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 2801 – 3000 of 4912 Newer› Newest»Afternoon, Nix. :) *ignores the fact that it's morning for us and . . . night for you?*
Hello Nix!
I'm assuming by 'the 25th of January', Zath means the 25th of January, Aussie time?
That was a rhetorical question, btw.
*wonders what my life would be like now if I'd never discovered the blog*
This blog has affected me as a person. In a good way. :)
I'm back from dinner.
And I'm such a clutz sometimes! *laughs at self's clumsiness*
At least I didn't break the bowl this time...
Anyway, hi again! :)
Give your soul to me
For eternity
Release your life
To begin another time with her!
End your grief with me
There's another way
Release your lfie
Take your place inside the fire with her!
HI LAVENDER! *tacklehugs*
I keep missing you by minutes. :(
Inside the fire with vocals removed is AMAZING. O_O
I mean, it was awesome before, but still.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNrbIKHK25A
*Inside the Fire
Hi Star.
Bbs. This person is annoying... -_-
Turns out I'll be back later than I thought...
MY DAD JUST GAVE ME A SUPER FLUFFY HAT
It's beautiful
HEY PEOPLE
Hi Scáth! Yay! Fluffiness!
Fluffy hats are awesome. :)
HEY BRAVE!
Hello Brave!
STAR, I NEVER ACTUALLY LEFT
I WAS JUST SUPER DISTANT :P
YEAH, BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN I CAN'T SAY HI TO YOU. :P
In Food lessons occasionally tell the people on our table in general about something in my life or that I've chopped my carrots wrong or something, then this boy at my table always tells me I do realise nobody's listening, don't I? And I say that it doesn't mean I can't say anything. :)
Yellows?
*laughs* FAIRY NUFF, STAR!
I cut my thumb in food tech, yesterday... Cutting an apple. In a supposedly impossible to cut yourself way...
I PROVED THE IMPOSSIBLE TO BE POSSIBLE :P
Well I do certainly hope it was a jolly good apple to be worth all that pain.
IENIIII!
Hello, Ves! I wouldn't know, tbh. I was only showing them all how to make fruit salad. :P
IENI! *ninjaeroplaneplanetacklehugs*
Sacrifices must be made to prove the impossible, I guess . . . XD Hope you're cut's okay, anyway. :)
Brb.
Clover!!! *ninjaeroplanetacklehugs*
How's you?
Talking about cooking and stuff? I think my brother is the worst cook ever. For example, he tried to boil things without water.
Ahh, yes. The legendary fruit salad. The first records of use date back to 1863. However, there's no evidence to say it hadn't been used before then.
Staaaaaaaar!!!!!!! *ninjaeroplanetacklehugs*
How's you?
I've never really hurt myself that much in cooking, unless you count the time I took a tray out of an oven with oven gloves then took it over to a sink, which took a 5 seconds without oven gloves. The scar lasted all summer.
I often forget about oven gloves... *laughs*
I'm watching an American Idol rewind. "Let's see who can wake up the city that never sleeps"?
"Um, like, fail?"
XD
Eve!!!! *ninjaeroplanetacklehugs*
How's you?
American Idol? Isn't that what was before X-Factor?
leni!!!!!! I'm pretty goose, how are you?
Yes! Ignorant ninja aeroplane, it used to be THE music show! Except Australia has its own Idol. :P But this is on. Nicki Minaj is annoying. :D
Eve - Ieni, not leni remember ;P
Ah, yes. I've been vaguely educated about this. X-Factor is a waste of time, so I assume that is too. Didn't that Will someone guy win the first series umpteen years ago?
Nicki Minaj? *facepalms*
How did you even get famous? D:
Agh, library books 3 days over due.
I just did a 5K walk for Operation Transformation.
I. FEEL. INVINCIBLE. O.O
This girl who I see on the bus loves Nikki Minaj.
EVE! I haven't blogseen you in forever!
And just when all these awesome people who I would love to speak to are on, I'm going soon. Msd. :(
Ugh, my mum is so f*cking irritating
When will she learn to keep to her f*cking word!?
Stupid b*tch...
Hi Eve, Ieni and Star! *hugs* :)
Mara!!! *ninjaeroplanetackles*
Well done! *hugs* You are invincible *nods*
HI MARA!!!!!!!!!!
Well done you! *sings* You'rrrrre indestructible
Determination that is incorruptible
From the other side a terror to behold
Annihilation will be unavoidable
Every broken enemy will know
That their opponent had to be invinicible . . .
Yeah. XD
I'M STILL PROUD OF MYSELF FOR YESTERDAY. EVEN THOUGH I SHOULDN'T BE, BECAUSE I DID FORGET THE MINCE IN THE FIRST PLACE. :P
G2g - byebye *waves*
:( You okay, Scáth?
Mara - *Gone reference* You cannot be vinced! XD
Bye Ieni! *hugs* :(
I almost collapsed on the way though. *nods* Now I'm waiting for dinner to come. I'm in a fancy resturant. Msd, battery running low.
Luci, are you alright? :(
CHEESEBURGERS AND JELLY BABIES!
ahhh
LALALAL
Im watchin victorious
Kathryn obvious... *laughs*
anyone there
OMG THATS THE ONE IM FLIPPIN WATCHIN SCATH KATHRYN OVIOUS
I hate cosplay I hate cosplay I hate cosplay UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
omg whatta coincedecical coincedence
Hello friends :D
MY MUSIC TASTE IS SO STRANGE...
*is currently listening to Ne-Yo*
hahahah im still the youngest! in all youre faces
I'm 10!!! No one can beat that! HaHaHAW!
I would like a primary schooler to be on this. They would no how har dit is nowadays
AH......*Turns on telly* WHOOOOOOOO HARRY POTTER IS ON
mY CAT CAUGHT A LEAF... I love her
Now BEP is on~
Damn timezones... *decides to stop refreshing e-mail constantly*
I am talking to myself now
i HAVE TO GO NOW. Aunts engagement tonight.. whoooo
bye
Bye Brave!
...*realizes half the BEP's songs are on the Urbz*
I LOVE THAT GAME EVEN MORE, NOW. (':
Msd.
I said I'd come on later, but I'm not going to be on for the rest of tonight. So just saying bye now.
Hi and Bye.
Bye Lav:(
GUYS! I have THE most strong Immune system ever. My three bros got sick all through the week and I didnt!
whoa wait who's 10 wow
How old is everyone else on here?
I'm sixteen!:')
BECAUSE EVERYONE WAS WISHING ME A HAPPY BIRTHDAY BACK IN NOVEMBER AND IT WAS SO AWH c:
OK now I have to go.
Well I dont HAVE to go but...
I choose to...
I am ten.
ALMOST eleven. I'm not THAT young.
yayayayayayayayay
In alive
DECK the halls with dereks booooks lalalallalalaala tis a season of reading and blogs lalalalalala.
Does anyone have a problem with me being 10
No?
Didn't think so
So i should have left like 20 minutes ago but i didn't
OK SO BYE THIS TIME FOR REal
I feel like a dirty old man, though.
Aside from the fact that I am.
I don't have a problem with your age, but with you... You waste comment space and you're rather rude to us a lot of the time... :/
Yes, I spent most of my time on club penguin when I was 10.
10. Hehe.
One Direction are peculiar... I kind of, sort of, like them a tad...
MARA THIS IS YOUR FAULT
I, myself, am not a huge 1D fan. I am, however, quite fond of their song 'moments'.
I never used to like them...
But my sister is ALWAYS singing 1D and Mara is obsessed with them
Damn them both:L
IT'S LIKE SPARKY HAS NOW GOT ME WATCHING VICTORIOUS EVEN MORE
It is hilarious, though. I liked it from the first series, but oh my Finnicking Golden gods, its hilarious.
Yeah Sparky got me watching a bit of Victorious. It's rather contagious DID YOU JUST SAY FINNICKING GOLDEN GODS
SPARKY IS TOO PERSUASIVE
And, yeah. Why?
THAT IS THE BEST EXPRESSION I'VE EVER HEARD.
MOMENT IN TIME I'LL FIND THE WORDS TO SAAAAAAY
BEFORE YOU LEAVE ME TODAY :')
I KNOW, I AM A GENIUS c:
YUP THAT'S ME. MARA THE OBSESSED ONE :3 Greetings! Vas Happenin'?
The T stands for I hate cosplay.
How can you gate cosplay!? :o
Dammit. Msd. Battery going low and going to Tescos :/
Who/What is cosplay?
I feel so not-in-the-know...
Hate*
Damnit autocorrect
Zaffy alive
I've cosplayed before. My friend introduced me to it. It was fun, but really stressful. :O
Really, Luce? Ne-Yo and the Black Eyed Peas are counted as strange?
WHAT IS GOING ON?
I get verbally beaten up by my friends for the stuff I listen to. They're the ones who listen to Ne-Yo and BEP. :P
Eve, that combined with Nine Inch Nails and Disturbed and Big Bang... My music taste in general is strange.
Hola *tired Zaffy*
Big Bang...everyone talks about them, I have no idea who they are though. XD
Hi Zafira!
Msd
Hola!
*runs in squares*
Tweet today Master Derek gonna Tweet today!
I think I win the music variety contest, though I must say I'm more of a rock girl myself.
And it's not that I hate cosplay, I just HATE COSPLAY OMFG help D:
Gaaah am i goong insane?
Rock always comes first, but I do love K-Pop and J-Pop!:3
Omfg, LOL. Who are you cosplaying?
DOBADOOOBA
Well we have this convention coming up where I'm planning to cosplay Mad Moxxi and a female Kid Flash.
I used to be huge on J-pop when I watched anime. Which k-pop artists do you like?
Luci we all have a right to comment so I dont waste space.
Ya. And i cannot see anyones messages unless I comment soon after . Otherwise yeers dont come up. Sorry. Laptop is crappy
Hmmm? Zaffy in her own world
SEE I CANT SEE ANYONES MESAGES NLESS I TYPE A NEW COMMENT
sOWWY
Aaah thats stupid
NOOO DOCTOR WHO ISNT TIL APRIL!!!!
Least i have the Tanith Novella to keep those last few days occupied
Big Bang, Brown Eyed Girls, 2NE1, 4Minute, BoA, SHINee, Beast/B2ST, U-Kiss, FTIsland... :3
Hyuna irritates me, however... :P
AND I LOVE SIMON D AND HONGKI AS PEOPLE BECAUSE OMS
Brave, when you basically spam us with random letters, you are wasting comments! It's annoying.
HEEHEHEHEHE I am typing with a pencil. hahaha its fun. everyone grab a pencil and type with it yay!
hahahaha
type type type type. im still using a pencil. guess its awesome yay
I love Andrea Russett
Hello?
Hello Flame :)
SO YA
Refresh the page, Brave :/
Hi, Luc.
How are you Flame?^^
Hiness.
I'm sore. Pulled muscle, I think :/
-.-
KUNSHI
Oh pulling muscles is no fun. No fun at all.
My leg was hurting yesterday. I think I did something to it whilst doing my crazy run-home-and-get-mince thing.
Which I am still proud of, for no reason. :P
*hums*
Awh, *hugs Flame* Hope the pain goes away soon:(
MY GRANDPARENTS' HOUSE IS SO WARM, OH MY FINNICKING GOLDEN GODS
Agh, my house is freezing.
It just is.
Or maybe it's just me.
I think, a bit of both.
Ahaha le wild Val is coning back to get her laptop
screeam
Then again... I am sat with my back against the radiator... XD
Yay for that!
My house is warm atm. Normalweise, im der Morgen es ist sehr kalt. :( (Normally in the morning it's very cold. :().
WHO THE HELL TURNED THE RADIOTORS OFF? -_-
I usually sit with my back to the radiator before and after I go to school. :)
HEY MARA
I just uh go in the water tank cupboard, BECAUSE IT'S SO WARM!
Or freeze, if I can't be bothered...
A few days ago our boiler broke, so we had no radiators. :P
Then we got it fixed and we were colder, but the plug-in radiators gave off quite a lot of heat. *laughs*
The house on average was warmer though - we only have two plug-in radiators.
*because
Hello peepz
Hello Brave.
MAHU.
Brave, are you aware that you can refresh the page to view new comments without commenting?
I HAVE FINALLY CAUGHT UP ON EVERY SINGLE POST ON SPARX'S BLOG *is proud*
Ah, I don't really understand any of that, because I'm not processing things today, for some reason.
Hello, Brave *smiles*
How are you?
Ah, MAHU. Good, good. Ah, I got first yesterday and I completely forgot about MAHU, but it doesn't matter, because I wanted to ded to other stuff and someone else did it, anyway.
I'm bored
Dammit. I forgot my laptop charger -_-
No i don't know how to refresh the page
Ctrl R, or there's a button at the top.
Mara!!! *ninjaeroplanetacklehugs*
How's you?
Well, I may be able to help there.
Would you like the imaginary real laptop charger, or the real imaginary laptop charger?
Ieni!! *hugs* :)
Hmm... The real imaginary one please :P
Ah...
It's real...if you imagine it to be...
Victorious... XD "And I've never done a standing back flip, but watch this!" *fails*
Oh my GOD xD
A standing back flip? Sounds like too much effort.
Well, well done XD
Gotta go bye
Bye, Brave *waves*
I'm gonna go get some coke :) I SHALL BE BACK.
Ah, enjoy that:)
I g2g - byebye *waves*
TODAY'S THE DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY
I await your tweet with growing excitement.
Dododsodo I need to pass 5hrs of time
No one here?
Oh it's Zaf! hey :D
I'M HERE!
Just looking for some SP books...!
Hey Luciana!
Seriously considering changing my name
*muses* I don't know.
I feel like it's weird if I do
You should come to South Africa and meet some of your minions here!!!!!! How badly I want to live in the UK right now. :( ah well...hopefully next year. :D
Haha im watching Living Doll from The Twilight Zone
AHHHH
Hiya Brave
My name is Talking Tina and I'm going to kill you
Umm *runs*
Bbs, going home!:)
YAY!
I ded to Mycroft Holmes and his umbrella.
I also ded to a few people.
Mara - I CAN'T CLAIM TO LOVE 1D. As far as their music is concerned, they're okay. But I like 1D as a band a lot more now, because of the effect they've had on you and your life. It proves that they are great and they can do great things. 1D have an amazayn impact on the world, in an amazayn way. :)
Plus, Mara, you're also amazayn, as a person. You're fun to talk you and you're an awesome person. :) I'm glad I know you. :)
So I ded to Mara and 1D. :)
To move on - Lavender. Lav is such a nice person. We've been blogfriends for . . . quite a while, and at one point she was probably my closest blogfriend. :) She isn't now, but that's ONLY because I know more awesome blogpeople. Lav, you seem to be going through a tough time atm. It's really sad to see you unhappy and confused. Just remember that if you ever need me . . . starinkbright@gmail.com . We all care about you. Not just because them blogland people are so nice, but because YOU'RE so nice, too. :)
Anyway, you're still one of my best blogfriends so I DED TO LAV. :)
Scáth - You don't know you're beautiful! (DAMN YOU, MARA! XD) I could talk about outer beauty, but tbh, that doesn't matter, so meh. You say people are beautiful and perfect (and btw, you've redefined my usual definition of those two words from the conventional meanings (look beautiful and flawless) to your meanings), and you're generally right, but remember, you're beautiful and flawless too! You're really unique. You know how to compliment people, and you aren't afraid to do it, which is a . . . *searchs for word that isn't beautiful coz I've overused that one) . . . lovely thing. :) You can make people really happy.
It amazes me how you can properly belong to (what seems to me like) billions of aspects of this fandom. Tons of people think you're amazing. FACE IT, YOU'RE AMAZING. :P And I ded to you also.
Ieni! *makes zooming aeroplane noises* You're fab. :) Yes, that's a good word. You're a fab person, we have fab conversations and you've introduced fab things into Blogland. Ninjaeroplanetackkehugs, a fraction of eeeeexxxxxxttttttttttteeeeeeeennnnneeeeddddd letters (a fraction coz other people have got me doing them to! :) ), (indirectly) my box of Wrath, and . . . other stuff. :P It's MY ded, so I make the rules and I say I can be lazy and not think properly. :P
But siriusly, you're awesome. :) So I ded to you as well.
Fabi - Read this all the way through so you don't get offended - when I meet new people, irl and on here, sometimes I make an extra special effort to be nice to them and befriend them because . . . *coughs* Well, because I like people thinking I'm nice. :P But with other people, I don't really bother. With you I, uh, didn't really bother. Sorry, it was nothing personal . . . But anyway, despite not really bothering, I now think of you as really great. You're an awesome person and you're firm in your status as one of my blogfriends. :) So seeing as I've know you . . . How long HAVE I known you? Not decades, obviously, but . . . *frowns in consternation* . . . Okay, moving on to second part of the sentence - and you've STILL managed to leap into the ranks of the awesome, WELL DONE. :) I ded to you.
And the same for Jubi. Jubi, you're such a fun person, and you deserve to win the Bubbliest Minion Award this year. *sighs regretfully :P* You and Ember have given us great fun with the ded war. :) Without you, it wouldn't have happened, and it was awesome, so thank you! I ded to you.
I was going to ded to Aretha (YOU'RE SO NICE AND I LIKED YOU IMMEDIATELY THAT'S SO ODD) and Lynxia (SCÁTH'S RIGHT, YOU'RE AWESOME AND I MISS YOU! :( ) and whoever else but I gtg now so fours! :(
Wow, what a ded xD
Wow what a ded indeed
Awh, Star:'(
You made me cry, awh
I love you so much. Asdfghjkl; I won't argue, not today. But you know what my opinion is and it shan't be changing any time soon, it seems.
You're perfect and I love you. <3
It's so cute I think I might puke.
Aw, Star...
Thank you :) YOU'RE AMAZAYN! «3
Heya Mara
hey guys
Hi Robin :)
Hiya Mel
I can name fingers and point names. :')
HELLO MARA, MY BEAUTIFUL BLOGSISTERRRRR!
Hello Mel!:D
Hi Mel :)
Hello Luci, my perfect Blogsisterrrrrrrr! :D
hows everyones day been so far?
Robin: don't puke.
scáth: stop crying
star: that is THE longest ded ever. Tank you. for. breaking. That. Record. That. Only. Me. Ever .Passes any heed of ever counting how much words
I'm just awaiting the tweet.
Brave - I'll try
Actually, I hold the record for the longest ded...
I am like overly excited...
ok scath
*runs in a circle* Where is the tweet why so late
Ive had a pretty bad day so I went out and bought myself a new pair of awesome high tops so now Im sittin in my room painting my nails multicoloured because Im feeling random :)
High tops and random nails! YES MEL YOU BEAUTIFUL PERSON!
*runs around*
aww thanks you are too :)
Wow, that was amazing. I had tears in my eyes AND WTF I NEVER DO THAT.
But, yeah, thankyou my crazy friend *nods*
Wait a moment...I got extended letters from you, I swear...
Ah, the wrathe box. I remember that. I think I insulted your singing, so you said brought out your wrathe box (which was empty) and then it ran away.
You realise you kinda came up with the ninjaeroplanetacklehugs with me? I swear...
Ah...I think I just countered most of the things you said about me oops.
Very msd and Robin - the tweet isn't until 9pm Ireland time, which is like 4 and 1/2 hours.
im a potatoe
*laughs at Brave*
SAM CLAFLIN IS SO DAMN HOT O_O
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