Yesterday in the Twitterverse I came across a link from E! Online about how Stephenie Meyer is the one who is taking so long on making a decision for Breaking Dawn, stated Ted Casablanca from E!:

Deep Twi tells us there is no director set yet for Breaking Dawn because no one can decide on whether it’s going to be one movie or two.

It seems that series mastermind Stephenie Meyer and Summit have slightly different agendas on that one…

“Stephenie is calling the shots,” our mole tells us, “and she still can’t decide whether or not [making two movies] is the right thing to do creatively.”

On the heels of that story, Stephenie has posted the following on her website regarding the story:

Just a quick note on the subject of the Breaking Dawn film: there is no drama over whether the book should be one movie or two. My personal feeling is that it would be very difficult to cram the whole story into one movie (as I’ve said in many interviews previous to this), but if a great way of doing that surfaces, I’m all for it. Two or one, whichever way fits the story best is fine by me, and everyone I’ve spoken with at Summit seems to feel the same way. We’re all excited to move forward on this, and we are slowly and surely getting there. I know people are anxious for news, and so sometimes gossip gets fabricated to stir things up, but there’s no basis to this particular story.

Steph

Please consider the rumor quashed.  I’m sure that Summit, Stephenie et al are very aware of the desires of the fans to see the last book made into a movie.  That seems to be their intentions.  It just turns out that nobody is positive how to make it the best it can be.  I guess we all need to continue to be patient and trust that in the end, they’ll make a decision, together, that will be pleasing to all involved (including us!!!)

Twilight Lexicon has posted the following information regarding a plagiarism suit that was brought against Stephenie Meyer and Breaking Dawn.  The Lexicon had previously done some research on it and you can read about that HERE.  Below is a summary of the judgement dismissing the suit.  GREAT news for SM!!

“The Honorable Otis D. Wright II of the United States District Court has ruled in favor of Stephenie Meyer and Hachette Book Group and has dismissed with prejudice Jordan Scott’s claim of copyright infringement.

In his ruling, Judge Wright stated that the two works have little in common and that the “characters in the two works are vastly different.” The decision admonishes Scott for “the deceptive presentation of the alleged similarities” and notes that she “has twice manipulated aspects of the subject works in order to create the appearance of similarity.”

While an attempt to ride on someone else’s success may not be surprising, it is encouraging that the courts and the public are not so easily misled.

This judgment confirms what we have known all along – Breaking Dawn is a wholly original work by Stephenie Meyer and this was a frivolous lawsuit brought for the purposes of publicizing the plaintiff’s personal publishing aspirations.  Hachette Book Group and Stephenie Meyer are pleased to be able to put this case behind us.”

Poor Stephenie.  She wanted to spend this year with her family and has still been saddled with things like this!  I’m so happy this is behind her!

For the whole shebang- check out her site HERE, but here are a few of the gems:

Is there going to be a Breaking Dawn movie? If you are not sure of that, then do you wish there is going to be one? – Jamie C.

At this point in time, we’re in talks. I would love to see BD made if it could be made well. It’s a little bit trickier than the others.

And about Midnight Sun, Stephenie says:

To address the many, many questions about Midnight Sun:

I’ve found that there really isn’t any answer I can give that changes the substance or tenor of the myriads of requests, pleadings, and demands I get for Midnight Sun to be finished, so I feel a little silly answering that question at all. But it’s the most popular question, so I’ll take another stab at it.

I am not working on Midnight Sun now. I don’t have a plan for when I’ll get to it; I don’t know now what the right time for it will be.

In your questions, there were some erroneous conclusions about the situation which I’ll try to set straight. First, Midnight Sun is not finished and locked in a safe, waiting for me to be done angsting over the leak. If it were done, I would be throwing it on the bookstore shelves myself. I’d love to be able to give it to all the people who are anxiously waiting for it. Second, I am not upset about the leak. I haven’t been for a long time; I was over it after about three weeks. Third, and most important, I am not trying to punish anyone. Not the persons who leaked it, not the people who read the leak, nobody. As I said, it would make me very happy to be able to give it to anyone who wants it.

So why the hold up? Because it’s not finished and lying in a safe. It’s not done, and finishing it is not a simple matter of sitting down in front of my computer and typing out the words; the words have to be there in my head to type out, and right now, they’re not. I have to be in the zone to write any story, and trying to force myself into that zone is a waste of time, I’ve found. I’ll get back to Midnight Sun when the story is compelling to me again. Just because people want it so badly does not make it more write-able; kind of the opposite, actually. I need to be alone with a story to write, and Midnight Sun feels really crowded, if you know what I mean.

People write for different reasons. I have always written to make myself happy. If I’m enjoying a story, feeling the creativity flow, engrossed in a world, then I write and I write fast. If I’m not into it, I can’t write. I’ve never been someone who writes on demand and I can’t imagine working that way. As cool as it would be to say to my favorite author, “You know, I’d really like to read a great book about a narwhal mafia. Write that for me, ‘kay?” or even “I’d love a sequel to that last one,” that’s not how it works. How it works is that my favorite author writes a new book about whatever he/she is interested in. Maybe it takes a year, maybe it takes five. If it’s something I want to read, I buy it or I check it out at the library. If not, I find something else to read. The end.

The Female Force: Stephenie Meyer graphic novel has sold out in a single day after being released on Wednesday. The biography comic featuring the author of the “Twilight” saga Stephenie Meyer will be immediately going to a second printing.

“Despite our increased production on this graphic novel, our distributor ordered more than we had or planned,” said Bluewater president Darren G. Davis. The 40-page graphic novel collector’s edition includes the history of Forks; the Washington peninsula town where her stories take place as well as other bonus material not found anywhere else.

Meyer, Named USA Today’s “Author of the Year” in 2008, is the first author of fiction featured in the Female Force series. The series, to date, has published biographies on such influential women as Hillary Clinton, Michelle Obama, Oprah Winfrey, Sarah Palin and Princess Diana. Female Force offers a broad examination of strong and influential women who are shaping modern history and culture.

The title has been reviewed favorably by the Los Angeles Times, Ain’t It Cool News as well as Booklist.  Next month Bluewater will be releasing a graphic novel of “Harry Potter” writer, JK Rowling. “Bluewater expects the same response. The book is tracking well for us.” Davis added.

From Kaisa- This interview with Stephenie Meyer in a Finnish newspaper:

They save the sucking until marriage

(Caption: Stephenie Meyer has driven teens wild with her chaste vampire stories.)

”That night I dreamt of Edward Cullen for the first time”

One night in June 2003 Stephenie Meyer had a dream about a vampire.

The vampire was a boy who talked with a girl in a beautiful meadow.

The boy loved the girl, but also wanted to kill her.

“When I woke up I wrote down their conversation, since I wanted to know what would happen to them. Would the boy kill the girl?” Meyer recalls.

He did not kill her.

That dream started the most popular “paranormal romance” in the world.

Meyer, who has studied literature, wrote the story of Bella and Edward into a novel in three months.

Before that, Meyer had written hardly anything.

Neither had Meyer, 32 at that time, worked a lot. Except for a short job as a receptionist, she had been a stay-at-home mom of three children.

“Writing was the greatest thing I had ever done. I got hooked on it.”

Many others have got hooked as well, especially young girls.

Meyer’s Houkutus (Twilight) was published in 2005. The book turned into a series and the series turned into a success. Throughout the world, the four books of the series have sold over 70 million copies.

In Finland the first book has already sold around 130 000 copies. Translation of the fourth book, Aamunkoi, was just published recently.

Meyer, who has lived almost her whole life in Arizona, is a star now. She answers questions on telephone from a hotel in Vancouver, where the movie based on the third book of the series is being filmed.

Before the interview her agent announced that there are two things I had better not to ask about.

One of them is the negative feedback Meyer’s books have received.

So I won’t ask how she felt when the horror author Stephen King stated last February that Meyer can’t write a damn.

I will get back to that other forbidden issue later.

“Edward was interesting… and intelligent… and mysterious… and perfect… and beautiful… and apparently could lift big vans by one arm.”

A romance becomes paranormal when there is a supernatural creature involved in it. For example a vampire.

There’s nothing new in this. It has been understood for a long time that there is some erotic tension hidden underneath the fangs sinking into a maid’s delicate neck.

“There is sexuality also in my books, but it is restrained”, Meyer answers.

Restraint.

That is the key word of twilight: Edward the vampire fears that he will lose his self-restraint and attack the girl.

Edwards gives sexuality and romance a frightening but irresistible face. A face that the emotion-wrenched pre-teens can recognise.

As can they also recognise the slow progress of Edward and Bella’s relationship, which the first book is all about.

“I wanted to go back to the feeling of first love, to the feeling of first touch and first kiss. I wanted to enjoy the slow progress”, Meyer describes.

”The shivers evoked by the touch were like a warning, a warning to fear for my life. But I didn’t feel fear. Other feelings I had, however…”

Stephenie Meyer says that she doesn’t actually know much about the long tradition of vampire stories.

She has not even read the classic of classics, Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1897), not to even mention Anne Rice.

The world’s most successful vampire author doesn’t dare to watch anything that even hints to horror.

“I avoid everything that could keep me awake at night”, Meyer says.

Perhaps this is why Twilight repeats some clichés. There are vampire clans, ancient rules, relationships with werewolves.

One thing is different. Vampires have traditionally provided women an escape from the dull and safe world of men.

From Meyer you don’t find that escape. In her opinion, Edward can’t be considered a fascinatingly rebellious bad boy.

”I don’t quite understand the way of thinking that you are interested in someone because he is dangerous. Edward has always been a hero to me.”

Meyer also talks about herself. She openly admits that Bella’s character is for a large part based on herself.

“I was not interested in the bad boys; instead I always dated the well-behaved and kind boys. Also Bella is not interested in the dangerousness of Edward, but senses that there is kindness under the surface of him.” ”Edward had drawn very clear boundaries in our physical relationship to keep me alive.”

The heroic vampire Edward is a well-behaved model of abstinence and self-restraint. He is a conservative vampire who abstains from sex until marriage, even if he is already a hundred years old.

”I, personally, also have a very strong opinion that sex only belongs to marriage”, Meyer says.

The author is familiar with waiting. She got married at the age of 21, but got to know her husband already at the age of 4.

When Meyer was writing the last book of the series, she knew that her audience was mainly young. Therefore the reason for sexual abstinence changed.

In the beginning Bella and Edward avoid sex because Edward fears that lust will evoke his bloodlust and that he will kill Bella in the ecstasy. Towards the end, Edward wants to save sex until marriage because he has been raised in the more conservative times.

Meyer, who has been wrenched into the world of superstardom, sees a connection between herself and Edward.

“Sometimes it feels like I was from another world. But the moral decay – or the world as the media presents it – has not affected everyone. I work with the young people in my congregation and they seem to be pretty much like me when I was as a child.”

“We were silent for a moment; he stared at the moon and I stared at him. I wish I had been able to explain how little interest did the normal human life hold for me.”

I decide that I will bring up the other issue that the agent recommended me to pass. Namely, Meyer is a mormon.

I will ask however.

Where’s the connection between mormon religion and vampires? “I’m very religious”, Meyer answers and she doesn’t seem to mind the question at all. “Most of the people in my books are good. My religion holds the freedom of choice – we are not victims, but instead can rise above our conditions. My vampires decide that they are not evil.”

Meyer herself sees the presence of something greater in her books, even if they are not actually religious.

“Maybe I will write about religion some day, for now I’m interested in fantasy. But even when there is darkness, I try to concentrate more on the light.”

”It was difficult to comprehend that this beautiful person really existed. I feared that he would suddenly disappear into thin air and I would wake up from my dream.”

TwiCrackAddict  discovered this great drawing posted by the LA Times from the new Comic Book “Female Force”  featuring Stephenie Meyer. 

Looks amazing, no?

I’m guilty of not having read “The Host”– I’ve been caught up with smexy vampires and werewolves for several months now and can’t dig myself out to read anything else…. but now may be the time to begin…

From Variety:

Producers Nick Wechsler, Steve and Paula Mae Schwartz have used their own money to acquire screen rights to “The Host,” the first adult novel written by Stephenie Meyer, author of the “Twilight” series.

Andrew Niccol will write the script and direct.

Meyer’s novel is a love story set in the near future on Earth, which has been assimilated by an alien species that call themselves “Souls.” They are benevolent parasites that subsume the conscious of humans and take possession of their bodies. One such soul, The Wanderer (so named because she has wandered among so many different worlds) is fused with a dying human named Melanie Stryder, in an attempt to locate the last pocket of surviving humans on Earth. The Wanderer cannot subsume the forceful Melanie, and they battle for the girl’s memories and her spirit.

From Stephenie Meyer:

“I’m so excited to be working with Nick Weschler, and Steve and Paula Mae Schwartz to bring The Host to a visual format. They’ve all been a dream to work with, so lovely and collaborative, and I feel like we’re in a really good place to make a great movie together. And then to have Andrew Niccol writing and directing? Truly awesome. If you’ve never seen Gattaca, go watch it now. One of my favorite movies of all time. It’s such a great example of character driven science fiction, which is ideal for The Host, no? I’m having an absolute blast imagining different dream casts, which I would post if people didn’t take my silly blogs so seriously these days. I’m looking forward to seeing the cast lists you come up with in the fansite forums, and if any of them match mine.

So, very exciting. Yay Host!

XO
Steph”

Scottsdale, AZ (PRWEB) September 2, 2009 — Hobo Skate Company today announced an agreement with New York Times #1 bestselling author Stephenie Meyer to create the first products to be released based on her book The Host. Stephenie Meyer’s work recently swept 5 MTV Movie awards, 11 Teen Choice awards and a Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice award.

Hobo Host Products

Hobo’s first design for Stephenie Meyer was an original The Host designed skateboard created earlier this year for a charity fundraiser that auctioned for $1,500. Hobo will now expand the Host design concept in clothing and other products that will be globally distributed.

“We created an image of The Host exactly as Stephenie Meyer pictured it in her mind”, said Jared Hancock, founder of Hobo Skate Company. “The Hobo designs combined with our rich production quality and social cause made the choice to sign with Hobo clear.”

From BlueWater Productions press release:

Dazzled by Twilight, the largest retailer in Forks, Washington, the town where the fictional characters of Stephenie Meyer’ wildly popular Twilight saga takes place will be the only resource to buy limited-run 32-page version of the Meyer’s biography comic featuring a custom, alternate cover. A special edition poster of the cover will also be available through the store.

“Stephenie Meyer’s vibrant storytelling has captured our hearts and the hearts of millions of readers and moviegoers, and we are excited to offer this Dazzled by Twilight Exclusive Edition of Female Force – Stephenie Meyer – direct from the heart of Twilight in Forks, Washington.” said Annette Root, the store’s owner.

Female Force: Stephenie Meyer, scheduled for release the same day the movie hits theaters, November 20th. The Dazzled by Twilight edition can only be purchased at the retail location (61 N. Forks Ave, Forks, WA) or Dazzled By Twilight’s online store: www.dazzledbytwilight.com.

Yes, even Twilight goddess Stephenie Meyer went to see Bandslam just for the trailer, she reports on her summer recap:

And finally movies. Mostly when I get out to a movie, it’s a kid’s movie. So Pixar’s Up was the highlight of my summer. And then this Saturday I went to see an actual grown-up people movie, yay! Admittedly, I went to see the New Moon trailer on the big screen (yes, I’m a total dork. Who cares? It was worth it). But then I stayed to see Bandslam because the reviews were so good, and I was glad I did. With my hopeless love of music coupled with my total lack of musical ability, I really dug Will. He’s my hero right now. It had a good soundtrack, as one might expect, a lot of very quotable one-liners, and it turned upside down some of those lame female-interaction stereotypes. It’s a good time.

She also talks about her new reads and favorite CD’s- go check out her latest update!