Imagine

Apparently I'll be appearing at the Imagine Festival in London this Monday, the 17th. I had a blast last year, where I showed clips from movies, but I'm not entirely sure what I'll do this time. I might read from one of the new short stories. I'd read from the ninth book, but there is nothing from the early sections finished, and anything read from later on would be a spoiler, so...

Oh, and speaking of Book 9, I have just reached the 75,000 word mark. Judging by this, the finished book will be at least 100,000 words, which is Mortal Coil length, and could be longer. LSODM will stay the longest, I reckon, simply because of the massive amount of characters involved. But because most of those characters are now DEAD, Book 9 allows me a smaller, more intimate story — while remaining as heart-rendingly traumatic as anything I've written before.

And speaking of heart-rendingly traumatic, I've actually written the last few chapters. Not to completion, of course, but I've written enough to know what happens, and how it ends, and who lives and who dies, and all I can say is...

I am MEAN.
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Published on February 11, 2014 17:31
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message 1: by Rebecca (new)

Rebecca Holben are you kidding me!!! what a mean person you are I hope the main characters don't die or they all die like ghastly who by the way was awesome plus if you kill skullduggery that just not on!!!! but I like the way you write the books so pleeeeeeaaaaassssseeeee don't kill main people unless they are bad then incinerate them.
big fan, becky


message 2: by Kara (new)

Kara If you kill Valkyrie or Skulduggery, Derek...
Or Fletcher...
Or Saracen Rue, or Dexter Vex...
Or Tanith...
Or Sanguine...

Derek, I've come to the conclusion I really don't want you to kill anyone. And I don't think, for some strange reason, that my wants will be satisfied.

Just don't kill Val.
Okay? Okay. Good. Good.

I may just have a mental breakdown waiting for this book.
And then another one when I read it.

Kara


message 3: by Saskia (last edited Feb 12, 2014 02:17PM) (new)

Saskia I hate you so much right now...

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message 4: by Sylvia (new)

Sylvia Orr Don't you DARE kill China or Fletcher. Don't you dare...


message 5: by Rose (new)

Rose can't everyone just live happily ever after? is that to much to ask?
right... this is Derek Landy We're talking about
I'm just gonna go cry in a corner


message 6: by Ameena (new)

Ameena Derek…
You may kill Valkyrie as painfully as you like. But DO NOT touch Stephanie. She's the only decent one of all three of them (Darquesse included)
Are we finally gonna find out Skulduggery's wife's name?!
Oh please don't kill China. Or Dexter Vex...


message 7: by RosiePosie (new)

RosiePosie ~/TiEd uP In KNoTs\~ To Derek Landy
This is a comment to say, as kindly as possible, that if you even think about killing Valkyrie, Skulduggery, Fletcher or Dexter Vex, I will go Stephen King's Misery on you. I will. I am prepared to do go to any lengths to make sure none of these characters die. Do you really want to die, Derek? Do you? Well… you better think VERY carefully about this next book. VERY CAREFULLY.


message 8: by Ameena (new)

Ameena Rosieposie wrote: "To Derek Landy
This is a comment to say, as kindly as possible, that if you even think about killing Valkyrie, Skulduggery, Fletcher or Dexter Vex, I will go Stephen King's Misery on you. I will. I..."


And I will help you. Derek, you hear us?!


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