If you have always wanted to work for the Lex, now is your chance.  We are looking for someone to help with getting the character bios updated.  All you have to do is submit a sample of your work and give us some of your own Lexicon history.  Read all the information in our original post on what you need to do to apply.  You have until Sept. 13 to submit your information!

We get asked all the time, “How can I work for the Lexicon?” And we usually say, “Well, all the positions are filled!” Today, I’m changing my answer! If you would like to “work” for the Lexicon, we are in need of help with the character bio section in filling in some of the missing pieces. So here is what you need to do if you would like to help us out and get the Lexicon up to date with all the Twilight related material out there.

The first thing we need is for you to finish a bio as a sample of your work. Take a look at Leah Clearwater’s bio found here.  Fill in information from Breaking Dawn in the personal history section on Leah’s bio. Remember that this is a SUMMARY and not a page by page detailed account. Also remember to cite the chapter where your information can be found. If you found something in chapter 12 of Breaking Dawn, you would write (BD12) after the relevant sentence. Save your work as a word document. It MUST be in a word document and not just a cut and paste into the body of an e-mail.  No Google docs either, please. It must be sent as an attachment to the following e-mail address: LexiconStaff@gmail.com.  Your work will be reviewed by the Lexicon admins and we will choose the person who we felt did the best job.

The next thing that we want to establish is that you have been a member of our community in some way for a while. We need you to tell us what your screen name is on our message boards and/or what name you post as on our blog. If you could send us a few links pointing out where you have commented on the blog in the past or on the message boards, that would be very helpful! Why are we asking for that? Well, we’d like to give this position to someone who has been actively using the Lex and participating. We have nothing against lurkers or newbies. We’d just like to find someone who is used to us and knows how our community works.

If you are chosen to help us out, you will be asked to work on several other bios, most of them Quileutes and/or Volturi members with a few humans here or there. Then, as your time permits, you will be expected to submit completed bios on a regular basis. Some bios will need just Breaking Dawn information, while others will need Eclipse and Breaking Dawn. You will need a copy of both books handy. One or two bios a week would be fantastic! You will not be responsible for actually uploading the information to the website. That’s my job! So no coding knowledge will be needed. If you can type and attach it to an e-mail, you can do this job! You will be permanently credited on the Lexicon for your work.

(And before someone asks, because Bree Tanner is kind of a long one-shot and a separate beast from the other books, I will be doing the bios that are heavy on the information we learned from Bree Tanner. Thus, if you don’t own a copy of Bree, this shouldn’t be a problem.)

That’s it! If you are interested in the job, then send in your work by Sept. 13 to be considered. We will make a decision by Sept. 18 and let everyone know who our new temporary staff member will be. We aim to have everything updated as quickly as possible.

We appreciate all the support everyone has given us over the years. You all rock!

Just to be ABUNDANTLY clear, because apparently someone who we have encountered before seems to think we are referencing her piece of fan-fiction and has issued a press release to indicate the same.  When Lori Joffs stated the following to MTV “About 90 percent of the fandom is just excited to have anything,” said Lori Joffs, co-creator of Twilight Lexicon. “It’s the small little bit of about 10 percent of fans who are interested in another story. The story that must not be named.” Said novel that Lori was referencing was Midnight Sun, which the Lexicon routinely, jokingly calls “Dark High Noon” or “The Novel That Must Not Be Named” in order for Stephenie Meyer not to see the title in print.  It’s an inside joke like in Harry Potter where if people say Voldemort they think it’s bad luck.  Lori wasn’t talking about a piece of fan-fiction that this adult woman  thinks she can publish for profit and make into a movie because she doesn’t like copyright laws and twists the law’s meaning to serve her own interpretation which is completely without legal merit or understanding.

Below is the FULL CONTEXT of Lori’s comments to MTV, which make it more than obvious that Lori and MTV reporter Terri Schwartz both knew that Lori was talking about Midnight Sun and nothing else.

“Amid the excitement over the announcement Tuesday morning (March 30) that Stephenie Meyer would be releasing a new “Twilight” novella, “The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner,” on June 5, some fans were upset that the book was not “Midnight Sun.” Twilighters shared their opinions with MTV News on Twitter and in the comments, and their reactions ranged from understanding to angry.

“About 90 percent of the fandom is just excited to have anything,” said Lori Joffs, co-creator of Twilight Lexicon. “It’s the small little bit of about 10 percent of fans who are interested in another story. The story that must not be named.”

The “Midnight Sun” controversy started back in August 2008 after half of the novel — a retelling of “Twilight” from Edward Cullen’s perspective — leaked onto the Web. Meyer made a statement on her blog saying she felt personally violated by the fact her work was leaked and that the novel was put on hold indefinitely.”

We are not linking to the offending party’s website because frankly we don’t want to give her any more publicity, but in case any news media picks up on her press release our position in this matter is there for them to see and we are not further misrepresented or misquoted.

We are also disallowing comments on this post because this is a clarification of what has always been our position on the matter and don’t wish to engage in a public debate.