Friday, April 26, 2013

The Synopsis

135,499 words and counting.

My editor has been asking me for a synopsis for ages now. They need it so that they can send it to sites like Amazon, so they can put it up to inform people what it is they'll be buying. I took a few minutes today to write it, and before I go to bed tonight, I figured my Minions deserved to see it first.


Last Stand of Dead Men:

War has finally come.

But it's not a war between good and evil, or light and dark- it's a war between Sanctuaries. For too long now, the Irish Sanctuary has teetered on the brink of world-ending disaster, and the other Sanctuaries around the world have had enough. Allies turn to enemies, friends turn to foes, and Skulduggery and Valkyrie must team up with the rest of the Dead Men if they're going to have any chance at all of maintaining the balance of power and getting to the root of a vast conspiracy that has been years in the making.

But while this war is only beginning, another war rages within Valkyrie herself. Her own dark side, the insanely powerful being known as Darquesse, is on the verge of rising to the surface. And if Valkyrie slips, even for a moment, then Darquesse will burn the world and everyone in it.

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Aisling Dubh said...

Oh dear. Are there any other people who will die that we can know about by reading between the lines?

Aisling Dubh said...

*find out about

Maralie Lily Charm said...

Finbar... *rocks back and forth*

Finbar...

Ruá Black said...

In fairness, I could make a few sentences by doing that xD

Anonymous said...

Huh. Hello and morning and all. Or afternoon.


Faultlines... [mutters]

Aisling Dubh said...

Hi Fabi

Dragona Pine said...

Hello.

Aisling Dubh said...

Hi Dragona

Anonymous said...

Hello!

Writing idea...also the usual. Super-distant.

Ruá Black said...

Hey new arrivers :)

Aisling Dubh said...

I'm good how are you?

Dragona Pine said...

I'm fine, thanks.


Hopefully things will be more cheerful tonight. ^^

Ruá Black said...

I want a spider monkey...

Eve the ROCK said...

I think I actually need to tell someone I need to sleep if I want to sleep.

Guys. I need to sleep.

Eve the ROCK said...

I have a toy spider monkey, Rua. :)

Ruá Black said...

Eve, you should sleep:P

Zanida Laufeydottir Queen of Asgard (Zafira Kerias) said...

Lol hiya

Eve the ROCK said...

Yeah. I wish someone would just put me in a coma. -_-

Maralie Lily Charm said...

In my memory
All the small things
Like daggers in my mind

In my memory
While my head bleeds
The words I'll never find
That I always meant to say to you
But can't

Cause you turned your face
And now I can't feel you anymore
Turn your face
So now I can't see you anymore
Walk away
Until you're not standing at my door
Turn your face
Walk away and stay
Turn your face<3

Eve the ROCK said...

Hiya, Zafira!

Ruá Black said...

They are incredibly cute xD

Uh oh, do you have insomnia?

Zanida Laufeydottir Queen of Asgard (Zafira Kerias) said...

Hiya xD im just in science bored I finished my work

Ruá Black said...

Hey Zaf :)

Aisling Dubh said...

Sorry for poofing

Ruá Black said...

Welcome back Aisling:)

Eve the ROCK said...

No. I'm really tired right now, and I'm quite a heavy sleeper. I just wanted an excuse to come on Blogland, actually... Either will help me forget. XD

Zanida Laufeydottir Queen of Asgard (Zafira Kerias) said...

Lol tis ok

* sits in tree*

Eve the ROCK said...

When are your holidays, Zafira?

Hi Aisling :)

Aisling Dubh said...

Hi anyone who appeared while I was poofed.

Wbd

Maralie Lily Charm said...

What would you do? What would you say? How does it feel? Pretend it's okay.

I'm Jubilance Glee / Occasional Haiku-er / And a dinosaur said...

HIIIIIIII

Aisling Dubh said...

Hi Jubi

Zanida Laufeydottir Queen of Asgard (Zafira Kerias) said...

Summer holidays? Mine dont start until June 13th since I dont have to go in the very last day

Ruá Black said...

Oh, well then:p any excuse to come to blog land!

There are trees here now? Cool :p *sits at tree base in shade*

*Sings*
Gon' dig me a hole,
Gon' dig me a hole,
And put the bodies in it,
Put the bodies in it

Eve the ROCK said...

Is that a song, Mara?

Hi Dragona :)

Hi Jubi :)

Maralie Lily Charm said...

Hi Zaf, Ais, Rua, Dragona, Jubster, Eve and Fabi :)

I'm Jubilance Glee / Occasional Haiku-er / And a dinosaur said...

EVE!!!! RUA!!!!! ZAF!!! AIS!!!! *supermegatacklehugsofdoom*



hi.

Ruá Black said...

Hiiiiii jubi, Mara!

Eve the ROCK said...

There's a whole forest here xD

I'm Jubilance Glee / Occasional Haiku-er / And a dinosaur said...

MARA!!!!!
*supermegatacklehugsofdoom*
hi.

Maralie Lily Charm said...

Eve - Yup. Fabi knows what song it is. *grins*

Zanida Laufeydottir Queen of Asgard (Zafira Kerias) said...

My tree is special

Eve the ROCK said...

Jubi, you look super happy with your tnecifelaM neveS book :D

Eve the ROCK said...

Okay. I guess the sing will remain a mystery to me. XD

I'm Jubilance Glee / Occasional Haiku-er / And a dinosaur said...

*Grins* You have NO IDEA how excited I was. It was supposed to come May 1 but it came EARLIER! :D:D:DD

Zanida Laufeydottir Queen of Asgard (Zafira Kerias) said...

Lol omg so thoughts on LSODM?

Ruá Black said...

Lsodm is gonna turn us into even bigger emotional wrecks. Yup.

Lewis Ravenscroft / Rhydian Blake said...

Hello everybody!

barmybex said...

I want!! So excited for this. And it's release date is my birthday - perfect present. :)

Zanida Laufeydottir Queen of Asgard (Zafira Kerias) said...

Yuuuup Cleavers we wont HAVE emotions

I'm Jubilance Glee / Occasional Haiku-er / And a dinosaur said...

I'm gonna be too scared to read it

Eve the ROCK said...

That's pretty spectacular, Jubi. I don't have a story quite as exciting. Here's how it went:

*sees book*

BUY IT

READ IT

DONE

Zanida Laufeydottir Queen of Asgard (Zafira Kerias) said...

Hello Lewis Hello barmybex

Katy A said...

Oh my goodness, Derek, it sounds amazing! I can't wait!

Anonymous said...

[belatedly]

My eyes deceive me, but it's still the same
Pretend it's okay...

Sorry I poofed for a bit.

Dragona Pine said...

I think Derek should do a story about the cleavers. They're my favourite character/people in the SP books.

Maralie Lily Charm said...

Pretend It's Okay - Little Mix :)

But it's just the price I pay
Destiny is calling me
Open up my eager eyes
Cause I'm Mr. Brightside
*guitar solo*

That was only the radio XD

Eve the ROCK said...

Mmhhhhh. No, I'm tired. Goodnight, Bloglandian beings.

Unknown said...

Hello peoples!!!! (I love the view from my house!)

Ruá Black said...

Hello :)

Yeah we'll just go into emotional shutdown.. we'll be like Cybermen.

Zanida Laufeydottir Queen of Asgard (Zafira Kerias) said...

Night Eve!

Aisling Dubh said...

Zaf LSODM Derek will kill off about half of the characters and book 9 he will kill off the rest. And of course we'll all still read them cause we live them. Or maybe only some people will die and hopefully not anyone's favourite character. Oh and as Ruá said by the end of it we'll all be emotional wrecks.

Lewis Ravenscroft / Rhydian Blake said...

Bye Eve!

Eve the ROCK said...

P.S. Cool song! I'm only hearing one of their songs on the radio. People are getting sudden urges to change their lives and take it all.

Aisling Dubh said...

*love

Aisling Dubh said...

Bye Eve

It's hailstoning again. Is hailstoning even a word?

I'm Jubilance Glee / Occasional Haiku-er / And a dinosaur said...

*claps* that is a LOVELY story, Eve xD

Dragona Pine said...

I'm writing a story about zombies. :)

Zanida Laufeydottir Queen of Asgard (Zafira Kerias) said...

My class is crazy

Ruá Black said...

Mmmmmmm brainzzz

Aisling Dubh said...

Hello people that arrived.

Anonymous said...

Night, Eve.

It is a nice view, Alexandra!

Maralie Lily Charm said...

Bye Eve! *hugs*

*laughs*

WE'RE GONNA STICK TOGETHER, KNOW WE'LL GET THROUGH IT ALL C:

Lewis Ravenscroft / Rhydian Blake said...

A zombie story!

Unknown said...

Thanks Fabi!!!!!

I'm Jubilance Glee / Occasional Haiku-er / And a dinosaur said...

ALEXANDRA!!!!!!!!!! *supermegatacklehugsofdoom*



hi.

Anonymous said...

Distant...

Change, change your life, take it all
You're gonna use it to become what you've always known

Zanida Laufeydottir Queen of Asgard (Zafira Kerias) said...

This'll kill me.....this book

Dragona Pine said...

Yeah a zombie story, involving one of the squads from the Special Operations of the Supernatural I mentioned on the previous page. :)

I'm Jubilance Glee / Occasional Haiku-er / And a dinosaur said...

FABI!!!!!!!! I DIDN'T SUPERMEGATACKLEHUGOFDOOM YOU YET!

*supermegatacklehugsofdoom*


hi.

Lewis Ravenscroft / Rhydian Blake said...

CAN'T WAIT FOR LSODM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *Jumps around like an idiot*

Maralie Lily Charm said...

GLORIOUS

I FOUND MY 1D TOP. PRAISE THE GOLDEN GOD!

*stares at comment*
Luci, you're rubbing off on me! XD

Zanida Laufeydottir Queen of Asgard (Zafira Kerias) said...

Jubi crazy

Zaffy crazy

Saracen Rue :D

Ravel: My love
Saracen Rue: new favorite character

Anonymous said...

[is SUPERMEGATACKLEHUGGEDOFDOOM]

[laughs]

I'm Jubilance Glee / Occasional Haiku-er / And a dinosaur said...

*nods* Jubi crazy

I'm Jubilance Glee / Occasional Haiku-er / And a dinosaur said...

Zaffy Crazy too

Zanida Laufeydottir Queen of Asgard (Zafira Kerias) said...

*explodes England*

Ooh fireworks!

Lewis Ravenscroft / Rhydian Blake said...

Zaf are you trying to kill me?

Ruá Black said...

I think my dog just hissed at me..

I'm Jubilance Glee / Occasional Haiku-er / And a dinosaur said...

*stares at fireworks*
PREEEEEETTYYYYYY 8D

I'm Jubilance Glee / Occasional Haiku-er / And a dinosaur said...

OwO

Lewis Ravenscroft / Rhydian Blake said...

A hissing dog? That's not weird. We read about a Walking Skeleton

Zanida Laufeydottir Queen of Asgard (Zafira Kerias) said...

Henehehe

Im serious next Blog post i'll end up getting explosives banned

Unknown said...

JUBI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Anonymous said...

Crazy...[nods] You certainly are. Both of you.

Dragona Pine said...

Tea brb.

Ruá Black said...

She's chewing my foot now..... o.o

Zanida Laufeydottir Queen of Asgard (Zafira Kerias) said...

Now we're talking about dress code

Aisling Dubh said...

Zaf you you you exploded England instead of Ireland. This is great. Finally I'm not being exploded.

Anonymous said...

"Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast."

Lewis Carroll.

In other words, I like the new quote-picture, Alexandra. :-)

Lewis Ravenscroft / Rhydian Blake said...

But she's just exploded me!

Ruá Black said...

I have that quote tattoo'd on my back :)

Lewis Ravenscroft / Rhydian Blake said...

Got to go now. Bye!

Zanida Laufeydottir Queen of Asgard (Zafira Kerias) said...

Well ok Derek said no Ireland but he never said no England

Maralie Lily Charm said...

I need to work on Kessie's video... Hmm.

I'm Jubilance Glee / Occasional Haiku-er / And a dinosaur said...

*Is still staring at fireworks*

OwO

Aisling Dubh said...

Ah yes she has. But still Derek is in Ireland ad if he's exploded he won't be able to write LSODM or book nine.

And she has exploded Ireland many many times. How many times have you exploded Ireland Zaf?

Zanida Laufeydottir Queen of Asgard (Zafira Kerias) said...

Gtg to class

Ruá Black said...

Bye lewis!

I'm Jubilance Glee / Occasional Haiku-er / And a dinosaur said...

BYE ZAF!!!!!!

I'm Jubilance Glee / Occasional Haiku-er / And a dinosaur said...

BYE LEWIS!!!

Aisling Dubh said...

Bye Lewis
Bye Zaf

Ruá Black said...

Bye zaf:)

Anonymous said...

Bye people who left....

Hmmm..... I think I have too many writing projects working on at once. The MC nightmare, A Twisted Mission, my HG fanfic or Raeza chapter? Or the Effie chapter? Hmmm...

Star Inkbright said...

I wrote two words on my hand over and over and over. My hand is filled with writing. All in different directions, you know. It looks like a load of random sqqiggly lines unless you actually look.

Try and guess what the two words are! *giggles*

Come on. It's EASYYYYYYYYYYYY. :)

I'm Jubilance Glee / Occasional Haiku-er / And a dinosaur said...

... Roman Emperors were messed up...

Unknown said...

Ummm... Is it... Errr..... Ok I give up.

Aisling Dubh said...

Star is it Skulduggery Pleasant?

Anonymous said...

302410 041433100340143024?

Wait, what's the point of guessing in code? :-/

Star Inkbright said...

It's EASYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *screams*

Okay okay okay. THE FIRST WORD BEGINS WITH I!!!!!!!!!!!!

That's capital i.

Also, today:

Friend: *has forgotten packup*

Me and Friend and Other Friend: are in lunch queue*

Other Friend to Friend: Go and get your packup, we'll save you a space!

Friend: But what if I can't get back in?

Me and Other Friend: YOu will be able to, run and get it, qucikly!

Conversation: *continues like this for a while*

Me to Friend: Do you want me to go and get it for you?

Friend: Do you know what my bag looks like?

Me: Yes.

Friend: *doubtful* Do you want me to come and get it with you so I can identify it?

*laughs*

So we went and got it. *nods*
And Other Friend saved us seats.
And we wereable to reclaim our seats without anyone yelling at us.
Uh yeah.

IT WAS FUNNIER IRL.

ALSO ALSO ALSO, today in English Miss said: Right, now I want you to write an opening to your own story!

Class: *stares about, totally stuffed for ideas*

So I wrote about Hunter and Ez. *nods*

'Twas a good opening in comparison to most of mine, I should use it . . .

Star Inkbright said...

Nope! Not Skulduggery Pleasant, but GREAT FANTASTIC GUESS. *giggles*

YOU'RE NOT GETTING IT IT IT. Do you want another clue?

Oh, it's not that big, maybe I should just tell you.

Aisling Dubh said...

Was it Inkbright Star?

Or Ireland rules?

Anonymous said...

It's easy?

That seems to be the only thing I can guess outside of coded numbers...

Anonymous said...

Gtg, bye.

Aisling Dubh said...

Bye Fabi

Brb dinner

Star Inkbright said...

No, not Inkbright Star or Ireland rules, although I suppose it does. :)

Not it's easy, but the first word is 'it's', so half right. :)

FABI GETS HALF A MARK!

Fours, Fabi! :(

Maralie Lily Charm said...

Lemme see you put your hearts up, yeah
Lemme see you put your hearts up, yeah
If we give a little love, maybe we can change the world!~

IS IT

I'm Star? XD

Star Inkbright said...

Inkbright Star is another very good guess, however. :)

Star Inkbright said...

Not I'm Star Mara, but excellant guess as well. :)

HI, BTW. Haven't spoken to you in ages, it feels like. O_O *hugs*

Unknown said...

It it 'its Friday?

Star Inkbright said...

No, not it's Friday, sorry. :(

Another good guess, though. :)

Maralie Lily Charm said...

http://idoterriblethingswhenigrowbored.blogspot.co.uk/

Can you guys read and comment? :) Luci would really like some feedback :)

Unknown said...

Tellmetellmetellme!!!!!!!!! I wanna know!!!

Star Inkbright said...

BUT IT'S SO

OBVIOUS.

*giggles*

Maralie Lily Charm said...

*hugs Star back* :)

IT'S... Disturbed? XD
It's boring? :P

Maralie Lily Charm said...

IT'S OBVIOUS?!

Aisling Dubh said...

Back chili is very spicy. Not my favourite dinner. Spicy doesn't go well with me.

Aisling Dubh said...

Is it It's Blogland?

Wait that doesn't even make sense.

Maralie Lily Charm said...

'It's Holly?' :P

Aisling Dubh said...

It's Star?

Star Inkbright said...

It's not Disturbed, it's not boring, it's not obvious (well in is, but it's not it's obvious), it's not Blogland, it's not Holly, it's not Star . . . *giggles*

'It's Blogland' and 'it's boring' are the closest because of waht they have in common. :)

I'm not a fan on spicy hot, either. D:

Aisling Dubh said...

So does it start with b then?

It's Britian?
It's bonkers?

Star Inkbright said...

COME ON, THIS IS EASY.

*giggles*

Hunter and Ez started it, if you want another clue . . . :)

Star Inkbright said...

It's not Britain or bonkers, although Britain IS bonkers. :P

BONKERSIST COUNTRY THERE I, NNNNNNYUP! :)

Star Inkbright said...

*IS

Aisling Dubh said...

It's bizarre?

Something Hunter and Ez started. Nope no idea.

Unknown said...

It's blue

Anonymous said...

Yeah, what she said! :-P

Star Inkbright said...

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS! IT'S BLUE! *giggles head off*

OF COURSE IT'S BLUE! IT'S BLUE! UT'S BLUEEEEEEEEEEEE! IT'S

BLUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! :)

Did I mention, IT'S BLUE???

IT'S BLUE!

IT'S BLUE!

IT'S BLUE!

BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

IT'S BLUE!

It's blue. *nods*

Well done, Alexandra and Fabi! :)

I was thinking, if Fabi was here, she'd get this easy. :P

It's blue. *giggles*

I was telling Nix it was blue this morning . . .

IT'S BLUE. *maniac laughter*

Star Inkbright said...

*notices I have an email from Nix* Speak of the devil!

Star Inkbright said...

It's BLUEEEEEEEEEEE. :)

Anonymous said...

BLUEEEEEEEEEE!!!! [high fives Alexandra] [High fives Star] [High fives anyone else who is here]

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/47197409/BLUE.tif

Aisling Dubh said...

Bread just popped into my head and then I remembered something that happened in school today.

So there was a cake sale on and by the time 6th class were allowed to go to it there were no cakes left. Well there was about 10 little horrible things left. So lots of people I. My class just bought loads of bread and started tearing pieces off and eating it. We are a strange class.

Aisling Dubh said...

*in my
*loaves

Star Inkbright said...

@Fabi: OH MY GOSH. *screams*

IT'S

BLUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUE! :)

I thought about beginning my story today (the one we wrote an opening to. We're not conyinuing it. SAd face) with the words 'it's blue', but nah. :(

Dragona Pine said...

Hello again.

Star Inkbright said...

STRANGENESS IS AWESOME. :)

Your class is an aweosme class, therefore. :)

Anonymous said...

Bread.

It's bread?

No, it's BLUE!!!!

That actually occurred to you that if I were here, I would guess it? O.O Weird!

Star Inkbright said...

HEY DRAGONA!

IT'S BLUE!

Anonymous said...

Also, wb, Aisling!

Aisling Dubh said...

Hi Dragona

Anonymous said...

Yes, it's BLUEEEEE!!!! [nods] XD

Star Inkbright said...

@Fabi: Well, it is blue. *nods like that was the perfect reply*

Dragona Pine said...

In my zombie story they're currently driving a bus to get to some flats where they could hide out and the zombies are on the bus.

Star Inkbright said...

@Fabi: *hugs* Thank you. :)

Anonymous said...

[hugs back]

Thanks for what?

Oh, and by the way, it's BLUE!!

Anonymous said...

*YOure welcome :-)

Dragona Pine said...

Blue. ^^

Dragona Pine said...

How is everyone?

Anonymous said...

No, I'm not getting diverted from what I'm supposed to be doing by Blogland and image-editing/making programs! WHat made you think that?

Oh, and it's BLUE!!!

Aisling Dubh said...

I'm good how are you?

Not msd any more. I got my charger.

Anonymous said...

I'm verrryyyyy distant.

Like, over there. [points]

Anonymous said...

Actually, I have to go now.

Bye everybody!

[and if anyone wants BLUE (or any color) pictures, let me know, they're fun to make!]

Aisling Dubh said...

Bye Fabi

Dragona Pine said...

I like Blogland.

Unknown said...

Every one likes blogland Dragona!!!

Dragona Pine said...

I know but I had left for a year! It's really cool and I like the people on it. :)

Maralie Lily Charm said...

The Simpsons... *laughs*

Aisling Dubh said...

Blogland is brilliant. *nods* I'm really happy that I came here.

Dragona Pine said...

So am I. There have been ups and downs but all in all it's a good little place where I get to talk to people from all around the world and we all share the same interests.

Aisling Dubh said...

Exactly. It's hard to find so many people irl who love reading. Some of my friends like reading but not nearly as much as I do. Everyone here likes reading. Everyone does like reading right?

Unknown said...

Well duh.

Aisling Dubh said...

And some of y friends never read outside of school. At all. Ever. How is that even possible?

Aisling Dubh said...

*my

Unknown said...


“I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book.”
― Groucho Marx

Dragona Pine said...

Yep. I read every night. I'm reading the assassin's creed books atm by Oliver Bowden. But no one else reads who I know irl. It's like "WHY NOT?". Reading is a good way to expand vocabulary and, as Blogland has shown, meet new people.

Unknown said...


“Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers.”
― Charles William Eliot

Maralie Lily Charm said...

One Direction?

Dragona Pine said...

Cheese?

Dragona Pine said...

Noooo Maralie. :P

Maralie Lily Charm said...

Score! *cheers*

Dragona Pine said...

*throws a squirrel at Maralie* :P








*turns around and gets eaten by a rabbit*

Mary Contrary said...

Last Stand of Dead Men synopsis.
Justin & Lindsay Pierre create a podcast about books.
I am so happy right now words don't even suffice.

Aisling Dubh said...

Does anyone else think that this is weird?

My friend and my dad have the same birthday.

Then my friend's sister has the same birthday as her friends dad.

Maralie Lily Charm said...

One Direction were losing the streak! :P
Something like 38 deds to them so far ^^.

Wbd, dedding.

Dragona Pine said...

Hey Taia! How are you? Btw, I sent you an email on Yahoo. :)




And Aisling, my Dad and I share the same birthday. :P

Maralie Lily Charm said...

My mam's birthday is exactly a week before mine :)

Unknown said...

Hi Mara!!

Dragona Pine said...

Anyone watch The Simpsons?




Y'know the crazy cat lady?















I'M THE CRAZY SQUIRREL GUY.

*launches squirrels at everyone*

Maralie Lily Charm said...

Hey Muse!

I just realised, my best friend's name is Alexandra too... ^^.


Oh my Golden God, I almost forgot! :P I picked Amelia-Maralie for my Confirmation name:3

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