Monday, July 27, 2015

The Platinum Edition

Every spare moment of the past week, I've been signing.

Whenever I need a break from the new book, whenever I need time to think something through, I've been going into the kitchen, sitting at the table, and pulling over another stack of pages to scribble my name upon. My dreams are now lagged by random sheets of paper, flying by on the breeze. They've become a constant in my life. They're always there, whenever I look around. When I have lunch, they're there. When I have dinner, they're there.

(I don't really have breakfast, which explains why they're not there then.)

(I mean, they ARE there. It's not like they AREN'T THERE at morning time. They are. Listen, if I DID have breakfast, which I don't, they would be there for breakfast as well. But I don't, so... so why are we even arguing about this?)

How many sheets of paper have I signed, you ask? 3000, I answer.

Why am I doing this, you ask? Because these sheets of paper will be collected from my home, shipped back to the UK, and placed into 3000 very special editions of my new book.

Ladies and gentlemen, i present to you the Limited Platinum Edition of Demon Road, available EXCLUSIVELY when you preorder at Waterstones.

Isn't she lovely? Isn't she wonderful?

It's taken a HUGE amount of work to get a cover this strong, and while we have the regular gold cover to reflect my Golden God status, I reckoned Waterstones should have a Platinum Edition for the sterling work they've done in supporting me.

(Sterling! Get it? Sterling and platinum! Haw!)

(Yes, I realise that sterling is silver and platinum is a metal, but they're both ROUGHLY the same colour, and if you could just let me have this one without pointing out how none of this makes any sense, I'd be ever so grateful.)

You can pre-order here, if you so wish: https://www.waterstones.com/book/demon-road-signed-edition/derek-landy/9780008160500

715 comments:

«Oldest   ‹Older   601 – 715 of 715
Anonymous said...

(Grant have you got Sky with you? someone's trying to hack me. trying being the word)

Grant Ward ((Skylar Isome)) said...

No, I don't. If SHIELD is trying to hack you, you must have done something wrong.

Andviolet Queen said...

*hugs Taia*
MUAHAHA MY QUEST TO NOT DED WAS SUCCESSFUL

Mary Contrary said...

HAHAHAHHAHHA THIS BLOG IS CRIMINAL


UM

I DEDICATE TO DRAGONA PINE BECAUSE HE GREETS ME WITH LIKE 78 DRIED GRAPES AND THAT'S PRETTY DARN UNIQUE

Mary Contrary said...

CURSES, ANDVIOLET! *shakes fist* :P

Um. *goes to bed, now* :)

Anonymous said...

(Wrong, brilliant just being evil... killing 100 hydra agents that may or may not have been hydra agents... who knows why?)

Andviolet Queen said...

*laughs in triumph* MWAHAHA
Good night :) *hugs*

Grant Ward ((Skylar Isome)) said...

Killing HYDRA agents means I want you dead.

Anonymous said...

(It's all just speculation plus i'm not not any sort of ist i'll kill anyone.)

Grant Ward ((Skylar Isome)) said...

Alright then.

Anonymous said...

(No but like seriously who's trying to hack me I don't appreciate it and I'm formally asking you stop now b4 I take it upon myself to well /stop/ you.)

Grant Ward ((Skylar Isome)) said...

I haven't hacked you.

Anonymous said...

(have you tried because no one has hacked me yet only tried twice in the last half hour)

Anonymous said...

( studio ghibli and #miyazaki lovers watch )

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

Onwa: Indeed.

James: *is blasted back off his feet, dropping his sword*
*groans, pushing himself up onto his knees again*

I'm sure
*smiles*

Manuel: confused.

Dugglyn Carzainia said...

So why do you need to find that boy? Who is he?
*she uses her magic slightly, the link with the mint and Sil's hair sneaking past the mental barriers and making her trust Forget more*

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

Sil: to fix the problem Zafira caused when that b*tc-
*stops herself*

Dragona Pine said...

YAY THANKS RAISIN BUT RAISIN IS JUST YOUR NAME STAR IS STAR SILENTE IS SILENTE AND YOU ARE RAISIN.

Tanya Halcyon (Kas) said...

Hello?

Dragona Pine said...

Hey Kas. :)

Tanya Halcyon (Kas) said...

How are you, Dragona?

Dragona Pine said...

I'm good. :) Kind of tired but GOOD and waiting to play Mass Effect 2 XD The renegade was too strong and I pushed the mercenary out of the skyscraper as well as shooting Conrad.

Tanya Halcyon (Kas) said...

Aww, leave poor Conrad alone! You'll never know when he'll jetpack up to the Catalyst and jump in the beam, just to get back at you!

(I'm glad you're okay.)

Dragona Pine said...

No I shot him in the foot XD His own fault for being a gullible fool. XD It was better than telling him to get lost because um otherwise he falls off a bus bounces on a few cars and gets sliced up by a turbine for a biomass facility or something XD Ah Conrad.

How're you? :)

Tanya Halcyon (Kas) said...

Not good, thanks.

Sorry, I've got to go.

Take care!

(Will be re-watching Firefly later, which is fun.)

Dragona Pine said...

Bye Kas :(

Raven Astracae said...

...Hello?

Dragona Pine said...

Hey Raven. :)

Raven Astracae said...

Hello. :)))

Star Inkbright said...

Er, Jai, if you read this, I appear to be having issues emailing you. I hit send and they disappear?

So far this issue is only occuring with you, but y'know, t oanyone else who emails me, just be wary that issues are occuring on my end. :/

Star Inkbright said...

Yeah, I'm having no issues emailing anyone else.
How strange.

Dragona Pine said...

Hey Star *hugs* THE INTERNET IS EATING YOUR EMAILS.

Star Inkbright said...

@Dragona: IKR
MAYBE THEY'RE BEING SWALLOWED BY THE SAME BLACK HOLE THAT SWALLOWED BRACELET NUMBER TWO (and then spat it out a few days later but I swear it vanished)

Dragona Pine said...

MAYBE YOU'RE SURROUNDED BY BLACK HOLES.

Mary Contrary said...

(BUT nobody else calls me Raisin, sooooooooooo still unique :P )

Star Inkbright said...

MAYBE
MAYBE ONE DAY I WILL BE LIKEWISE EATEN AND VANISH
btw, if I ever vanish, Lizzie's woken up. If you want to see me again you need to find out what mental hospital she's in and take her medication off her so she hallucinates again.

Dragona Pine said...

Star I'll do that XD

Star Inkbright said...

@Dragona: Ooh, thank you. :)

Tanya Halcyon (Kas) said...

Hello, Dragona, Star, and Raisin.

Star Inkbright said...

:) Hey Kas. :)

Dragona Pine said...

KAS DON'T STEAL MY THING THAT'S MY THING.

Anonymous said...

(Raven you ok? ....you've not emailed in 3 days.... I class that as forever seeing as it was like daily)

Tanya Halcyon (Kas) said...

Hey, Keiron.

I'm not following, Draggie.

Star Inkbright said...

@Kas: Raisin is his nickname for Taia, he meant.

Anonymous said...

(Hey Kas *offers hug *)

Tanya Halcyon (Kas) said...

(I know, Star. Sarcasm.)

Mary Contrary said...

*hugs Kas* :)

... But I like being Raisin, Dragona. :P

Star Inkbright said...

@Kas: Oh. Sorry.

Tanya Halcyon (Kas) said...

@Starryeyes don't be.

Star Inkbright said...

@Kas: :)

Anonymous said...

(*yawns* .... how is everyone.)

Tanya Halcyon (Kas) said...

Not great. How are you?

Star Inkbright said...

@Keiron: Alright. :) Drawing.

You?

Anonymous said...

(i'm worried about more than just Raven so probably paranoid.

apart from that i'm glad so aka i'm good...

yes i am a complex being that feels too many things at once :P even when they conflict )

Anonymous said...

(If no one comments i'm very tempted to comment ten times to become the beast )

Tanya Halcyon (Kas) said...

I'm going to go now...

Take care...

Raven Astracae said...

DONT WORRY OMP STOP WORRYING!

eND THE MADNESS I'M FINE

DONT WORRY ABOUT ME ARE YOU WORRYING ABOUT ME? pLEASE DONT BE WORRYING ABOUT ME.

Anonymous said...

(Because I'm a nice person who cares and has a routine and part of that routine is to email people who email me and stuff aka I like to make sure you didn't die or something weird...

I dunno just accept that I care so *sticks out tongue* :P)

Star Inkbright said...

*hugs Kas* Bye . . .

@Keiron: :/ Dw, all people are complex and confusing . . .

Mary Contrary said...

:/ You too, Kas.

*hugs Keiron*


*trying to lyricspam Tom Jones + Van Morrison but I can't choose a lyric :(*

Anonymous said...

(*hugs taia* )

Anonymous said...

(I like trains.... )

Anonymous said...

(Hail Satan)

Raven Astracae said...

*trains comes in and runs over everyone standing behind K*

Anonymous said...

(*laughs* yeh someone did the thing *hugs raves*)

Raven Astracae said...

*hugs*

I'm really happy because I just recorded my Jap outcome with no mistakes the first time round.
How are you?

Anonymous said...

(I'm better now :P

even the other things making me para have stopped :D

How areyou? )

Raven Astracae said...

I'm good now that I typed up and handed in all my homework for the night.

Anonymous said...

(ok laptop just restarted and taking a while to reload things... going for a shower and lunch :P


I'm not ignoring you Raves it just won't let me rn

bbs)

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

(Mum bought a dagger for me!!! Omg it's so amazing!!! Omg I'm so happy!!! It was only cheap like but Sil is very happy and as am I!!!)

Anonymous said...

(that's nice Jai :D good dagger? the last dagger I had was when I was wearing my kilt and that's a Sgian Dubh not a dagger :P)

Anonymous said...

(that's nice Jai :D good dagger? the last dagger I had was when I was wearing my kilt and that's a Sgian Dubh not a dagger :P)

Tanya Halcyon (Kas) said...

Hi.

That's cool, Jaimie.

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

(@K that's what it is (I couldn't remember the name) a lion sgian dubh)

Anonymous said...

(ah :D sweet :P good for both aesthetics and killing :P

Hey kas :P)

Star Inkbright said...

@Jai: Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaay! :) :) Cool! :)

Chione Asahina said...

Hey everyone. Just to say that my 18th has been booked for the 5th of December in Paisley. It you guys want to come e-mail me but you're all invited. Obviously it's a bit far fetched for people further away than england.

Star Inkbright said...

Er I'm probably gonna be here for a while. Wbd though.

Anonymous said...

(Con:
And when I'm gone, just carry on, don't mourn
Rejoice every time you hear the sound of my voice
Just know that I'm looking down on you smiling
And I didn't feel a thing, So baby don't feel no pain
Just smile back
And when I'm gone, just carry on, don't mourn
Rejoice every time you hear the sound of my voice
Just know that I'm looking down on you smiling
And I didn't feel a thing, So baby don't feel no pain
Just smile back...


Don't know what you're talking about i'm not bored :P -hugs Gemmy- )

Star Inkbright said...

Omfg I'm drawing a tree.
I normally avoid drawing trees like the plague because I look at all those leaves and think "naaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah."
But a tree is part of this glorious background so I had to draw a tree.
And
it''s going pretty well.
(I mean, it doesn't have to look too realistic, which is pretty much the only reason it's okay well, but Y'KNOW.)

Anonymous said...

(I hate hands and noses... they are disgraceful things that shouldn't belong in drawings because I can't draw them lol )

Star Inkbright said...

Noses? Noses are fine. They're just a bit of shading. It's like a textured forhead. MOUTHS. MOUTHS ARE HORRIBLE. UGH. OMG. OMG. OMG.
If you change the mouth, the WHOEL EXPRESSION of the drawing changes and I'm just like "NOOOOOOOOO."
If the nose is a bit off no one cares.
But seriously. MOUTHS. Ugh.

:P My portraits tend to be hand-and-shoulders-only, so I don't have much experience with hands. I'm sure they're not as bad as mouths though.

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

(December 5th. *nods as if I could make it*)

Star Inkbright said...

@Jai: XD

Star Inkbright said...

Omg.
This tree looks seriously good.
Maybe I should rethink my stance on tree-drawing. O_O

Star Inkbright said...

Okay, admittedly it is just a scribble, but it's a GOOD scribble.

Dugglyn Carzainia said...

*raises an eyebrow*
Oh? Zafira?
What did she do this time?

Anonymous said...

(trees are cool hands and noses... Mouths aren't too bad :P I still like the one I did of Gemma but I spent an hour on her nose :P )

Star Inkbright said...

@Keiron: No
no
mouths SUCK. XD

Ahhhhhh well spending an hour on a nose for me would be normal anyway I guess. :P If it was a proper drawing.

Star Inkbright said...

Because if it's a proper drawing I just get ridiculously perfectionist.

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

Sil: *rolls her eyes*
Cursed me. Before I beheaded her past body and left her to die that is.
*chuckles*
(ZAF THIS IS IN AN ALTERNATIVE UNIVERSE DON'T PANIC)

Star Inkbright said...

@Jai: :P

Anonymous said...

(:P I wanted to spen that long but I knew there was no way to capture perfection on paper :P

-don't judge my chessyness :P -

If you want to see the pic :P )

Star Inkbright said...

@Keiron: :) :) :) Awwwwwwwhhh. :) :)

Anonymous said...

(Is that to the cheesyness or the picture :P imma guess the cheese :P )

Star Inkbright said...

@Keiron: XD Aren't they combined?

Anonymous said...

(I suppose :P but you could have said it for just being cheesy or an aww that's a nice picture ect ect :P XP XD

I need to get started on a good birthday card for her... :P)

Star Inkbright said...

Ah, well, it was more of a 'awwwhhh it's so weet you put so much effort into creating that nice picture for her.' :P

I used to do birthday cards before exams got in the way and I kinda faded out . . .
I'm not sure I'll pick the habit back up again, because I'll be in year twelve next year.

Anonymous said...

( I only do it when I have time or if really special I make time :P I made her an easter one with the Ichiya bunny from fairytail

that was included in the ect ect I just couldn't be bothered typing every possible scenario)

Star Inkbright said...

Yeah, I only really do them for my family and real life friends these days, because they expect them and ugh.

:) :) Oh, that sounds cool.

Anonymous said...

( wow lol no sooner did I put that up did someone add it to their favorites... was that you ?

it's not that goood ... is it? I mean I like it because obvious reasons... but for a favourite?

I need to do a christmas one too :P )

Star Inkbright said...

@Keiron: No. I don't have whatever social networking site that was. :P
I also don't know how favourites work on that social networking site. *looks blank*

:P Yeah, I guess you do.

You have till Decemeber though so it's all good. :)

Anonymous said...

(basically if they add it to their favorites they can send it to companies and or even ask for a print of it which they have to pay for... :p )

Star Inkbright said...

@Keiron: O_O Woah, cool!!!

Anonymous said...

(Yeh if you're into posting art ect I think Deviantart is good :P lets you get paid ect :P hehe not that I ever had it's just cool to think that if I did something good enough that it could go to a company and get mass produced :P)

Star Inkbright said...

@Keiron: Omg that's awesome.
I should get a DeviantArt account.

Anonymous said...

(yup :D :P sorta distant btw that's why slow and small replies )

Star Inkbright said...

:P Dw, I'm drawing, so I'm distant too.

Tanya Halcyon (Kas) said...

NEW POST

Unknown said...

Just pre-ordered this! Finished the Skulduggery Pleasant series again and realised how much I missed Derek's writing style! Can't wait for the new book, before last week I hadn't picked up a book in nearly two years! Skulduggery got me reading again, which I'm so glad about, now I just have to juggle it along side mu uni work hahah.

Unknown said...

I'm probably too late, but is there any more not yet sold?

Unknown said...

I bought the normal book yesterday, didn't know this existed :'( I might have to buy it again but it's not in Ireland *cries*

Unknown said...

I bought the normal book yesterday, didn't know this existed :'( I might have to buy it again but it's not in Ireland *cries*

Unknown said...

I bought the normal book yesterday, didn't know this existed :'( I might have to buy it again but it's not in Ireland *cries*

Unknown said...

i just added your site to my favorites.I really enjoy reading your posts.Thanks for your great post.Looking forward to read your next post.
Clipping path service India |
clipping path service provider|
clipping path service provider

«Oldest ‹Older   601 – 715 of 715   Newer› Newest»