.
Right you are... Anyways I've got to go pretty soon.
Okay. It was nice speaking to you J.
Bye. :))
I apologize for disappearing.
J, I like that song :)
Both Love Drunk and Basket case. Thank you.
*has finally gotten her Twitter password right*
Yesssss. Now I can pester DEREK about posting! >:D
Then again... Hmm...
*considers her options, decides to pester Derek at a different time*
Huh, my iPod finally stopped changing Derek to all caps.
*may or may not be here*
Claire: Cool! *continues to lift the bed towards the house with her telekinesis*
(It seems I will be back later due to power issues.)
Hello...?
Hello Fire Fly?
(Hello?)
(I liked Velvet's idea of the sun dying, because our sun is actually dying so it relates to real life and we're all panicked, we have no food, maybe it sets fire to blogland and Chione and Juvia could put the fires out? And as Sophia said, her characters can fix the sun, but after while.)
Hello?
(Perhaps. There must be a reason for the sun suddenly starting to die, however. The sun is half way through its main sequence. In about 1.1 billion years it will be 10% bigger than it is today. At which point I believe it will dry up the atmosphere and some forms of life. In 3.5 billion years life will cease to exist on Earth.
So first issue - a sun does not spontaneously decide to die.
Second issue - The starting of fires is somewhat unlikely. Things will simply dry up.
It would be potentially possible for these things to happen should something actively seek to make it happen, by concentrating the sunlight, for example. Though who, what and why?
Perhaps I am being too scientific about this, but if you are going to do something, you may as well do it right.)
(@Sophia Hello.
http://masseffect.wikia.com/wiki/Dholen)
(Sophia you are always too scientific. This is Blogland. Shit happens.)
I don't feel like the sun dying is going to be solvable. That just you may as well say goodbye to life, you can't solve that, not even a god.
So unless you people want to die...it can't work.
I am not overly fond of that, so if the dying sun is your choice, I will be leaving,I see no point in doing a plot that is next to impossible to solve, and guarentees my death.
-Zaf
(Aww, Zaffy...
Hello J and Zaf.)
(Something something rage against the dying of the light?)
(*wonders how to explain to Sophia the Mass Effect trilogy*)
(You fail to understand, Tia, that I have no illusions about said game trilogy, having played a very small amount of it myself. I am not so ignorant that I am unaware that everything I have ever known has not happened, and will never happen.)
...
What?
(It needs no explaining.)
"You fail to understand"
"It needs no explaining"
I think it does.
Or not. I wish you a pleasant day.
(*is still here*)
Hello.
*is here because she doesn't want to get her laundry yet*
Came all the way to my room after helping clean the kitchen before realizing I left the basket there... I'll get it later...
Hey, Hope! :)
How are you?
I'm doing okay in some ways. Better than earlier, at least. :)
You?
Sorry, that was a double comment.
Deleted comment :c
Not that great, but better than yesterday.
Awwkay *huggles*
At least you're better than yesterday. :)
*huggles back*
Sorry, am a little distant at the moment.
So am I.
What are you doing now?
Uh...
Okay, I lied. I'm not distant. Just here, on my phone. Talking. What about you?
Phone thinks I'm in Italy.
10/10
Well, I was talking to my cousins, but now they're talking among themselves, so... I'm here too.
Never mind. Now we're trying to see who's taking their shower next... If I win rock, paper, scissors, then I get to go later.
And I did win, so I'll be here for a little longer.
:P
That's strange. You aren't in Italy, right?
Nope.
Phone thinks Italy's currency is GBP.
11/10
(Just shower! ... wow
At least you're having fun XD)
Okay... You're phone is odd.
And ikr?! XP We've both been busy today and wanted to take a break before going, so we battled it out. XD
Gah, why do I keep using the wrong word???
*your
Okay, also still a little distant.
It is weird.
*realises he can't think of anything to talk about*
:/
*doesn't have much to say either*
Well, I'd ask how your day was, but that'd be a strange question coming from me... :/
Seriously, how did we manage talking everyday in the past? I'm still wondering that... It seemed like there was so much to talk about...
Good question.
...
I'm blanking out. How is... Life?
Well, it has it's ups and downs. I've had my share of both today.
*thinks*
Huh, there was more to talk about when I was still doing school, because that's something I would talk about before.
Gah, gotta take my shower now... Be back in like, 30 minutes!
(Probably should've mentioned that I saw your last comment. I'm not that distant.)
*is back*
Aaaaand I forgot what I was going to say. Darn it. :P
Wow, that was almost exactly thirty minutes.
It was 20.
Or not...
*pulls Hope into a warm, tight hug and huggles and smiles and plays with her hair and massages her and smiles throughout it and hugs extra tightly* :)
:P
*is trying to remember what it was that she was going to say*
*mumbles as she thinks out loud*
Trying to think up ways to make a conversation. I had an idea about saying jokes, but my jokes are horrible-
Oh! I remember now! Have you heard of Jason Miraz(did I spell that right)?
*is hugged extra tightly while trying to keep breathing*
*tenses her shoulders because massages actually tickle her*
*giggles*
No, I have not. Who is he?
(So... when we don't have much to talk about, we rp? Yes? We figured it out?)
He's a musician. One of his most popular songs is called I'm Yours. Some of his others songs that I like are Wordplay and I Won't Give Up. The reason I asked is because I started learning how to play I'm Yours on guitar. It's so fun! :)
(Ooh, a memory.
Birmingham shopping center. Using phone to be on Blogland. Happy thought.)
All your guitars are belong to me.
That's awesome. I'll check it out in a few minutes.
Um... I guess? I'm not actually TRYING to rp, it's just that I respond to whatever is going on around me...
If I get pulled into a role play, I'm still me, the author. Even when I use my powers, it's still me... This is why it gets confusing when I start role playing. ^^'
Hi Mystery. You new?
Not my guitar. Nuh-uh. I don't think you'd like a purple one.
*holds onto her guitar protectively*
(Sorry for ruining this moment, but I created Mystery Guitar Man. No idea why.)
*realizes how late it is*
*also realizes how not tired she is, even though she was tired earlier*
*also realizes that the room light is still on even though it's so late*
*nods*
That's okay, Tia. Good to know.
*whispers*
He's still not gettin' my guitar though, nope.
*is acting a little crazier than usual*
I will trade you your guitar for a brand-new one. *nods*
And that reminds me, Japanese people think crazy is an insult or something. I once called my friend's younger brother crazy(because he was totally acting it) and he started denying it like, "I'm not crazy, no, no." And then some people seemed shocked that I would say that to someone. :P
I take being crazy as a compliment, even if people say it's not a good thing...
(Probably because crazy people get taken to asylums and then they're screwed.
You wouldn't wish that on a fellow citizen.)
*looks suspiciously at Guitar Man*
What kind of brand-new one?
@Tia: I guess not, but my friend's brother was just being silly. Like any normal 12 year old would.
Wbd.
Any kind you want. It will be brand new.
Good night if you're off to sleep! :)
*thinks of her options*
*considers it*
Sorry, I like mine how it is.
*pats her guitar fondly and nods firmly at GM(my new nickname for him)*
Not yet, just finishing getting ready.
Really, it's strange. I don't feel tired yet... But it's so late... :/
(I know. I went to sleep late yesterday and could barely fall asleep.)
*when she's not looking, swaps Hope's guitar for a similar, brand-new guitar*
Well, until I get sleepy enough, I'll stay on to talk to you. :)
After all, we are the only ones here at the moment. I almost forgot that everyone else is still at school. Or probably just finishing.
(What time is it for you?)
*recognizes the trade easily, as this new guitar doesn't have the really easily noticeable scratch at the top of it*
*frowns at GM, putting her hands on her hips in an angry way*
Alright, hand it over. I know my guitar when I see it.
I actually did scratch my guitar pretty badly only a few months after I got it... I'm so bad at taking care of my things omg. XP
12:34... AM
But I gave you a better guitar. Do you not like it?
(That's pretty late...)
Actually, it was only the very top part of it, right on the head, and it hit something hard enough to chip the wood...
Still, makes it all the more personal, ya know? Even if I AM horrible at taking care of my stuff...
Yeah...
@GM: I like mine how it is. Scratches, chips, dents, and all.
(Doesn't have any really noticeable scratches, but there is one teeny, tiny dent near the end of the strings... I don't even know how that one happened. XD)
(I take extra care of my stuff so I feel even worse when something gets damaged.)
I TRIED to be careful with it, but I'm just really clumsy with... pretty much everything, honestly speaking..
*holds the guitar*
*pushes one hand against it, and his eyes concentrate on it for a few seconds as he pushes against it*
*then he grunts, eases up, and hands the guitar back*
Good luck with using that!
*he smiles, taking his new guitar away from Hope*
I did feel really bad when it got chipped though. The first real damage I did to it, besides accidentally knocking it into a few things... Not hard, but I worry at my own horrible safekeeping skills. :/
*checks over her guitar, wondering what he did to it*
I absorbed the essence of the bond between the user and the instrument.
*blinks*
Okay... So... what? Does that mean it's not going to play for me anymore?
Oh, it's going to try.
But it will fail, and it's failure to make you happy will make it insane.
>:D
(Whoops, that was meant to be by GM
It's okay, Tia. ^.^
*plucks a few strings*
*out of tune notes come out from it*
*winces, but tries to tune the guitar anyway, hoping it would work*
Mwahahahahaha!
*plays "Highway to Hell" on his guitar*
*tunes it with love and patience, understanding it's difficulties at what GM did to it*
*remembers*
My guitar is actually a she... I was told that it's a tradition for musicians to name their instruments. Mine's Melody. :)
Someone tried to give it a different name that also worked, but I've forgotten what it was...
*continues trying to tune the stubborn strings, making sure not to tighten them too much, while still trying to get the note right*
*hears a hint of the right notes, but can't quite get there yet*
(I have to go eat. Good night if you fall asleep!
We can talk tomorrow, ok?)
Okay. See you tomorrow then! :)
*waves goodbye and goes to try sleeping*
*notices the comment number*
After...
This.
I dedicate this page to my guitar, Melody. We've only been playing together for half a year, but already, I can tell that we'll be together for a long time. And as a musician, I'll be happy if my guitar can be there with me when I finally get the chance to sing for the public.
*goes to sleep now*
*mumbles something about the last page having an explination as to why her guitar has a name*
@Zaf: The sun dying IS solvable, it's just difficult. I do understand your concerns, though - if it wasn't solvable, I would be objecting on the same grounds.
Sophia may be being slightly too scientifical, but we do need to know why it's dying. If we don't know the cause, it'll be very hard to fix. You need to understand a problem in order to solve it.
(*breaks down crying*)
*hugs Jai*
What's wrong?
(Hear hear and hi!)
Silente?
*hugs*
(I am here *huggles Jai* whats wrong sweetie?)
(Jaimie...)
(hey Gem, Xan, Star, Kassy, Jai and anyone else here
how art thou?)
(Okay. All is good. Nearly lost ma cool there.)
(im alright
went down mumbles today to put my team's prototypes in the sea, for this project thingy
it was cold and wet...but I had fish and chips)
(Jai...my email is open if you want to talk)
(It's cool Chloe. All sorted.)
(okay...)
(ta)
(Hello. I am here. Just... upset.)
(whats up Kas? email?)
(Seems everyone is upset or depressed on this blog nowadays. *shakes head*)
(anyone can email me...)
(*smashes feet against solid objects repeatedly*)
(please don't kassy...)
(Hello. Yes, seems so.)
(I...don't know is I should call you kas or not, But I'm here too. Although I won't be much help, I listen.)
(Hello.)
(I'd rather not share the reason. For now, at least.)
(hello Soph
as I have previously stated
feel free to email me)(
(hello Soph
as I have previously stated
feel free to email me)(
(byii Xan!)
(Adam...I'm sorry...)
(*huggles Gem*)
(No it's not...but me being depressed if making you sad too...I-can't call you...not right now...)
(*hugs Gem*
How are you feeling?)
(Shit...tired, exhausted...depressed...hungry...)
(Try remedying that. Eat, relax, etc.)
(I can't relax. I'm stressed as fuck as well. *sighs* I'm just going to get changed and lay down for a while...)
(Adam it was...I saw how you were in the call...)
(well im off exercising now
sayonara)
(Goodbye Chloe.)
(might be here)
*smiles and hangs back a bit with Beth*
*kisses her, pressing her back into a tree, smiling*
(What a fun day!)
(good day Velv?)
Evelyn: *she grabs her coat from a hook on the wall, swinging it around her shoulders before opening the front door and stepping out, closing it behind her and locking it after drawing a key from her pocket* *she zips up her coat, pulling it tight around her, shivering from the cold* *she pulls the key out of the lock, pocketing it again, before starting to walk down the street, moving her hood over her head to protect her ears from the cold biting them*
(Hello, Silente. *hugs her tightly*)
Bethany: *kisses her back, cuddling her close, wrapping her wings around her*
(*laughs* Oh, no Jai, that was just sarcasm! I woke up to my phone ringing and it was my friend asking why I wasn't on the bus, turns out we were back at school today, not tomorrow as my mum had thought...)
(Ah..that's not good..
*hugs Soph back*)
*grins, trusting Claire to just walk and not notice*
*runs her fingers through Beth's hair slightly, using a little tongue*
Evelyn: *she turns right to a street adjoining her own, walking half way down it before turning right into a supermarket car park* *she moves around the side, being careful not to get in the way of the cars moving in and out, heading towards the front entrance*
Bethany: *presses herself against her, using her tongue in the kiss likewise*
Claire: *turns around to speak to Silente* Are you-
Ew! Ew! No. Please stop.
(Yup, at least I got to make a grand entrance halfway through second period! Has anyone come up with anymore ideas for the rp?)
*blushes and laughs, breaking the kiss off*
Yes Claire?
(@Velvet literally none..)
(Okay, I might be on the verge of something... Ah... It had something to do with zombies but not an apocalypse like we've had before... It was something to do with... Oh yeah! When we had the apocalypse, what did we do with the zombies' bodies?)
(@Velvet some were burnt..some were just disposed off..)
(Disposed of where? Is there any chance any could have ended up in water anywhere?)
(I dunno. Maybe?)
Bethany: *smiles, holding Silente close*
Claire: It's horrible! Please don't do that in front of me. *shudders*
Evelyn: *she enters the supermarket, sighing, immediately heading to the staff only area, punching in a code on the key pad* *the door opens and she walks inside*
We weren't, we were doing it behind you. You turned around.
*smiles*
And don't be so mean. It's not horrible!
(Perfect! So basically, the zombies sunk and their germs and infection polluted the water, then the infection manages to spread to the grass nearby and slowly it starts to spread all over Blogland and kills trees and wildlife or whatever. Then we find out that people who go to patches of Blogland which are infected become zombies but there's a cure and everyone needs to help find it while zombies are walking around Blogland but they look like normal people so it's hard to tell who is infected. Yeah?)
(Hmm..
Vampires can't become zombies...
Neither could etherdemons..
Or werewolves or incubi..)
(These are new zombies we haven't seen before?)
(Mmm..maybe...)
Claire: Why did you have to use tongues?
Bethany: It's nice...
Evelyn: *she opens her locker and places her handbag inside, removing her coat and placing it inside* *she removes her jacket printed with the supermarket logo from the locker, slipping it on before she closes and locks the locker again*
(I believe it would be better to have a sentient antagonist rather than something similar to a zombie.)
*smiles*
She tastes nice. What where you saying?
@Velvet: Sounds quite cool. :)
But, seriously. Hunter and Ez can't be changed mentally or physically by anything. They jsut get allergic reactions.
(Which is kind of stupid really. The allergic reactions often do more damage than the changing-stuff itself. :P Some protection system that is.)
However, that doesn't stop it being a cool roleplay idea. :)
(Haha, I dunno, it seemed like a good idea at the time, would it be seen as unfair if the vampires and stuff couldn't be infected? Or people like you could use another character or I dunno... Would you like to continue from yesterday?)
(A what Soph?)
@Sophia: *shrugs* You could have a sentinent antagonist causing the zombies, if you want. :P
@Velvet: I still think it's a good idea, personally. *shrugs*
(Sure Velvet..)
@Velvet: Sentient antagonist - 'bad guy' who can think.
Claire: Ew.
I was going to ask whether you were alright or not.
(I will be back soon.)
Like, animals are sentient. Plants are not. :P
(Okay Soph)
*smiles*
Yeah I'm okay.
(Yeah, I don't know, maybe because the "disease" is being caught from th egress that's making it worse in some way which means vampires and stuff can catch it too?)
*the girl hides in the underwater cave*
(maybe..
Or just plain drinking an infected blood..)
Ashlea: *swims blindly down*
*nods at Velvet*
I think it's not entirely implausible that vampires would be able to catch it . . .
Hunter and Ez, no, though. However, if they came into contact with the disease (depending on how strong it was), they'd probably start dying, which would be enough of a problem anyway, I think. :P
@Silente: Yes.
Maybe vampires wouldn't catch it in the ordinary way, but drinking blood, that sounds likely. I know in The Morganville Vampires vampires get drunk when they drink the blood of drunk people. I mean, I know that's a different canon, but yeah, reasonable explanation.
(True, what about the wolves and demons or other people that can't catch it as easy?)
*tries to push her back closer towards the back of the cave*
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