This year is the fiftieth anniversary of Doctor Who. To celebrate, Puffin Books asked eleven different authors to take a Doctor and write a story. When I was asked, I said I'd only do it if I could write for the tenth or eleventh incarnation. Puffin gave me Ten. I was a happy bunny.
It was such a joy to write this character. As you all know, I've been a fan of the show since I was a kid, and David Tennant holds joint top-spot with Matt Smith as my favourite Doctor. In my opinion, it was Tennant's era when the Doctor's love of dialogue really came out— that quick-fire patter that he does so well — and it was an absolute pleasure to channel that.
The Mystery of the Haunted Cottage will be released as an e-book on October 23rd (my birthday! Skulduggery's deathday!) and then it, along with the other stories, will be collected into a PHYSICAL book which will be out near the end of November.
There will be a video released in a week or two where I talk more about it, but in the meantime, here's a link to a snippet (which explains where the somewhat old-fashioned title comes from...)
http://www.theguardian.com/childrens-books-site/interactive/2013/oct/01/doctor-who-mystery-haunted-cottage-derek-landy-extract
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«Oldest ‹Older 2001 – 2200 of 4966 Newer› Newest»☂Adra, read the comments starting from the first of October, okay? Then come back here and I'll explain some more stuff to you.☂
http://mithriasrandomthings.blogspot.co.at/2013/09/ember.html#comment-form
Thanks, but I don't plan on killing him. I love Mith too much to do that.
*hits Mycroft over the head with the crowbar*
...I believe I should go....
G'bye.
Oh, I finished writing this chapter of this thing during lunch break, and I'm really pleased with the fact that I finished something. :-)
#ChaseForBook9
*stares*
I thought we were friends.
*grabs Mithria and Sherlock*
*runs*
☂The first of October on the LINK I gave you, not Derek's blog btw☂
☂Aw man :(☂
☂But good job for finishing the chapter! Finishing stuff always helps you feel good :)☂
☂<3☂
Bye Fabi *hugs*
Okay I was gonna say..
*runs after*
That's ok.
Bye Fabi.
I type too slow...
*nods and smiles pretending to know whats happening*
*is knocked unconscious*
Sherlock: Oh for crying out loud, weren't you aware that we were supposed to find that time machine and get out of here before Moriarty comes and finds us? Now what are we supposed to do?
*him and Mithria drag Mycroft, with a lot of effort, somewhere out of harm's way*
Sherlock: *rings EmberTC*
Sherlock: Can you heal him for us?
☂Nope. I can't time-travel.☂
Sherlock: Well, you're useless.
*Sherlock hangs up and groans loudly*
☂:p Zaf☂
Sorry Mycroft but I never said we were friends.
MUAHAHAHA
*Mycroft's mouth is hanging open and he cannot respond*
Oh wow... I hit hard...
*I mean because he's unconscious, not because his mouth is hanging open, although that would hinder his ability to talk quite significantly*
I'll be gone for a sec so bye for now.
Sherlock: Crowbars generally do add strength to blows.
☂I can't do Sherly properly. GOD DAMMIT, MITH, WHY DID YOU LEAVE ME BESIDES THE FACT IT'S 11 P.M IN OUR TIME ZONE☂
☂Bye!☂
☂Did you read it, Adra?☂
Bye Sky-
I suppose. What was this hubbub about MORIARTY?
((Ya I commented))
☂Alright, looking at it now.☂
☂I KNOW THE CODE THING DRIVES ME INSANE☂
☂And now I need to explain some more stuff to you here...☂
Okay...
*looks around* what year is it exactly?
*is here just really bored*
(Wy wat)
☂Sorry about this, Zaf, but we need to sort this out now.☂
How about you just email me... So you don't spoil the whole hing on here lol?
☂Hm?☂
☂Fair enough... what's your email?☂
☂We could really use some proper structure for this thing...☂
((I mean your whole mini plot thing.. We can sort it out on email? So when things happen it'll be cool and surprising yah?))
☂(mine's septembersilverfrost@gmail.com)☂
☂I definitely agree with you.☂
Riiiight there went my plot....*sighs*
(( adrasdosdark477@gmail.com
I can't copy and paste on here))
*slinks back to Blogland for now*
Guess I'll go eat....enjoy. If you really want me im waiting for Ari since i have once again no luck in doing a plot. Could involve everyone so whatever im hungry bored and tired go have fun. I need to go back to boredom where i belong
☂Bye, Zaf! I'm sorry <3☂
☂Sent you an email, Adra.☂
ARGH DAMMIT I CAN'T LIVE WITH THIS NOISE!!!!
(I'm back btw)
Bye Zaf-
*lays on her stomach in the grass* mmm
I'm still her Ember i'm just not talking since im gonna go make food and stupidly stand here and hope i can go back to 1400 which thanks to this plot i wont be able to til this is over and so yeah. I'm just not happy so i'm staying here pretty much not talking until i go or someone is on that isnt in this plot
☂I'm sorry, Adra. Sometimes because of your guys' plots I can't do anything really either.☂
☂But once we get all of this sorted, we won't have to do it again, okay?☂
☂ZAF I MEAN ZAF NOT ADRA☂
So *claps hands together* what's up?
I'm chilling in the grass
Yayy
((I'm here!))
#ChaseForBook9
☂Well, Adra and I are working on a thing for Mycroft and Mith (Mithria Faith Holmes, she's a Germinion) and Zaf is making food.☂
☂Adra, I replied to your email.☂
That's cool.
*climbs up tree and sits on branch*
It doesnt matter Ember. I lost my shot i can hope ill be on next weekend but i guarentee will be in pain from my stupid wisdom teeth removal so i wont so i get to wait :/ longer. Whoch is typical i had an idea to involve everyone i was in the middle of emailing Ari but now i wont because dare i interefere in a plot ill never get anywrre as usual
Hello, er, too many characters.
((Hi Skyamere! I'm Aretha Tesla. I should change my name back, actually...
#ChaseForBook9
☂SHERLOCK IS AIRING IN TWENTY FUCKING FOURTEEN??????☂
ARETHA I NEED YOU BEFORE I GO TO THE BUCKET GAME!!! ((Sorry yelling bleh)) I GOT AN HOUR ROUGHLY
In that case greetings Aretha.
A brief intro on me:
I like video games, books and burning things. I am an Engliminion and am home-schooled.
It is... The grass is comfy..
(((Zaf, I mean- I dunno, I may or may not stay out of this.. Your plots usually Center around Nic and Ari- I mean, time travelling with him isn't the only way- you could just make one up... But yeah. I'm iffy about it.))
☂I'M HOMESCHOOLED TOO!!!☂
Comfort for me is impossible with this much noise.
*sighs*
((Well you don't know my idea Adra. But i may not finish the email i need to think upon the whole thing logically))
((I mean to say- you don't have to be so dependent on her, is all- you can do what's a you want, it is your plot, after all)
Wow September I didn't think anyone else even knew what the term meant.
☂Speaking of emails, I sent you one, Adra.☂
☂Tell me if you have any ideas! I'm a little stuck on semantics.☂
☂Heh :) And call me Ember.☂
☂I MUST LEAVE, SLEEP CALLS.☂
☂Adra, please reply, and thank you <3☂
*facepalms* I hope that was sarcasm, Sky-
*rolls around* Grassss
☂Oh you already did. NVM.☂
☂<3☂
Yeah being home-schooled can become a problem though. I don't have any friends in reality. Do you have the same problem September?
Cool! I fight, dance, and write. I'm a Tesla fanatic- you could probably guess from my name- and in character, I'm an American Elder and a former assassin, and my discipline is blood manipulation. Pleased to meet you! *offers hand*
#ChaseForBook9
Night Emby-
*stops rolling for a second* I don't like how cold it is..
*stays quiet and waits for Niccolò*
No I meant outside, I live really close to Goose fair (if you know what that is) and you can hear it from my room and there are people screaming, so yeah.
It's SYK btw.
*Shakes hand* Pleased to meet you.
This would be a really good time to insert myself into the conversation, wouldn't it?
Well, I won't.
DEAL WITH IT.
((Night, Ember!))
#ChaseForBook9
Hello, everyone. Welcome to the blog, Sykamere.
#ChaseForBook9
Lord- sorry, my mind rearranged the letters. *makes the sign of the cross* Bless u chile
*sits up, her hair a tangled mess*
Life lesson
Don't roll in the grass
Hello, Fabienne.
#ChaseForBook9
Hello!!!
Msd. Wifi will get turned off at some point . . .
#ChaseForBookNine
Hello Niccolo.
Sorry I'm getting tired of introducing myself, it's somewhere above if you want to read it.
Hello, Star.
#ChaseForBook9
Niccolò! I picked a time I'd want to go to....1516
That is perfectly alright, Sykamere. I have already read your introduction, in any case.
#ChaseForBook9
Hi Star-
*plucks a blade of grass*
*looks at it for a second*
*laughs once*
*kinda chuckles*
*loses it all and begins to laugh so hard her stomach hurts*
Hadn't you said 1400 before? What is so special about 1516?
#ChaseForBook9
*Exhales* that's cool.
*Sticks head outside window*
WILL YOU SHUT UP!!!
*glances at Adra, noticing the blade of grass* *begins to laugh along with her, although not quite so hard*
#ChaseForBook9
Niccolo, can you time travel?
Because I wanted to go in the 1500's. why I mean I figure any year I picked you most likely would be alive. But still I'm set on 1516, if you would be willing to stick with me while there so I can get around
Jesus Christ... *wipes her tears, setting it down* those were the days... *grins*
*Looks at blade of grass*
I... don't... get it.
Ooh, there's a lot of people online. :)
I forgot to mention - today, the two boys who call for Slipknot Person and his little brother called for them at the door, except they didn't come out and the boys just carried on walking to the bus. I assumed Slipknot Person and his little brother were skiving. The situation seemed to be that way, like the way the other two were laughing and how they'd called instead of knowing not to just keep on walking.
But THEN, this afternoon, whilst walking from one lesson to another, I saw Slipknot Person's little brother. I'm positive of it - I recognised his face, plus no one else in the school that I've seen has a hoodie like his or a bag like his (my school does have 2000 people, but whatevs).
So I was like hmmmmm.
It was photo day in the morning, but it's generally girls who want to get out of that. I think Slipknot Person might have just not needed to be at school in the morning or something (he is in sixth form) and his brother came in late with him because he wanted to skiv, but why he'd've come in late and not just not come in at all is just what, so that's not likely. I think one of the most likely theories is dentist appointments . . . Or at least Slipknot Person's little brother had a dentist appointment.
Being a sort-of-stalker-but-not-really is so mystifying. :O
#ChaseForBookNine
*giggles* don't worry about it Syk
Hi Star :)
*waves to everyone who said hi to me*
#ChaseForBookNine
Why yes, I can. I am capable of many things. My discipline is to steal true names. Presently, I have 49. One of my resultant disciplines is time travel, although it has its limitations.
Indeed they were, Adra.
Alright, Zafira. But we must avoid Spain, and depending on exactly when we arrive, several regions in France.
#ChaseForBook9
((Oh most heavenly blade of grass, I am your humble servant. XD
#ChaseForBook9
ah... That would be best
((Oh god- the Glee episode..))
((*bows down*))
Can you still steal their true name if the person has sealed it?
Oh God I really have no idea what's going on right now.
I understand. I'll do whatever you need me to do. I just want to see what life was like back then...I probably need to find something worn back then....I know I can't wear trousers...your 17 year old self made it plain as day women wore dresses *smirks*
((I shall praise thy eternal glory for all that remains of my humble life, o brilliant blade.))
#ChaseForBook9
Can someone please let me know what's going on?
((Niccolò....the fact....you...*has just died*
((*begins groveling*))
Ah well.
*Jumps down from tree*
Yes, Sykamere, I can. Presently, we are mainly reminiscing. We've had some rather magnificent adventures, many of which are quite comical in hindsight.
Ah, yes, my seventeen year old self... My apologies for that... I shall have to find appropriate clothing as well, although I believe I shall save that for when we arrive.
#ChaseForBook9
*Picks up flamethrower and burns tree*
It was something that happened a whole ago... Sorry- that was rude of us to leave you out
((Um... Worshipping a blade of grass is a bit of an inside joke at this point, sorry. There was this ghost named Charlie who took over the non-parallel me, and then we figured our that Charlie wanted to be popular, and then Aretha began insulting me and tricked it into inhabiting her instead, and then we worshipped a blade of grass to make him think that the blade of grass was te most popular life form around, and then we opened a portal to the afterlife and sent the grass through. Long story...)$
#ChaseForBook9
It's ok.
*Watches tree burn*
Ah yeah- are we playing dress up now? *doea a somersault* I like old fashion
I actually have something I of all people need to before we go so not to draw attention *shadow-walks and comes back down 20min later with appropriate clothing a dress my mother had when she was in that time period* Gods...good thing she kept her clothes....and Niccolò I would enjoy the moment I never wear dresses
...
I miss Harralie, but at the same time, I feel like I should just stop with it altogether. I will never meet One Direction. It's all just a stupid game that's messing with my head. I will never meet Little Mix (happy 22nd birthday Leigh ❤️), I will never meet Avril Lavigne, I will never meet Cher Lloyd. I hate it I hate it I hate it.
#ChaseForBook9
Just thought I'd let everyone know: I'm a necromancer. My magic is stored in my ninja outfit. I have a Katana and mostly use the shadows for stealth and as a defense.
...when did you start saying gods?
Hmm.
((Because that's part of being a FANGIRLYNESS, right? I'll probs never meet Derek because it sucks like that, but I still do it...?))
((There are often many opportunities for fans to meet celebrities, and as difficult as those opportunities may be to obtain, you have a lifetime ahead of you. You need not be pessimistic, Maralie.))
#ChaseForBook9
((I won't meet Derek but I can dream))
*is looking around slightly uncomfortable but determined* Don't judge I can pull off dresses
*Slips away into forest*
*Returns wearing a dark blue cloak*
[hugs Mara]
Harralie is/was one of the most shippable ships in shipping history. And I'm sorry you feel that way, but isn't that what dreams and fiction are for? I mean, irl, I'm the type who'd be running away, not fighting battles, I'd probably cry for hours after being pushed into a portal to another dimension by someone who pretended to be my friend and not actually do anything useful about it. I'd probably have died more than once in the demon war, if that was at all possible. And idk if I'd even have said a word to any of you in the RP if I'd been acting like I would in real life.
...I'm not sure where this is going...
#ChaseForBook9
((That wasn't supposed to be capitalized...))
*scratches her head*
((Yeah Harralie is freaking amazing))
@Mara: And I'll probably never ever speak to the people I sort of stalk but not really, and I see them practically every day. :P
It's okay. :) Loving people who'll never know you is a part of life. Well, I assume it is, it happens to that many people. :) Why should you not appreciate people simply because you won't see them? They're still worthy of your appreciation. :)
*hugs*
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#ChaseForBookNine
Well I have to go now. See you guys tomorrow (hopefully).
Bye Sykamere
. . . Just clarifying - I don't love the people who I sort of stalk but not really, mostly due to the fact I don't know who the hell they are. XD
#ChaseForBookNine
Bye Syk-
Don't get too down about it, Mara. You know what they say, don't meet your idols- what do you have to live for, then? *shrugs* There's always the chance it won't end up the way you meant it to be.
*Waves, pulls cloak around self and walks off into the distance*
(Okay I'm actually gone now)
Goodbye, Sykamere.
Right then, Zafira, shall we go?
((I'll have to leave in several minutes.))
#ChaseForBook9
Goodbye Syk.
I ought to leave now. Whether I will leave now is debatable.
#ChaseForBook9
Yes let's go Niccolò *goes over to him*
((Yeah its okay I do too soon))
Bye people who have to go- saying this for the future..
Yeah
Oh damn... Hmm
*sits on a bench, swinging her legs*
:( Fours, Sykamere!
#ChaseForBookNine
. . . I think I'll also go to sleep tomorrow. :(
If we're doing anything this weekend, I don't know of it, so hopefully I can be here a lot. :) We may be doing things I don't know about, though. :/
#ChaseForBookNine
*hums*
*takes Zafira's arm and vanishes* *appears in Florence, Italy, in the year 1516* Zafira, I shall be back in a few minutes. Please do not leave this place. *vanishes into the crowd to find proper clothing*
#ChaseForBook9
Bye Star... *hug*
((My apologies, but I must take my leave. Goodbye, everyone.))
#ChaseForBook9
Also go to sleep tomorrow?
*go to sleep now
Dammit, brain. XD
Sorry. Usually I correct them before I post, these days.
#ChaseForBookNine
Of course Niccolò. *looks around at the place staying out of the way of people waiting for Niccolò*
((Okay....no worries I gtg in 10min tops...))
((Maralie, you are many things, but you are in no way a coward. The world is cruel, feint-hearted and doubting. You musn't trust the opinions of those who would put you down. Now I really must go.))
#ChaseForBook9
((....))
Oh Mara... *hugs* The world is cruel, mean and awful. I'm sorry/ you're amazayn and perrfect. Mean girls will be mean girls, but you shouldn't let them put you down. I was... Messed with by some girls for the first time in my life the other day.. It doesn't feel good, I know- but you can get past it, I know
I get shit daily. I get excluded in class daily. I'm ignored. Yesterday in English we werr put in groups and I had the girls who think because they are in the top 10 of my class they are better. We needed to discuss our short story but the girls wouldnt let me talk. I tried to suggest they ignored me. It was horrible until they asked for help and the teacher asked me and I told her the answer and I was right and the other girls were told that they had to work with the whole group and I got the full mark for being excluded no matter what i did they lost points, but it sucks. I just sheug and go on because its all i can do
((I've got to go now guys. Bucket Game....hmm probably be back around 10.....possibly. It shouldn't take long if we win the bucket i be happy if not i be mad
((Sorry I just finished the Glee episode... The promo next week- I'm gonna sob))
*glances around*
*sits there quietly*
((*hugs Adra* if you get bored text me I'll talk nobody is goig i know and like so I'll be lonely...))
Never mind. I'm not important enough to be heard. Other people always have it harder than me. That's why I don't come here as much as I used to :)
I'm off. Don't know if I'll be back. Probably wouldn't be missed anyway :)
Bye xx
#ChaseForBook9
*sighs*
Mara- I don't really think it's fair that you get to decide what we think of you- you're wonderful. Guess what, though? Everyone on this planet has to learn somehow, no one is exempt from problems- so we all share a similar feeling. You aren't alone, and what you feel is just as important as the next person.
You're already missed, Mara...
And everyone hurts, that's true, but if talking to us helps you, then there's no reason for you to stop. You do matter, okay?
((Is literally walking out the door right now, so not here. :-(
#ChaseForBook9
Damn, I'm left here.. >.<
Scrap that. Not leaving.
*hugs Mara*
Look, I'm crap with revision techniques and I don't know Irish and you probably get taught things differently, but I'm older than you so know more in school terms, so if you ever want help, I'm here . . .
Also - there are bitches everywhere. The other day, I was in IT, and I was standing up got some reason (my brain didn't think the reason why I was standing up was important so didn't remember it), and I just looked around at everyone and just though, thank God I discovered the blog, because I can't imagine a reality where this was all the society I had. I don't even know how I managed to live before it.
. . . Maybe that's a little mean to my classmates, but seriously . . . I just don't even get why people are so . . . I don't even know what they are. It's just . . . what.
Getting sidetracked. :)
@Mara: Well, first thing, you don't have to tell anyone. Fabi mailed me a link to this talk thing, and in it they said that the first story was what people cling on to. If the first thing they know about you is that you're a Directioner, then everything else will become less significant. If they get to know you first and then you tell them you're a Directioner, they won't react so badly to it. In theory, but it's a strong theory backed up by evidence and experience. People let their friends get away with things they wouldn't let other people get away with. Once, quite a while ago, I realised that I always forgave my friends for doing this and this, and then felt bad for not being as forgiving with other people, because they probably also had good qualities along with their bad, it was just that I didn't know them so didn't see them.
Not everyone is as awesome as me, and not everyone has epiphanies like this. People let their friends do things they don't let others do.
Also . . . maybe they don't like Directioners and fangirls, but if they got to know you, that isn't to say they wouldn't like you. :) Just get to know them? I'm surprised by how close (as in, we sort of feel some vague sense of friendliness. We don't really know each other or anything) I've become to people in art and English and maths and stuff since the beginning of the year, and I like a few of them more than I did previously. :)
Also - he only said that because he had an answer in his head, and he wanted people to answer that. He wasn't really thinking of it.
I don't think suicide is that cowardly, generally. It is giving up, taking the easy way out, but when the hard choice is so hard that barely anyone could do it . . . It mostly depends on the circumstance. You could call all suicide cowardly if you looked at it a certain way, but it would depend on both your view of suicide and your view of cowardly and probably your views of other things. In Star Wars, Obi Wan tells Luke that most things we know to be true are only true from a certain point of view, or summat like that, and he's right. Everything's looked at in different ways. Your view won't correspond to his view, because you and him are different people.
TBC
You can always, always let out your feelings to me, as long as I exist and can reply. :) Email, over the blog, other methods that I can do, whichever. :) And as I've said before, if I tell you you can't let your feelings out to me, I will no longer be me, so I technically won't exist. And if that happens, please try to bring me back. I hate the thought of me turning into a horrible person.
*hugs*
I'm sorry.
Also - my mum's said for years that if you act confident, you become confident. At Leeds Derek told us that if you act arrogant, you become arrogant. My mum was awfully pleased that he'd backed her up without even knowing. :)
Sometimes I just act happy, and I feel happy. I often just decide to be ridiculously excited about things, because it's fun. XD
If you think "Okay, I am a coward" you will become one. Direct your thoughts in the other direction. :)
#ChaseForBookNine
*points to what Star said*
Brilliantly said.,
*hugs Adra* Thanks!!! :)
Um. *looks around, indesicive about leaving*
#ChaseForBookNine
I dunno- I have a feeling it'll be another quiet night... :/
*hugs Death* :/
I'm going to go to sleep. Sorry. :(
#ChaseForBookNine
Night Tsar-
*spreads out on the grass* Ugnsnmdb grass
Okay :/
*looks up at the sky*
*sighs*
*hums* *picks up a blade of grass* *sniffs it*
So wake me up when it's all over.
When I'm wiser and I'm older.
Hmm. Wake me up when September ends?
No, Avicii 'Wake Me Up'
Tis a great auld song so it is...
I know- I was alluding to the Greed Day song that has the same beginning
Adra what's up with you sweets??
You're not your normally bubbly self these past few days and I've been really worried about you.
*Green
Spelling mistakes. Grr.
I really don't want to talk about it- I've been miffed enough end with this website lately... And spewing my problems would be pretty hypocritical.
In any case- I'm working with it, so don't worry-
I'm not getting first
Sorry
I have to do this
Ugh fine
But I'm not dedding
Good evening, Blogland.
Sir! *hugs* Hi!
Greetings, Adrasdos.
How are you?!?
I am as well as to be expected, I suppose. I hope you yourself feel well?
Watching Resident Evil Afterlife...
It is kinda derpy.
*raises lemonade glass* Woop
Well I am going to worry about it because you're my friend and sister and I can't do a damn thing to help you and because I feel so damn useless, I worry even more.
The amount of times you've been there for me and then suddenly I can't help you. It makes me think 'is she okay?'. It makes me wonder 'is she gonna be the same or has something really bad happened now?'
I just don't know what to think...
Greetings, Emerald. I hope you enjoy your movie, Adrasdos.
Dear- really- you needn't worry about me- apparently unlike most people here, I talk to my mom and she's pretty cool about things, so..
Actually, it was a pretty awful movie. And now onto Doctor Who
Silence?
Cool, cool. *nods*
*casually drinks tea*
Fine.
Well, there is little I can say, Adrasdos, and I am unfamiliar with the series you reference.
Tea- tea is good. Tea's grand.
*walks uncomfortably close to Sir with widened eyes*
How
dare
You
*sighs*
Adrasdos, I may be unfamiliar with it, but I do possess a basic understanding of it. Though I do not follow it.
*shuns him* *softly* no
NOOOOOOO
*falls to the ground, shuddering* Noooooo
...
Well then.
THIS IS ABSURD
Please, calm yourself, Adrasdos.
YOU CALM YOURSELF!
*gives him a look and drinks more tea*
... Adrasdos. Stay your shouting, you may damage your vocal chords.
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