It's a proper book now.
Demon Road was a little over 121,000. I had wanted it to be 80,000, which is roughly the size of Dark Days. Obviously, that didn't happen. But I am DETERMINED that Desolation be of a more manageable size. It'll probably end up somewhere around the 100,000 mark.
Writing a book can be a struggle. It's just so happened that in the writing of this one, every time I started to flow, and write LOTS, I had to go off on tour or do festivals or get interrupted for a multitude of reasons. It's very hard to build up any kind of rhythm when your writing schedule is kinda messed up.
But I'm flowing now. I want to get this latest draft off to my editor on Monday, because on Tuesday I'm off on holiday to Disneyworld and Universal Studios.
For Halloween.
Ooooooh this is gonna be my kind of holiday. By day, we go to Magic Kingdom, and go on rides and visit Harry Potter world and just have good, nice lovely fun...
But at night...
Universal Studios over Halloween has the most terrifying horror experiences on offer, and I will be going and subjecting my girlfriend to the ordeal. I'm going to tweet about it. I'm going to take videos. You may see me scream.
But it shall be a manly scream. A WAR CRY.
And then I'll run away and leave Laura to face this guy on her own.
Gonna be FUN.
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*growls* tell me sil !
Chris: are!
Alys; *wonders around the woods, completely lost*
(Maybe I will join in. Haven't rp'ed in a while.)
Freya: Rosalie? Is that you?
Rosalie: I'm a vampire, looking for the teenage girl who say me sucking the blood from a wolf. She has to be found.
AU!Sil: *smirks at inky*
MrBBWolf: A-am not..
Rosalie: Freya, I though you looked familiar. What are you doing here?
((Nice to meet you Kirsten!))
AU!Sil: *her features darken*
Vampire.
You too :) :)
Freya:I was about to ask you the same thing, Rosalie.
Tell me before I get you!
Chris; are too *kisses him to stop him saying otherwise *
((I am inky, or chloe ^.^
I am welsh
I am seventeen
I am going out with the joker
I think that covers it...))
Rosalie: Never mind that, Freya. AU!Sil, got a problem with vampires?
AU!Sil: *sticks her tongue out at Inky*
Try it!!!
MrBBWolf: *kisses him back, sighing happily*
I'm Scottish
16
And fangirl over just about everything
AU!Sil: *you can just call her sil xD*
I have a problem with vampires in my territory.
((Nice to meet you Kirsten. Fangirl of sp too?))
((Another scot eh?
We need more welsh people))
Inky: *shifts into a wolf and climbs up the tree, snarling*
Chris: *smiles-8
(@Kirsten sounds like you'll belong here xD)
Yeah I love sp, currently re-reading them for like the fourth time
Rosalie: I'm only on your territory because I'm hunting for this dark-haired teenager who say me feeding. You seen her?
AU!Sil: *jumps to a branch behind Inky, grabbing her scruff tightly*
Hello friend.
*climbs to the top of the tree, dangling her above a gap*
MrBBWolf: I still disagree..
AU!Sil: *shouts down*
Can't say I have, sorry.
( woohoo the Scots will take over ! :P )
Rosalie: Inky, have you seen any tall, dark-haired teenage girls recently?
((You there, Inky?))
*eats apple at base of tree watching sil*
*snarles*
Chris: well don't *grins* or do I need to shut you up more?
((Gmmmm a few things that happen arounf here
A page is 200 comments long
Whoever gets first comment on a page dedicates the page to anything they wish
Each post can hold a maximum of 5000 comment
If the comment section is full, we move to the last post with room to comment
But we never go onto spoiler posts))
((Jack! *kisses jack*
I am here ^.^))
((thanks))
*kisses Chloe*
*is not gonna rp for very long*
AU!Sil: *grins*
What's up Wolfie? Didn't think this through well did you.
MrBBWolf: *grins* I wouldn't be against it..
Freya:*hugs Will* there you are. I found Rosalie.
Will: Really? Where is she?
((Awwwkay honey))
*shifts into semi wolf form* let me go, vampire
Chris; really? *grabs him by the hips*
Rosalie: *jumps out from behind a tree* Right here.
Ed: *waits till apple is finished* siiiillllll?
AU!Sil: *is still holding her scruff*
No. Why should I.
MrBBWolf: *Blushes more*
R-real-ll-ly..
AU!Sil: *looks down at ed*
What.
Cause you love Me? *smirks* or should I set ed on you?
Chris; *chuckles*
Ed: *leans against tree* what arrreeeeee you doing with my wife?
((I need to go now.I might come in later. Dark Eyes, you will be a vampire this time tomorrow. Btw, sunlight doesn't kill us
))
AU!Sil: I'm not scared of Ed.
*looks down at Ed*
I'm dangling her over a drop.
MrBBWolf: *smiles sheepishly*
Bye ivy
(Bye ivy!)
((Bye, Ivy. See you later tonight then. i'll leave the window open))
(Sorry for disappearing, was helping dad build a bench -_-)
((Byii ivy!))
Hey honey! *wags tail*
Chris: you are adorable *brushes hair out of his eyes*
((Can't wait to get vampired.))
Ed: *mocks being offended* am I not scawy? Grrr hehe
May I enquire why my wife is being held over a drop?
Ed: *smiles at inky* heeeeyyyy sweeeeeetie
Sil is being mean! She did something to the cottage...
AU!Sil: Because vermin deserve a drop.
*glares at inky accusingly*
MrBBWolf: Thank y-you..
Rosalie *watches person being dangled over a drop from a nearby tree*
( you hear that sil ? she can't wait... )
Ed: what did she do to the cottage?
Ahem VAMPIRE, wolves are not vermin *nods*
(*rolls eyes aT K*)
AU!Sil: *ignored Ed because she disagrees*
Hello k
Ed: sil, how about the bar? You like the bar right?
*growls* I have a family to see to!
Chris: for what?
Rosalie: *jumps out of tree. Grabs wolf by the ankle and places on ground next to Ed* wolves are definitely not vermin.
AU!Sil: Hey! *glares at Rosalie*
MrBBWolf: B-being with me.
*is surprised* why... Thank you new person... Run for your lifw
Ed: *crushes inky in a hug* thanks Rosalie
I don't believe we have met...
((Is anyone here a sp vampire?))
Chris: I love you wolf.. Of course I'm with you
Rosalie: *nods head politely* My pleasure. I'm looking for a tall dark haired teenage girl. i'm a vampire and she saw me feeding, so, um, it's kind of important that I find her before she tells anyone....
*nuzzles eds chest* welcome home honey
*There is a loud crash, the sound of earth shifting violently* *The dirt persists in falling over the trees, blanketing them in fine dust*
*The sun shines against the suspended Earth in the air, beautifully, yet juxtaposing the scene itself* *The woman, white hair as fine as snow, hangs in the air from her rock* *She needn't hold too hard on it, as it adheres to her skin*
*Yet...*
*The boulders tremble around her, and continue to crash together in a maelstrom of confusion*
*The Crucible sits cross legged on the ground below her, seemingly meditative*
Ed: sorry.... I haven't....
Rosalie: *looks uncertainly at the crucible*
I don't know such a person, sorry *kisses ed*
Ed: thanks sweetie
Rosalie: dammit. anyway, what are you all doing here?
Going shopping if anyone... You know... Is wondering....
((Hello? Anyone there?))
Bye Kirsten
Ed: well, I was looking for my wife...
Rosalie: Is this your wife?
Ed: yup, inky is my wife
Allow me to introduce myself, Edward Fletcher, master of time, time traveller
Rosalie: I'm Rosalie Hale, a vampire since ,y creepy stalker boyfriend turned me into one. He's dead now, but i'm immortal, which is nice.
I am Inky Flame, *blushes* this is Ed... well as he already said... nice to meet you
Bye all
((Is anyone currently existing right now? hello????))
((bye Joker))
*tips hat* well well, hello.
((bye jack...
hello fera))
Rosalie:And who are you, Inky Flame? *sniffs* your blood smells sweet but I saved you, so killing you and drinking your blood would be a little pointless.
((Hi Fera *hugs*))
(Sorry, was eating. Mbd.
Also sil and AU!Sil are sp vamps.)
AU!Sil: *jumps from the tree, landing on Rosalie*
*hisses*
MrBBWolf: s-still
((Is my laptop being slow at loading comments or is no one commenting?))
Hi chloe. Hi jai.
Hey, dark eyes *hugs back*
*Adra tries her best to regain her footing, but the wind whips her away, her fingers left grasping be at the stone* *She is thrown into a tree, and falls into the ground* *Hitting the ground for her is soft, like a pillow; the branches aren't*
*The crucible still sits there, his hair black, white at the roots* *She needs to see more white*
Rosalie:*Throws off AU!Sil* what is your problem, vamp? I'm not after your territory!
Run Rosalie!
AU!Sil: *growls at her*
Next time don't get in the way of my business!!!
*runs off, coming across Adra as she lands*
*pauses*
...miss?
Rosalie: I'm NOT a coward. I don't run away. ((Notices similarity to China Sorrows))You wanna fight? *Turns to face AU!Sil* *hisses*
wait sil! *frowns*
*Just kinda wanders into the midst of the chaos, entirely oblivious*
Rosalie: *Notices Adra* Um.. hello..
((Hello Blake))
AU!Sil: *isn't near Rosalie as she hisses*
*which is probably good*
(Hullo all)
*She doesn't recognize Silente*
Just a second...
*She tries to part the ground, and makes a tunnel that opens up beside the Crucible* *She crawls through, not unlike a Marine* *As she pokes out the other side, gopher-like, she is uprooted and pushed back outside by the wind*
Rosalie: *approaches Adra and AU!Sil uncertainly*
AU!Sil: Hey..
*helps Adra stand*
What's happening?
(hello john!)
(ghosts for now*)
((When is Doctor Who on?))
Rosalie:I have no idea.*sniffs Adra apprehensively* who are you?
(*cuddles Chloe*
@DE I presume about 7:45?)
MrBBWolf: H-how's S-Suki..
((who's Suki?))
AU!Sil: Hey!
*shoves Rosalie*
At least try be more subtle when you're sniffing people.
(Suki is a pregnant succubus. Chris and Wolf are in Inky's house)
how're you?
*Appreciates the assistance* This is my old friend.. He can't hear me, his meditative state is so deep. He's been in such a state for around three hundred years and- just recently, he has begun to lose his control.
Rosalie:*Is shoved by AU!Sil* I was just trying to figure out what or who she is. And I'll bet you're not the world's subtlest sniffer, so you can't exactly talk.
AU!Sil: Oh.. that's probably not good huh? How do we fix him?
Rosalie: *stops sulking at being shoved* can he be fixed?
((By the way, I keep a diary/blog now. Does anyone here mind being mentioned in my diary/blog? Or is it like *quotes Demon Road* talking about the blackroads while being on the blackroads?))
(*rolls eyes* So long as you aren't calling me an idiotic witch or anything similar then that's fine.)
((hello? anyone still here/alive/undead/existing/paying the smallest amount of attention?))
((you can mention me))
(..*hugs Chloe* You okay..?)
((oh right ok. Wait, jai, you're female?))
((*huggles* im fine))
((*joins queue to hug chloe* Is something wrong?))
(xDDDDDDDD Well last time I checked I was, yes.)
((Oh my god i'm so sorry, i thought you were a guy all this time.))
(*hugs dark* I am fine)
*She shoots them both a sharp look* *She doesn't like their thinking style*
People aren't broken parts. He isn't broken. He had just changed.
*She tries to think, and then takes out some chalk, and places it in the ground* *Runs a quarter way around, and places another, another, another* *She's going to try to bind his magic*
(*laughs and hugs* May I ask what gave you that impression, so that I can avoid future mishap.)
AU!Sil: *follows her restlessly*
Can we help in anyway then?
((*hugs inky back* yay. also, I am really sorry,I just thought that Jai was a guy's name, and assumed... Wow. That's a pretty bad mistake. This is awkward.))
(Ahhh. Well I can't particularly change my name. It's okay :) Happens sometimes. I blame my parents for calling me Jaimie.)
@Jai: when rping, perhaps use third person pronouns to denote action, ie *she runs*, *She sneezes*, instead of *sneezes* or *Shoves*. When I first met you, I thought you were maybe make too- because you never specified in verbiage. Just a thought.
(@Noelle right. *she nods* I'll try to remember that.)
*Adra isn't positive they can* Perhaps... *Muses* If there is a way to get rid if the dirt in the air. That's how he is creating this wind. Alchemists are unable to control the air, so he is whipping the dust quick enough to begin his own current.
*He walks noiselessly up behind the trio and unconscious man*
*Clears his throat*
AU!Sil: Huh.. that's smart. Hello Blake.
(*sits and waits for food*)
(*offers Chloe a crisp*)
*Waves*
So, three ladies and what looks like a body in the middle of some unnatural wind. The hell did I miss?
ey b0ss.
((by the way, out of curiosity, what do you guys look like? If, y'know, you don't want to say, then that's fine, but.. I had a mental image of jai as a guy all this time and now I just can't imagine what she'd look like (when I see a name written, my mind just conjures an image to go with it) ))
(also, we're onto a new page again. that was quick.)
(Female, small, light brown hair, blue eyes.)
(Also 15)
(a crisp?)
guy, fairly short(5'7/5'8), dark brown hair, green/brown eyes, compact(not slim, but not fat either).
((i'm female, medium height, shoulder-length dark brown hair , you can probably guess what my eyes look like, and I wear geeky-style black glasses that I look amazing in (btw that was sarcasm) I still dream of playing Valkyrie Cain if the movie ever gets filmed))
((I can also brag about being able to stuff my face with the doritos my sister just gave me))
(I am 5'3
pixie cute, fair hair with blond highlights
sometimes I put pink in my hair
I have blue eys and am really pale. quite slim
you can see a pic if you want)
(oh, and dark... do you like anime?)
Girl, average height I think, green eyes, long black hair
And I would love to play Valkyrie too ahah but I think I'm a bit too old now :(
*pixie cut
(hello kirst!)
Back
I guess I'm average height for me
Hi!!!!
((you aren't average height jack! you are tall and handsome with lovely eyes like melted chocolate and a gorgeous smile!))
(I'd love to play Valkyrie too but my hair is the wrong colour, as are my eyes, as is my height and body structure..)
(how art thou kirst?)
heh, geeky glasses usually look good. Umm, my glasses almost cross the territory between geeky and pedophilic. I wanna get new ones, i seriously don't like the look of these ones. I look better without glasses...might just get contacts soon.
(Hey Ed. Hi kirst!)
I would actually love so much to play the part, it would be so cool and I think I sort of look like her?
((anime, hmm... I can't really say I've watched it. I used to listen to a few vocaloids, like hatsune miku, but that's it really. I don't know of any anime. I've heard of death note and naruto. Oh yeah, and I've watched Spirited Away))
you're quite tall, jack.
That's not me Chloe XD
I'm good! Once upon a time and downton abbey tomorrow so I'm buzzin!!!
((I would love to play Valkyrie too... but I don't look like her at all)
You've never met or seen me fera, how do you know?
((it is true!))
(jack, remember that my Skype pic is us two )
(When I was twelve I dreamed of a skeleton turning up (or anyone turning up)and whisking me off into a world of magic.. part of me still dreams of that.)
((ive always had a fascination with skeletons
actually my facebook pic is us two too))
i know your height, jack. Plus I've seen you on a picture.
((I may be a bit too old for Valkyrie, but I'm short for my age and Valkyrie is tall for hers, my hair is a similar colour (i can dye it or wear a wig). My eyes are a wrong colour but that doesn't matter. harry potter's eyes are green and daniel radcliffe's are blue, so that'd probably be OK. Or I could wear contacts. The glasses are a problem, but again, contacts. My braces are getting removed quite soon, and I'd need to work on an Irish accent. If the movie doesn't come out for another 7 years I'll be Tanith.))
(xD when in doubt, go for Tanith!
I'd love to be Tanith or Valkyrie.. they're both amazing..)
She'd be such a fun character to play, and I love the humour in the books and the sarcasm
(Yeah!
Hell, I wouldn't mind being China were I.. above average beauty as opposed to below.)
((can people get roles in films without acting experience?))
I'd love to play people a lot of people. Any important males in the books are usually made very tall, though. I am not tall.
(I wonder who would play china? I don't think id be old enough
)
I you have a good audition you could, right?
jai, beauty is subjective.
((yes they can, lluna in HP had no acting experience))
(and I don't look like her)
(I think you can? I'm fairly certain Daniel Radcliff had no/little experience.)
((Also, if she doesn't get cut from the films, remember Myosotis Terra? She'd be cool to play, and it doesn't mention thst she's particularly beautiful.))
(@Fera General beauty isn't.)
((@ Ferra, you could be Gordon Edgely. Or, if you're deseparate, even fergus))
meh, what do you mean by "general beauty" ?
((*randomly hugs Chloe for no reason*))
ummm, when was it said, that he is short?
(*hugs dark before leaving*)
((Fergus is short, and I think desmond is too))
(General beauty;
Look at any supermodel/ "attractive" celeb.)
((everyone who is cast for a major role, unless being specifically described as ugly, is beautiful.))
from my point of view, many of those women's looks either bore me, or disgust me. I'd still go out with one of those types, if i found her personality awesome, because then, she'd look beautiful to me.
Hmm...how short are we talking?
((Also, just watched Dr Who trailer again. Cool :) ))
((hang on, my sp book is around somewhere, i'll check...))
(Sorry)
*She smiles a little* I just... Just a second. *Bends down to the ground, and places her hands along the ground* *Te chalk pieces begin to elongate, and twist through the air, stretching to link together and create a cage contraption around the Crucible*
Has anyone seen those pizza things from Chicago town and it's like a pizza burger thing? I'm making one now and I'm worried it won't be good...
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