As for those who cursed me for drawing it out so long, all I can say is... "heh." It amuses me to torture you, have you not learned this yet?
Over the coming weeks and months you'll be finding out a lot more about Demon Road, but I figured I'd answer a few questions now.
For starters, this is NOT the cover.
This is just a nifty holding image we give out so that people can pre-order if they want to. Hence the following link: http://www.pages01.net/harpercollinspublishersltd/DerekLandy-DemonRoad/
The ACTUAL cover, and the new cover artist, will be revealed in due time.
The release date is, as you can see, the 27th of August. Yesterday we said the 28th, but we figured out a way to get it to you a day earlier, and we took it.
Demon Road is both the name of the first book AND the name of the overall trilogy.
It WILL be a trilogy.
The books will be released 6 months apart. This is the way the publishing industry is going, to be honest — especially for children's books/YA. It's a hectic, bruising schedule, which will mean I'm gonna be overworked for the rest of the year, but hey... I'm quite looking forward to it, actually. I always felt bizarrely guilty for making you wait a year between Skulduggery books, so I'm going to see if this way is better.
Ah yes, and it will be Young Adult as well. There's nothing in it (yet) that is amazingly inappropriate for younger readers — maybe a word or two, slipping into older territory — but it's just the overall feel of the thing.
I'm TRYING to write shorter books. I was aiming for a Dark Days length, roughly 80,000 words. I have to write three of these books this year, and I can't have them spiralling out of control like Skulduggery did. I'm currently at 91,000 words. Hopefully I won't go above 100,000, which is roughly where Mortal Coil was. Hopefully.
Right now, I've only signed a contract with Harper Collins UK, which will publish the books in Ireland, the UK, Australia and New Zealand, and Canada. Over the next while, I'll be signing with foreign language publishers also — but for most of them, I'll need to show them the finished book. Harper UK trust me enough to sign a contract with what they've already seen of the book as I'm writing it.
There is absolutely no reason why we shouldn't be published in America as well.
Oh, and yes, I will be touring with Demon Road, but it's far too early to say where.
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((*curls up in bed *
*is ill*
*so is the whole family*
*saw what went down*
*hides* ))
How did you know it was me? I did well I think? the only thing I thought would give it away was the google account.
((Hello Skully))
(Haii)
((It's inky
*sighs* shit seems to go down when I'm not here
How art thou?))
I know :P (thats it's inky :P) better now that I've slept. wbu?)
(Right ^.^
I'm meh
My whole family is ill
But atleast I can stay in bed )
(I'll need to leave mine... eventually :()
(Awwwww bless
I hate being dragged away from mine
Most mornings my mum sings (screeches) let it go to get me up )
(oh god I couldn't deal with that)
(It is soooo annoying
But atleast I can cwtch up to my cuddly toy in the warm)
*right now
singing just now ? cuddle the toy it'll all be over soon.
(No sorry
I meant atleast I can cuddle my toy right now
My mum hasn't been singing this morning )
(I wonder if I'm 5" yet..)
(Hello Jai)
(Hey twinky)
(Twinky? )
(Yup. Twinky.)
(Okayyyyyy
One thing
Was it completely obvious that I was the puppet ?)
(Little bit)
(ah, -how do you know you've grown?- I have a pillow thats comfy that I like to sometimes :P)
(Damn
I think I tricked Hopey but I haven't had the chance yet to tell her )
(yup:P)
(Cool skul ^.^
Im around 5'3
I haven't grown in ages
My 13 going on 14 year old sister is the same height as me
And she looks older)
(i'm tallest on my mums side, not seen my dads side in ages so don't know_
(I'm the shortest out of all my cousins and family
I have most of the traits of my dad's side
I've just inherited my height from my mums side)
Oh, I already figured it out, but it was after Foxy came on and I had to go. :P
BUT I WAS STILL REALLY SLOW AT REALIZING; YOU DID A REALLY GOOD JOB! :D
But at first, when you offered a hug, I couldn't help be suspicious to Puppet, thinking it had ulterior motives. XP But to know that it was you and not a stranger(who the heck was purple guy???), I'm glad. :)
And it's dinner, so I need to go. Be back later though.
(*huggles hope* thanks
Purple guy was jack XD )
PS: I also looked at your ID. If you hadn't have commented as yourself RIGHT after Puppet left, you'd probably could have tricked me for longer. :P
OOOOHHHHHH. O.O
Cool! :P
(Hehe ^.^ I actualy tried to admit my identity when I asked if chloe was on here XD)
(And also Lav
If you haven't seen the jumps cares
There is a fnaf song called it's me by smike and it's got the jumps carea there)
I couldn't get past the second night and haven't played since.
(hehe this picture suits me
blue eyes
short hair
adorable (jk XD)
wolf ears and tail
grey, my last name is GRAY)
(im on night 5 of the first game
damn freddy keeps jumpscaring me at 5am
cant get past night 2 on the second game
cant attempt the third because I don't have money to download it on my ipad)
(I know I've grown cause I'm taller compared to my friends.)
(Awesome Jai! Im so happy for you
I have a friend whos short. I think shes shorter than you)
You know(hi back by the way. :P) I was watching a how to get the good ending video, and at one point, the guy got jumped by one of the animatronics. I SERIOUSLY CANT TAKE A JUMP SCARE LIKE OHMYGOSH I ALMOST HAD A HEART ATTACK.
It reminded me of a prank app my friend had. We were sitting on her bed, and she got me to start a game. I was so focused on watching the numbers and memorizing them that when the creature's face showed up(it looked like a zombie with sharp teeth and blood all over it's mouth), I actually THREW HER IPOD. Luckily, I only threw it a short way and it still landed on her bed, BUT IT FREAKED THE HECK OUT OF ME.
... Yeah, I can't take jump scares. I'm probably going to have a heart attack if I tried watching all of them from FNAF.
(I'm happy. This explains why my cleft palate hurt too.)
(Hi again ^^
well the song I mentioned makes the jumpscares less scary
I don't jump anymore
I think ive become desensitised)
Also also, I'm shorter than Sil, and I'm already ALMOST 19...
I doubt I'm gonna grow any bigger. Meh.
(Aww Jai *huggles* shouldn't you see about that?_)
I'm 19 in 11 days :P
(I have a friend in my English class, whose shorter than me, I imagine shes around Jai's height.She is 19)
(Aww *hugs Lavy*
Nah. It's fine. It won't split.)
Really? It hurts when you grow more?
Or just- never mind. I can't think of how to ask that question.
I guess I could try it, if it's a song. I'll just focus more on the music.
*nods*
(*sighs* im not going to be 17 till june)
(it is a good song)
Need to go for a while I said i'd record today and stuff ughh work :P
(Yeah. The scar tissue is pulled.. some split open again but I doubt I'll grow enough for that to happen.)
(Okay Skulster)
(Right Jai, I just hope its okay)
Hi.
Jai, go to the doctors.
(IM NOT GOING TO THE DOCTORS)
See ya, Skul(still calling you that because I keep forgetting the spelling of your name. :P).
Ouch, that sounds painful. And if that's true, then I haven't grown in a while. Maybe, possibly, very slowly though, but not enough that my cleft palate hurt.
Unless it only happens to some.
Hi Kas.
(@Lav you...
Have a cleft too?)
(Hey Kassy)
It's Keiron but it's cool either way (my name is spelled wrong because i before e except after c lol)
...
Guess not. I don't completely know what that is...
Ohmyblobimtoocluelesstoknowanythingandifeelkindaembarrassednowbutididntwanttoadmititbutthereisaidit.
*goestohidebehindatree*
(*sneaks up behind lav* BOO!)
Okay, but actually, I thought it had been Kerion at first. :P
The R and I had to switch.
*stillhidingbecausereallyembarrassednow*
Eek!
*runs to another tree*
(*follows* please come back...)
*speaks gibberish, which she actually does in real life if she can't think of a real response*
(*laughs and cuddles Lav*
It's fine. I was born with a cleft palate, its a hole in the roof of my mouth. It's been sewn up.)
(*huggles Hope*)
(You aren't stupid Hopey)
*gibbers at her wifi and ipod for not deleting that fast enough*
*gibbers some more*
(Welcomes to your office
settle down and take a seat
please pay no attention to the terrifying screams
you should heed the warnings of the voice that's on the phone
tonight you might be by yourself but you are not alone
the masks that we wear
pretend they aren't there
but you can only hide for so long, for so long
why don't you
Spend the night then youll find
theres evil that waits inside (X4)
its me
theres evil that waits inside
its me
though we tried our best you seem to have beginners luck
we came so close but we just couldn't make you one of us
congratulations are deserved its 6AM you win
well see you here tomorrow night and do it all again
the masks that we wear
pretend they aren't there
but you can only hide for so long, for so long
why don't you
Spend the night then youll find
theres evil that waits inside (X4)
its me
theres evil that waits inside
its me)
@Sil*because her mind finally caught up to her enough to say*: Ouch...
*can't think of anything else to say*
*melts into a puddle of gibberish*
*GIBBERS*
*this seriously just happens where I can't speak and everything that comes out of my mouth is garbled blarglblah*
*except, apparently, in asterisks*
(*huggles Lavy*)
(im going to crawl back into bed because ive started to sniffle and I should be in the warm
byii)
*huggles back*
Creepy lyrics... But pretty cool.
Rest well, Chloe. Hope you get better soon. :)
Yay, I'm not gibbering anymore. :P
HOLY CAKE CRUMBS
*has a heart attack*
Just watched a Night 7 phone recording of FNAF 2, and at the end the Puppet just jumped out and OHMYGOSH I SWEAR MY HEART STOPPED FOR A SECOND.
(*laughs at hope before fading again*)
*sticks her tongue out, teasingly, at Chloe*
Yeah, I THOUGHT that just listening to the phone guy's recording, I wasn't going to get jump scared, but apparently not. :P
(Hehehehe
The hallucinations in the third game are more terrifying than the one thing that kills you)
(*retreats back to bed*
Tata!)
Hallucinations?
...
I heard you get those, but I rather wouldn't want to see the video for that. I might not be able to sleep tonight as it is. '~'
I'm going to TRY not to think about it too much anyway. The phone recordings are just creepy, but it's cool, because it seems that that's the main thing that gives you a background story for the game. And warnings. And random bits of information.
Bye again.
I'll be more distant, trying to focus on something else to get my mind off creepy stories. :P
Hurts. Throat. Head. Ears. Jaw. Eyes. Can barely breathe.
*hugs Danni and doesn't let go*
I'm sorry.
...
Me too...
*dittoing what Kas said*
I remember being able to write big long comments trying to help people...
I guess I changed as well. I'm sorry that I can't help like I used to...
*has to go*
*leaves hugs*
*hugs Death*
I'm sorry. You know that if I had known, I would have tried to help, but I didn't, so...
I love you. I want you to know that.
I stand by what I said, I was not there, therefore I could not have made a difference, I will not take responsibility for someone elses actions.
I'm so sorry Danni..
And Keiron, it was the way you acted with Gemma. But you did do a good job!
I'm in a weird mood.
I want to laugh at people in pain. I want to destroy something. I want to blare Stranger At My Door while doing something evil, marching in tune to the music. I want to be the Firewatcher's Daughter and watch things go up in flames. I want to be mean.
(coz I kissed her as skully?)
*Sits quietly with her one candle*
*The air around her is putrid*
Happy birthday to me....
*Curls up and cries gently to herself*
*Leaves*
(I wasn't going to... but ) happy birthday
*hugs Noelle tightly*
Happy birthday. I'm relieved to see you. Miss you...
*needs to sleep*
*leaves more hugs*
*drifts*
[hugs Noelle]
Happy birthday. I'll write you a speechy thing when I get to school because I can't type very well on the bus,
Thank you for existing.
*can't sleep*
*leaves more hugs*
*goes to listen to music*
(*hugs Noelle tightly*
Happy birthday Noelle..
*Reads Danni's comment*
*sighs*)
HAPPY BIRTHDAY ADRA LOVE YOU
(*huggs Ellie back*)
(Penblwydd hapus I ti Noelle )
It's so hard to write speeches for some people.
Like, you don't really think of them as amazing or strong, even though they are because you think of them as THEM.
"Noelle, you're so Noelle" doesn't really say what I want it to, though...
Thank you so much for existing. You've been one of my best friends on the blog, and when I had things that were troubling me, you'd actually think about it and offer solutions/ideas, and, like, care, even when you had a lot of troubles yourself, troubles that needed your attention more than I did.
I'm sorry for all the times I've acted like a rubbish friend. Unfortunately, my brain picks bad times to act like an idiot. :-/
Anyway, thank you for existing. You're an amazing person to talk to and roleplay with, and kind of like a big sister, even though you're younger than me, which is kind of funny-sounding, but it's also actually true, so... [shrugs]
I hope you have an amazing birthday and that things just get better from here. You're a beautiful person, inside and out.
I think this is the third time I've said it in this speechy thing, but thank you for existing.
(The cat is basically laid on my face -_-
AHHHHHHHIHAVETOTEACHYEARFIVESTOMORROWINWHATMUSTBETHEMOSTBORINGSTATIONEVERHELPMEEEEEE!!!)
Happy birthday, Noelle.
Yeah... Happy birthday. You deserve to be happy.
Happy birthday Noelle...
Please don't cry...
See what I mean? I e-mailed Danni on both of her accounts to try and make up for it, but she doesn't want to speak to us. I tried. So Zafira, if you read this, stop blaming us. I tried.
Hello everyone.
My mother is in Manchester, my father threw her make-up bag and there is now make-up all over the living room floor. My mother had to sleep on the couch last night which is why she came in asking for a cover, as she didn't want to sleep beside my dad. So it's just me, my dad and my 5 year old brother in the house as the other brother is away on a trip...
That's annoying... but at least you don't have to listen to the argue now.
I'm honestly scared...I just want to bring jack in here with me so he won't shout at us...
...why don't you? *growls and glares at him in his head*
*looks at the black mark and cocks his head* What's that on your arm, some leftover shadow?
*hugs Gemma*
*agrees with what Fabi said about Adra*
(I suppose I'm back.)
*waves at Saoirse*
I don't think we've met?
(We have, just a long time ago - it's Velvet if you remember her.)
Oh, I do indeed!
Your name is really pretty, how do you pronounce it?
(Seirsha, I used to spell it like that because people had no idea how to pronounce ^^^ that but now I just decided to spell it as it is.)
I still have no clue how to pronounce it
Sir-sha? Sare-sha? Seer-sha?
(Sir-sha/Seer-sha/Sear-sha I suppose.)
(wassup peoples?)
*hugs Noelle*
:)
I'm really glad you're alive. :) :)
*still stands by everything I said earlier as far as the Death/Zaf thing goes*
Okay, fair enough.
Ayyyyyyyy Chloe what is UP?
Or do I?
What did I say earlier? XD
Yeah anyway.
Wbd, helping with wallpaper.
STARARARAR hey!
*waves at Elleni*
(hey everyone!
Ayyyy Kessie!wasssaaaaaap?)
Hi Kes! :)
Yes. Let us have a conversation about Kaladin. And the Stormlight Archive. XD
Chloe, not muuuuuuuuuch? Whaddabout youuuuuu?
(*thinks of the Budweiser ad*)
(*hugs Inky*
Elleni, do you mean Seirsha or Saoirse?)
Or not helping with the wallpaper yet. XD Msd for tea.
Hi Inky. :)
(im better than ive been)
Elleni, thanks :) I'm kind of really regretting because I do really like her and I love Death but it needed to be said.
Star, first, have you read Warbreaker/Elantris/Alloy of Law? Because like. Spoilery cosmere stuff for me to avoid.
(*huggles seir* hey sis, looking forward to being 14?
hey Star!!!)
Yes, she was, Elleni. :) As are you. :)
(I love it when I manage to maket compliments that just slot in like that. It makes me feel so sophisticated and skilled.)
Chloe, excellent, excellent
Wbd
@Kes: You KNOW how slowly I obtain/read books . . . so nope. :P Just the original Mistbron ttilogy and the Stormlight Archive. But I have a WHSmith voucher. :P
(hello Kitty Kat ^^
its been ages Kessie!)
I should hope I am. Someone as inconsequential and trivial as me really needs to be awesome for their existence to have any purpose at all. :P
(You can tell I had three hours of English today.)
Chloe, it HAS because I'm a MESS who needs to GET IT TOGETHER
Stararar: Oh, okay. Get Warbreaker next though omg the ending of WOR will make so much more sense also are you a Shalladin person or a Shadolin person or a Kadolin person or an OT3 person I'm sorry I get really excited about Brandon Sanderson
(awww *huggles kes* a lovable mess)
Thank you, thank you *bows*
(Tis true bach ^^)
@Kes: :P I explode about Brandon Sanderson.
I think I'll get whatever WHSmith have, tbh. :P
Also, Brandon Sanderson edited the ending of WOR, did you hear?
Um.
brandonsanderson.com
First post up. :)
SHALLADIN.
I'd never considered Kadolin before. But I don't think it's a very good idea, because we've never had any reference to what Vorinism thinks of people in minority sexualities but I'm guessing it's nothing good.
I didn't originally ship Shadolin
but then they had that conversation
and I decided I did
but then
like
like
I just got killed with Shalln&Kaladin's shippableness
so
so
yeah.
And, like, I was thinking about it, and I mean, Adolin's perfectly decent and all, but he's not really that intelligent. Whereas Shallan and Kaladin are both very intelligent. And they're both broken. And they're both very . . . determined and insubordinate.
See
it FITS. :)
(*nods furiously* Yes Chloe I am! *beams*)
I did, yeah. I'm talking about the TALKING SWORD.
Star.
Star.
How could you betray me like this.
I thought...
I thought I could trust you.
Also um Drehy the bridge man is confirmed gay and will eventually have a boyfriend, so they're might not that strict about it.
I don't like Shalladin just because like it seems really cliche just because they're the two main characters and they're so "perfect for each other" idk I'm OT3 trash but second choice is Shadolin. And aro Kaladin.
(awww that's adorable! my sister isn't 14 till next month
we are going to London for her birthday)
*they might not be
I FEEL SO YOUNG
(*giggles* How exciting!)
(you are young Kessie!
I am not 17 till june *sighs*)
@Kes: Well, good luck to him.
I think Kaladin and Adolin would actually be okay, tbh, because they're both so importnat that they might even set a trend. XD
Well, I don't like Shadolin so much because THAT is as cliche as fuck because that is LITERALLY the beautiful young girl from a minor family going off and falling in love with a handsome prince.
Like
it smothers me with its clichéness. XD
Kaladin did have a very asexual moment at one point. I like it when characters have those moments. Then when they turn out to be not-asexual after all it's like they've gone to the dark side a little bit. :P
I've never considered OT3 either. I don't /think/ about this stuff unless it slams me in the face, you see. :P Idk, I think they're all so hot-tempered that it sounds a little like a recipe for disaster.
I AM SIXTEEN.
On the subject of age and the Stormlight Archive, it is so weird because Adolin seems younger than Kaladin adn idk age is weird.
I think it's because we tie age with experience and maturity, but they don't necessarily line up . . . ?
(I am not 17 till March 2018. *sighs*)
(*giggles8 enjoy teen years as much as you can sis)
I am not seventeen till September 2015.
*bounces like Esquibeth*
I enjoyed my teen years much more than my pre-teen years. I had good friends ever since I joined the blog when I was thirteen. And then a year or two later I met C and B and now I haev good friends on two fronts. :P
WAIT SHADOWS FOR SILENCE IS OUT BY ITSELF HELLA
Can you imagine though they'd probably kill each other and be used as an example of what NOT to do for hundreds of years after.
Yes, okayyyyyyyyyyyyy but the whole setup is totally different Shalkan basically forces Adolin to go out with her and she agreed to the whole arranged marriage thing and I also really think they're cute as hell together even though I thought I would hate them.
Plus, I want the two protagonists of different genders to JUST BE FRIRNDS FOR ONCE
I actually see him as pansexual aromantic but I see like. Eighty percent of characters as that. So.
It would totally be a disaster but it'd be SO MUCH FUN
Ooh yay Star and Chloe are really close to my age
I always seem to be either the oldest or the youngest in the room
It's weird
ESQUIBETH
Incidentally, me and B and C have all completely ruined our mental health. Me and C were talking at break after maths and she was like "I can't get out the habit of being Katniss and Alex now!" and I'm like "IKR I CAN'T STOP BEING KALADIN!" and then B comes up and she's like "SHIT guys, I can't stop being Dean!" and I'm just like *laughs at us all*.
I'm still. 13.
Star yeah that really messes me up like there is no way Adolin is six years older but at the same time they were raised in totally different environments.
(I didn't have terrible teen years myself, I got rid of the friends that did nothing good for me
the ones who put down my confidence)
(Hey Moss ^^ how art thou?)
Star, I feel like. Being stuck in Kal's mindset is not. A healthy thing.
Hi Fabi!
(I will Chloe!
Does anyone wanna rp?)
Hello Chloe, Star, Kes!
I'm in such a good mood today. :-)
🌻
(ill rp!)
(🌹)
@Kes: *laughs* XD
No. No, I really don't think Kaladin's aromantic, I'm sorry.
Yes, but ADOLIN IS JUST NOT INTELLIGENT ENOUGH FOR SHALLAN.
I FEEL BAD SAYING THIS BECAUSE ADOLIN IS GREAT, BUT SHALLAN IS REALLY INTELLIGANT AND SO IS KALADIN.
Also, I get that. -_- Wanting people of opposite genders to just be friends for once, I mean.
C says she wouldn't want to be friends with a female who was gay or bi because it would just creep her out because she might like her. :/
ESQUIBETH. :)
@Lantern: :) Idk, I either seem to feel young or old. :P Except at school I feel simultaneously young and old because I'm older than nearly everyone but I just seem so young idk. Like, even always goes "awwwh" and talks about how cute I am, and also I'm really incompetent so it makes me seem younger.
. . .
Idek.
Also hi Saoirse!
Saoirse is a pretty name. :-)
(Okay Chloe! Felix/Velvet or something else? I have no ideas I just... *shrugs and grins*)
(Thank you Moss!)
(I haven't really played my new character a lot, if you want?
I dedicate this page to teenage years
we all go through some bad times in them, but we also go through good ones. without them we wouldn't be the people we are today)
@Inky: :) :)
@Moss: Yay! :) That's good. :)
@Kes: XD Ikr. He's just like "hatred depression perfectionism depression guilt hatred depression" and I'm like "yay fun."
It's not so bad, though; I just keep thinking baout what he'd do every five seconds and I'm just like "SHUT UP AND GET OUT MY HEAD."
I'm a little worried though beacuse thye're in Supernatural world currently and so . . . there's no highstorms. So number on, no Stormlight, and number two, Kaldain'll get depressed pretty soon and I'mjust like "ehhhh."
Plus, Adolin's only four years older. :) 19 and 23.
Fabi, that's good :)
Saoirse, I'd love too, but Kes is kind of...tangled up in something else atm.
Stararar: Fair enough, fair enough.
YES I KNOW THAT IS WHY OT3=GOOD THEY ALL BALANCE EACH OTHER
Hmm. I would not be able to be friends with C then, as I happen to be extremely queer.
(*sighs happily*
Good. Done. Sorted..)
(Sure, who shall I do?
No worries Kes! :P)
@Starararar: I mean, as long as there's not tons of rain, he should be fineish. Stormlight' definitely a problem though, although he still has Syl.
(hewwo Jai Jai )
Hi. Being ill sucks. That is all.
*hugs everyone gently, and poofs*
(Hello. *waves*)
*huggles Storm*
(*huggles Kassy*
wassup Jai?)
(*hugs Kessy*
@Chloe heaven?)
(up to you sis ^^)
(*squeazes Kas* GET BETTER SOON!)
*wakes at Jai*)
...
C's perspective really saddens me... :-(
(Okay, you start!)
(*rolls eyes* I mean what is wrong?)
Flauros: *just walks around*
Same, Fabi
(*shrugs* learning to be a better vampire.)
Velvet: *also walks around* (brain not functioning! XD)
STORM
STOP
(hehe Sis XD)
Flauros: *bumps into Vel*
watch it! *growls*
(Jai?)
(HOLY SHIT MY FAMILY NEEDS TO LEARN TO KNOCK)
(what happened Jai?_)
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