I have just pressed SEND.
By pressing SEND, I have emailed off the completed book to my agent and editor. It will now be sent to the copyeditor who, amongst other things, will be checking for grammar and spelling mistakes that I've missed but, more importantly, will be ensuring that everything I've written makes sense.
She will be checking facts and figures and timelines, scouring her notes on the other books to make sure I haven't contradicted myself... A good copyeditor in invaluable, and I have a great one.
It's done. I wrote the two Scapegrace chapters that I'd left until last. Oh, and I ALSO included the winner of the Die Horribly competition...
It took me until last night to pick a winner. I was sent 30 finalists out of everyone who entered. Of those 30, I quickly whittled it down to 15. Then, not so quickly, down to 10. Then it took me ages to narrow it down to 5. Then 3.
There were some great entries. Lots of funny reasons why people reckoned they should be the reader I pick to kill horribly in the book. But I needed something specific. I needed something that would fit in with what I'd written. And there was only one reader who fit PERFECTLY.
So congratulations to Lewis Holmes, from the UK. You shall have the distinct honour of being Horribly Killed in The Dying of the Light.
Lewis' death was the last thing I had to write. Now it's all over. Sure, I'll be sent the copyeditor's notes to approve, and there'll be a little more fiddling around between now and printing time, but...
... but it's over. I have finished writing Skulduggery Pleasant.
I think I need to lie down now.
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«Oldest ‹Older 1601 – 1800 of 4942 Newer› Newest»*Takes Silente's hand*
*Still lies there on the ground*
...
So...
Why'd you offer your hand, again?
*pulls on her hand*
*pulling Sam to her feet*
That's why.
Ohhhhh.
*Nods*
I get it now.
Thanks!
Your welcome. So. You like the body?
*Pokes at it*
... Well, yeah. I don't have a... Thing to refer to, but it's really nice, so far.
No complaints?
*Shakes her head*
Not so far.
...
So, uh, what now?
*Throws her a bottle of water*
Catch.
On Mass Effect there's several running jokes which last the entire series.
Probably my favourite is the reporters.
Every time you go to the Citadel from Mass Effect 1 to ME3, there's a reporter. Same reporter every time - Khalisah al-Jilani, and she's always reporting on a different story - but, as many reporters do, try and make you look bad.
The paragon - "good" - option is to just put them in their place and say what it is.
However, the renegade - "slightly more evil" - option is to punch them.
Mass Effect 1: "I've had enough of your snide insinuations" *punch*
Mass Effect 2: "I've had enough of your disingenuous assertions" *punch*
Mass Effect 3: "I've had enough of your tabloid journalism" *attempts at a punch but reporter dodges*
Reporter: Not this time you military thug!
*headbutts and she makes a squeaking noise as she slides down the sign*
"You're angry, I get that. But I came here to get help for Earth. Not answer your questions. Stay down!"
Being evil is fun.
*Fumbles for it*
*The bottle hits her on the face*
*Presses it against her face, kind of catching it*
...
*Her voice is slightly muffled by the bottle awkwardly pressed against her face*
Wha's 'is?
A drink. To drink. Its water.
*gets out an opaque water bottle*
*puts the tab thing up*
*takes a deep drink*
*licks her lips*
Like that.
Oh!
*Fumbles with the tab for a minute*
*Finally manages to get it open, spraying a large amount of water everywhere*
*Winces*
...
*Looks around, and whistles innocently, before drinking the water still left in the bottle*
*shakes her head*
Your getting there. So, magic? What type do you think your going to go for?
*Shrugs*
I dunno. What types are there?
Well that's a broad question. Elemental, Adept. The. Adept branches off into thousands of different types such as necromancy, wall running, soul magic, teleportation, sense gives. Loads.
**sensetives
Oh. Wow.
Thaaat's... A lot of magic.
And the world hasn't exploded yet?
Nope not yet. Not for lack of trying though.
Huh, well, I guess it's a good thing that there's good guys!
You're one of them, right?
A good guy? Not even remotely.
*grins and winks*
...
*Blinks*
Thaaat's... A joke? I think?
Nope! But you don't need to worry about that.
*waves it off*
*moves to sit on a big rock*
...
Oh. Okay. I guess.
*Walks over, and sits on the rock next to Silente*
So... What now? I don't really have... Anything except...
*Does a quick inventory*
An empty water bottle, some... Food with a bite in it, and... These clothes.
*Frowns*
Is that normal? Is that what most people have?
Well, most people have a house. Or something..
...
Oh.
A house?
You, uh, know any house stores?
Not really..the midnight hotel some times pops up but I don't know if it will tonight and that costs a lot of money..
*sighs*
If you want you can stay in my treehouse with Lena and me for the night..
...
A...
Tree-house?
Like, a house.
But a tree?
Yeah like a house built in a tree. That's why it called a tree-house. You wanna stay the night or not? I can set u the spare bed for you, I'll sleep on the floor or something..
*Grins*
That sounds... Amazing! I can't believe it! A house, in a TREE!
How does it stay up? Has it ever fallen? What about when the wind makes the tree move?
No it hasn't fallen. I made sure its in safe. And when the tree moves you hear a swooshing sound but the house stays up and still. Staying, yes no?
*Quickly nods*
Of course I am! I'd have to be... Well, crazy to say no.
Okay. Come with me then.
*jumps up and walks to a big oak tree*
*moves to the back of the trunk*
*taps the sigil there*
*a portal flares up on the front of the trunk*
*walks back around*
Step this way.
*Shrugs, and follows Silente*
*walks through the portal*
*they emerge in the living room*
Okay don't go in there,
*points to the right*
Lena's sleeping in there. That's the bathroom.
*points to the door ahead of her*
That's the kitchen.
*points to a door on the right*
Don't open the white fridge.
*starts turning the couch into a bed*
You can sleep in here.
*Stares at everything*
This is...
*Tears begin to form in her eyes, and she frowns, catching the tears with her fingers*
Well... That's weird, I appear to be leaking after that water, but... Thank you!
What?
*looks at her*
Oh. Your crying. Sorry.
*finishes making the couch into a bed*
*pulls some blankets out of a draw along with two pillows*
*piles them on the bed*
Et voila! Your bed! Well for tonight anyway..
*smiles*
*Grins back at Silente, the tears still dripping out of her eyes*
...
Is there a way to stop this? It's... Pretty inconvenient. My eyes, they just keep... Fogging up, I guess.
Er..well I don't really know /why/ your crying in this case but tissue normally works..
*goes to the bathroom*
*comes back with some toilet roll*
Here. Dab your eyes or something. I'll go find you some pj's. Even wonder woman doesn't sleep in her uniform.
*grins and runs off*
*Dabs at her eyes*
*Unfortunately, she dabs at the actual pupil, instead of the edges, so she begins to tear up even more*
*Finally manages to clean herself up, somehow*
Wait, wonder who?
*comes back with a bundle of clothes in her arms*
*pajamas*
Wonder woman, the super hero I had you dressed up as. Anyway, these should look nice on you, they're for when you sleep,
*passes them to her*
Are you hungry or anything?
*Hugs Aretha a thousand times*
Hi, Adra!
---------------------------
Oh. So THAT'S what this... Outfit was.
*Shakes her head*
That thing I ate earlier seems to have done the trick.
So, I'll just... Put these on?
Yeah. I'll, uh go into the bathroom while you change. Call if you need help or anything.
*walks into the bathroom*
*Puts the pajamas on, over the Wonder Woman outfit*
... No, that doesn't seem right.
*Stumbles about, as she somehow manages to get the Wonder Woman costume OVER the pajamas*
... Bleh, too uncomfortable, not that either.
*Takes off the costume entirely, and instead fiddles with her pajamas*
... Okay, I THINK that's it... You can come out, Silente!
*walks out*
Yeah that's good.
*takes the costume*
*puts it in the washing machine in the kitchen*
*walks back in*
Anyway. You tired?
*Looks down*
Huh, these are far more comfortable than that outfit...
*Looks back up, and nods*
They will be, they're designed to be.
*pulls back the sheets for her*
*plumps the pillows*
*Isnt here, Sam Ish*
Oh, okay.
But Adra, good news! Silente actually got me a body, so I can read stuff outside of asterisks!
----------------------------
*Looks at the bed*
So, what's it for?
Sleeping. Its what your body does to recharge. When you get tired enough you'll fall asleep, this is where you do it.
*puts down the pillow*
*Blinks, and tries to lie entirely on top of the pillow*
It's not as... I mean, it's soft, but it's a bit... Cramped...
No the entire bed. Look.
*grabs her foot*
*dragged her into a lying position in he bed with her head on the pillows*
*puts the covers back over her*
Like that. You don't need the toilet first do you?
*Frowns, and shakes her head*
Don't be silly, Silente.
...
This is WAY more comfortable than I envisioned it...
It will be. Especially since you look very tiered. I'm surprised your still awake. Do you want the light off?
*stand by the light switch*
*Stare blankly at her*
Will it make a difference?
Well I prefer to sleep in the dark..
*Shrugs*
Well, dark it is, then!
*Nods confidently*
Okay then. Good night,
*turns the light out*
*plunging the room into darkness except for the moonlight streaming through the window*
*smiles and heads into the kitchen*
*walks through the hidden door in there to the library*
*lays down in a battered arm chair*
*starts reading her book*
*Sits in bed for a while*
*Having a physical form is weird*
*Very weird*
...
*Stretches her jaw, and gives a surprised blink as she yawns*
*Does her best to examine herself, but it is entirely difficult to do so, in the dark*
*So she decides to go to sleep*
...
*How does one eventually sleep?*
*Laying there, Sam goes through every possible way that this "sleeping" could work...*
*And doesn't notice as she gently slips into it, and begins dreaming about asterisks*
*pulls out a wine glass*
*fills it with a smooth red liquid*
*sips it and smiles*
*lays back still sipping the drink*
*slowly slips into a still sleep*
*she'd end up having nightmares for sure*
*she always did*
*but it never showed*
((I gtg now. Bye!))
*Do robots dream of electric sheep?*
*Maybe*
*But, what do sheep, robotic or otherwise, dream about?*
*Some, of course, would say that as dumb animals, sheep are incapable of vivid dreams, as humans are*
*But that's silly*
*Everything strives*
*Everything dreams*
*And right now, Sam was dreaming of asterisks*
*Oh, it didn't matter the kind, or the font, or anything else*
*They simply WERE asterisks. The very essence of asterisk-ism*
*And this dream was rapidly turning into a nightmare*
*The asterisks said things- she could ALMOST hear them, ALMOST hear buzzing, as she once did when someone outside of them attempted to speak to her*
*But she couldn't make out what they said, only that they were very, VERY angry*
*And that buzzing was driving her mad- it got closer*
*closer*
*CLOSER*
*Until...*
*Sam jerked upright, and stares at the opposite wall, a scream barely contained*
...
I don't get what's so popular about this sleep thing.
--------------
Good night!
Just finished the second "school for good and evil" book. It was good, but the ending sucked. There had better be a third book, or I shall have to write my own, better, ending. Hurumph
OHMYGODOHMYGODOHMYGOD
SAM HAS A BODY!! SAME THE ASTERISK MAN HAS A FREAKING BODY ASDFGHJKLASDFGUJKLJGSGDUWK
I KNOW, RIGHT?
SAMMMMMM
*TACKLES*
ASDFGHJKLASDFGUJKLJGSGDUWK
I CANT WORDS
It's weeeeird.
You- body- asterisk- I-
*flicks* does not compute
Now imagine how I feel!
I---
How are you coping?!
Well, I've learned the basics. Like I have to breathe, and eat, and drink, and move, and sleep...
Having a bit of trouble with that last one...
And also use something called a "bathroom". Not sure how I'm supposed to use a whole ROOM, but I'll figure it out, I guess.
Um....
Yeah, I'm not gonna be the one to explain that--
I dont know what to sayyyyy
...
Oooookay then.
MEEERRRHHHHH
I'LL BE BACK.
I HAVE TO DO THE WASHING. D:
Alright, see ya soon.
I am back.
That was quick.
SAM! DO YOU KNOW WHAT MUSIC IS
Uh.
No.
Not yet.
:O
*runs off and appears again a second later with a stareo*
MUSIC!!!!
*fumbles around in a pocket before pulling out a cd and putting it in*
Ummmm.... yeah *presses play*
*Blinks*
...
Just seems like sounds, to me...
IT IS BUT
UM
...
...
I...
Yeah. Not sure what's so... Special...
Sorry?
... hmmm
I.... yeah... um...
...
...
Yeah.
Sorry for poofing, Sam
Hello?
I think I might have to do homework now, so...
Bye. :(
*disappears into the void of despair, darkness and boredom otherwise known as schoolwork*
(and Sam Ish, well done on becoming a person!)
Just went all spy and ambushed my brother when he was getting fire wood. I love sneaking up on people
*wakes up in her library after the usual torment ofnightmares*
*jumps up and walks to the kitchen*
*grabs a blood bag from the white fridge and puts it in the microwave*
*goes to the living room*
*Sam's okay by the looks of it*
*goes to the bedroom*
*Lena's still asleep*
*walks to the kitchen and gets the blood bag*
*walks out to the clearing*
*drinking the blood bag*
Hey guys
....or not...
ASDFGHJKLASDFGUJKLJGSGDUWK
Hey Snow!
*puts the now empty blood bag in a bin*
How are you?
...snow?
Oh well. Imma build a house.
*runs off*
*comes back carrying a car full of house building materials*
*sets down the car*
Right. Which spot..
*looks around*
*picks the car up and walks into the woods slightly*
Here.
*puts the car down in a tiny clearing hidden from view*
Um...
SORRY
Um...
SORRY
Foundations first.
*smiles*
Hmm. I might use the trees as foundations..
*pushes against the trees*
*they're pretty strong*
*nods*
Okay. Good.
*starts pulling wooden logs out of the car*
Walls.
*starts pilling them on top of one another making sure they're secure*
*finished the side walls*
I cnat wodrs
YOU POOFED AGAIN :( Now I'm building a house for Sam.
*nods*
*start on the back wall*
*leaves space for a window*
*finishes that wall*
*moves to the front*
*starts on that wall leaving room for a door and two windows*
*smiles and steps back*
*nods*
*starts laying the beams for the roof*
Brian on wrok
Temstpe hlep
*stops doing the roof beams*
*walks to the clearing*
*slaps snow across the face*
Work.
*pokes her nose*
Work.
*pats her head*
Work.
*licks her*
Work.
ASDFGHJKLASDFGUJKLJGSGDUWK
I CANT ENGLISH
YOU JUST DID ENGLISH!
*smiles*
Any who, I have a house to make.
*walks back*
*jumps to the roof beams*
*finishes them off*
Okay. Tiles.
*gets some roof tiles from the car*
*jums up and starts attaching them to the roof*
*making sure not to break or drop any*
*movg quickly along the beams*
Brian fialing.
Spelingl malfnuctiongin
Seelp nedede
*Odns*
Snow, Coffee!
*tnows coffee to Snow*
*don't worry its in a closed flask*
Drink that.
*finishes the roofing tiles*
*jumps down*
*pulls glass plane out of the car*
*carefully slots each into its gap*
*grabs the door*
*attaches it to the door frame*
*makes sure the lock works*
**throws
**panes
Hello?
Hey Emerald!
*walks into the house*
*starts making some inside walls*
*to make desperate rooms*
*spacious rooms*
*none of which have any furniture in them yet*
*or electric*
*or water*
*or gas*
*but that doesn't matter*
*she can sort that*
**separate
*smiles when the walls are done*
*gets some doors*
*fits them all into their frames*
*gets out her sigil pen*
*starts carving sigils around the house*
*nods*
*finishes this lot of sigils*
*fits a light switch over some of the ones on the walls*
*taps the light switch into an on position*
*the sigil on the ceiling begins glowing, casting light around the room*
*turns the switch off*
*nods and goes to the kitchen to be*
*she's already written a sink in*
*draws a sigil around where the taps are*
*this'll provide water*
((**fitted))
*walks to the car*
*comes back with some electric plug sockets*
*draws more sigils attaching the sockets over them*
*finishes this and decides to start working outside for a bit*
*starts making a gravel path to the main clearing*
*finishes the path and walks back*
*sets up a little fence surrounding the house*
*plants lots of different colour flowers in the garden*
*goes shopping for furniture*
*comes back with lots of wood type furniture*
*starts setting it up one by one in each room*
*finishes setting up the furniture*
*yawns and walks out*
*locks the door behind her and slips the key into her pocket*
*taps the sigil on her mose causing a portal to appear before her*
*steps through and grabs a blood bag from her extra house*
*sips it*
*walks back to the clearing*
*sits and waits for people to turn up*
WBD!
"Just A Little Girl"
You never cared to hear the other side
So why would you care to keep this thing alive?
You paint me into the memory of all your pain
But I will not be drawn into the past again
'Cause all of this is all that I can take
And you could never understand the demons that I face
So go ahead and bat your eyes and lie right to the world
For with everything you are, you're just a little girl
I never meant for you to feel this way
The Decembers were never meant to be our graves
It's not a question of who is wrong and what is right
But time can not heal what you will never recognize
'Cause all of this is all that I can take
And you could never understand the demons that I face
So go ahead and bat your eyes and lie right to the world
For with everything you are, you're just a little girl
So go ahead and cry, go ahead believe that you were right
To keep away the dark
To help you sleep tonight
(Go on and decide
Who is wrong, what is right
'Cause you know inside...)
'Cause all of this is all that I can take
(Go on and decide)
And you could never understand the demons that I face
(Who is wrong, what is right)
So go ahead and bat your eyes and lie right to the world
('Cause you know inside...)
For with everything you are
'Cause all of this is all that I can take
(Go on and decide)
And you could never understand the demons that I face
(Who is wrong, what is right)
So go ahead and bat your eyes and lie right to the world
('Cause you know inside...)
For with everything you are, you're just a little girl.
--------------------------------
Sorry I just love that song so much. LISTEN TO IT NOW PEASANTS!!!!!!!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsxLHA3b-XU
One minute then.
Also Hey.
Hey Silly! (Your new nickname!) how are you?
I am back. And my spelling malfunction is fix. Brain is ok now.
Hey Snow!!!! How are you?
I am good. c:
Awesome :)
How're you?
That's quite a good song.
Wb Snow.
Hey Rhydian.
I'm good Snow :)
IT IS AN AMAZING SONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hai!
The light behind your eyes is a good song as well Rhydian
Hey Corvo
hey unicorn! How are you?
The Light Behind your eyes. Gimme a link?
Yo Sil
Am good horsey, you?
http://myprojectofbloglandianquotes.blogspot.com.au/2014/05/how-are-you-almost-every-bloglandian.html
I like this. It is now may favorite quote on the blog. *nods*
It won't let me link to the actual video but I advise the top lyric video.
http://m.youtube.com/results?q=the%20light%20behind%20your%20eyes%20my%20chemical%20romance&sm=1
Forgot that bit.
Oooh is it MCR??
Rhyddles you stole my pic again!
Brb mum wants me
The light behind your eyes is MCR yeah, Lucifer's fav song by them,
I don't think enough people know the song Icarus by Bastille
Awesomes
Hums without asterisks because rebel
How are we all?
Speaking of asterisks SAM GOT OUT OF THEM!
I am good. Fighting an imaginary opponent with a light saber
I'm good thanks :)
Asterisks? What did I miss?
I KNOW. DIDNT YOU READ MY FREAKING OUT UP THE PAGE A BIT
@corvo. * <- they're asterisks, Sam escaped them!
YES I DID BUT I NEEDED TO SAY IT WE GOT HIM A BODY!
I don't care if Sam is a girl. I still call her Sam the asterisk man
Ahh.
**HER BAD AUTOCORRECT!
Yes she is Sam the asterisks man even though she's a lady.
B)))))
You folks need to get quotev
Nah I'm already addicted to here. P.us quotev looks complicated.
**plus
Its not. Its actually pretty cool...
YOU MUST SEE MY PROFILE
http://www.quotev.com/Icarus
ASDFGHJKLASDFGUJKLJGSGDUWK
Sorry got distracted reading every little thing on the profile page. What do you even do on quotev?
Gtg cy'all later!
Bye Corvo!
Read things. Take quizes. Find people just as insane as you, follow them, and talk. Be completely bored. Write fan fiction. A lot more.
Oh okay then..
Also: reading every single thing?!
Bye Corvo
On the front page. I didn't click any links..
Word of advice: might want to avoid the harry potter thing if you decide to look at the stories... my friends dragged me into it... my friends are odd.
Ohhh. That just tempts me to read it more...
Meh. I don't care if ya do. Wouldn't have given you the link if I did. Just... watchnout for that harry potter oneshots thing.
Youll be scared for life. It was written by my... very dirty minded friend.
I'll check it out more later..
Soooooooooo...
*licks Tempest*
Wanna be a vamp?
*licks snow over the vein in her neck*
No. I'm fine. Maybe Hope would enjoy it.... also thinking of bringing in a gay guy... maybe he xan be a vamp... a gay vampire....
Don't hold me to my word on that. I'm tired and I think I may change my mind later
Aww. Okay then.
*licks her nose*
I don't think Hope would like it, she seemed rather objective when I tried to eat her before..
Meh. Thay was because it was without consent
Meh. Thay was because it was without consent
Oh. Um.
Brb, gotta do something. Will write a ded in a sec
That's understandable. It was probably rather rude. But I'm sure she didn't mind much.
Kk
I dedicate this page to vampirism and licking my father's cheek
And now I gotta go to bed. Sleep calls. Also school being tomorrow. But mainly sleep.
Night then Snow.
*waits for Rhydian to come back*
*or for someone to come on*
*anyone*
*anyone at all*
*hell I'd even settle for having Alastair rip my eyes out and grate my hands off right now*
*borreeeeeeeeeeedddddddddddddddddd*
*and yes that was an invitation*
*I meant it*
Hey! Sorry mum made me clean my room and help for with the rest of the house *sighs* I am knackered. I think I need to hibernate
Still cleaning so wbd
Hey I'm properly back now!
That's okay. Cleanings hard work. So, finally remnant free?
Remi is gone :)
Bye bye Remi! You were a dick and I didn't really hate you but I'm glad to have you gone!
What about headless?
He's still out there. He's only got one person left to kill...Lena
Yeah, no that's not happening. Not if I have anything to say about it. She's still sleeping I think, she had a long day. As did you.
Yeah....Felt more than a day. While I was being tortured, it wasn't just a day. I don't know how long it was, time works differently there. Felt like a year
I know. I'm sorry.
*sighs and looks away*
I didn't stop him.
*looks back*
Drink this, it'll help the healing.
*throws him a clear bottle of purply red liquid*
*smashes the bottle with a tennis racket and runs*
((Its a plastic bottle Narvi))
((My tennis racket has magic powers and can smash plastic))
*drinks it* It's fine. Took about two months to get Remi off my soul. Then the Horseman just kept killing me. He'd bring me back to life and torture me in a new way. He wanted information. I didn't tell him anything. Surprised I actually didn't say anything. I hate him...and I know its not your fault. I hate him, and I'll be the one to kill him
Hey Ember!
((Okay then September..))
*watches the bottle smash*
*sighs*
*passes another bottle to Rhydian and cleans up the mess from the last one*
*shouts to September* THAT WAS MEAN!
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