Apologies for the lapse in communication. A lot of stuff has happened/is happening and it's hard to find the time to Blog and think about business stuff and writerly endeavours. That said, I'm still hurtling through Book 8- I think I've got a third of it done, which is good news.
Let's see... Okay, on February 20th I'll be in London as part of the Imagine Festival. I''m going to be talking about the movies that have influenced Skulduggery, and showing trailers/scenes as we go. Expect a LOT of awesome 80's movies. You can book your tickets now.
On the 7th of March I'll be at the Riverbank Arts Centre in Kildare, interviewing Alex Barclay on stage about her fantasy novel for younger readers, Curse of Kings. Alex writes some of my favourite crime novels, and she's also a very good friend of mine, and you'll be hearing a lot more from me about Curse of Kings in the next few weeks.
On the 9th of March, I'll be in Derry, the City of Culture, doing... something. For 600 people. So... there's that. Book now! If you can find out what I'm doing. Because I haven't a clue.
In April, for The Maleficent Seven release, I'll be in Dublin and Cork and Galway and Stratford and Milton Keynes and, ulp, Norwich. Where SHE lives.
Oh, and last but not least, Twitter. Here is the official announcement:
I will tweet this Saturday, the 19th, at EXACTLY 9 PM Irish time.
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«Oldest ‹Older 2201 – 2400 of 4912 Newer› Newest»But I LIKE you. You are friendly. So I shall be friendly. PIGGYBACK! *jumps onto Danté's back*
Well, Lav used Ivy's character briefly, with her permission, so it is legal. However, I'm already juggling Star, Ember and soon Mara, not to mention Sev. [Juggles hand, umbrella and is about to juggle a 1D cd as well, not to mention Pandora Hearts anime]. I'm honestly not sure if I could deal with another character. It's for the MC...
I could try to, maybe, though...
Okay Danté. *skips over to Val* TAKE DRINK.
Okay Fabi :)
-walks backwards to the balcony and leans back and Maralie falls down-
I'm going to guess I'm Val...
*is probably wrong*
Wait, FABI, first I have to make Dantè's file... On an iPhone. Is anyone else on an apple device that can see this emote?😳😝😍😛😊😀😊😘😘😘😍😌😊😚😛😫😪😫😥😥😥😪😪😷😖😤😸👴😺👴👱👱👵👅👅👅👄👍👍👊👽👽💩
Yes, you are Val...
*teleports back onto Danté's back* See, you can't really win...
Wow.
I got it right XD
*looks at drink*
*looks for straw...*
I CAN SEE THE EMOTE!! :)
FABI YOU LIKE PANDORA HEARTS?????
Nope. Can't see the emotes. But I'm on an android so...
Oh, you can teleport?
I can see some of them, the fourth and sixth from the left aren't there, neither is one other one. Unless they're supposed to be boxes?
SEV, IT'S ON MY TO READ LIST!!!!!!
*clears throat*
Straw, please?
Oh, uhh... -runs into treehouse to get a straw and brings it back to Val-
[Hands Miss Cain a straw]
Must go soon, Msd.
I did it first...
Thanks.
*somehow manages to sip some of the drink*
Well, she has two straws then.
Okay...
TWO STRAWS ARE BETTER THAN ONE!!
I like this drink...
It has cat litter in it...
Aaaaaaaaaaaand now I have to go.
BYE ALL!!
...and on that note, I must depart. Greetings from the (Fictional) Abstract Bureau of Impressionism!
Bye!
Bye...
[Blinks]
Oh, bye, Missy!
...Before I go...
*glares at Dantè*
*spits out drink*
Bye to you as well!
[Departs ninja-style]
*stumbles back into Blogland* I'm here! I'm back!
*shadow walks/sits out*
Hi..
Yellows?
Bye all the people who left!
Actually I have to go now. *hops in the Choo-choo Shoe*
Grief out
Hello Dantè :) I guess we're the only ones left, huh?
Bye Seph!
IENI!*hugs*
hey guys! school ended :)
Actually, I have to go also. It's 330 in the morning here in Sydney, and I should be sleeping. So sorry, I'll see you tomorrow maybe. Or today. Or whenever the fuck it is... :)
Mara!
Mel!
*ninjaeoplantacklehugs* both,
How are you?
School finished at 1:45 for me today, because of the snow! *grins*
Too cold though D:
Bye Dantè!
Hi Mel! *hugs*
*hugs everyone!* Im freezing but good :) my school finishes at half three everyday but it takes me 40 mins to get home and I take my dogs out :) I will be back in... half an hour Im going to get my dinner (its still in mcdonalds) ha ! :) so byebye! :)
Ah, byebye, Mel *waves*
My school finished at 3.00, normally and it take around 30mins or 45 mins, depending on what bus I get.
Bye Mel!
School ends at 3:10pm here and I take the bus home which usually takes half an hour...
My mum gave my this teen magazine thing to read, because (remember she's a youth worker) she and her young people all thought it was really depressing and my mum wanted to see what I think.
Uh, thanks?
Wbd. Csg(not)d.
Staaaaaaaaaaaaaaar!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*ninjaeoplanetacklehugs*
How's you?
*shoves in peoples faces that I got to leave school 1:15 hours earlier*
My school finishs at 3:35 PM and I have a ten-minute bus journey home, but a twenty-minute bus journey to school coz of the bus stops. XD
OMGG, today . . . I was cooking beef cobbler in Food. I left the house tive minutes late to walk to the bus stop (it takes ten minutes, less if I speedwalk) so speedwalked (as best as I could - pavements covered in ice) down to almost the bus stop where I meet my friends, only to realise I'd forgotten the mince. D:
It was just after 8:15. The bus arrived at my usual bus stop at 8:15 then waited for five minutes (dunno why, it dun't wait at the other stops) before leaving. However, there was another nearby (actually nearer by a bit) bus stop to my house where the bus arrived at about 8:25.
So I did something crazy. I gave my food bag to my friends, then RAN HOME (seriously, I barely walked at all, not even with all the ice), got my mince, told my parents what was going on whilst panting like a . . . person panting and putting the mince in my bag, then I started running to the pond (aka the second bus stop. It gets referedf to as the pond because it is, guess what, right next to the pond). I had to stop and walk more because I was SO GODDAMN TIRED . . .
Just as I got in sight of the pond, I saw the buses (we have three for our village, all travelling the same route. Big primary school) just leaving. NOOOOOOO. I saw my friends in the window as the bus went past and all. D:
THEN I SAW ONE OF THE BUSES STILL AT THE POND WITH PEOPLE QUEUING TO GET ON. IT WAS LATE. THANK GOD. :D
So I ran down to the bus, which waited a couple of seconds for me, and got on. PHEW.
I just sank down on my seat, pulled my hat off, leaned back, and sat there panting for a few minutes. I'D DONE IT. I DID IT. SO DAMN PROUD OF MYSELF. <3
So that was the big incident of the week, as far as my life is concerned. :)
*arrives
*waits
HIYA!
Okay, WTF is Embalgo?
I've been trying to find out all day, but I couldn't find anyone who knows.
Where is everybody? You were all on like five minutes ago!!
*narrows eyes at grammatical and spelling errors in magazine*
Yeah, it's really depressing, whatever. I'm more irritated at the spelling and grammar errors.
"These confidence tips will make putting yourself out they're at a party . . ." IT'S THERE, IDIOTS.
"Nobody's perfect everybody has insecurities." UH, EVER HEARD OF COMMAS????
"The teenage years are a stressful time and with emotional and physical changes it can become overwhelming." NO, CLEARLY YOU HAVEN'T HEARD OF COMMAS.
And that was from two pages only. *can't be bothered to look further*
...Wha?
But what's Embalgo?!
HI EMBER!
No, I don't know. :/
And yeah, that pisses me off too.
Fabi knows, I think.
It's some kind of thing that involves me somehow, but other than that I'm lost.
It was on this list:
Valduggery, Deathsard, Fletchabi, Vexphire and Embalgo
'~'
Exactly.
I think they were pairing people with SP characters. Death and Hansard, Val V and Skulduggery, Fletcher and Fabi, Vex and Saph, and me and.... WHO THE F?
Well, do you know anyone from SP with "algo" in their name?
I'm with Shudder anyway! And Lib is with Sult!
No, do you?!
No, I don't. :/
...This confuses me.
Who would your SP pairing be with?
hi *superninjahugzz* haven't commented in a while i missed ya all
I am here!
VALP!!
yay grief i missed jou
Did I just take 15 minutes to write that comment? Yes, I did. Sorry about that.
Hello, Valkyrie P. I'm Fabi, nice to meet you.
HIIIIIIIIIIIIII... *extendshand* I am grand mage of Namibia
FABI
WHO THE F DID YOU PAIR ME WITH
Oh Heya ValPle! I'm Ember, general Mycroft enthusiast, reporter, and magic doctor.
No, seriously, where is everybody? Is it that when I arrive, you have to run away?
This is approx. what happened, Ember (skipping the parts where I said stuff to do with my MC)
Death Rose: hmm... Ember +...
Fabi S. said...
[Cant think, too sleepy too many typos. Publishing MC and poofing soon Need to finish it...]
Sapphire Iota said...
Okay, Fabi! Bye in case you poof!
The guy from Mortal Coil in China's library who she says is handsome but young? And is metioned as wanting to dance with Val in DB and she says is cute?
Death Rose said...
Okay, let's go with him!
Sapphire Iota said...
We don't have much info about him other than he's polite an cute. So we could SAY that he has an umbrella and is really posh...
I think that guy's name is Hidalgo Bolt.
No, I was trying to figure out what was going on after I switched to MC writing like a maniac. I am still here.
Hey guys Im back! I was away for an hour longer than I said but oh well :D
Hello, Mel! You can ignore that last comment.
Hey fabi! I will dont worry :D
It was a total tangent... Actually I got sidetracked several times.
[deletes]
So, what's up?
Sorry, forgot I was on here D:
And now I have to go.
*hops in Choo-choo shoe*
Grief out
The ceiling is up! Fabi, why did you ask such a stupid question?
No, voice inside my head, not that kind of up!
Hi/Bye, Sev!
Im alright you?
Ugh...brb.
I have to clean up a mess, but other than that, I'm good.
Ok, change the brb to a gtg...
Everybody's mad at me...
May be back later...
PROFESSOR LAYTON YAH!
Ok bye fabi :( MARAAAAAAAAA! HEY! :)
Hey Mel!
Msd + wbd. Writing my MC :)
Ok :D
Sorry for poofing. :(
Hey star!
HEY MEL! :)
Greetings, all! I have returned! And, not only did I beat my personal record by posting five chapters yesterday, but...
(stop reading here if you haven't read my last few MC chapters)
I can now officially say that I have killed off all of my supporting characters, sent three readers into denial (they think I'm possessed and refuse to acknowledge the chapters' existence) and left another two in tears all in one night! I feel so accomplished!!!
Greetings Star and Aretha. Hi again, Mel.
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Will be distant.
HI FABI! HI ARETHA!
[Glares at Aretha]
I'm glad it amuses you.
I'm eating a gobstopper for the first time. They're tremendously ODD. :/
But nice, I guess. :)
I've never eaten a gobstopper. I don't think so anyway.
I have had braces for centuries...not literally.
Gobstoppers are good :D
Mmmm, I like gobstoppers. I also love breaking my readers' hearts... Yes, Fabi, it amuses me very much! I'm currently thinking up ways to make it even more depressing. The worst is always yet to come, don't worry! ;D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLX6JtK9kuc&list=PLTslNdjmKxFtyDjXNSMNesm8F-RgBg0Av&index=1
I haven't been playlisting for a while, but I was just watching that and the video is BRILLIANT. It doesn't have anything special in it, but the words just appear so in time with the music and it's just BRILL. Plus it has a non-blurry picture with colour-changing eyes. Colour-changing eyes ALWAYS score points with me. :)
*suddenly realises that Hunter has colour-changing eyes* Woah. Mmh? Huh. Um. Yeah.
takes gobstopper out of mouth and notes that it's gone green*
OH GOD, EVEN THIS SWEET IS COLOUR-CHANGING. XD
Nice little link of coincidences that I didn't raelise until they were on top of me there. XD
Color-changing is good. Try red cabbage juice.
It changes color if you mix stuff in!
It's not tasty though...
[Is not blog speaking to Aretha]
I got given a retainer . . . when? Two years ago, I think . . . and I was meant to be wearing it for 9-12 months, only I kept it in nearly att and my teeth are so well-behaved so they took it out after three months. *smiles happily*
Then they gave me another retainer. Urgh.
Then they gave me proper braces. Which were a lot better than the retainer. Guys, retainers are horrible. REMEMBER THAT. Why do you need to remember it? Uh, not sure. Never mind.
Then I had those for a few months, then I got them taken off. YAY.
And just when I thought it was all over, I got another retainer. D:
But I only have to wear it at nighttime. I still, uh, wear it.
*notices gobstopper is going pink*
So braces are horrible. But retainers are worse. And I have amazing teeth, which aren't amazing by a dentist's standards but are amazing by MY standards because they will be good and change position fastly.
SOME IDIOT LET ME HAVE DR PEPPERRRRRRR xD
[Scowls] I'm getting my braces off (YAY!)
But I'm also getting a retainer (UGH!)
Wow, Fabi, you even stopped blog speaking to me... I've really done it this time, haven't I? *gives cookie to self as reward* *evil smile* Yes, this is good.
well a retainer is better than braces....
HEY EVERYONE
HI SCÁTH!
I like Dr Pepper bestt out of Coke, Pepsi and Dr Pepper. I like Pepsi better than Coke, however.
Hi, Luci!
[Frowns] Did Aretha say something? No, it must have been my imagination.
I don't really like Dr. Pepper...
Hi Jubi!
HELLO!
I love the European Coke- it's really sweet!
Distant, on another sick day, but I have homework to catch up on anyway.
Damn. Then telling you retainers were worse really wasn't the thing to do, was it? :(
I find retainers worse because they involve a whole lot more faffing. With brace they're just in your mouth and you just mostly forget about them.
It also depends on the type of retainer. The retainer I have now is better than braces, but the other two I had affected my speech. Retainers are just damn ANNOYING.
If you just had braces, you'll probably get the type of retianer I have now so that's YAY. If you have an overbite like I did, poor you, the worst is yet to come. :(
If you have another type of retainer, I know nothing.
Disturbed, Star...?
And I hate Dr. pepper.
I hate coke, too.
Pepsi is okay, though :)
Your Coke i'n't sweet?
Shall I tell you what I like? The cheap own-brand cola you get from the supermarket. It tastes really nice. :)
DOn't know why we aren't still buying it. Tomorrow I shall ask if we can get own-brand cola from Tesco. :)
HI FLAME!
What about Disturbed?
DAMN, YOU REMINDED ME OF MY PLAYLIST. *flips back to other window*
My gobstoppper went green . . .
These gobstoppers are fun. :)
ROLA COLAAAAA
Hello Flame!
HOLLYOAKS IS A DISASTER :o
Your pp? What's that all about?
Plus, I'm doing maths hw. Then Irish. *sigh*
I might have rugby training in the morning, hope not. we're supposed to have a lot of bad weather tonight. I don't want to go, though.
And Star, could you email me? I'm doing hw, if I email you first, I'll get distracted, I want to ask you something? :)
I have until Zaf replies to my email to start brainstorming... I really want to write more, but I don't see how I can... Well, I'll think of something.
. . .It's about DISTURBED?
*vaguely wonders where Falme has been since October. No, January*
I just got myself an ice cream cone from the freezer as a reward for breaking the hearts of my readers- but it's broken. Maybe that's a sign... *shrugs* Oh well. *eats anyway*
Did she say something?
*Flame
Sorry. :/
*laughs*
Are you trying to tell us that our hearts are ice cream cones? XD
I wasn't aware that white was a colour in the gobstopper range . . .
Neither was I. [Puts gobstoppers on list of 'things to eat after braces are off']
You're all certainly sweet enough to make the metaphor work... Hey, know what that means? I'm eating your heart. *noms*
Huh, Star? Is it a band?
Would someone mind telling Aretha she's a motley-minded lily-livered beetle-brained fustilarian?
I would, but I'm not blog-speaking to her.
Also, I have to go...
Bye!
Bye Fabi!! *blows a kiss*
I know you love me!
*groans in exasperation* YES.
Zath used to always go on about them. Then I used to always go on about them. Then Kes started going on about them as well. Together, we have made maybe 1% of the comments this past year about Disturbed. Which isn't a lot, but still . . .
Bye Fabi!
STAR, IN THE CAR EARLIER LAND OF CONFUSION CAME ON AND I FIRST THOUGHT OF ZATH (because it's his fault I love them once again) AND THEN I THOUGHT OF YOU AND MY DAD LAUGHED AT ME FOR GRINNING LIKE AN IDIOT
then my mum and dad were telling me about how I should actually consider going to Cambridge because I'd probably fit in really well (y'know because I'm in the top 2% in the country for intelligence, idk how though...)
BUT, YES, I GIFT THOUGHT I'D LET YOU KNOW THAT YOUR DISTURBED OBSESSION IS AFFECTING EVERYONE:P
Hej everyone
OMG DEREK, You'll be at the RiverBank? THE RIVERBANK? THE RIVERBANK!! I NEED TO GO TO THE RIVERBANK ON THE 7TH OF MARCH (If I can :3)
*sings to self*
beautiful girl, on top of the world,
don't fall down
bacause angels should never touch ground
*skips stone in lake*
MC we are learning from Derek! How can we torment those who read our stories?
*grins and hugs Scáth* Thank you for thinking of me. :) :) :)
OF COURSE IT'S AFFECTING EVERYONE. ONE OF THEIR SONGS DOES CONTAIN A VIRAL INFECTION THAT IS TAKING OVER THE WORLD, AFTER ALL. AND I@M GOING TO WRITE A HUNTER-AND-CO. STORY ABOUT IT SO I CAN KILL TWO BIRDS WITH ONE STONE.
I've been making it up in my head and it's pretty insane. It's like they suddenly took a trip to Wonderland. :P
It amazes me how I just randomly invented my Wonderland/hell just randomly, without planning it. It just appeared like that in my mind and kept on appearing, with no explanation. THEN the explanation popped up just in time for me to make them jump down a rabbithole. *laughs*
My brain doesn't WORK this way. :/ What is HAPPENING to it? *taps head with a mystyfied expression*
My stories usually have more PLANNING involved . . . But still. :)
*mystifyed
Or maybe *mystified
I probably need to find out how to spell this word . . . I have spelt it before, I think I've just forgotten.
How? Zaf, did I just hear you ask how we will torment our dear readers? We must learn from brilliant authors like Derek Landy, Steven Moffat, Micheal Scott, etc. ... I think I did an ok job of it last night! I convinced three readers that I'm posessed by a remnant...
ARETHA, THOU IS A MOTLEY-MINDED LILY-LIVERED BEETLE-BRAINED FUSTILARIAN!
Sorry, forgot to tell you earlier. :)
Also- I emailed you a thingy late last night! Yay! *is excited*
Thanks, Star! [Is back]
Well, Star, thank you very much! *extravagant bow*
HEy guys- when was the Requiem Ball?
[Mutters something about checking email]
It was September...
Can I get huge and never ending minion hugs please?
It's really hit me today...
[Hugs Em]
*[huge-and-never-ending-minion-hugs Em]
*supertacklehugs Em* *doesn't let go*
*hugs Em really really tightly*
Oh, I'm back by the way. I was gone for around 4 hours xD
Hi, Mara!
*gives Em an enourmas ninjaeroplanetacklehug, because I think the situation requires one despite neither one of us being a ninja aerplone*
Hi Fabi, Mara!
Hi Star
*gives the official ninjaeroplanetacklehugs and
ninjaeroplanetacklehugs again and ninjaeroplanetacklehugs again and ninjaeroplanetacklehugs again and ninjaeroplanetacklehugs again and ninjaeroplanetacklehugs again and ninjaeroplanetacklehugs again and ninjaeroplanetacklehugs again.
And I wrote that out fully and didn't copy and paste it too show how much I mean it *ninjaeroplanetacklehugs*
Hi, Ieni.
Hello?
Sorry for vanishing...
Hello, Luci.
So now people are coming back on. I'll make note of the time.
Hey, Fabi! *hugs*
Hey, Clover! *hugs*
Hello.. :)
Ah. Does anyone else want to ded?
I can...if you don't want to.
I don't ded...
Can't.
Sorry.
It's just I think it should be to Chase, for Em - except I didn't know him that well, so I'd get the words wrong.
Hi Everyone
I'd probably get the words wrong, too...
Go ahead and try, it's the thought that counts.
I couldn't word anything I wanted to say right...
Check my blog, if you don't believe me...
My X Factor dream just crashed and burned... *watches 'X' burn in fire*
Buttttt on the bright side, my band and I are entering a talent contest. Should be good I suppose... :/
Hi Mara, You have a band? Awesome I have a sorta band...What do you play?
Oh. Sorry, Mara. [hugs]
You have a band? Cool! Good luck!
*still hasn't let go of Em*
Sky, hi! *hugs* You changed your name in the last few seconds haha :) Mmm, we have a bass guitarist, a drummer, a guitarist, an electric guitarist (we have a lot of guitars xD) and me on vocals.
Hi Fabi! *hugs* Mhm. We don't even have a name yet, so it isn't official. *laughs*
Hi Luci! *hugs* How are you, my lovely Blogsister? :)
Hiya Ieni! *hugs* How are you? :)
Hey Ari! *hugs*
*hugs Em* I wish I could say something, but... I can't do speeches... :(
Right, anyone can ded, I don't think I can at the moment.
Hey, Mara! *ninjaeroplanetacklehugs* How's you?
*gets ninjaeroplanetacklehugged* I'm fine, and yourself?
Thinking about what to sing for the talent show. Knew You Were Trouble is an option... Hmm. Any other suggestions? :)
hey guys Im back! sorry for disapearing I was spending 'quality' time with my dad ... :)
Hey Mel! *hugs* How're you? :)
Has everyone suddenly gone distant? :P
Im meh but I think so...I was playing I knew you were trouble on guitar a couple of minutes ago :)
Here, I feel like I should say something. *stretches wordcrafting muscles*
Nothing lasts forever. No one lives forever. But that doesn't mean that nothing matters. Everyone leaves ripples when they fall into the dark abyss that is death. Some people live their lives quietly, inconsequentially. Their ripples are small, and dissapear quickly, rarely intersecting with anyone else's. Some people lived their lives inflicting pain onto others, and their ripples are large and they crash on top of others, dragging them down as well. Then there others- people who were so kind, that their ripples are even larger and longer than the peoples' who were mean. Those ripples touch all sorts of people who never saw the fall to begin with, and lifts them up, pushing them farther along. That's how brillant people like Chase can touch people like me; we've never met, but I felt the ripples when he fell, and I have a deeper appreciation for life because of it.
Ieni, is this okay...? I'll delete it if it's not.
First and foremost, I dedicate this page to Chase, may he never be forgotten.
Also to the right words, which none of us will probably ever find...
I also dedicate this page to hugs: normal hugs, ninjaeroplanetacklehugs, squeezehugs, huge-and-neverending-minion-hugs, and a bunch of others I can't think of just now. [Gives one of each to Em] [Gives one of each to everybody else] [Except lets Ieni do the ninjaeroplanetacklehugs]
I also dedicate to Mycroft and his umbrella, and to the MC. It's nice to be in on projects and feel like part of the group.
Awesome! :) haha I should get my guitarists to learn that... I'll just shove the sheet music in their face xD
And I'm not the only one. Everyone in Blogland, and likely many more people besides, have all been touched and changed by Chase. In a way, people like him do live forever, because their ripples just keep spreading and getting passed on until they've touched and influenced everything there is.
Wow guys... Ari, you just solved world peace! :O that was AMAZAYN! :D
And Fabi, brilLiam ded! *holds champagne glass in ear* Hear hear!
I...Dont know ehat to say Im a girl of few words i just cant contenplate words
Wbd trying to clean my room so i dont die
you guys rock...
* air
Fabi? Can I ask you a question about the MC story? Um, I was wondering who's writing the chapter where we meet up? Because I have a chapter written about Molliana and I need to know when to update it...
[Hugs Em again]
[is distant]
That was amazing Ari and Fabi! It was better than anything I could ever do!
Yeah, sorry I'm distant I'm transfixed by this -http://anasomnia.com/
Im not to good with words either...its not my strong point...
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