There will be a segment on Stephenie and the Twilight Saga that airs this Saturday, September 22nd on the Today Show. Set your recording devices, as of now we have no firm time as to when the segment will air. Since the Today Show is a news and human interest show, if there is a major international story that breaks, the segment could get bumped.

Check your local NBC station for exact times, this will vary depending where you live. In the Eastern Time Zone, the show is advertised as airing from 7:00am-9:00am.

A crew from the Today show did some background filming at the Fairless Hills, PA signing. So, lookout to see if you or Lexiconer friends made it into the final cut.

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Pel~

As I mentioned the other day, I’d get up the pictures that Dizzy took for us. Dizzy was kind enough to go around a snap a bunch of pictures while I hung on to our space so we could hear the presentation.  There are also awesome pictures and video that people have taken are the other signings this week and the previous weeks. Visit the Aston Martin forum and check those out.

First there were some great signs:

Then there were cool tee shirts

Then there were costumes and prom dresses (the event theme was Eprom)

And last but not least are Dizzy and I getting our books signed

I went to the signing at the Barnes and Nobel at the Fairless Hills Mall. I recorded my adventure.

Here I am scoping out the line right after I arrived at 3:10. I missed getting a spot in the seating area by four people, darn that Trenton traffic!

Next I am videotaping the line after getting my wristband. Mercifully they snaked the line into the shade. I don’t know about anyone else, but I got a sunburn standing in the blazing sun for half an hour before they decided to move the line.that

Next, here’s a random shot of what the place looked like about an hour before Stephenie got there. I camped out on the edge of the balcony to tape. Fortunately  the very cool Dizzy  and hubby were there to keep my company. Dizzy took some great photos and we’ll put those up soon. I met a number of great Lexiconers, some who recognized me based on my voice.

And then of course we had the Q&A. You can here me groaning when someone asked the "period question".  I totally loved Stephenie’s response.  You can also hear me ask my question about the Volturi. I was going to ask a question about Carlisle, but it verged on speculation and what might happen in future books. So, I played it safe and asked a question that came up in our chat.

Q&A 1  (The sound improves after the screaming)

Q&A 2(The camera in the the backgroud was shooting footage to be used when the Today Show does a piece on Stephenie on September 22…or at least so said the cameraman when I asked.)

Q&A 3

Q&A 4

Author Shannon Hale of Princess Academy and Austenland fame has posted a brief interview with Stephenie on her blog.

Stephenie met Shannon over the summer when Shannon visited the Changing Hands Bookstore on a signing tour. The  really cute baby in the photo is Shanon’s daughter, Maggie. At the time Stephenie referred to Austenland as, "Austenland is my very favorite book of the summer."

Thank you to Librarybooks who was the first member to PM me about this. Shortly after she contacted me, so did about 10 other people. I think it’s safe to say that Shannon Hale has a lot of fans that read Twilight.

Pel~

Forks Washington has proclaimed September 13th (Bella’s birthday) as Stephenie Meyer Day. Stephenie will not be there that day as she is in Virginia doing a previously arranged signing. On the other hand, there are a number of  interesting activities in Forks planned that day in case you are local to that area.

Also of note is the Forks Chamber of Commerce site has posted a Twilight inspired virtual tour. It take s a bit to load, but it’s interesting when it does.

I just heard from Stephenie’s publicist. The Today Show segment is being taped. So, Stephenie will not be making a studio appearance.

So, to summarize, on September 22 set your recorders to catch Stephenie’s taped appearance on the Today Show. Do not go to the studio plaza expecting to see her, she’s not going to be in town. Check your local listings for the exact time in your area.

Right now Stephenie is slated to be on the Today Show. We don’t have details as to which segment or anything like that yet.  The Today Show is filmed in the Rockefeller Center Studios of NBC in New York City. The Today Show does not have a studio audience in the traditional sense. Rather, since it’s located in the pedestrian friendly Rockefeller Center, fan can hang out in the plaza with signs, tee shirts, etc. and cheer on their favorites. Below is all we know that this point.

Stephenie on "The Today Show"

“The Today Show” Weekend Edition is doing a feature segment on Stephenie Meyer and the Eclipse phenomenon.

The piece is scheduled to air on Saturday, September 22nd.

Cocoa just added new threads for the director, Catherine Hardwicke, and the writer, Melissa Rosenberg, to the Hollywood Hideout.  If and when we know the names of others attached to the project we’ll add their names too.

Right now, they are still developing the project; they are nowhere near casting, let alone filming. So, the rest is all speculation. Feel free to speculate in the Hollywood Hideout boards. Once there is an actual cast, we’ll lock all threads regarding people not attached to the project and only have discussion for people who are.

There are more specific updates today at Stephenie’s website to go along with the recent sprucing up of the site.

First Stephenie elaborated on her meeting regarding the Twilight movie and has specifically named the director and writer.

Catherine Hardwicke (the director) has worked on a number of critically acclaimed projects such as Thirteen, Vanilla Sky, and Three Kings. She was also a member of the jury (a judge) at the prestigious Sundance Film Festival.

Melissa Rosenberg has also worked on a number of impressive projects with some really varied backgrounds including The OC, Boston Public, and Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman,

It look like we have struck gold with these two women at the creative helm, according to Stephenie, "It was a fantastic conversation and they asked all the right questions—I even had a chance to mention a few of my favorite actors."

Stephenie also elaborated on a ton of questions that she has been asked lately on tour such as imprinting, the nature of the changes in the Eclispe relationships, future writing, etc.

Pel~

(On a side note I want to point out that the absence of having a tragic flaw is not being flawless. I’m just trying to save myself and the mods time playing referee.)

I thought I’d highlight a few items that came out at recent signings:

• There is a director, writer, producer attached to the Twilight movie project. They recently briefly met with Stephenie and mentioned that they were considering going to Forks to use it as an actual shooting location.  (NOTE TO ALL: There is no script as of yet, they are not casting it yet, and no one at the Lexicon has any pull, inside deals, uber connections…in short there is no way we can get you an audition, please don’t send us headshots, resumes, and other such info.)

• Jacob Black and Leah Clearwater have not imprinted on each other or anyone else for that matter. Imprinting happens, if it happens, the first time you see the imprintee after your change.

• Leah and Seth changing is what brought on Harry Clearwater’s heart attack.

• Stephenie’s official website recently had a bit of a face lift thanks to webmaster Seth. Go check it out.

• The way to contact Stephenie remains via her publisher and "snail mail". Here’s the direct quote from the Little Brown website: