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 401 – 600 of 4912 Newer› Newest»Hi Izz. :)
How is everyone?
*is trying to forget what happened yesterday*
Oh he will Derek better
Um, never mind...
I gotta go eat. Bye.
I'm good. You?
What happened yesterday?
oh well then bye. I might go soon. I have things to do.
In fact I will go. Videos to watch, posts to reblog, dvds to buy. you know how it is.
Auf Wiedersehen alle!
Who's SHE?
Becky.
The psychopath is here!!!
The distant psychopath is here!!!!
The EXTREMLY distant psychopath is here!!!!!
Greetings all! I am back and SUPERINSPIRED!!! So, I will be really hyper and you can expect a lot of chapters out of me tonight! *writes like a lunatic for MC*
Hi, Death!
Shai is here.
So is da Neverlyss.
Will also be distant-ish.
Hi, Aretha! I can't wait to read them!
*Drinks a proverbial cup of tea*
Great! Just great!
*poofs*
Posted our chapter, Zaf! Now I'm going to start cranking out more of mine... If anybody has any interest in collaborating with me in the near future, let me know so I can add that into my malicious plotting, please! Otherwise I'll just keep writing, and we'll see how many chapters I'll have before the night ends.
I've officially found a song that fits the relationship between Aretha and Niccolo- Better Than I Know Myself, by Adam Lambert
Im working on something between Zafira and Javier
Adam Labert Rocks!!!
Im gone!
Busy bee!
Bye, Death!
Sev, if you see this, it's great! Leila was in character!
(C'est Fabi)
Hi.
*now goes to delete the comment*
Fabi: Hi, Lav!
Hi Lav. :) *hugs*
Fabi: Hi, Eve!
Hi Fabi...
I'm so confused...
I'm always confused...
Circles. Going in circles...
Pointless. This is pointless.
I'm sorry, ignore everything I say to myself.
Hi Fabi!
...Lav, what's up? You seemed really upset yesterday. And today. What's wrong?
Okay, Lav...
...
Hi Eve...
*sighs*
I don't like being here when I'm like this...
It's happening again... Repeating. I'm repeating myself...
Again, ignore this. I can't seem to delete it... Unless I just not comment at all...
Which a what I tried to do before...
Which is why I didn't come on earlier...
*realizes they won't know what she's talking about*
I don't know, Eve! That's why I'm confused... Why am I being like this? Why now?
*no answer*
[Hugs Lav]
*sighs again*
I tried explaining it earlier, but even then, it didn't make sense.
I don't make sense...
Wait, what?
Hello, everyone.
I made a poem... A while ago... I tried to post it here, but I couldn't explain why I wrote it... So I deleted it...
...
Well, if you want to talk, you don't have to keep anything to yourself. We're always here.
Hello again, Dylan.
DANTÈ!
Hi, Dylan. :)
Hello, Dantè Phyre.
Lav, Eve's right. We're here for you.
That's okay Lav. Hey Astrid. I spent most of last night designing weapons for Dantè. I came up with them, but I can't describe them. Once I draw them up I'll post it.
Hello... Blogland...
Fabi. I'm usually Fabi.
If you see someone on here, it might not be me though.
Cool, Dantè. Might not see it though... I haven't been in the mood for reading blogposts...
Except Derek's...
*decides to show the poem now*
I know. People are people. Why is everyone crazy?
Switching back to my account...Brb.
She fakes a smile so no one can see
The confusion in her head
Or the jumbled emotions in her heart.
The mask she wears when she feels it
Is that of a thoughtful expression.
She's such a good actress!
No one can tell.
She fakes a smile so no one can see
The invisible tears running down her cheeks.
Her friends ask how she is
She answers the same every time
Her voice so determined not to hint
How confused she is inside.
They cannot tell.
Is she happy? Is she sad?
Sometimes, not even she can tell.
Though she tries to hide it,
Her brown eyes are silently pleading
For someone to notice her lies.
But her black hair hides her face
Before they could see.
She thinks she's happy,
She thinks she's fine,
She knows she's confused.
She can't describe the feeling inside.
She's such a good actress,
That not even she can tell
What her true emotion is.
She knows now
What the feeling is inside.
It's emptiness, loneliness.
She acts like she's happy,
She acts like nothing is wrong.
She's such a good actress
That she hid it from herself.
She's fine, she's fine, she's fine,
She tells everyone,
When they ask how she is.
She doesn't want to talk....
This loneliness eating at her insides,
The feeling of being ignored.
She knows she shouldn't blame them,
It was her fault.
She stopped talking to them,
She didn't join in.
She just watched from the sidelines,
Wondering what to say.
And no one knew she was there.
She felt so much has changed,
She felt that things were different.
But maybe it was her.
She was there, watching,
Seeing them as they joked and played.
Wanting to join in.
She didn't want to tell them,
She didn't want attention,
She didn't want to make a fuss,
So she stayed,
Watching from the shadows.
Everyone was laughing,
Everyone was fine.
She didn't want to be the one,
To bring the good feeling down.
So she stayed, hiding in the darkness.
She didn't want to tell them,
But she wished they could tell,
How much she hurt inside,
From the emptiness, the loneliness.
She knew she had to understand,
That it wasn't them that changed.
She wondered how to fix herself,
And make her mood better again.
Like I said before, I don't like being like this when I come on... So if I tried to comment, I'd erase what I typed before I published it...
I'm sorry you're feeling confused, Lav...
I'm afraid I have to go now...
It's a beautiful poem, in a sad way.
[hug Lav one more time, then vanishes]
Lav... *hugs*
Not sure it makes much sense...
I tried writing more inspirational poems after this, but... It all turned depressed... And one that I couldn't even finish... With a Smile...
Yeah, it's a nice poem Lav.
Aretha, can I battle you?
Bye Fabi...
Once I started coming on more, I felt better. Being around all of you helped me to forget... You made me laugh.
Why did that change now?
Because I'm being selfish and moody?
I don't try to talk about myself when I'm here...
Not in this way...
I'm speaking in poems... Freestyle...
*clears throat*
Um, I gotta go again...
*wonders if she'll come back later*
Probably.
Bye.
Alright, Dylan.
...Lav, how long have you been feeling like this? Just know that we're your friends, and you can talk to us whenever you want.
*sits in tree*
Wait what's "alright Dylan"
Dantè! What up!!!
*Smiles*
Bye Lav. *hugs*
Bye Lav!!
Bye Lav!
AUSSIE!!!! *tackles Eve*
Oh hi Rose. Nothing much. I'm waiting for Aretha to answer me. :>
For you posting the weapons. I know, that was a bit late. XD
Hi Zafira and Death. :)
Dante... Battle me how? You mean like what you were doing with Death yesterday?
Bye Lav. :)
I somehow managed to fit 72 cheese and bacon balls in my mouth! My brother is my witness!!!
Yep.
AMERICKIE!!!!! *gets tackled*
If you don't mind roleplay.
Hehehe Zaffy likes knives
I'm happy Zaf doesn't realize that there are three Aussies on
Oh- I love roleplaying! I've never battled with someone on this blog, though, so I'll probably be weird at it or break a rule or something... But if you don't mind my inexperience, sure! Can I ask why you want to, just out of curiosity?
Then you'd like my knife. -holds out hand and knife solidifies out of tiny pieces with lines running along the blade glowing orange-
This is my temporary knife. After I finish smithing my Heltron Blades, this will be... Backup.
IM AN AUSSIE.
Actually, Aretha, I'll wait until I've drawn up my Heltron blades.
Dante, what's your discipline?
Ari, just don't God Mod! That's all!
And that's fine- I'll be ready whenever you are!
*tackles all Aussies*
Heeheh!!! Zaffy hyper
What does God Mod mean?
Pressure points.
God Mod is when you're behaving like superman. As if everything that comes your way is swept away like a bug.
Pressure points are my discipline, mainly. I now every single one on the human body.
*know
FLIMSY PANCAKES!
FLIMSY PANCAKES!
FLIMSY PANCAKES!
FLIMSY PANCAKES!
?
God modding basically means taking control over other characters that you don't own without the owner(s) consent.
Alternately, it also means dominating a situation in a way that you or your characters are unable to or not allowed to. Using power that they don't have or abilities they don't posses.
Oh, ok. And Dante... Sorry, I'm just a bit confused- didn't you say yesterday you had a lot of control over fire? Sorry if that was someone else- but then weren't you also, like, making things out of particles or something? And then you had duplicates of yourself? Sorry, I'm just confused...
*Runs from scary Zaffy*
She's trying to hug me!!!!! Help!!!!
Ari, don't underestimate him... Yesterday... Scary! I'd ask him to do it again, but it's scary!!!
It's a good thing I saved that definition...
Hi all.
Sorry for spamming I thought I was gonna be first. I was wrong...
To your grave I spoke,
Holding a red, red rose...
I really want to use those lyrics as inspiration for my MC subplot, but I'm not sure how I want to do it yet...
He can control all regular elements fire, water, air, earth and the irregular elements, metal, electricity, ice and darkness...
SCARY!!
Hiya Zath!
Hahahah I feel sane compared to Becky
Death, I don't mean to underestimate anyone- just, if his discipline is pressure points, how can he make duplicates of himself and make things out of particles and all that other stuff?
Zaf, I'm happy you made it out alive, but I think you were saner with Mevolent torturing you!
Oh no, I mean discipline as combat style. Not magical discipline.
DEATH I CAN'T DO ALL THAT. I typed up an explanation but I lost it now...
Oh, well that was his magical style!
It's all the same for the dreamers
It's all the same
For us
I kind of want to use this too... Broken Iris is so inspirational!!
It said so on your profile!
Bloody fucking hell the iPhone can be annoying sometimes. Anyway, I'm gonna go draw up my Heltron blades.
Wait, so you're supposed to have seperate combat and magical abilities? How does that work? I'm so confused...
I haven't updated it yet Death.
Death, Dylan's magic style changes pretty much every time he changes his name.
And he'll pop up around here every few weeks with a different name.
You seriously have no idea how many times he's changed it...
Me too!
Okay, I really need to brush my teeth and do my chores...
Don't know when I should be back...
Bye!!
Ember can ressurect people from the dead, right?
Aretha, when you asked him what his discipline was, he thought you were talking about how he fights. He has a specific combat style, which aims for pressure points. This is more specific whereas someone else might just say they prefer offensive or defensive more.
I first met him when he was Jayden Dark...
I'm still sorry about that argument...
Okay, im gone!!!
Adios, Death.
Okay. Aretha... I have two magical abilities. One being the ability to put psychological illusions into people's minds, which is limited to an image of me. That is used as a distraction so I can assassinate people. My other magical ability is a slightly excessive control over fire. And my COMBAT skills are pressure points. Two different entities.
Lol Zath is right. But I'm sticking with Dantè. I swear, he is my nichè. (I think that's the right word, unless its piqué)
Glad to hear you've settled on one, Dylan.
Okay, bye. I'll be back with a post on my Heltron Blades. (Heltron is a word I made up for a fancy metal or something...)
BYE! And remember, lock your front door...
I think the word you're looking for is pique. And that makes sense now- thanks. :) I haven't hit my surge yet, so I have some elemental power, but I barely ever use it, and once I do surge I'll be 100% adept. As far as my fighting style goes- it's all Krav Maga, if you've ever seen or heard of that, and I never use weapons. If I ever do, it'll be something very small and discreet, and I'll never rely on one to get the job done. I don't like relying on objects, because they're too easily taken away.
See ya.
*barricades door with shadows*
Well then, good-bye to the new bloglandian, if he wishes to be called that.
Hello all
Posted new chapter
Hello, Sir.
And Dylan isn't new. He was a regular early last year, along with Sparky and Nixion and Eve and myself and Ink and Lav and Gabriel and a few others.
But then he left, and now's he's back.
And Izz and Robin and Thrust and Johanna...
Well... That's quite the roster.
It is. Apologies.
Anyways, I gotta go too. We have visitors.
Bye!
Good-bye.
Bye Zathract!
Okay, so it turns out I'm horrible at drawing and Im gonna have to get one of you to do it for me, if you'd be so kind...
If.. There's anyone... Here...
I'm here!
But I can't really draw. Well, learning to draw manga but nothing really...
HELLO?
Oh well I'll get Zath to do it. I guess.
Hello again, Sev! Chapter was great, Leila in character!
I am not here.
If I was, I wouldn't accomplish anything, sadly.
PS-drawing is not my strong suit.
Hello! Eck. I won't be here tomorrow either. We're staying at someone's house for the whole day and possibly the night. For SOME reason, I'm sure, but I hardly know these people! Total amount of time I've spent around them in my whole life? Probably four or five hours.
Sounds like Thanksgiving at my grandparents' place.
"This is your second cousin, once removed."
Wait, who?
And they all know who I am, too!
:P
8P
Ahahaha! I just thought of something! If NJ serioisly gets this to work I forsee Derek getting freaked out by the phone because it talks!
*laughs*
Ok! Thanks Fabi! One more thing to add and I can publish it!
Awesome!
DIE, Leila!!!
Hi, Zaffy!
Fabi, what would be Arsenic's reaction to Leila being killed in front of him.
I think he would probably shrug it off. He doesn't really like her.
Fabi, would this be a good response? Sorry, I feel weird writng other peoples' characters.
"Why did you kill her?" the man asked. "I'm not angry, but I am wondering who sent you."
Ahahaha
Sounds fine. His face is probably expressionless.
Okay thanks. Posted!
Awesome! Reading!
*Laughs really hard*
I JUST BROKE MY VACUM!!
Hi Death! Really?
Awesome, Sev!
Yes!!!
*Falls to the floor laughing*
I DON'T KNOW WHY IT'S SO FUNNY! MY MUM WILL BE HERE ANY MINUTE!!!
That's what they get for telling me to vacuum, I break the super expensive thing!!
[laughs]
It's rather preposterous, actually. XD
I'm actually crying it's so funny!!
I think this must be shock!!!! Me dying of laughter!!!!
What happened to it?
Is laughter a symptom of shock? I was looking it up yesterday for my MC chapter, and I didn't see it.
*starts to look it up*
NO! WORK!
I pulled this bit on it and then I couldn't get it back... Now the vacuum bit is almost touching the roof...
Do you think I should cover it with clothes to hide it?
*Cracks up laughing*
By March 11, 2013, companies will be forbidden from further tests designed to establish longer-term toxicity.
Anyone know what this means? It's about animal experimentation
I think with me being a psychopath, it is perfectly normal!
*Becomes silent with laughter*
I doubt that would be partivlcularly effective. Maybe an elephant?
Nope!
*Still laughing*
This is the funniest day of my life!!!!
Or a walrus, or a flamingo.
I want an elephant! I don't have an elephant!
I think I must be high from those poppy seeds mum put in tea yesterday!!!
My dog is staring at me like I'm crazy!!!
You are crazy.
No offence.
*Slaps self*
*Laughs harder*
Yeah, Death, you kind of are....
That's okay!
Crazy's good! Sane is boring :D
[Frowns] I think I'm stuck with this avatar for a while...
Computer is throwing things again.
By things I mean errors.
Ah joy
I need to stick me head in the freezer for a while!!!
Bbs
See you, Death!
Happy not vacuuming!
Bye Death!
By the way Fabi, how do you get the cool little avatar dudes?
My pic? It's my Glitch avatar.
Even though the game is closed, I can still dress her up/change her appearance.
I can make you one, if you give me a basic description.
It's really fun to play with her face and stuff.
Freezer?
Death will be Death.
Me?
Fabi, shoulder-length dark brown hair w/ bangs
pale skin
black clothing?
If that's possible, can you do that?
Good thing i didnt get first I had no idea what to ded to
Yay!
I ded to mango-cherry swirl Popsicles, to Glitch and it's awesome avatars, to cheese and croutons and other stuff I can eat now!
I also ded to Mycroft and his umbrella.
And to friends and awesome people.
Okay... I'm a partially-
*Cracks up laughing*
Don't you envy my family?!
Oh, yeah. Definitely! Gimme a minute.
Hi again, Death! Brb.
Hi Fab!
This is why the shrinks are after me!!!
*Falls down laughing*
How does Ian stand me?!
Gaaah why must Mom be friends with my history teacher?
Sev-Do you want her to look evil or nice?
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