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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((Don't like that either
Prefer kitkat)
(see what I mean!)
((I am off to bed
I am so tired
Nos da))
( You hear that kids... I'm the nice parent! Grumpy wants you to have no chocolate before bed! *gives him a look of but they're arguing you don't know how hard it is to be a stay at home mum*)
(xD)
(nos da chloe)
(g'night)
(also, I'm just trying to be responsible. Unlike SOME people.)
*ties on a pinny and ties a cloth around head*
(one of us has to be normal, dammit.)
*does dishes*
( Responsible? .... Responsible? *storms upstairs and packs a bag* let's see you be responsible! *starts crying into the clothes* you never think about me anymore! I go through so much and you just turn on me at every corner. )
(Guess who's outside GAME for Halo 5's midnight launch?
Guess who apparently has no idea what midnight is? :)
*stares upstairs*
(Jesus...that escalated quickly.)
*stands awkwardly at door*
(um...hey, all that stuff I said, I didn't really mean. I was just playing. Except about the thing about the plumbing, we really need that fixed. And I want you to know...that even though I'm not a 100% sure what the hell is going on right now, for example, why I'm in a domestic situation, I want you to know that I appreciate everything you...go through. Whatever it is.)
*turns and goes back downstairs*
(when you're done weeping into the socks, i'm making tea.)
((Believe it or not I'm with the noooooooooot O_o.))
(no toblerone for you either )
(a brief summary for our late-coming friend perhaps? a Halloween party is going on, I'm Eeyore btw, Chloe and Jai had a debate on ewweyness, and Con and i are in the grip of marital strife.)
(that all?)
(They let me in!)
(okay-cokay guys and gals, I'm going to bow out for the evening, I think. its been fun, its been confusing, its been just plain weird. a joy as always. see you all later ^.^)
Sup.
-walks in with Lira being a bloody doll and lucas being a skeleton-
(They are installing a copy of Halo 5 for me to play in-store! :)
(*cuddles Seirsha*
:)
(I'm totally distant, though.
See you tomorrow, Seri. Good night! *hugs happily*)
My grandma brought home Mac n cheese
And doughnuts
:(
And I'm fucking
Fattest piece of shit
You are beautiful, angel. I'm sorry you don't believe it.
(Guys I'm beginning to think I might be a mild insomniac.)
((*is on train alone*
+on way to see jack*
*is happy*))
morning bitches...
(*yawns and flips*
*cuddles anyone who's here*
Hey guys.)
(Hey saoirse. )
(Hi!
No regrets about yesterday. None whatsoever. I took a pic and got retweeted by my local GAME store.
And bsangel, Halo community manager.)
(Wbd, shower, then I can talk to you guys.
All of you... *looks around*
Oh.)
(First?)
(*nods* first.)
(Second. *Nods*)
(*nods* third.)
(-nods- fourth)
(Fifth! *nods*)
(*nods* sixth )
(Ninth! *laughs* )
( the anarchy! )
(society as a whole is crumbling )
(eh always has been)
( but now even more )
(I dedicate to my friends here on the blog. Thanks for being here for me...)
( Achievement acquired ... open 2000 tabs in one session :P )
(Hear hear :D :P )
"Old people can kill too."
"I know, but..."
"She could be a ninja."
"She's not a ninja, for God's sake. She's somebody's great-grandmother."
Love Skulduggery :D
Hear hear Kas and nice quote xD )
(Was that the witch, Kassy?)
the fuck is everyone today???
(Anyone here?
Wbd though.. )
(Hello?
@Gemma Was who the witch how what? *panicked tacklehugs*)
(Hey Kas! My old friend of sorts :) )
(Hello, Rhos. How have you been?)
(@kas she meant that was the quote... )
I've been alright bro, yeah
How bout yourself, how've you been? )
I was humiliated at school today again.
I went up to Mr. Moran's room to hold my club.
No one came, for the third time.
I had o leave a note on the board for him that I would tell the student services administrator to remove the club from all lists- because no one cared, simply.
I cried
And I binged
And I feel like shit
And I hate my body
And no one came to my club
Even though they promised
And Mr. Moran was being really mean about it to
I just
I wish I was back in the hospital sometimes
*hugs Noelle tightly*
D:
I'm sorry..
I'm sorry it's hard for you to see it, but your body is extremely beautiful and your personality more so.
So... Anyone else still up/woken up yet?
Welp... If anyone shows up I'll just be lurking here for another fourty or so minuets.
(Noelle you are beautiful, and I'm sorry that no one showed up to your club, you deserve better than empty promises. Just keep holding on.. and ignore your jackass teacher.)
(*listens to the rain*
...I think I'll get the bus to dad's today..)
*hugs Noelle*
(*hugs Noelle*
I'm sorry. I'm really sorry.
And hello, whoever's on.)
Been spending most their lives, living in the gangsta's paradise
Been spending most their lives, living in the gangsta's paradise
Keep spending most our lives, living in the gangsta's paradise
Keep spending most our lives, living in the gangsta's paradise
People who know both versions of this song
You're awesome!
Two people, well one person and one band did this song
Who are they?
I'll drop the answer later
Coolio ft LV?
*exists*
That's one of them Gem, just got to figure out the other one now guys )
Hi star! )
:) Hi. Wbd.
(-also exists, back from interview-
This is some Halloween party, right? xD
only tonight and tomorrow left then trick-or-treating)
It was Coolio and Stevie Wonder,
And I know because I'm a sound engineer, music is what I do :)
Dang Em, you got it
Like, Coolio did it, and falling in reverse did it too (recently) and now you've shown me that Steve wonder has it done it too
That's awesome! )
And I think (don't quote me!) but in faith and fear had those lyrics as well.
But the most famous is Coolio, though I don't know why since Stevie Wonder is a legend.
I agree with you, Stevie wonder is a legend like
I think coolio is more famous for it though, because of the film dangerous minds )
Today wasn't better.
A girl in my class came up to me, and just squirted water from her water bottle in her face.
"Geez, Noelle, it was just a joke"
I nearly cried
She treats me like this all the time- I don't think she fully realizes just how mean she is to me
But today...
It was so bad
I've been trying really hard to not harm myself since the hospital, but I figured that if I were to not eat it would be better
So
today I just had a bit of celery....
She just reinforces my low self esteem
Oh hell no, Noelle, that is really not on.
You should have gotten that water bottle and squirted it back on her, stupid bitch.
I know, it is super hard for you at the moment, but the only person that should matter is yourself and when battling mental health difficulties, looking after you is top priority.
And believe me, I know it is hard but it is a must.
And as for that other... yoke! Next time she goes near you, lay into her, tell her how she makes you feel, throw something, cry, do whatever you must until she sees the consequences of her actions.
And if all else fails, punch her...
But deep breath, let it go for today, tomorrow is a new beginning again so you have to prepare for that. Baby steps, day by day.
Noelle, I'm not sure if you tried this yet, but have you ever reported her to your guidance office, or any administrator? Some people are ignorant, and won't learn until you make them learn, the hard way. If all else fails, punch her out, but don't use violence unless there isn't disciplinary action against her.
(I would use violence. I couldn't put up with people at your school Noelle.)
*nods at what Grant said*
You said you nearly cried . . . Often, if you don't stop yourself crying and /actually/ cry, people will realise that they're really upsetting you and that can be useful. I mean, I can fully imagine that she sees it as a joke - if you show her that you really are upset, she may feel bad and stop.
[hugs Noelle]
Is this the same club you were running before? If so, I'd totally come if it was at my school rather than the other side of the country.
It's awful that the teacher was mean about it. -_-
Also, people who are trying to be funny shouldn't blame the audience for not laughing... :-/
This is my favourite thing right now... and if you watch it, watch it all the way through cause it gets better. I suggest you watch it in times 2. It's only 3 minutes long.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFmr_TZLpS0&feature=youtu.be&app=desktop
Here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFmr_TZLpS0&feature=youtu.be&app=desktop
Damit i did it wrong.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFmr_TZLpS0&feature=youtu.be&app=desktop here
ope. Not working i can't remember how to do the hyperlinks.
( Promise if you start watching you watch till the end )
(Hello?)
(Where is everyone?)
Dead
(Noelle... *offers hugs*
I'm sorry about the way you're treated, Noelle. I wish I could change it.)
*agrees with other people about the girl at Noelle's school :/*
*though personally violence is probably not a good idea*
I'm glad you're trying not to self-harm Noelle! :)
Just please to remember you need food? Celery really isn't enough.. if you eat healthy foods you can stay thin in a healthy way and it might help you feel at least a little better in some way because you are not always hungry. I realize it's not just as easy as suddenly eating enough again but maybe try and start by adding a bit of something else with unsaturated fat or protein into you diet, like some sort of nut? Almonds and peanuts are good! (To me at least, Idk maybe you don't like those or are allergic)
THANK YOU ELLENI!!!
Omg yes at GCSE art you have to art within the parameters to get marks and me and Jai are just like " . . . controlled art is not art."
(Hey Ser)
(Hows you?
Sorry i'll be distant cause i'm in Uni right now.)
(*tacklehugs Seirsha and Gemma* :)
Hey, you guys! How are you? :)
(@Seirsha good! :)
What are you up to?)
(Hey Kassy
-hugs-)
( hey guys gotta go walk the dog how are you ? :P )
((Hello))
(star ask lizzie how she feels about what they did to baby again.)
( hi Villi ... don't believe i've seen you around before. )
( different name then ? )
( hello then *offers huggles* )
@Keiron: ???
@Elleni: *nods*
(spn star :P since you said she was getting her own baby I was thinking she wouldn't like it ...
baby= what Dean calls the impala)
*shrugs*
(Hi!)
*hugs everyone*
*leaves*
AMMMMMMMMMMMMMMYYYYYYYYY
(*waves*)
(Hello.)
(How are you doing today, Sophia and Seri?)
(Hello, Saoirse. Hello, Tia.
I am alright, I suppose, yourself?)
(I'm fine, thanks. Watching Castle atm.)
(Seri! :)
((OMG
I CAN'T WORK THIS SOLITAIRE GAME OUT!!!!))
(@Star *facepalm* You're Ms Solitaire.
:)
@Seri! *nods*)
@Kas: :P
(Everybody's launching fireworks like crazy. But why? :/)
@Kas: Early bonfire night celebration? Bonfire night practise?
(@Star Maybe...)
(@Star Still playing solitaire?)
(@Kas: Idk, if there's fireworks near bonfire night it's usually summa tto do with bonfire night. :P
And, no, I momentarily stopped to finish my biology homewokr. I haven't defeated hte game yet, though, and I don't know hwo to and it's bugging me. D: I'm not sure it's actually possible, but it must be.
(XD good luck beating it!
It's probably because fireworks are rarely sold so people are like "oh wow fireworks are on sale cool we better buy some and set them off because they're on sale duh" -_-)
@Kas: D: Yeah, I'll need luck.
:P Idk, sounds like good logic to me.
(I'm off for the night. Good night, Starry!)
I did well today
Not a single bit of food
But dad came in town
I was excited
But then I saw my stepmonster and stepbrother
Fuck
Gah Microsoft -_- Please just STOP. Don't make ANYTHING. Like just close down all your factories and fire all your software developers. -_- First you took Windows XP and 7 which were awesome and screwed them u with Windows 8 and 8.1, then you tried to correct it with Windows 10 but tbh it's still nowhere near as good as Windows XP or 7 like NOWHERE near. Then you took Nokia and ruined their phones with your OS. You also ruined Hotmail with Outlook which is utter rubbish. Now you've made the rubbish even worse! At least on Outlook it loaded quickly and was easy to refresh. Literally nothing has changed but the layout but somehow needs a few seconds loading, and I have no idea how to refresh the stupid thing. And the Hotmail app on my phone has stopped working. I was still using the Hotmail app. One day it didn't refresh so I tried to reinstall it from the play store but no, all it said was hotmail is now outlook so I thought okay and installed Outlook and it was the biggest pile of shit ever I couldn't read an email without it stopping working -_- I couldn't scroll and it kept freezimy and there were so many damn glitches. So I found hotmail again on a website so started using that again -_- And now that's stopped working when you made Outlook worse -_- They take something simple and y'know working with something which is complicated, stupid and doesn't work -_- If/when I buy my next laptop, I'm getting Windows 7. And I'm keeping Windows 7.
(Hi!
*waves at Dragona*)
(Hey Kas. :) Wbd driving the Tumbler on GTA IV :P)
(The tumbler is REALLY loud irl)
(Seri! *tacklehugs* :)
Good afternoon, Seri!)
(I think what is really cool (and weird) is that I mostly guessed Halo 5' s plot on January 5th 2014.
And the game released last Tuesday.
Wow.
Except my guess was less awful. Apparently Halo 5's writing divebombed when Halo 4's writer left.
:/)
(Seriously, WTF was that plot? Did they forget what they were doing? So many undeveloped plots, unexplained events and impossibilities.
Hire a better writer, please.)
(Where is everyone? -_-)
((Must have gone off on an adventure))
(@Star Aye... -_-)
I FOUND MY RAINBOW-COLOURED ELBOW-LENGTH FINGERLESS GLOVES!
(@Star Yay!)
@Kas: :)
Wuu2?
hello.
(Hello?
Warden Eternal is a tool.
He really is.
To kill him, you're supposed to shoot him in the back.
And he's always looking at you. And he can kill you in one shot. And he has a huge sword to hit you with if you get too close. And he can summon minions. And he can summon soldiers that teleport to your location and beat you to death and shoot you and throw grenades. And he can throw an orb of instant death at you that will change direction and seek you out.
And he says mean things about humanity.
And he's really damn hard to get behind of and shoot in the back.)
(And it's mission 5. Later on, you fight three of these guys.
RIP everybody.)
huh
( ok when Gemma gets home you're going to see some weird picture of me and brudar... )
what kinda weird?
( just me making her ship come a little bit true :P)
(fan-service, really...)
(I think she might be asleep tbh might be tomorrow ... )
(did you get a lift btw? )
(nah, got the bus instead. I got surrounded by a bunch of jakes and ended up chatting to them for ten minutes. They were so confused!)
( shame... :P :/ confused about the costume or what ? :P )
(about everything, I think. To be fair, I did use a few big words. I overheard the game plan as they tried to sneak up me, it went "lets give the guy in the hat a fright". They really didn't. In the end I talked to the big one about rugby for a few minutes and then they all pissed off. fun!)
(lol :P )
(Hello?)
HI.
i am so fucking sick of the shit everyone gives me.
(@Fera ...)
Give me more hate. Give me more to hate. And once i've had enough to hate, i'll break myself.
COME ON> WHAT'RE U WAITNGNRG FR? HUH? COME ON!!!! COME ON COME ON>>>>
ahhh fuck this, i am going to bed...or somewhere else, who knows.
It sounds like sleep would greatly benefit you at this point in time.
I drew a card for Halloween(I hope you all like it)
Anyway, I just came to say that apparently sonic screwdrivers can't fix iPads, in case anyone was wondering this.
(In other words, I will be absent at least until Wednesday, and I will maybe be able to email, but probably not?
*hugs Lav* It's awesome. Thank you. :)
Happy Halloween!
My favourite ship right now -------->
It's kinda like the lift from dirty dancing but shit. Or a backwards titanic.
( too small we'll never know who that is :P )
( ---------------> :P )
(*curls up*)
"I'm flying Keiron!"
(*sighs* hello )
(Hey Chloe.
Come on doesn't that brilliant work of pain make you feel better?)
(Paint*)
(Jacks gone home now )
(Aww sorry to hear that)
(*hugs Chloe, ruffling her hair slightly* Sigh not for what is occurring now but smile for what was and for what one day will be.)
(*huggles* okay jai)
(No one likes my picture...have I over-estimated how funny this is...?)
(*Huggles back* He'll be back Chlo, and then you can see him again!)
(I know... But I want to be with him always
May disappear
In asda)
(I know you do, and one day I'm sure you will be.)
(Hi!
*needs to stock up on Halloween sweets for kids.)
(And i just got completely ignored. Fuck this shit...)
(Hey, Gem!
*hugs gently*)
( I am dressing up as day of the dead)
Well good for fucking you Chloe.
Hi Kas. -hugs-
(Woah
Calm dowb)
(@Chloe Day of the Dead?
@Gem Are you okay?)
(It's a Mexican festival
Have you seen/heard of the film the book of life?)
(All I know is that it's a zombie film?)
(its based on the day of the dead
its a Mexican festival to celebrate the dead
it has funky skeletons and stuff)
(Funky skeletons?)
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=day+of+the+dead&hl=en-GB&rlz=1T4GGHP_en-GBGB626GB644&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAWoVChMIr43CiOLsyAIVRjwUCh0atwA6&biw=1680&bih=871#imgrc=3To2P6gWCSlLOM%3A
(*hugs Chloe*)
(*hugs kassy *
how art thou?)
(I'm fine. Heading to town, though. May be distant.)
;okay ^.^)
(*frowns* how many sweets do I need for Halloween?)
(Lots Kas, kids are vicous on Halloween, I should know, I was one last year.)
(Hey, Seri! *huggles*
How are you doing?
And how many? How many packs?)
(Sis! *glomps*)
Thanks, Star. :) Popping in again to say that I added more to the post, so anyone who saw it earlier, if they want, take another look. The edit is at the bottom.
PS: If your neighborhood is popular, or just in a general area, expect lots of kids. Depending of if you hand the candy to them, or let them grab a handful: if the first, buy something worthy of one or two packets of sweets. If the latter, buy enough to last a year(ever so slightly exaggerated)- a year for someone who saves their sweets; not enough to fill the house, but enough to last a night of small handfuls.
And IF also the latter, MAKE SURE THEY KNOW ONLY ONE HANDFUL. Otherwise, they might try to take advantage of free handouts.
Now I gotta go again. *leaves hugs and candy, other sweets, and cookies on her snack table*
(*cuddles Hopeymoth*
Thanks for the advice!
*goes back to double the amount of sweets bought*)
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