Now then... THAT was a tour.
And it's all over. I've been home for a few days in between, but the fact is this tour has been going on since August 5th, and it ended September 15th. Last night I was walking around my garden, looking up at the stars, and the thought hit me: it's over. It's done.
Sure, sure, I have other things to do. I have an interview tomorrow, and signings and events in Bray, Ennis, Bangor, Belfast, Dublin and Cheltenham to come over the next few months, but essentially, that's me done for the year.
It's been a good tour. No, it's been a great tour. I got to meet so many of my Minions, both from Blogland and Facebook and the Forums and even Bebo, for God's sake. And then I got to meet so many more, those of you who don't even post comments. And then I got to meet those Minions who don't even know I have a Blog, or that there are Forums and Facebooks and Tumblrs and whatnot out there.
Already, some of you are being talked about in the corridors of Harper Collins. The tall blonde with the T-shirt in London. The hot chick in Australia, who asked me to marry her and assured me her girlfriend wouldn't mind. The readers who gaped, who froze, who hopped and skipped, who babbled and blubbered. The readers who proposed and flirted and flattered. The readers who came in costume, the readers who came with gifts... the artwork on display, the stories, the effort and dedication and the sheer talent. The massive four hour signing session in Liverpool 1, the even more massive five hour session in Bluewater...
And then all the bro-fists and the hugs and the tears from the hyperventilating teenage girls. The parents and guardians who stood in line so patiently, and who were so good-humoured. I hope you Minions thanked them for driving/escorting/waiting with you- they thoroughly deserve a hug.
It was exhausting. It was manic. It was fun. I wasn't able to take all the gifts with me on the plane, so they're being shipped over and I should have them in a few days. Once they are in my possession, I shall post some photos. Some of this stuff is astonishing.
So thank you, everyone who came out to see me and get a book signed. For some of you, it was our first time meeting. For others, we've met before. Others still, you've come to see me practically every single tour. I remember a lot of you. I know some of your names. And I love seeing you again.
And I'd love to say that now I'm going to take a holiday- but really, what are the chances of that? I've got stuff to do, and things to write, and sometime over the next month or so I'm going to have to start Skulduggery Pleasant Book 8...
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«Oldest ‹Older 2801 – 3000 of 4884 Newer› Newest»CANADA IS FINE.
I MEAN QUEBEC.
THERE'S A PARLIMENT AND THE RUNNERS GOAL WOULD BE TO GET THE MOST SEATS POSSIBLE. PREFFERABLY A MAJORITY.
THERE'S THIS WOMAN WHO RAN, SHE SCARES ME. AND LOST OF OTHERS TOO. SHE WANTS MORE FRENCH, and a bunch of other stuff. like separating from canada, not going to happen but that's what she wants.. Oh damn sorry for extremely late reply.
I know about this, it's only the east, the Francophile Canada that wants to be a separate country.
Will be distant.
Ooh!!!
*laughs*
i nearly got to have Darquesse kill the one guy...but I ran out of time. I wanted to even add Derek into my mess of a fight scene, like geting chased by an Ameriminion but then again only got 45 minutes
HAhA! epic, Zaf!
will be distant. I love writing fight scenes.
i actually wanna read that. You should finish it, it sounds hilarious.
buh bayie
It was hilarious, Im tempted to post it on my Blog. So tempted but im afraid if I do...well if Miranda is right....ooh gawd that would end BADLY!
I'm back,no distractions.
Hello?
Eden, I promised that I would stay off and I'm on now, for you...
*Smiles*
Thanks for the ded
Well, I'd just like this moment to say:
I have a lung infection! My right lung!
*Sigh*
I missed him again...
EDEN! YOU CAN HAVE THE HOLLOW MEN ARMY!
Lung infection? Ouch!
Well at least you still have your lung lol brightside and all lol
*Finds temple* *Destroys it* *Finds rock bunker* * Tears it down*
Oi, don't come back on and start destroying stuff please Death or I'm afraid I will have to kick your ass.
Mmmm, I can't breathe properly ( as in I can't take deep breaths), every time I cough, it feels like barbed wire scrapings throat
That is my stuff, I am getting rid of everything I built
Why???
There's no reason for you to destroy it.
Because I am erasing everything that reminds people of me
Hey Death, you came back.
Hey em.
Em, do you want my email?
Why ?
Eden!
*Tackle hugs him to the ground*
Death I'm here * waves hands in the air and dances around*
Because I am always annoying people and there will be no use for them once I've gone...
AHHH.
*falls to the ground*
Okay
*Laughs*
*Sighs*
I'm gonna miss this...
Death, don't you leave. I've just had to write the longest and most depressing thing to my best friend on here not to leave. So don't you add to that sadness. Stay. On. The. Blog.
Hey Val.
And Death do you have COPD?
I said I would leave yesterday and I've been stalking every post since... I'm annoying everyone, I've annoyed Luce so much she left... I'm being nice
I think so...
Wait, was the I think so the answer to the question?
Yes, I was answering you!
Okay * smiles blankly * * in deep thought*
Oh, Eden! You have 100% ownership of the Hollow Men army
Where did Em go?
* walks around looking for Em shaking a box of werewolf treats*
Okay, do you not want it ?
I have no idea! I've been wondering that myself!
EM! HERE EMMY EMMY EMMY!
Hello?
No, yes, maybe... It's because I won't be in here very often, my men need someone regular
Death I don't think that will work,
This might though.
* puts the werewolf treats out in the open and goes and hides behind a bush* * drags Death behind the bush*
Hey Willow. * waves from behind the bush*
Now we wait.
Hey! Don't drag me anywhere! I has legs!
*Looks down*
Where did my legs go?
*Thinks*
Oh! That's right! I was swimming with the sharks!
Hi, young people.
Hi!
*Looks around for a spare pair of legs*
Look as I said yesterday, Luce has a lot on her plate right now. She would have probably let anyway for a while.
Who knows.
Death, Derek set up this blog so all his minions around the world could get to know one another. No one runs it except Derek.
Your allowed and welcome here just as much as anyone else.
That's not a very smart thing to do, well anyway look.
* something creeps up to the bait *
Aw, it's a stupid little ten, foot killer, man eating bear.
* kicks the bear to the Other side of Blogland *
No! I liked that bear!
*Shimmers after the bear*
And thanks Em!
Oh hey Em * stands in front of the bait hiding it from view*
* smiles*
Eden...
Em is that picture from the BBC short that amazing Phill did on Blue Peter.
*smiles at Eden*
I saw that. But I don't eat that stuff, turns my fur grey.
I prefer the fresh meat! lol
Yes it is Eden.
It was so f**king epic, I just had to have it!! lol
Uh... Eden... Em... I'm going over there... To go kill that shark that took my legs... And Em, don't eat them
Okay.
* gets rid of the bait*
*Starts swimming into the lake*
Hey! These sharks are in a fresh water lake!
*Finds my legs*
Yay!
* kicks away the bait and it hits the bear in the side of the head*
*Reattach legs under water*
Great now you can walk.
Awww... Dublin Daes is nearly finished :(
That's sooo depressing.
Yeah! And swim!
*Finds shark that took off legs* *Starts fighting shark*
But dragging you is still fun.
* ties a raw stake around Deaths head and drags her in front of the bear*
At least you'll die looking like Lady Gaga.
Awww that is depressing
What? Hey!
*Rips steak off head and throws it at Eden*
Oh! And Is it time to say that I hate Lady Gaga
* wipes steak juices of impeccable suit *
That is two suits in one day,
You and Star will be hearing from my tailor.
Death do you not know who sings Lego house?
Hey! Wait a moment!
*Shimmers to Italy and grabs an ipecable black suit*
*Theows it at Eden*
Here! You did it for me!
Eden it's Ed Sheeran
I know it's depressin... Hang on, you don't even know what Dublin Daes is. I bet you haven't a clue??!!!
Ed Sheran! I any remembered it last night!
I do know that ed Sheeran sings it, Death didn't because its on her profile.
And Em I do know, it's your book.
Chase talked about it on glinting thoughts and I've glanced through it but I admit I haven't read all of it.
Eden, don't you want the suit?
*Pouts*
Oh... that's... ok I suppose.
Yes, thanks very much. * smiles *
You do know you left the price tag on.
Werent expecting that we're you Em.
WHAT?!
*Swipes the suit and rips the price tag off*
I already saw the price.
* grins*
Didnt Derek say 'they' forced him to do the Blog? Ah well, stuck doing it now
Oh no...
*Covers face with hands*
No... No... No... No... No...
Hey Zaf, and yes Zaf they did.
I as reading through some of the old posts.
*was
It's okay Death.
* hums miserable at best *
I thought so I remember they had golden cross bows and were watching him. And he was trying to scare us off but, obviously that didnt work
No! That is an evil song!
*Drops into the grass shaking head*
Yeah was not expecting that. lol
I think it's just my brain shutting down.
I need sleep lol
I'll take that cue to exit stage left,
Good night peeps!!!!!!!!
Yeah, and he mentions that we're "not " supposed to send him money.
Bye Em!
Bad Em no sleeping!
Bye Em,
It's okay Death * grabs speakers and plays terrible things*
*Shimmers ip a tree and starts singing 'A Team'*
Okay * puts A team into speakers*
Yay!
*Starts dancing on a branch*
* stands under branch in case it falls*
Be back in ten, Eden you should go change!
*Shimmers away*
Kay * teleports to the fort to go change*
*shadow walks to tree and hides*
* Goes to tree find Zaf*
I'm back!!!
Uh.. Hello?
I have noticed something, I cannot grin for 2 minutes straight!
*Shimmers to Eden's fort* *Finds it empty* *Shimmers up to the tree house and find that empty too*
*Sighs* *Shimmers to a beach and starts singing 'The Summer' by Josh Pyke*
Hi
* teleports onto the beach *
Death I'm here * waves hands*
Have you heard The Summer by Australia's very own Josh Pyke?
Oh good your here because if you weren't I would have started a signal fire.
I see you!
No, I have not
*Laughs*
Wanna swim?
* hides oil, wood and matches*
Okay * takes off suit to reveal swim shorts *
I'm always dressed for a swim.
I'll sing it for you!
If I could bottle up the sea breeze I would take it over to your house
And pour it loose through your garden
So the hinges on your windows would rust and colour
Like the boats pulled up on the sand for the summer
And your sweet clean clothes would go stiff on the line
And there'd be sand in your pockets and nothing on your mind
But every year it gets a little bit harder
To get back to the feeling of when we were fifteen
And we could jump in the river upstream
And let the current carry us to the beginning where
The river met the sea again
And all our days were a sun-drenched haze
While the salt spray crusted on the window panes
We should be living like we lived that summer
I wanna live like we live in the summer
And I'll remember that summer as the right one
The storms made the pavement steam like a kettle
And our first goodbye always seemed like hours
In the car park in between my house and yours
And if the summer holds a song we might sing forever
Then the winter holds a bite we'd never felt before
But time is like the ocean
You can only hold a little in your hands
So swim before we're broken
Before our bones become
Black coral on the sand
* dives in *
So am I!
*Takes off jumper to reveal a cute pair of gold bathers*
*Runs into the water and dives*
*Splashes Eden with water and laughs*
I'm listening to the song on YouTube, it's not brilliant.
How many people are in Australia?
* splashes Death*
A few million, eight or nine maybe...
*Giggles and splashes Eden with a lot of water*
*Swims away*
Wow Australia is like ten times the size of Ireland but only twice the population.
And even though Ireland has a smaller population we have better singers, like, U2 and the Script.
Sorry, 22,000,000 roughly
* swims after Death *
And we also have... Good actors!
Well 22 million is much more than 8 or 9 million. * dives down grabs seaweed and swims after Death seaweed in hand*
We have Hugh Jackmon, Nicole Kidman, Chris Hemsworth and his brother...
*Swims under a rock*
I don't focus on populations! I focus on awesome people! Like you!
*Squeals*
Ireland has good actors, ever heard of Pierce Brosnan, Liam Neeson or Brendan Gleeson.
* laughs seaweed in hand*
No... Don't kill me! And I admit you have the best authors!
Not the seaweed!
*Swims faster and hide under a rock with a shell shield*
That we do
* still comes after her with the seaweed*
* prizes open shell shield * I've got you now.
* drops seaweed*
*Ankle gets stuck in a crevace*
Ok, I really need air now...
* pulls ankle out * there we go.
* uses symbol energy to push self to the surface*
Thanks, now, let's go get some air and you can ded
*Swims up and breathes in the sweet decadent air*
Oh yeah almost forgot about that.
* thinks about ded*
*Laughs and splashes Eden again*
How I love beaches!
*Swims under the water again*
* dives after Death * I'm gonna get ya.
*punches a hole in the wall and murders someone*
*storms off*
No ya not!
*Swims faster*
*Swims back to the surface*
Cain, you alright?
No. I'm furious.
Sparky's gone.
Where to?
Hmmm....
Hi Shade!
Just gone.
Hi Ariana.
So not on?
Okay, that's a random reason to be angry
When I catch you I'm gonna tickle you to death.
* realises joke*
Gone as in "never coming back and staying off the internet".
*Swims back under water and finds a big clam shell, big enough to hide in comfortably*
Hey. I hate doing homework :P
Why?!
So do I.
And Eden! You're not going to tickle me!
Why'd she leave?
I don't know. She just freaking ditched me. Said she was going for good, said bye, and left.
And apparently, that was a privilege for me.
She didn't say bye to anyone else.
Yes I will I've got the tickle machine right here.
* points to device *
No to break open the shell.
That's not good!
*Finds a big pearl and starts throwing it up and down*
And no mermaid jokes!
How do you turn an apple into a pear?
Fine then if you want to take all the fun out of it.
Get two!
No one tickles me! My dad tickled me and I slapped him across the face! And then I was grounded for a month! No reading!
That's a good one * starts pounding on the shell *
Come out with your hands up.
Thats unlucky.
No!
*Tries to keep the shell together*
Mmmm, so no tickling me!
So am, I have the machine right here.
* pounds on shell*
Someone tried to tickle me and I kicked them so hard they doubled over in pain.
*Squeals*
Apparently you are not able to tickle yourself. WRONG!
Eden, check your email!
Get a tooth brush and there is a very sesnitive spot on the roof of your mouth!
Try tickling your eyeball.
Morning...
Hi Mist!
Email checked.
Now back to cracking the shell.
* pounds on shell*
Hi Death.
I'm sorry for yelling at you. And for hating you. And for whatever else I've done that is just crap.
Hey mist,
It's actually 02:09 here so it is morning but really early morning.
Nah, it's not you, it's me! I'm just an overreacter!
And Eden! Don't you dare!
Eden, did you get the pic?
*shrugs*
Sorry all the same.
And, yet again, you have to ded Eden!
Yep, I didn't think it was possible to feel confused! scared and want to laugh out loud at the same time.
Apology accepted! I'd give you a hug but I'm kinda in a clam shell hiding from Eden who is going to tickle me!
Oh yeah the ded, tricky business that.
Will I stick to the usuall or try something new,
What do you guys think?
Yeah, well I hate my dad! And that was just taken! And I don't have the fangs, if you look past all that, that is what I look like!
*Grins and slaps dad*
Something unsusual!
Hey Mist.
Sparky's gone.
Okay
* puts on thinking cap *
Ah now I've got it.
I dedicate this page to the formation of Blogland a magical place where anything can happen.
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