Stephenie Addresses Midnight Sun Leak
Posted by Twilight_News - 29/08/08 at 12:08 amMany of you have e-mailed us over the last week asking for us to comment on the leaked chapters of Midnight Sun. We have refrained from posting anything about the leak until we had some official comment about it from Stephenie Meyer or Little Brown. Tonight Stephenie updated her web page to let all of her fans know what was going on and what this means for the future of the book. You can read her official statement here.
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I feel hollow. idk what to say..
This sucks. My horrible day just got worse. People are so disrespectful. I’m sorry Stephenie had to deal with this and that this happened
It just makes me sick that her copyright as an author was broken like that. It is disturbing that fans of the series would disrespect her in such a great way.
This is just great…. Now we’re left without the insight into Edward that we had been promised… Things in the Twilight universe keep going from bad to worse!
I feel hollow as well. I was really looking forward to reading Midnight Sun, but not like this. =(
I am sickened. Whoever did this is the most disrespectful person on this planet, not to mention everyone who spread it around. This isn’t fair to Stephenie or her fans.
This just sucks.
Why do people have to do that to her? I was so looking forward to MS and now it might never be published…It’s just soo sad. I’m not going to read the draft, it just doesn’t feel right doing so. I am truly sorry Stephenie.
I’m kind of mad at her. I can’t belive she let this get to her! I thought that the book, Edward, and all of us fans ment more to us than a bruised ego. I really hope it all blows over but I’m not a glass half full type. It looks empty to me. What about all of you?
Wow, that’s horrible.
I won’t lie. I am very displeased this has happened. I was looking forward to the coming of Midnight Sun in the next couple years. It’s unfortunate to know that someone made a stupid decision ruined it for everyone else including Stephenie. Shame on whoever has done this.
its just sad that people would do that to her. like seriously. i was really looking forwardto reading midnight sun, and now its on hold. i personally wont be reading the partial draft, and will wait till the final product reaches shelves. its just sad.
I feel absolutely terrible for her. She seems so upset in her statement. I am truly disappointed that this happened and that it was ruined for fans like myself, but she really seems heartbroken and that’s what hurts the most. We love you Steph!
I agree with Krista, it’s amazing that people would disrespect her so easily.
It’s on hold indefinitely? I knew we were going to have to wait for midnight sun but now we have to wait longer… possibly never?! ugh. this sucks!
Whoever leaked the version is COMPLETELY disrespectful and just totally ruined midnight sun for the rest of us…
I was hoping that steph would go through the whole series with edward’s perspective.. after this, idk if she’ll even finish midnight sun.. that is so depressing..
i just hope she gets her deserved time with her family..
All her fans should not read the partial version of Midnight Sun even though she posted it on her website. Hopefully this would show her that there are people out there who value integrity and perhaps even give her the motivation needed to still finish the project that we all want to read!
This is such a big hole of suck. I’m so terribly sad. I don’t even really want to read the leaked copy because it’s unedited..it’s not done! It’s not how it’s supposed to be yet! I want SM’s pretty polished book finished and ready to open my heart up to Edward in the first half of the book where he seems like such a meany! I want the real Midnight Sun!
This stinks.
poor stephenie. can you imagine how you would feel?
This is so disheartening. After the series wrapped up with Breaking Dawn, I was comforted to know that Midnight Sun was yet to come. I hope that eventually it will still be published because as Stephenie has said in the past, I want to see Midnight Sun on my shelf as a companion to Twilight. Edward’s voice should be heard.
In the very slight chance that Stephenie might read this… Stephenie, I LOVE your books. I am so sorry this happened to you. It was wrong and unfair, and I understand how frustrated you must be. Your letter was one of the saddest things I’ve ever read. I really felt your deep disappointment. I would not have gone looking for the draft even if you hadn’t posted it, and if you ever do decide to finish someday (please?), I will buy the book. Your fan, Sarah
I agree with you all too. This just breaks my heart. What a violation, and a complete stab in the back to her. I wish I could do something, but I know she needs time to heal.
That’s terrible. I can’t believe someone would do something so wrong, morally and legally. And I want the pretty, bound copy of Midnight Sun!! I feel so sorry for Stephenie
But at the same time, I’m really sad that it’s on hold now…
This is so heartbreaking. I heard about the leak and deliberately avoided it out of respect for Stephenie. I really, really hope she will still write and publish Midnight Sun in its entirety at some point. So many of us are looking forward to it. I’m disappointed that a few unscrupulous people may have ruined it for everyone else.
I am so sick too! I am sure she is just heartbroken, as we are. But I am sad to for us, now we won’t have our last book.
This is really awful. I feel so terrible for Stephenie. I can’t believe that someone would do that to her. Also, since very few people had copies, it probably means it was someone close to her. It could have been stolen from one of them, but I don’t know.
At the moment, I can’t even bring myself to read what she put out. To read it just feels wrong, like I’d be ruining the story by reading it now. I’m trying to decide if I’ll put off reading it for a few months. I’ve been planning on being able to read it in a year or so. I didn’t think it would be out like this. Of course, I don’t think anyone did.
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No Midnight Sun???!!!
WHAT?
NOOO!
I was holding on to that!
okay…
I’m going to go cry now.
I cant believe anybody would do this to her. She has given us fans more than we could ever ask for and this is how some horrible jerks decide to repay her? I cant even imagine the pain shes feeling right now. I just hope things work out for the best in the end
I can’t believe someone would actually do that, that’s just terrible! It’s so horrible that a person she trusted would actually do something like this!
Does this really mean she’s not going to publish Midnight Sun? (I’m in denial right now.)
i HATE this. Why would someone do that?!?! They have an ugly ugly heart. i hope they are happy. I am crying insanely hard right now. They have ruined everything. I was sooooo excited for midnight sun and now it might not even be published at all. Stephenie does NOT deserve this! She has written these AMAZING books that have touched fans all around the world and for something like this to happen to her is unfathomable. Stephenie Meyer is a brilliant writer and its what she has extreme passion for and for someone to do this…ugh…they are completely evil and cold hearted. All i have to say to them is GROW A SOUL. I still really really really hope that Stephenie will continue writing. I’m not just saying that in the sense that i really want to read it but if she quits it then those people win. I hope Stephenie feels better in a few months and i wish her all the best.
That’s so sad and so horrible. I feel terrible for Stephenie.
i feel horrible about this, for stephenie. it astonishes me that someone could disrespect her so much, to do something like this. its extremely sad that this vulgar act will probably postpone her from finishing her project. now, stephenie has lost some hope, since this leak has hurt her as a writer. i feel horrible about this, as does everyone else. we’re all very sorry about this stephenie, and i hope that this doesn’t make you decide to not finish midnight sun.
Does this mean she won’t be publishing Midnight Sun? It’s over?
when i read that….i couldn’t believe it. it was like a dream. i’m so sad.
( i can’t believe someone would betray her trust like that. i don’t know if i’ll even read what she posted. i’d feel like i betrayed her too.
man. this sucks.
i cant believe she isnt going to put it out now because of this, i feel as a fan that we are the ones being punished ….
This is so sad….. I didn’t even know it had been leaked until now. I feel so bad for her =( This is horrible….
I’m just shocked, I wonder who would have leaked it
I just read the statement made by Stephenie and I am sad that she has to experience something like this. The internet does make it difficult to protect copyright, but this infringement goes beyond that. Personally, I think people will buy the book regardless. But the worst of it is that someone wanted to spoil the fun for the rest of us. Anticipation. Delayed Gratification. This is what makes sitting down with a brand new copy of a book that much sweeter.
But I also think by postponing the writing of Midnight Sun indefinitely and then posting the draft on her website, she has made it all but impossible for her fans to honor her request to NOT read the draft.
Many of us are really excited to hear Edward narrate the Twilight story and hunger more than ever for it, now that the Edward and Bella story has come to an end.
To have knowledge that the book will be published someday would carry many of us through – and stave off the desire to “peek” at the draft. But the decision to stop writing the book and possibly not publish it at all, makes the thirst for it close to unbearable. So why wait, if you are just setting yourself up for heartbreak.
So my decision is to wait .. for a year or so. And if the decision then is the same as it is now, to not continue with the writing of Midnight Sun, I think I will have give in. I guess I would rather have the imperfect and incomplete version of Edward Cullen falling in love for the first time, than have nothing at all.
But I will keep my fingers will be crossed…
Wow, that announcement made me want to cry.
Poor Stephenie.
Yuck. I feel sick.
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This sucks, so bad. I can’t imagine how she feels, especially when she tries so hard to prevent leaks. It seems like you can’t trust many people these days. And what sucks even more is that I’ve been trying to help her stop the spread of leaks but NOT reading it and trying to stop the one who sent it to me from spreading it even more.
I do hope that in some time, she will continue and her loyal fans will be able to read Edward’s story as she intends us to read it.
Wow. I feel hollow is right. And like puking a little too.
Personally, although I knew that there were some leaks out there, I hadn’t paid attention to any of them. I think that the true fans were waiting for it to be perfect, the way Stephenie intended it, and the way it was intended for us to read it. So where does that leave me? Because right now, I’m having a really hard time clicking that link… is there any hope, or should I just give in and read? I feel like I’m doing something wrong either way…
I guess all I can say for sure is “Sorry, Steph.”
She may still put it out. I hope she does. It will probably just come out later than expected. I hope she fels better soon. I feel horrible that she is so sad.
So is it really not ever going to be released?!? This sucks! I HATE PEOPLE sometimes.–At least she was gracious enough to post the partial draft. If I were her, I’d be like, no book, no draft, no nothing! Although it is kind of punishing innocent fans huh? No fair!
As an amateur writer, I know that I’d be gathering nuclear weapons if this had happened to me. I think she handled it maturely enough, though I wholeheartedly disagree with her decision to indefinitely postpone Midnight Sun. I’ve been looking forward to this publication from the moment I put down Twilight, and though she’s now given us 300 pages of the draft, I’m still disappointed. I’m reading the draft right now, and I love it. It’s just a tragedy that I’m reading it through a .pdf document and not in the twenty-dollar book that I’d have gladly bought, copyright theft or no copyright theft.
The one thing that I’m going to go crazy over, really, is that it’s not formatted like a book. I know how whiny that sounds, but I have a hard time reading something that looks like a homework assignment, you know?
My condolences to Meyer, and I hope that someday she’ll feel better about this and change her mind. But if not, I still support her decisions, and can’t wait for the next thing she publishes.
…That was long.
I am so sad to hear this news. I just read to page 75 ,from her website, of Midnight Sun, reading it makes me even more upset that this book is placed on indefinite hold. Curse the person who leaked it out !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Megan, I have to disagree. I feel that Steph has always cared very much about her fans, and now not only feels betrayed by whomever leaked the manuscript, but also by a large portion of her fandom.
I agree with megan….dont get me wrong it is horrible what happened to her. :[
This news just ruined my day….I’m so depressed.
This makes me so ANGRY! I would like to say for one, that I didn’t read the leaked copy. Edward’s story deserves to be read without errors and as a final project in book form. It angers me so much that someone would do this. Fist all the bashing for Breaking Dawn(which is completly people’s opinion and I am not saying that you don’t have a right to not like it)and now this. No wonder she is so upset. It really upsets me that now I will have to wait longer if not forever for Midnight Sun because of someone’s selfish stupidity.
How horrible for her! It’s so sad that not only that the violation occurred, but that’s it’s changed how she feels about the project. That its taken away her enjoyment and motivation to continue (which I think is a completely understandable reaction).
I am so so sad and disheartened that this has happened. Stephenie has worked extremely hard with these characters and to have this erupt without her knowledge is devastating. I hope she will be able to overcome this down the line.