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 2601 – 2800 of 4912 Newer› Newest»Aretha, what do you mean "recruit"?
You think you're listening to depressing music? I'm playing 'You Belong with Me' :( It's alright *hugs* everyone feels like crying sometimes
Aretha i know about MC : P
Hi Dante, I don't think we've met. You can call me Saph or Sapphy, whichever you want :)
I'm listening to music with a funny accent...
I also gtg. My autocorrect thinks I also goth, because it's crazy.
Bye!
Bye Fabi.
Bye Fabi!
Bye Fabi, and thank you for the hugs, Saph. Ever heard Evanescence? Broken Iris? Here are some of the lyrics in my head right now:
To your grave I spoke, holding a red, red rose. A gust of freezing cold air whispers to me that you are gone... Never should have taken for granted our precious time.
And
All the promises I made, just to let you down. You believed in me, but I'm broken... I have nothing left, and all I feel is this cruel wanting... We've been falling for all this time, and now I'm lost in paradise...
I guess you know where I got some chapter ideas now. :')
Ok, forget those- ever heard of Repo! The Genetic Opera? The song is called "I didn't know I'd love you so much"
Oh my god yes! My friend talks about that ALL the time
My friend loves Evanescence like I love SP
Anyone here like Within Temptation?
Never heard of it, sorry. Anyone here like hetalia?
My brother is watching Happy Tree Friends now D:
Jekyll and Hyde
I like Hetalia! Don't know all of it because I've only read one of the manga- but a bunch of my friends are obsessed and it's great! I've heard of Within Temptation, but never listened to them.
MC readers- do you ship me with Niccolo?
OH YEAH!! ZAF GUESS WHAT!
For my recital I get to sing No One Knows Who I Am
NICE!! I love you! If i can get someone for Drama Camp o might do a song from Jekyll and Hyde
Yeah, you and Nicollo are perfect together :) Which is why you should have him come back to life!
I love hetalia! I want Russia's scarf...
I sang NOKWIA at tennis camp and everyone kept asking me if I was the girl who sang the opera song.
The first couple of times I tried explaining that it wasn't opera, it just wasn't by Justin Bieber or whatever, but no one really cared. Eventually I just nodded. :P
Sev, is Gustav still in Mevolent' prison?
[is not here yet, but may be soon]
Yeah, he just got thrown in prison. I was going to write a chapter with him being taken there and then I decided I was too lazy..
Ok, Arsenic is being arrested as we speak. He's going to see Gustav, and I'll let you know if Gustav needs to say anything/do anything. I'm not sure if Arsenic is escaping by himself, or letting others out, too. He seems to have gone mildly insane.
Wbd, writing
Wbd. Reading manga
Alrighty then! *thinks about how to use shipping information*
Sev--finished a tidbit and sent it to BC.
Hey, Zaf- do you want me to post what we have so far, and then we can continue? Just because it's getting long and I might have to go soon...
OK, going. bye!
Bye, Saph!
Bye Saph!
Fabi, it's awesome!
Should I write something?
To be honest, I have no idea what happens next. Any input from you would be appreciated.
Okay. I'll write something and send it to you.
Okay, thanks. Will be leaving Blogland, but should still be able to email for a bit...
Should I publish this by itself and have the collaborated bit as the next chapter, or wait and do it all at once?
Um, I don't know. Do whatever you want. OR ARE YOU BEING CONTROLLED BY A REMNANT?
I think I'd have noticed if I was... I will be going to dance now... I'll wait. Bye!
Bye! I'll send you my section.
New story
It's really good Zaf!
Thanks! Hehhe
*takes cookie*tasty!!!!
Hi Kallista!
*noms on cookie*
Me good! I got le Wild Val aka my friend irl over my house
I'm pretty good. I have a lot of homework for the weekend :P
Hello, Blogland.
Distant.
Hi Zathract!
Hi Sev!
PEOPLE!!!!!!!!
hi.
Hi Jubi!
Hi Kal! *accepts cookies and noms on one*
I am good. Trying to write, and failing.
Yourself?
Hi Jubi!
ZATH! SEPH! KALLISTA!!
hi.
I'm good! :) I hear that's a good Show Kallista... I haven't gotten a chance to watch it though...
SEASON 3!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*head wall*
SEASON 3 NOW
*runs around screaming*
cant wait 4 book 8
I have to go now.
Grief out
BYE SEPH!!!!!!!!
Hi *waves*
JELLYFISH WILL TAKE OVER THE WORLD
Aloha.
Hello.
Sorry I'm so distant!
Kal, of course that's okay. :)
AMANDA! YOU TRAITOR!
Hi Dylan!
Oh my god, Kallista. We meet again. You might remember me as Dylan Silver.
Hi Zathract. Are you on an i device? ✨✨✨
Nope, I'm on my beloved laptop.
As such, I can't read those emoticons you've just posted.
Hello, Kallie, Dante, Zathract, Amanda.
How do you know I posted emotes?
Hi people! Sorry... I'm distant...
AMANDA!! hi.
have we met?? I don't think so...
Hi!! I'm Jubi.
Hi, Jubi!
FABI!!!!!!!
hi.
Hi Fabi!
Because they come up as tiny white squares with a black outline on any device that can't read them, Dylan.
There's a jellyfish that's one cubic centimetre that can sting you steathily, and you will likely die a week later. I watched a documentary on jellyfish once and there were a lot of things about stuff I did not need to know.
Owehh... 💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩
JELLIEFISH ARE GOING TO TAKE OVER THE WORLD
this jellyfish is capable of cycling from mayure adult stage to an immature polyp stage and back again. THEY ARE ABLE TO BYPASS DEATH!!!!
I just posted a whole bunch of tiny turds that smile.
There was this bucket I had when I was, like, 5, and there was this lump on the bottom, so when it was partially filled with sand, the clear circle in the middle looked like a jellyfish, and my mom freaked out, then forgot about it. Then she'd see it again the next summer and freak out again. An forget about it, etc.
[Take a cookie] Thanks, Kallie! [eats cookie]
DEREK!! I know what you meant by rogue!!! I am totally controllable you just are terrible at controlling me! This only took 3months and 3weeks to figure out...
-throws desert away- I don't take food from strangers, I'm sorry. And, Zath, for a long long time I've always wanted to say thank you for introducing me to PewDiePie. I am now a major bro, and he always brightens up my day when I'm upset, or angry. And I probably would have found out anyway, but thanks to you I found out earlier. Thank you. Here, I'll give you a fart emoticon. :) 💨💨💨
THANKS FOR THE COOKIES
are they poisoned?
I introduced you to Pewds?
...Woah.
Yes, you did. Do you still watch him?
Hello?
...distant, writing.
Good, 'cause I've eaten a bunch!
Two and a half hours of dance really makes you hungry...
I might poison a cookie if Derek was gonna eat
That's... Huh.
And yeah, I still watch him.
Gonna have to go now.
I'm going to start rendering an After Effect Composition and it's going to take up a lot of power.
Bye!
Bye, Zathract!
Bye, Kallie! [hugs]
BYE PEOPLE WHO ARE LEAVING!
O.O its midnight
OFFICIALLY 6 days til my birthday!!!
YAY!!!
January 25th
Happy Birthday in advance, again!
Oh, DRAT!
I just realized...my awesome A. chapter doesn't work!!!!
Hah thanks
Will be VERY distant, trying to fix...
Msd to sleep
I
WANT
TO
SEE
LES
MIS
SOOOO
MUCH!!!
Ok, Zaf.
So do I, Jubi, but it isn't Nellina friendly (Nellina being my sis's taken name...spelling uncertain.)
Oh... Well can't you see it with like.. friends or something???
Friends? What friends?
Shai hates movies. Everybody else is mad at me for some reason or other.
oh....
I might be able to wheedle her into coming with me by buying her a box of M&Ms or something...she has a weakness for chocolate... [plots]
What's a good last name for a villainous character named Adamantha?
Apologies for the abrupt change of subject.
God... I'm horrible at coming up with names...
what would some other traits be besides villainous?
Clever, powerful, technical, smart, serious
Unsympathetic, snarky...
Vertincallia...?
lol I just made it up... and I'm tired... so I'm not (in Jubi terms) "sane"
Adamantha Mastress?
Adamantha Snark?
Adamantha Copter?
Adamantha... Umm...
Too long... Her first name is already a mouthful.
Thanks, though!
Haha yeah... :P
I'm crossing out Copter and Umm...
The others, maybe...
I like Snark... It sounds cool... But It also sounds... well.. snarky lol
I don't know if you want that... xP
Well, she's on Mevolent's side, but she is definitely snarky, so ok then.
Oh... well it works then xP
Will be distant, writing.
i gotta go... NIGHT!
NIGHT!
Helllo?
Meh.
*disappears*
Hello, if you're still there.
Ok then. I'm going to sleep.
Night!
WHY WOULD GO TO SLEEP SO EARLY?
I have dance early tomorrow...Well, early for a Saturday.
Gosh, I'm seriously bad at leaving...
Anyone there?
New personal record! Arriving 25 minutes after everyone's stopped commenting!
Fabi is there-ish.
Should really be sleeping, but just plain isn't.
Yo yo my homie-home dogs. What is crackalacking in da crib yo yo.
What.
Excuse me?
Hello, Vestige.
My plan failed coz the wi-fi got switched of. *sighs*
Plan?
Hi Star!
...was supposed to be asleep an hour ago. How annoying. G'night!
Bye!
Hello Fabi, amici!
Hi Vestige!
Hi/fours Fabi! :(
Hello to you, Star. :D
FISH
I understand.
Oh my it seems as though I've made the next page.
I'd like to dedicate this page to cosplaying characters with red hair and being mistaken for a college student and/or a married woman.
And Sparky.
Hi Nix!
Good ded. :)
Gtg. Bb in fifteen minutes or so . . .
Haylo.
Hi!
Yeah, Kallista, that's long distance cool. XD
My mum liked her stop sign. :)
Auntys ingagement poem!
EVE!!! OMG!!
Dante are you the same person as beachball?
Hi Brave!
HEHEH
Yes, he is Brave. Other names he had before Beachball are Dylan, Felix, Isaac, Jasper, Trelaque, and others I can't remember. He, uh, likes changing his name. Most of us just call him Dylan. :)
Hey! Im in a jolly golly mood today. Has anyone read goodnight mister tom? freeeeky book. Its our school novel.
Kai was a name of his . . .
Please dojn't ask me for al the surnames as well, it's beyond me.
*don't
*all
O....k
I HAVE. It made me cry. :')
I didn't do it in school, but my sister did . . . I think it touchs you more if you read it out of schoolw ithout thinking of it as a school book. :) Evil schools.
Star, we got off at a bad foot the other day but we is ok now....rite?
It has a reeeeely weird few pages... Chang of subject time!!
We is okay now. :) We're good. :)
Richtig?
OK
We stop ever 2 mins cus my teacher tells us to "write down the new words"and theres hell of alot of new words.... I recomend reading holes by louis sachar..
:)
Are we the only people online?
Ok so I want to write a poem on marrige for my aunts ingagement party but im 10 so i dont know that much about Marrige...
We read Holes at school!
*laughs*
Holes was cool.
I am awesome
LOL i love holes! go warden! its youre birthday!
I think we ARE the only people online atm . . .
I can't pretend to be a marriage expert. :( Well, I can, but I wouldn't be very good at it.
*thinks* Gah, I suck at poetry . . . It would help if I knew your aunt.
Hey nix..
LOL I dont think you do
HI NIX!
Nix, I now know of four people in your species. You, Flame, Lynixa, and this YouTuber I don't know but they have awesome lyrics videos and I subscribe to them.
However, most of these Nixes are Nixes of the Phoe. You are the only Strange Nix I have come across. :P
Holes was a good book. :)
My friend is crzay
Oh, gosh! It felt good takin a three hour nap! And I woke up two minutes before I had to help in the kitchen. They don't mind if I'm a few minutes late, but two minutes was just enough time to get myself awake. :)
Now I have a break, so msd. I might not have time to say bye.
I feel really good right now! :D
Still a bit after-sleep tired, but good. :)
Its weird. I have been on this site seven months wich is longer than some people but I dont FEEL like I have..... I feel like Nix has been here years before me but he has really only been MONTHS before me.
I DO suck at poetry.
*grumbles* I bet the girl in English who I always try to be better than is good at it. She's AMAZING at Speaking and Listening and she went up four sublevels at our last assessment when I went up NONE, and she's real good at descriptive writing too, better than me. I'm still best in the class as far as essays are concerned, but SHE'S BETTER THAN ME AT EVERY ELSE IN ENGLSIH IT SEEMS. GAH.
. . . I always want to do better than her, coz she's great at English, English is my best subject and I'm competitive like that. :P She doesn't know. We rarely if ever speak to each other. I also want to best her in History . . .
*laughs at myself*
The clock in the dining room is four minutes faster than my iPod...
Huh.
Now I gotta go. Sorry. Bye!
I'm slightly crazy.
Thank you for that valuable information
Distant like a distant person
Gotta go now guys bub-bye
Blegh
Fours Brave! Hi/fours Lav!
Sorry, had to go decorate my mum's cake. :)
SPARKY IS REALLY AWESOME
Just thought I'd remind you all of that little fact:3
Hello!
It's really cold, today! D:
Cold and icy ._.
HI SCÁTH!
I know. It's snowing, here. Or was last I checked. Nobody noticed at first because small flakes and snow already over the ground . . .
IT'S ANNOYING ME NOW
DAMN YOU SNOW
My internet isn't funtioning too well. -_-
I'm blaming it on my having a million tabs open, going and doing something, then cming back and waking it up again.
And now the sound isn't working. Wonderful . . .
Afternoon
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