Thursday, February 23, 2012

The End Of The World Is Nigh

Just got word- The End Of The World has officially been released.

I thought it wouldn't be available until the 1st of March, World Book Day, but apparently they release their books a week or two early so that people will have them in their hands for the day in question. I think the vouchers can be used in participating shops from tomorrow onwards, but if you don't have a voucher the books themselves are real cheap, so it shouldn't break the bank.

TEOTW isn't the only World Book Day book, of course, so look around, see if anything else takes your fancy.

The A/NZ version of TEOTW will be released tomorrow, I'm told. The only difference between the two versions are the extras at the back. In the A/NZ, there's the short story using characters created by Minions -with-funny-accents right here in this Blog (and don't worry, this story will be collected along with all of the others and released to the world sometime between now and Book Nine).

In the UK and Ireland version of TEOTW, instead of a story, we have some deleted scenes from my first draft of the first Skulduggery book. I figured it might be interesting to give you a peek into what Val's home life would have been like if I hadn't come up with the idea of the reflection. Here's a hint: it'd be completely different. No warmth, or humour, or Melissa rolling her eyes while Desmond does something odd. Have a read, and then see which one you prefer.

Oh, and to all you competition winners who have been sent the signed books, I still have to send you a signed copy of Death Bringer. I've signed them and everything, I just haven't, er, sent them yet.  Ahem. The upside is that now I'll be able to send you signed copies of TEOTW as well- so yay me!

Oh, and as usual, even though TEOTW is only a novelette, keep spoilers to an absolute minimum in the comments section. You may continue to babble now.

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Colleen McGuigan said...

OMG!!! FIRST!! :D Yya! i got my TEOTW Today from Amazon! Love it! Brilliant book! :D XXXXXX LOVE YOU DEREK, BEST AUTHOR EVER!! XX

Sarah said...

Hehe. First page of comments.

Can't wait for TEOTW!

Sarah said...

Ooh! Second and third!

DitzyDaffy said...

Love the SP series, I'm literally aching with anticipation for the next book x3

Anonymous said...

Gasp! Fifth comment? Sixth, seventh, now? : D

Incandesence said...

HURRAY FOR THE END OF THE WORLD!

that sounded a bit morbid, but it's true!

Zanida Laufeydottir Queen of Asgard (Zafira Kerias) said...

Ooh yay!!!! To Amazon.com i go *runs to amszon* i gonna order it yay!!!!! I think I should wait til the rush dies down....ah forget it

Kribu said...

Aaaaaaargh! ~contemplates going to check the mailbox again although it's almost midnight and the book was only dispatched yesterday~

An English friend who got hers yesterday sent me a quote as a teaser. She's EVIL. (I'm conveniently forgetting that I begged her for something non-spoilery.)

Cassidy Clarimonde (Self-Appointed Grand Mage of the Scottish Sanctuary) said...

Hey everyone!!!! I just read that and now im shaking with joy and excitement!!!! In two days i will buy that book, and read it!!!! It will be in my hands, and i shall smell the new book smell from it, novelettte or not, it counts at a book !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! <3 This has reaaly cheered me up !!!!! :3

hudson said...

Wow, never got in this early.
How's all this film stuff going?
I need another legacy since Harry potter has finished.
But Skully will be much better because you wrote it.
I hate short sentences.
I have one query though.
Setting up Val with Gordon's legacy - wouldn't it be more fun to have val get a job,or her reflection?
Also I have a picture of you on my wall.
*chuckles of glee with hints of malice ensue*
Bye bye!!!!

Stephanie Edgley said...

Yay! First page!

DEREK:: KATIE MCGRATH SHIULD PLAY CHINA SORROWS IN THE SP MOVIE IF THERE IS ONE!

Stephanie Edgley said...

ALSO: YOU PUT KALLISTA IN DEATH BRINGER! THAT IS SO COOL! YOU ARE THE BEST GOLDEN GOD EVER!

Zanida Laufeydottir Queen of Asgard (Zafira Kerias) said...

As i go to Amazon i find something rather odd....my daddy used my gift card....AWWWWW now i cant buy it! I even had enough to buy even after i ordered DD O: the odds are not in my favor today *sighs* now ill hafta wait til easter 40 days from now....

Stephanie Edgley said...

Grr! I can't refresh! This is so annoying!

Anonymous said...

Wooo, TEOTW! First time I've actually looked forward to ze Book Day! It always just rolled around without my noticing...

Stephanie Edgley said...

This is me refreshing as there isn't a 'newest' button.

Mar-Chu said...

*gasps over-dramatically*

WOOOOOOOOOOOOHHOOOOOOOOOOOOHOHOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHOHOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

NOW I'LL BE ABLE TO READ THE END OF THE WORLD TOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

Heads up, I like Desmond the best when he said he dropped Valkyrie into a penguin enclosure. Just sayin'.

Stephanie Edgley said...

I used to HATE world book day because in primary we always used to have to bring in our favoutite book and i never had one. I discovered all three of my favourite authors in secondary school:(

Cassidy Clarimonde (Self-Appointed Grand Mage of the Scottish Sanctuary) said...

I think Derek should post again and say hi to us all then jump on the next ferry or plane to Scotland and get a bus, train or taxi to East Kilbride. Then he should stay in a hotel and come to Calderglen High School for the day to talk with 2T3 and be our English teacher !!!!!! And bring the incomplete book 7 !!!!!!! Then he should come see Olly Murs with me !!!!

Stephanie Edgley said...

Yeah, that part made me laugh *goes off to read it*

Stephanie Edgley said...

Refreshing

Zanida Laufeydottir Queen of Asgard (Zafira Kerias) said...

I hope he does! I asked him not to i told him I wanted the book...but nooooo. Idk if i can wait 40 days til easter O.o i MITE get it

Stephanie Edgley said...

YES KALLISTA I AGREE!

Octa said...

Hello world!

I read TEOTW today. I'm glad I'll get a signed copy of it. To complete my two sets of SP books. A signed and an unsigned set.

HeidiO said...

one more reason why i need to move to the UK. THESE BOOKS DO NOT COME OVER THE ATLANTIC FAST ENOUGH.

Anonymous said...

oi Derek...I AM MOVING ON WEDNESDAY!!!!! So what if someone else get's my books when I leave?! :c

Zanida Laufeydottir Queen of Asgard (Zafira Kerias) said...

Heidi0 i agree i mean i got MC and DB but DD hasnt come how am i supposed to read the two i got if DD isnt here? I mean i did borrow from my friend sooo

Stephanie Edgley said...

Okay, i just read the penguin enclosure bit. I love that chapter. It really makes me laugh.

Octa said...

KALLISTA!!!!!!!

*hugs her tightly and glomps her with noogies and kisses*

Stephanie Edgley said...

Hi octoboona, heidio, arriana.

Stephanie Edgley said...

Refreshing.

HeidiO said...

i know it's so annoying! i ordered MC and DB at the same time and it took them almost 2 weeks to get here. now im waiting on TEOTW. RAGE

Derek Landy said...

Hi Kallista, and hi Hellboy!

I do indeed have that folder, and it's packed full of stuff, but on that tour I was handed an astonishing FOUR folders of fan fiction and drawings, and I still haven't got through them all (y'know, writing a book takes up a certain amount of time...)

But once I've finished all of them I'll be able to tell you what I think!

Lizzy, I was lucky enough to have an agent when I was writing Skulduggery. I got an agent because of the movies I'd done, so when I'd finished the book she knew the perfect people to send it to. Basically, that means that I skipped the awful stage you're at now, which is wondering how the hell you get your foot in the door...!

Hudson- you're weird. But apart from that, that's a good question! Would if have been better to set Val up with a job, instead of inheriting Gordon's estate?

The answer, I admit, is yes, it probably would have been better- in the long run- to NOT have her inherit so much. But as it is, her situation really lets me focus on the important stuff, and ignore the more practical things like "how does she pay for things?"

Star Midnight- I think Katie McGrath would be wonderful in ANY role! I met her once, at my cousin's wedding, and I spent the whole night trying to chat her up. Lovely girl!

(Also, regrading the refreshing the comments page, as I've just found out, if you go back to the actual blog entry and click on the title to this post, the comments page will open up like they always did!)

And hi Cassidy! And everyone! And I can't be your English teacher! I'd just spend the whole class making jokes and hitting people!

Aylisse Wonder said...

So excited for End Of The World! It's gonna be so awesome! :D

Derek Landy said...

Arianna- if you're moving, send your new address to the email you were given, and I'll send it on to you.

Stephanie Edgley said...

I know . . . Instead of putting refreshing, i'll put sp quotes!

The sparrow flies south for winter *hits south because i don't have anyone better to hit*

Derek, i think death bringer is probably your funniest book.

Octa said...

*stares wildly*

It's a DEREK!

*jumps up and down in excitement*

I must warn you that if I ever meet you in real life I just simply have to give you a noogie.

(And maybe another one on behalf of my beloved Kallista)

Anonymous said...

OK! Thanks Derek! Thank you for everything I mean. :3

Zanida Laufeydottir Queen of Asgard (Zafira Kerias) said...

Hello Derek. I swore i would tell you that Ali who comments on Facebook says " hello golden god." i do know her outside of school. :So now i feel safer from her copy of Death Bringer which will prolly hit me if i hadnt posted her greeting.

amelie espirt ____the gummy bear assasin for the straight jacket said...

yay so excited now i just have to hope that i can get it when i go shopping cant wait to read what adventures the aussies and nz get up to yay

Rose Black said...

DDDDDEREEEEEEEKKKKKKKkkk!!!!!!!!

Mar-Chu said...

Derek, can you at least be MY sub? :D

It'd be a wonderful class! You'd do everything the teacher already does! Plus hitting!

(And make the hallway smell like bacon, then you'll get wild reactions from this girl who...well, likes bacon. It's weird. It really is)

Mar-Chu said...

*shifty look*

THE ROOSTER CROWS AT DAWN!

*Thalia kicks down the door*

Thalia: You called?

...I wish that could happen. Hmmm..

Cassidy Clarimonde (Self-Appointed Grand Mage of the Scottish Sanctuary) said...

Hehehe, hitting people in my class is fine, and jokes are even better!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :3

Octa said...

Oh and about the deleted scenes.

I much prefer Val's family life as it is in the books.

Reading those deleted scenes were just horrible (in like a good way- we are reading words from an awesome Golden God after all). I'm so glad you came up with the reflection.

:D

Stephanie Edgley said...

WOW! DEREK MENTIONED ME! *sighs happily* My life is now complete. Well, it will be, if ghastlith happens, and if km plays cs, and if i become an author when i'm older, and if i never have to birdwatch again, and if . . .

Okay. My life is not quite complete.

But i knew katie mcgrath was the best friend of your counsin's wife. I'm in the process of reading all your old posts, AND all the millions of comments, because that's how sad i am:(

Rose Black said...

I mean *coughs* Hi.

Cassidy Clarimonde (Self-Appointed Grand Mage of the Scottish Sanctuary) said...

And OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Derek just replied to meeee!!!!!!!! I feel soooo happy!!!!! This is why i come to the blog, to get cheered up and talk to epic people!!!!!!!!!!!! :3

Rose Black said...

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm *goes off thinking*

Stephanie Edgley said...

Hi cassidy, mar-chu. Mar-chu, you might not have met me. But i will be called a regular in the future, so hi.

June Clarence said...

Hey Derek! You "forgot" to mention when TEOTW will be released in Germany. Don`t tell me I need to have it shipped over from the UK again?! Because I did that with Death Bringer and I think someone had to swim across the channel and walk the rest of the way to deliver it to my local book store. That`s just getting ridiculous, really.

Anyway, I`m already looking forward to reading it and I hope it`ll be available for me, soon.

And even though I haven´t yet read the alternative version of Val`s home life, I can already tell it wouldn`t be half as good as the "real" one. I absolutely LOVE Desmond`s scenes. He is hilarious.

Zanida Laufeydottir Queen of Asgard (Zafira Kerias) said...

"I cannot cure stupidity." Doctor Nye. I sooooo agree with Nye

Stephanie Edgley said...

Hi pink!

Thanks, kallista! And i do learn loads of interesting stuff, reading those comments.

Cassidy Clarimonde (Self-Appointed Grand Mage of the Scottish Sanctuary) said...

Hello there Star :3 !!!!

Octa said...

I have to go now.

*hugs and kisses Kallista*

Night all!

Stephanie Edgley said...

"Surprise! It's the clothes!"

Stephanie Edgley said...

Bye octoboona!

Cassidy Clarimonde (Self-Appointed Grand Mage of the Scottish Sanctuary) said...

Goodnight Octa :3

Rose Black said...

Oh no i haven't ordered TEOTW!!!

Need to get on to that

Rose Black said...

bye octa..............

Rose Black said...

*doesn't know why she added ...*

HeidiO said...

for a minute i was like, "it's not nighttime everyone!" then i was like, "oh wait...."

Cassidy Clarimonde (Self-Appointed Grand Mage of the Scottish Sanctuary) said...

And now i must leave, bye everyone!!!!! Have fun!!!!!! I don't know if i will be able to sleep tonight with all the excitement, but i might come on later!!!!! :3 Nighty night!!!!!! And cheeeeriooooooooo!!! :3

Stephanie Edgley said...

"I could have been killed because you were tying your SHOELACE?"
"An untied shoelace can be dangerous. I could have tripped"

. . .

"I'm joking"
"Really?"
"Absolutly. I would never have tripped. I'm far too graceful"

Zanida Laufeydottir Queen of Asgard (Zafira Kerias) said...

I know this is soooo random but: Derek do you like Sweeney Todd? If so who is your favorite charector? Mine is Mrs. Lovett.

Stephanie Edgley said...

"I kill Cain. Not you, not the vampire, not the idiot."
"Who's the idiot?"

Rose Black said...

Oh i've to go.

Rose Black said...

Bye all! Bye Derek!

Stephanie Edgley said...

"Blow it up."
"Can't do that"
"Why not?"
"Not a bomb. It's a bag with a collapsible jack for chsnging tyres."
"What abour the remote?"
"It opens my garage door. Don't tell thwm, but it doesn't even have batteries in it"

Stephanie Edgley said...

Bye pink, kallista

Zanida Laufeydottir Queen of Asgard (Zafira Kerias) said...

"Billy-Ray Sanguine master of all manner of unpleasant deaths and purveyor of cruel and unusual punishments at your sevice."

HeidiO said...

"Only a heathen would bring a gun to a sword fight."
"And only a moron would bring a sword to a gunfight."

Flame Phoenix (Fawkes)~roleplaying said...

And my iPods dying so me gone again.

Bye!

Zanida Laufeydottir Queen of Asgard (Zafira Kerias) said...

"Do you know what that makes me? It makes me BETTER then you."

barmybex said...

I've ordered my copy and i've had the dispatch message so I hope it arrives tomorrow. :D

Zanida Laufeydottir Queen of Asgard (Zafira Kerias) said...

Im reading DB and role playing and commenting xD

Stephanie Edgley said...

"I'm going to cut you into little tiny pieces. I'm going to take a small piece of your skull andturn it into some dice. Maybe I'll use tge rest of you as keys on a piano. I wonder, skeleton, would you still be alive? Would you still be conscious if you were dice, or keys on a piano?"
"Always wanted a life in music"

Colleen McGuigan said...

Derek, can I ask you a question, PLEASE?? Do you think on the next tour you would come to NI? Its just its too FAR to go to R.O.I, and my daddy is lazy. He won't drive me. I have my books waiting for you to sign! They are hungry for Derek Landy signatures. You don't want my poor books to starve, do you? Please reply, i really want to know!! :) Best author ever, again, as i said in the 1st comment :) xxxx
PS: Do you like Harry Potter? Just reading TEOTW and Valkyrie whistles the Harry Potter tune! xxx (thats not a BIG spoiler, is it?)

Stephanie Edgley said...

"You don't happen to have an imaginary chessboard with you, do you?"

Flame Phoenix (Fawkes)~roleplaying said...

Ugh lakalalallalalal shush!!

Stop talking bout teotw!!!!


Hah!!!


My mother may drive to easons tomorooq

Robin Snowscar said...

*mumbles about still not having TEOTW even though it's been pre-ordered for ages*

Flame Phoenix (Fawkes)~roleplaying said...

Hey Robin.

You ok.

Email me. My ioo is going to die

Zanida Laufeydottir Queen of Asgard (Zafira Kerias) said...

Whoever read TEOTW do tell me one thing: is billy-ray alive??? So flame and whorver else dont wanna know we prolly should add spoiler warnings

Flame Phoenix (Fawkes)~roleplaying said...

Shushshushsushsushsushushsushsd


Thats a spoiler in the question

Thanks Zaf!!!

Robin Snowscar said...

Okie Flame

Stephanie Edgley said...

"When you hold a baby, what's the most inportant thing to remember?"
"Not to drop it"
"Well, yes, well done, dear, but i was thinking more about HOW you hold the baby"
"Ah. Of course. The secret to holding a baby is to pick it up by the scruff of the neck"
"You're thinking of kittens"
"Pick it up by the ears then"
"You're thinking of nothing"

Flame Phoenix (Fawkes)~roleplaying said...

Yay okie. Now me goes!!

Bye!
I'll be emailing Robin


Be!

Robin Snowscar said...

I am positive my mother has hidden TEOTW from me until I get my French result tomorrow, what if it's awful? Then what will she do? *panics*

Stephanie Edgley said...

Hi robin! Hi flame!

Robin Snowscar said...

Bye!

Zanida Laufeydottir Queen of Asgard (Zafira Kerias) said...

Np flame Ali was spoiling DD for me til i took out the razor i made identical to Billy-Ray's ( fake razor lol i didnt attack i just took it out and she spszzed)

Robin Snowscar said...

Star, what if she rips it or burns it or worse draws on it!

Robin Snowscar said...

Ha Zafira

Robin Snowscar said...

The humanity!

Stephanie Edgley said...

"Can i please just hold her?"
"I don't think that's wise"
"A lot of things aren't wise, Melissa. Iscrossing the road with your eyes closed wise? No, but i do it anyway"
"Stephanie, you're in charge of teaching Alice how to cross the road"

Stephanie Edgley said...

Erm . . . I don't know, robin. Maybe you should go snooping, see if you can find it.

Robin Snowscar said...

I've already tried all the usual places, she has been very crafty

ChapterHouse-Reads said...

cool!

Zanida Laufeydottir Queen of Asgard (Zafira Kerias) said...

Hi robin and check her dbedroom or a food closet

Robin Snowscar said...

Done and done Zafira

Robin Snowscar said...

*mutters*

Zanida Laufeydottir Queen of Asgard (Zafira Kerias) said...

Hmmm thats hard....very hard

Robin Snowscar said...

Oh well...

Stephanie Edgley said...

"You don't trust me"
"I do trust you. I just don't trust you A LOT. Stephanie has safe hands"
"You want to see safe hands?" He went to the fruit bowl on the side table, took two apples and proceeded to juggle them. "See? Safe as anything."
"Are you proposing to juggle our newborn child?"
"Of cpurse not. I'd only be able to juggle her if we had twins. Otherwise it's just throwing"

Robin Snowscar said...

*facepalm* I actually laugh aloud at Des he's brilliant.

Stephanie Edgley said...

"I didn't drop her once"
"You dropped her when we were at the zoo"
"You dropped me?"
"Ah. I'd forgotten about that. In my defense, you were a very wriggly child. One moment you were there, the next you were, you know, on the,ground in the penguin enclosure"
"You dropped me in the PENGUIN ENCLOSURE?"

To be continued . . .

Zanida Laufeydottir Queen of Asgard (Zafira Kerias) said...

Des is brilliant reminds me of my brother irl

Robin Snowscar said...

I don't know anybody like that, probably why it's so funny to me.

Zanida Laufeydottir Queen of Asgard (Zafira Kerias) said...

Sadly my brother is like that

Robin Snowscar said...

Sadly? It sounds like fun

Stephanie Edgley said...

"I was leaning over the railings and you just plopped out of my grip. You weren't hurt, or anything. And even if you had been, I'm sure the penguins would have taken you in, raised you as one of their own. It would have been a different life for you, but still a good one"
"I can't beleive you dropped me"
"Neither could the people around us. Some crazy woman stormed up and roared at me for about five minutes about how i shouldn't be putting my child in danger"
"That was me"

To be continued . . .

Zanida Laufeydottir Queen of Asgard (Zafira Kerias) said...

Oh he is funny....i gotta figure out how he pulled tendons in his arm bowling

Stephanie Edgley said...

"Now it makes sense. My fear of zoos. My fear of penguins. My fear of being dropped in a zoo with penguins. It's all Dad's fault"
"Most things are"

Robin Snowscar said...

*runs to chat*

Stephanie Edgley said...

Do you want more des, people? I have dark days here! *waves dark days in a tenpting mamner*

Stephanie Edgley said...

So, do you?

Zanida Laufeydottir Queen of Asgard (Zafira Kerias) said...

Ooh no....Nye is haunting my day dreams.

Stephanie Edgley said...

Okay. I have to refresh one way or another, so i'll take that as a yes.

Fiona Valkyrie said...
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Robin Snowscar said...

Nye, dodgey character, changed or not do we think?

Stephanie Edgley said...

"I'm off to meet a few cluents, take them out for a quick nine"
"A quick nine what?"
"I'm not sure. It's a golf term. Men my age say it all the time. I wanted to take them to the football final on Sunday, but golf this afternoon will have to do"
"You don't play golf"
"But i've seen it on television and it looks pretty straightforward. Hit the ball with the thing."
"Club"

Zanida Laufeydottir Queen of Asgard (Zafira Kerias) said...

Im not sure honestly

Stephanie Edgley said...

Er, what? I haven't been following the conveesation.

Robin Snowscar said...

Nor am I Zafrina

Zanida Laufeydottir Queen of Asgard (Zafira Kerias) said...

Talking bout Nye

Robin Snowscar said...
This comment has been removed by the author.
Robin Snowscar said...

*Zafira


Yes?

Stephanie Edgley said...

"What could be easier?"
"Your hand-eye co-ordination isn't the best though, and you regularly say you think golf is stupid"
"Golf IS stupid"
"Then why would you want to take your clients golfing?"
"Primarily, it's the outfit. The V-neck jumpers with the diamond patterns and the trousers with the socks pulled up"
"I don't think people wear those anymore"
"Oh"

Stephanie Edgley said...

Well i knew THAT. But WHAT about nye?

Oh, never mind. Don't make my brain work any more than it has to. I'll stick with quoting/refreshing.

Robin Snowscar said...

*nods* Yes what about Nye?

Stephanie Edgley said...

"People who follow the rules do not come to ME. Which explains why i see the both of you with aome regularity"
"We rogues have to stick together"
"That rather defeats the point of BEING a rogue though, doesn't it?"

Robin Snowscar said...

Ah, I give up, I must dash! Farewell.

Stephanie Edgley said...

The Purple Menace wasn't as bad as the Canary Car, but it was close. At least it didn't make people stop and actually laugh as it passed.

Stephanie Edgley said...

Bye robin!

Stephanie Edgley said...

"I'm sure he'd forgive the little trespass if you told him what we'd found"
"Not really. See, this is his family's chamber. It's a sacred thing. Us being here is inexcusable"
"What? You said this was just like a storage shed. You didn't say anything about it being SACRED"

Stephanie Edgley said...

"Is this disrespectful? Is this like dancing on someone's grave?"
"A little worse than that. It's like digging up the grave, taking out the body, rifling through the pockets and THEN dancing on the whole thing. It's a little more than disrespectful."

Stephanie Edgley said...

Is nobody here?

Stephanie Edgley said...

Five minutes till midnight . . .

Stephanie Edgley said...

Maybe i'll get first. That would be good.

Stephanie Edgley said...

That would be excellant, in fact.

Stephanie Edgley said...

Now, let me see . . . What should i dedicate it to?

Stephanie Edgley said...

Well, i've got quite a way to go yet, of course.

Stephanie Edgley said...

Woo-hoo! Midnight! *throws confetti*

Stephanie Edgley said...

Farewell, blogland. Until we meet again.

Lois Lane said...

WOOT! THE END OF THE WORLD!

Alexis A. said...

Holy shiz! Must...get...to...Amazon....

Alexis A. said...

Fudge! I can't find it on the US site.
Do I have to order from the UK site? Even though I've ordered three books from out of the country already I'm still not accustomed to Internet shopping.

Zanida Laufeydottir Queen of Asgard (Zafira Kerias) said...

Im baaaaaack

Alexis A. said...

Hiya

Zanida Laufeydottir Queen of Asgard (Zafira Kerias) said...

Hi kimberly

Min (Thalia) said...

...My comment didn't post.

*hisses*

Amanda Moore/China Sorrows, now Zinnia Batty said...

DEREK WE THINK YOU ROCK! This is Valkyrie V and Amanda... the ones at your party....

Anyway, HELLO!


If we go to Ireland, will you meet up with us? PLEASE?

Say hi to us, we beg of you! We talk about you everyday to other people, and they think you're awesome too!

Oh, and read my - Val V's - story at http://valkyriesstories.blogspot.com/ PLEASE DEREK!

And publish your books here!

Pasta!

Min (Thalia) said...

ANYWAY.

YAY FOR THE END OF THE WORLD! :D

And I'm a tad scared of what Val's home life would be like without the reflection. I mean, I don't really like the reflection, but it makes life easier.

Alexis A. said...

Hola zafira and I hate it when that happens thalia

Zanida Laufeydottir Queen of Asgard (Zafira Kerias) said...

I be scared to know wht her life would be like

Amanda Moore/China Sorrows, now Zinnia Batty said...

Yay! I get the end of the world

Amanda Moore/China Sorrows, now Zinnia Batty said...

I as in Val

Alexis A. said...

Ditto.
And this is completely off topic but is it weird that I thought Kenspeckle would come back as a zombie? 0_0

Alexis A. said...

I hate it when my replies don't match up...

Zanida Laufeydottir Queen of Asgard (Zafira Kerias) said...

Im still hoping theres a hint Billy-Ray hast died

Alexis A. said...

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Valkyrie V. - Ivy said...
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Zanida Laufeydottir Queen of Asgard (Zafira Kerias) said...

O.o i be worried i got a pic of Billy-Ray staring at me

Valkyrie V. - Ivy said...

Okay, Derek, I'm gonna make sure you see this. Yeah. So I'm gonna post it again:


DEREK!!!

OH MY GOD YOU CAN READ THE COMMENTS NOW?! YAY YAY YAY! I was - I tried so very hard to - going to tell you what Sparky did, but I was two posts away from the first page on the last post so I can post a comment, but my computer - my BROKEN computer - would not ALLOW it. It shut off as I was typing the comment. Just saying.

By the way, and I am NOT trying to be creepy, but I dreamed that I met you and you wouldn't leave me alone... It was creepy... I also once dreamed that you were a grouchy old hobo who owned a toilet company. That... I don't know how that happened, so don't ask. Please.

SAY HI TO ME MASTER DEREK! PLEASE! I AM YOUR BIGGEST FAN! (No one can argue! I didn't see the rest of YOU having a party for him, or with NINETEEN Skulduggery books, or a Skulduggery blanket...)

Yes Derek, I am very insane. You are so correct about that. I think everyone agrees on that one. It's pretty obvious.

And also, I want to ask you something (*cough-something-that-will-make-me-explode-with-joy-if-you-do-it-cough*), and that something is if you will read my story. It isn't a fanfiction by any means, just a story. An amazing story that, so far, everyone loves. It's kind of long, though. Not like a book, but I want to make it into one. Eventually. I'm currently writing the seventh chapter, and I think that I have, oh, about 15,000 words. Please read it! You're the one who inspired me to write in the first place! If you read it, and told me what you though of it, it would be SO FREAKING COOL. That's be like having my inspiration telling me what they thought of my work. (I felt really weird refering to you as 'my inspiration'. I like calling you 'Derek' a lot more.) It's posted at http://valkyriesstories.blogspot.com/

Also, COME TO WASHINGTON. If you don't... *gives Derek a very threatening-looking glare to make time to think of a threat* ... I will steal a spoon from your kitchen and kill you with it! Just.. don't, you know, kick me in the face. That wouldn't be very nice, now would it?

Oh, and I've gathered 200+ minions for you. And my entire elementary school from last year is reading Skulduggery. Because of me. I rock.

This comment is long...

Did you get my letter? From Bella Votolato? You sent me a Christmas card and a letter, and I wrote one back. DID YOU GET IT? HMMM? DID YOU? I said that, if you still want to be a ninja, I can be like your combat accessory. I'd love to kick people. I've already got a list. *shows list to Derek by shoving it in his face*

Oh, and I got my signed books and poster from you. THEY ARE SO COOL. When I got them, I didn't let them out of my sight for about two hours, and for those two hours I was just reading the short stories and admiring the awesomeness... And the watch? I wear it everyday. It's on right now. Opposite of my hand with a black ring, which I have tricked people into believing that has Necromancer magic.

I feel like I'm forgetting to say something...

Oh! Please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please... *continues for a thousand more words* Say something to Amanda. She was the girl with orange hair from the party. You know, the one eating frosting out of the can with a spoon. She was a major part of the party, and everyday we talk about Skulduggery and think of every possible thing that could happen when we meet you. We even once thought of what would happen if we 'accidentally' threw you at a wall... SAY SOMETHING TO HER! PLEASE! DON'T GIVE ME ALL THE CREDIT FOR THAT BIRTHDAY/DEATHDAY PARTY!

In conclusion to this ridiculously long comment... DEREK LANDY IS AWESOME!

Valkyrie V. - Ivy said...
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Valkyrie V. - Ivy said...

Hey Derek, are you gonna come to Washington? Are you? PLEASE? Did I ask that in the long comment? PLEASE COME HERE. PLEASE. You go to, like, every other country except America. What are all us Ameriminions supposed to do? HMMMMM? We want to meet you too... DESPERATELY...

Valkyrie V. - Ivy said...

Hi Amanda. Pssst... Guess what...

Amanda Moore/China Sorrows, now Zinnia Batty said...

What valkyrie

Zanida Laufeydottir Queen of Asgard (Zafira Kerias) said...

Omg Val that WAS LONG xD ah well i would faint if Derek came to Pennsylvainia but i doubt it'll happen but u neeeeever know

Valkyrie V. - Ivy said...

The sparrow flies south for winter

Amanda Moore/China Sorrows, now Zinnia Batty said...

Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

Valkyrie V. - Ivy said...

Hehehehe... I pushed Amanda off the yoga ball thingy that she's sitting on...

A.T.Him said...

Hello MR. Landy!
I have no idea what to write here so just pretend I wrote something especially witty and clever. Anyway i am a really big fan, and wish to arrogantly demand that you hurry up and get the next books written and released so that I have more to read and therefore distract myself from the hideous babble of my ignorant Twilight-loving cohorts. That being said, I hope you've had a lovely day.

Zanida Laufeydottir Queen of Asgard (Zafira Kerias) said...

I think playing with Bellatrix's wand is dangerous...i poked my toe i swear i broke earlier with it....painful

Alexis A. said...

Derek should come to California. We have a prison in the middle of the sea (Alcatraz), the Hollywood sign, Yosemite, Pier 39, and frozen yogurt. :3

Amanda Moore/China Sorrows, now Zinnia Batty said...

heler

Valkyrie V. - Ivy said...

Derek, should I be concerned that Polar Bear Girl claims to work for Caelan? She says that she helps him be a stalker... It's creepy...

Amanda Moore/China Sorrows, now Zinnia Batty said...

TAKE ME TO YOUR LEADER OR DIE BY THE FLY GUY

Valkyrie V. - Ivy said...

Hmmmm... Amanda can't spell 'guy' or 'leader' without me telling her how to... And she's twelve. And a month and a few days older than me. AND I CAN SPELL EVERYTHING.

E-V-E-R-Y-T-H-I-N-G.

I'm amazing.

Zanida Laufeydottir Queen of Asgard (Zafira Kerias) said...

Ok i think i hurt my little toe on DB....oops that was painful imma total klutz irl

Valkyrie V. - Ivy said...

Draco likes hamsters
Draco likes honey
Draco likes toothpaste (ca chook ca chook ca chook)
Draco likes money
Draco likes facepaint
Draco likes pliers
Draco likes cartwheels, Draco likes bowling, Draco likes FIRE

Zanida Laufeydottir Queen of Asgard (Zafira Kerias) said...

Im good now my toe is throbbing but

Valkyrie V. - Ivy said...

DECAPITATION IS THE KEY TO LIFE SUCCESS.

Zanida Laufeydottir Queen of Asgard (Zafira Kerias) said...

I feel lonely.....ah well i read :D

Zanida Laufeydottir Queen of Asgard (Zafira Kerias) said...

Ooh sooooo close

Valkyrie V. - Ivy said...

Yay! FIRST!

I dedicate this page to:

-Amanda. She's fun to slap and just funny in general. And I stole the 'DECAPITION IS THE KEY TO LIFE SUCCESS' thing from her. So... yeah.

-Derek. He's awesome. He wrote my favourite book series, and now I actually LIKE to read (most of the time), and now I've attempted to watch Doctor Who. It's awesome, too.

-Everyone who reads my story. You people - you guys ROCK. (READ IT! http://valkyriesstories.blogspot.com/)

-The End of the World! It lets me sound so insane when me and Amanda say, "Man, I can't wait for the End of the World..." "Yeah, we need to pre-order The End of the World"

-NINJAS. WE ARE THE MASTERS OF ALL... um... NINJA STUFF.

Valkyrie V. - Ivy said...

Amanda you're a dipperonie. Seriously.

Amanda Moore/China Sorrows, now Zinnia Batty said...

The rode hi hope the don't be a mom nut thing as the water goes up the TV falls. Go a I mumzy grandmumzy dipperonie fred bob ROBO the HOBO yessssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss no no no kill hom he is a she he she ho ho ho dipperonies for every one that is realy pop what's up the killer ran far far far tell fell of a tree I want to do that no you don't. yes I do NO yes what the snozcomber is going on top of the car end the world gusterd at the mall die die die die die why won't you go away a rock is stalking me



Help pleassssssss pleasssssssssssss don't kill me PLEASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS









































































I like pie

Zanida Laufeydottir Queen of Asgard (Zafira Kerias) said...

I now am terrified....i tthink Nye has entered my scary li'l mind

Valkyrie V. - Ivy said...

And that, Amanda, is why I'm best friends with you.

Zanida Laufeydottir Queen of Asgard (Zafira Kerias) said...

Pie?????!!!!! I want pe!!!!!!

Zanida Laufeydottir Queen of Asgard (Zafira Kerias) said...

Goodnight everyone

Alexis A. said...
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Amanda Moore/China Sorrows, now Zinnia Batty said...

Dn ctr e°c d sf overflow n book f fk be? Cg j cf h°c sjbd nb f

Amanda Moore/China Sorrows, now Zinnia Batty said...

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Making the Legend said...

Question: I'm in America, but I'm visiting Ireland this summer, so will the novella be available then, or will I just have to go and steal one? Please don't make me steal.

-Molly, already feeling the little book in my hands.

Mayan said...

YAY!!!!!

Bethany said...

I got mine in the post a couple of days ago. So excited to read it.

And thank you, Derek for your reply. Things just got a little worse in the last five minutes because my aunt found my blog and is going to tell my parents, but yeah. Thanks.

The Awesomely Awesome Ninja Llama who is just so Awesomely Awesome and she was so Awesomely Awesome that everyone DIED (aka FreakFan) said...

Hae everyone!

Nicole Cerundolo said...

Must post for the sake of posting. Derek, I love you, but I haven't been able to stalk the blogs like I usually do... that is why things have been so quiet XD

~Night, Minions.

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