Ahem.
Just a brief note to update you on how the work is progressing. So far, every book has been longer than the one before. The first book was about 75,000 words, and Mortal Coil was over 100,000. With Book 6, I'm planning on continuing that trend, but I don't know by how much.
I've been working away at the first section of the story, the first quarter of the book, dipping in an out of scenes and chapters... Even though, officially, I started this book on November 6th, a lot of things have been taking up my time, so I've really only been able to seriously write in the past week. And in the past week I've written almost 20,000 words. That's roughly a fifth of the book, and I've done it in six days.
I am on a ROLL.
Praise be to me!
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*hums*
I might go on GoldenEye today...
i think i'm going to write the poem for skulgirl
she's awesome and insane right?
It's a big maybe though... I might stay on here...
Yes... Skulgirl is awesome and insane :S
good then i have a great idea :D
Who are you planning on doing a poem on after Skulgirl? Because your awesome at poetry...
Hmm...
Hmm...
11:00!
WAAAA!
i'm not sure who else to write for after skulgirl
thrice perhaps
i don't really know
Lol if this is a help with Thrice, he eats something called Blas and shouts Poo a lot...
i plan on writing one for darkane and sarthacus eventually
You should do every single one of us... it would be funny!
where does skul girl come from?
Dunno... the US I think... somewhere like that... ask Kallista, she knows Skulgirl well...
*searches for Kallista*
HELLOOOO!
Lol...
Yes lord, you're on a roll!
Hi Sarthacus...
Octaboona, have you made up your mind...?
I'm going soon...
In the next 20mins...
Dun dun dun, dur durn durn...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruK4nnSB2Qo&feature=related
Skip to 1:50
Hmm; I thinakldsfa
^
Lol!
Hang on, hang on, hang on, are you telling me something about cherry muffins and now nice they go with cheese spread on toast?
Well NOW I g2g... I'll be back in a few hours... BYE!
Skulgirl is American...
THANKS DEREK! That might help...Hopefully. And thank you...Ambiguity, I think...
Derek, you should read my fanfic...You're the main character after all...Although I haven't gotten the second chapter out yet...
(I was replied to...Awesome sauce.)
i'm really sorry about yesterday sarthacus i was being insensitive
i don't know if you read my advice aboutt your poem
but i'll post it again
well done for trying, it shows promise
i know how hard it is to write when i've no inspiration, mine comes in spits and spurts, before a few days ago i'd written no poetry for about 8 months.
The best tip I can give you is only to write when you feel a state of heightened emotion as thats when you don't think but just write- release all your feelings into the words.
I'm sure that many good poets plan out their work and think what they write, apart from a little refinement, I don't do that with my poems. If its bad then I scrap the whole thing.
My poetry is really just what I feel but on paper. It's often just a random chaotic sprawl with no plot to it. And thats what works for me.
Good luck with your book I'm sure it will do greatly
also don't feel things have to rhyme- it often hinders your inspiration and can ruin a poem.
sarthacus i don't think i can write the songs in your book for you
i'm sorry
but i will help you if you need advice on them on anything
'Kay, read it again...I like the advice. Maybe, just maybe...yes. Makes perfect sense! And it's 6:19 now.
In Canada and America we call our equivalent of Crumpets, English Muffins.
I write poetry when I feel like it. Or when I'm bored...
OK... I think I'l try my best to write my own peoms...
Thanks for telling me.
well so do I but then it isn't any good
Like this for example:
I cannot see the summer light,
I've been in the dark for so long,
The sun is so bright it blinds me,
That I stay in the shadows alone.
My soul, corrupted by my stupidity,
Has altered my heart and mind as well.
I think like a madman, see like a bird,
I disguise my insanity by not being heard.
I'm a cat in the night,
A leaf on a tree,
As long as I wish it,
I will not be seen.
Because I am,
And I was,
And I'm fated to be.
I was cursed to always and forever be me.
If you're trying to achieve, there will be roadblocks. I've had them; everybody has had them. But obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.
I chuck potatos at the wall until it cries...
@ Mary
I like it
http://octaboonaambrosius.blogspot.com/
what do you think of them?
And here's another poem I wrote when I became...Dare I say it, "Larrified".
I wish upon a starry night,
And never wish a wish too far.
I am one of those who often dream,
With my feet on the ground and my head in the clouds.
I may not rhyme,
Even if I speak in poems,
Because I am different,
As different as can be.
I choose to be one who shades her eyes,
So that mystery and wonder is my present.
I live today.
Say goodbye to the past.
Look forward to morrow.
And wander in silence along my highway.
I know who I am,
I can't remember who I was,
And who I will be?
Well...that's a question for later.
Isn't it...?
And yes, it does not rhyme.
I already read them. I liked the Kallista's Feast one. And I loved the Alpaca? poem. Had a great Doctor Suess feel to it. I miss Dr. Seuss books...
Internet goin' wonky... again! Can't comment so much otherwise it shuts down all the time...
Gah! I just stabbed my neck with my nail. It didn't puncture the skin, so worry not. But it hurt!
I love Dr.Seuss too
.
I can quote his book Did I Ever Tell You How Lucky You Are? in its entirety.
I hate it when the internet blaverhavens. Anywho, here's a poem I wrote when someone brought up the question of whether we believed in God...about life and death...It's 6:30am...dearest me. I haven't even gone to sleep yet!
...Oh dear...I have to actually post the poem don't I...Guess I forgot!...
In life you live,
You love, you hate.
You laugh, you cry,
You want, you wait.
In death you die,
Your loved, and hated.
You laughed, you cried,
You wanted, you waited.
Life shall pass,
Death shall stay,
All bright colours fade away.
Your dead before you live,
You live before you die.
You live to experience.
You experience than die...
I've only spent the entire night awake twice so far.
In your life?
I love it. So simple yet it strikes a chord.
My death poems are just morbid.
There's actually no such thing as night.
when ou think about it, it's afternoon, then early evening, then it's like a spilt 1000000000000th of a millisecond of night at midnight, then it's morning.
Damn internet.
I stay up late often but only been awake for 24 hours twice.
Hey people. As soon as I got up this morning I felt sick and my head nearly exploded. I hate the flu.
hey darkane
i don't feel that great either
got a sore throat and a bad cold
I've never been awake that long. My brain literally just shuts down. But I can stay awake for long periods of time. And I can ALWAYS stay up at night...I'm always tired in the day though. Damn sun...
I have a headache...but when don't I? Oh damn it...I am tired. I'm going to start crying soon...
Twenty more minutes, and the sun will rise...
You should get some sleep Mary. If only for an hour or two.
Valkyrie stood shakily. Lord Vile towered over her. A smirk played on his lips.
"You know Valkyrie, I've always liked dead things. And,I think you would look much prettier if you just closed your eyes."
"Never. I'll...I'll..."
"You'll what? Try and talk your way out of it? Because, that's all you've really got at the moment."
Valkyrie applied even more pressure to the gaping wound on her side. She tried...oh how she tried...But the blood flowed to freely, it continued without an end in sight. And much to her dismay, her eyes betrayed her. Showed the fear she possessed. This small detail made Vile silently laugh.
Skulduggery, who was lying ten feet away, struggled to get up. He was afraid of what could happen though it was not something he would even fancy telling anyone. But he couldn't move.
And Valkyrie stood there helplessly. She too was rendered immobile. Black mist spread over her body. Pain flooded through every nerve, every fibre. Her eyes bulged and she screamed. The last thing she heard was...
"Ste...!"
***
What say you Derek?
Yes I should...
Oh dear, I see spelling mistakes...
Valkyrie stood shakily as Lord Vile towered over her. A smirk played on his lips.
"You know Valkyrie, I've always liked dead things. And, I think you would look much prettier if you just closed your eyes."
"Never. I'll...I'll..."
"You'll what? Try and talk your way out of it? Because, that's all you've really got at the moment."
Valkyrie applied even more pressure to the gaping wound on her side. She tried...oh how she tried...But the blood flowed too freely, it continued without an end in sight. And much to her dismay, her eyes betrayed her. Showed the fear she possessed. This small detail made Vile silently laugh.
Skulduggery, who was lying ten feet away, struggled to get up. He was afraid of what could happen though it was not something he would even fancy telling anyone. But he couldn't move.
And Valkyrie stood there helplessly. She too was rendered immobile. Black mist spread over her body. Pain flooded through every nerve, every fibre. Her eyes bulged and she screamed. The last thing she heard was...
"Ste...!"
***
What say you Derek?
'Twouldn't that be an epic end to a book...? I think so...Alright I fare thee well! Goodnight my dear friends and let us not forget our dear friends the cuttlefish.
THANKS AGAIN DEREK!!!!
Wow. That's amazing, Mary.
NIGHT MARY!
Love the ending
Night Mary...... or morning..... or whatever time it is there.
Grazie!
Night!
Almost 7 in the morning.
'Kay now goodnight!
lunch time here
12:00 pm
It's ten to twelve here.
Well done, Derek! A fifth of the way there in 6 days O_O Wow...
thats what i meant really
but 12 was easier to type
You know, if Derek keeps working like this I think he could publish the book in April.
so we should expect it to be finished in 24 more days. That takes us to the 29th December.
Give it to the 1st of January so you have some lee way. Then come the editing and rewrites and what not. That takes until March. So we should be expecting an April publication date :)
Yep, Derek. We're expecting an April publishing date. You'll be finished the book soon and then what would you do over the summer? You would be thinking 'why did I put my minions through all that waiting?'
Anyone on?
I'll take that as a no. If anyone is on I'm going to download a new CD onto iTune BYE!
i'm on
i had to leave for a bit as my internet broke
bye darkane
i love vida la vida
great song
just me then
*fills up the blog*
Back. Octaboona, you like coldplay?
*mumbles something about how she wishes Germany would implode*
Hey Nicolette.
20000 Words in 6 DAYS??? O.o
Wow...well done!
Hope you didn't forget to eat and to sleep, we don't want you to die D:
*looks up from homework*
Hello Darkane .. I have an aweful lot of homework all the snow washed away last night and I have school tommorow ....
So I have to doi all the homework I didn't do and all the homework I need to do
Anyone still on?
Ew, HW. It sucks to have loads I don't think I have any but I mightn't be in school tomorrow because I'm sick.
Why the hell do you want Germany to implode Nicolette??? O.o
Because most of it is German homework ... I'm no good at German but I have to do it becasue I'm top set french ...
Ye, that would be a problem for you Daniela
Germans not that hard. The only problem is remembering what's masculine feminine and neutral.
I'm going to study. Evil christmas tests. BYE!!
I don't want Derek to die either but 20,000 word in 6 days isn't that hard if you think about it
I wrote 3,600 words in a few hours so if I'm an average writer and he's a professional it should be easy ...
URR!! Dinner now guys ... I want to get homework done so I can go on xbox ... SO CLOSE!!
... brb dinner
It WOULD be a problem xD
But I don't want the UK to implode because of my english homework, so don't be cruel D:
Darkane Claw
Swirling colours
Shattered minds
Spiral clouds
Shuttered blinds
Remnants of art
Tendrils of thought
Fall of a shadow
Death of a sport
Disease of a body
Plague of the brain
Rise of depression
Birth of the pain
Ghost of a hope
Loss of a dream
Curse of a loved one
Sound of a scream
Crash of a melody
Strike of a Claw
Trial of happiness
Close of a door
Decay of beauty
Besmirch of Darkane
Lapse into chaos
Insanity’s reign
i'm back
yes i do like coldplay
darkane i hope you feel better
although i'm not sure the poem will help :)
just me again
all alone
*searches for a single soul left in the chaos black as coal*
*tries looking in Derek's Blogland instead*
*PUPPY!*
1 billion green bottles hanging on a wall
years pass
2 billion green bottles hanging on a wall
wait i'm supposed to count down aren't I?
oops
1,999,999,999 green bottles hanging on a wall
Most Children would be punished by being sent to there room or by being grounded but no I'm punished by being forced to bake cookies
Just another methord my mums used to keep me away from my xbox for longer
6 butterflys under a tree
5 green kites went flying by
4 potatoes sang
3 large rhinos ate a cake
2 balloons went bang
1 was sitting alone
0 ends my song
Octaboona's gone insane
Everyone sing along!
hi nicolette
what an awful punishment.
drop of sarcasm falls off the fullstop
I love baking cookies!!!!
So do I but not when it interferes with my xbox
COOKIES!!!!!!
Being alone has unhinged me
brb after lunch
what do you think of my poem?
about darkane
Hmmm art homework what inspired me to do my peice ...
I can't exactly put people dieing a horrible death in a fire .. it would make me seem ever so slightly morbid
:O *jaw drops* ahh ahh ahhh ahhh ....
*clears throat* WOW!
Yeh... well...
Hmm...
Anyone on?
WAK WAK WAK WAK!
WWWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
Loneerrr... Larrified!
Anyone on?
Anyone care for poor Dragona Pine, who is stuck on the blog being a loner?
Brb, dinner...
i'm back
just after dragona left
*sighs*
... Brb...
Congrats, Derek!
I can beat you, though. NaNoWriMo 2010. Me: 50.000 words in 12 days. Yes, that`s right. 12 days. I know you can do that, too! (Yes, this is a dare. Yes, punishment will be severe should you fail)
hi sarthacus
statistics would suggest that derek will only have written 40000 words in 12 days.
Octaboona. That poem is amazing.
Hmmmm ... art art art ...
*stands up tall and pround* Art is a subject where students express themselves threw drawing it is not something we dhould have to write about! Therefore I refuse to do my art homeowrk
Why did all of those things come to mind about me?
Can I post it on my blog?
PRAISE TO YOU, MR LANDY
I'm so glad that book 6 will be longer than book 5, because I read them in 2 days and then wish I hadn't because I don't want them to stop!!!
you can post it sure
umm well you said you were ill and dragona told me you like art and sport and i've looked at your blog
it sort of grew from there. Plus i looked up darkane to see what it meant and it was a band.
Hey Lunar. Go to my blog and read the amazing poem written by Octaboona.
so thats were the art music sport and illness grew from.
the rest i made up
it might not reflect you at all!
Darkane is a band? Awesome. I play drums and piano and I love music.
Darkane (formerly known as Agretator) is a melodic death/progressive thrash metal band that originated in Helsingborg, Sweden in 1998.[1] Their music contains ample thrash elements interspersed with acoustic interludes and symphonic features, such as the in studio use of synthesizers and occasionally full orchestras and choir singing. The name Darkane is a portmanteau of the words "dark" and "arcane".
Back...
Thrash metal is pretty awesome.
Hey Dragona.
Hello Darkane...
I need ideas for my fanfic... AR, I'm kinda loosing my sense of story... I need ideas, I've already thought about what will happen at the end, but I need things to happen between now and the end...
Have you read Octaboona's poem?
Yes... it's awesome!
You and your Hmms, they're evil.
Anyone on?
i'm on
so is darkane
They aren't evil... just the person that says them :P
Because I AM evil... muhahaha!
You could never be evil. *Tries to pat Dragona on the head but she's too small*
*dragona chokes on a cookie*
muhhahaha ugh splutter cough cough
I AM evil though... I THROW people... well, I'm suppose I'm not THAT evil... just a slight bit because being evil is FUN!
*spits the cookie at Octaboona, it hits him in the face*
Sigh, you and your not quite so evilness, Dragona.
when ever i have to choose between the lesser of two evils i always choose the one i've never tried before!
*ducks from the cookie of impending doom*
OK, I'm a nice person, most of the time, except for in hostile situations when I become evil...
SOMEONE COMMENT, WHY IS IT SO QUIET!?
my comment posting thingy broke
its ok now i think
Darkane, did you like the exploding dam in my fanfic?
Ye, it was awesome. I left a comment.
Ah... I'll go see it now...
Thanks Darkane... you won't get fired...
Oh good.
*looks down shamefull*
my cookies couldn't cope with the heat of the oven and *coughs* imploded
Lol Nicolette... yum yum, imploded cookies :D
so what prevents you from the xbox now?
There's a rat in my kitchen what am I gonna do
There's a rat in my kitchen what am I gonna do
I'm gonna fix that rat that's what I'm gonna do
I'm gonna fix that rat
comment post thingy keeps breaking!
HOMEWORK!! ... stupid art I shouldn't have to write for ART!!
Lol... it's because of your internet Octa...
I'm gonna go in 15 mins because my friends are coming over to practice this so we have to record.
Ok Darkane...
Well, if it's art appreciation you have to write. I have to do a whole project that's due for thursday.
Song not so. Typos.
I would say to him I didn't do it because I beleive art is used to exprece ones self threw drawing not words but its effort and attainment reports this week and I don't wanna get a U
I have no hw... I've only been at school Monday this week...
I don't have to go to school tomorrow because I'm sick. I MISS DOUBLE IRISH!!!!!!
I used to rule the world
Seas would rise when I gave the word
Now in the morning I sweep alone
Sweep the streets I used to own
I used to roll the dice
Feel the fear in my enemy's eyes
Listen as the crowd would sing:
"Now the old king is dead! Long live the king!"
One minute I held the key
Next the walls were closed on me
And I discovered that my castles stand
Upon pillars of salt and pillars of sand
I hear Jerusalem bells a ringing
Roman Cavalry choirs are singing
Be my mirror my sword and shield
My missionaries in a foreign field
For some reason I can't explain
Once you go there was never, never an honest word
That was when I ruled the world
It was the wicked and wild wind
Blew down the doors to let me in.
Shattered windows and the sound of drums
People couldn't believe what I'd become
Revolutionaries wait
For my head on a silver plate
Just a puppet on a lonely string
Oh who would ever want to be king?
I hear Jerusalem bells a ringing
Roman Cavalry choirs are singing
Be my mirror my sword and shield
My missionaries in a foreign field
For some reason I can't explain
I know Saint Peter will call my name
Never an honest word
But that was when I ruled the world
I hear Jerusalem bells a ringing
Roman Cavalry choirs are singing
Be my mirror my sword and shield
My missionaries in a foreign field
For some reason I can't explain
I know Saint Peter will call my name
Never an honest word
But that was when I ruled the world
nope I quote I have to write about ' your insperations and influences from your peice go into great detail about this person and the reason they gave you the ideas they did, include the name of your peice the materials used and how it links into RRR
Because were one of only 2 RRR Secondary schools in the UK grrr
I might go on GoldenEye until 3:00...
Yes... going on GoldenEye... bye for now!
I love that song :D
Bye Dragona
bye dragona
What song is it?
Viva la Vida - Cold play :D
Oh, right. I knew I knew it from somewhere. My dad likes Coldplay.
You people have a weird taste in music.
I MANAGED ONE GAME BEFORE MY MUM KICKED ME OFF! DAMN IT!
Is anyone on or am I a loner?
my internet keeps on breaking arrgh!
Coldplay is awesome!
Hey Dragona
im here
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