I just want to preface this by saying I think 95% or even higher of the people who visit this site are awesome. It”s kind of like school, most people are really great, but it’s that 5% that make the teachers nuts and ruin it for everybody else.

So, here’s the thing. I’ve lost count of how many times we have said that we are a non-spoiler site, but today someone felt the need to post a review of The Host because they were able to read it in arc (advanced readers copy) form.  That person has been banned.

If you are fortunate enough to have an arc because you know a major bookseller or a industry publication person who has one, great for you. God ahead and read it, enjoy it. You are not allowed to review it, talk about it, put quotes from it in your signature or avatar here until the book is actually in release for the general public. I don’t want to have to shut down these boards for the next two months, but I’ll do it if that 5% is going to ruin it for everyone else. Incidentally those industry professionals have dates that they can go public with their reviews, why should people who were not even asked to review be any different?

One last thing regarding arcs. They are not supposed to be sold. The people who receive them know this and frequently it’s even stamped on the cover. I recently saw some on EBAY that went for $100’s of dollars. All you are doing by buying one of those is making the person who got it for free and EBAY rich. Ebay won’t stop an arc from being sold unless the author or the publisher complains. They do this on purpose so they can make more money (ain’t corporate greed great!) It seems awfully silly to me since you can get the same thing for about $20 in a couple of months, and I don’t know about the rest of you, but I can sure think of a bunch of other things I’d do with all that money.

Pel~

Regrettably, one of the very first Twilight sites has had to close its doors. The Twilight MySpace Community was an early place, prior to the Lexicon going up, where Stephenie could interact with fans. It was a major part of rallying fans.  In fact there are major chunks of the personal correspondence that the MySpace Group graciously let us archive.

As administrators and mods we are saddened that they are gone. They were like the neighbors down the block. Having had the pleasure of meeting Brit on more than one occasion I can state that she is one cool gal.  We have Brit’s permission to post below the explanation that she gave out as a MySpace Bulletin. We are turning off the comments and would ask that people be respectful of what had to be a painful decision.

Pel

Hi Twilight friends

As most of you have probably noticed, I deleted the Twilight page last night. This was a long time coming but after spending quite a bit of time the last week or so to try to sort out the page, clean it up and settle fights, I came to the conclusion that with 35, 000 members, it’s more than any person can deal with.

I did play with the idea of handing the page over to a new mod but came up against roadblocks when trying to decide who it would be, what criteria would I look for and eventually realized that for any one person to effectively manage this page, it would have to be a full-time job. Considering what a mess the page was, I decided that if anyone wants to take on a Twilight group, they should just start from scratch. MySpace groups are very difficult to run and definitely aren’t set up for as many members as I had. Many of you have communicated your frustration about the lack of organization, repeat threads and lack of a search bar for topics. In addition, MySpace only allows for one true moderator. These are a few of the reasons why I believe MySpace is in need of a groups overhaul.

I’m sorry that many of you are disappointed but it just didn’t seem like anyone was having much fun anymore. I’ve really enjoyed the last two years, while some times were better than others. I remember a long time ago, I thought the page had become unmanagable at 6, 000 members – almost 6 times that was unbelievable. I’ve met some really awesome people and I hope to stay in contact with them. Of course I still love Twilight and I admit that I’m going to enjoy being just a fan again. And I’ll be around if anyone wants to chat Twilight. I also hope to spend more time over at the Lexicon. Alphie and Pel offered me a job at the Lexicon but I’ve declined at this time. I feel that I have very little time to offer to be an effective moderator for them and I am also quite ill at the moment (nothing too serious but very draining).

I’m going to miss seeing so many Twilighters in one place 🙁 If anyone is planninging a group and wants a little advice on anything (layout, group profile generation, setup etc) just let me know.

I’ve been getting a lot of messages and I will try to get back to all of you with time.

My best;

Brittany (Nimir-Ra)

Stephenie and the Twilight Saga were mentioned in a recent issue of BYU’s Alumni Magazine.  It seems that BYU has quite a group of authors amongst its ranks. Thanks to Geo Graphee for the link.

Stephenie updated her blog today with information on how to get your own original work published.  She also answered several repeat questions that she – and I might add the Lexicon – get asked many times over.  Many thanks to Clover for the heads up!

But the best news of all is that she will be posting a chapter of The Host on her site on Valentine’s Day.  She doesn’t say that it’s the first chapter or what, just that a chapter will be posted.  At that time the Lexicon will open a forum on the Host for any and all discussion we might have about Stephenie’s new book.  We will not be doing a chapter by chapter run down or character bio area for The Host like we have for the Twilight series though.  The Twilight Lexicon will continue to support any and all of Stephenie’s future works, but not in the detail we have done for the vampires. 

Alphie

Thanks to Dolphin Dog for the heads up.  Summit updated Twilight’s status on their page from pre-production to in production. 

In the interest if fair time. Here is the address for Kristen Stewert who will be playing Bella. Again, be nice, no one likes a stalker (can you tell I’ve had my fill of crazy people for the week and it’s only Wednesday?).

Kristen Stewart
c/o The Gersh Agency
232 North Canon Dr.
Beverly Hills, CA 90210

When we have the rest of the cast (no I don;t know when that will be and no I am not panicked about not knowing this), we’ll create movie pages on the site that give facts on each actor and where to write to them.

I should also add thanks to Mae87 for digging up the address. As far as we know, there is no official MySpace for Kristen either, just a whole lot of "wannabes".

We’ve done some looking around at various sites trying to find the best sites for information on the stars of the upcoming Twilight movie.  We are very pleased to have some feedback from Michele at Rob Pattinson Fan that Rob is very good about answering fan mail and has been known to send autographs.  He does NOT, however, have a MySpace page.  (There are dozens of MySpace pages that claim to be him.  They are all fake.)  If you should like to contact Rob and show your support for him as Edward, you can write to him at the following address:

Robert Pattinson
c/o Endeavor Agency
Stephanie Ritz
9601 Wilshire Blvd. Floor 3
Beverly Hills, CA 90210

Please do not send hate mail!  At the Lexicon, we are in total support of Rob in the role of Edward and do not want any hurtful mail heading his direction simply because we wanted to share with the rest of you who support him a way to contact him.  By all means, tell him that you are excited about the film and can’t wait to see his take on it.  Feel free to mention that you got the address from Rob Pattinson Fan or from the Lexicon so Rob knows where his support is coming from.

Alphie

According to TDN, that serves the Columbia Valley, the Twilight movie will be using Kalama High School as a shooting location during the school’s spring break.  Whether or not Forks High School will be used at all is not at this time known. They may use Forks HS for exterior shots, but this high school for interiors.

Also, while I am at it, yes we are aware of the rumors circulating around the net. At this time they are just that–rumors. I wouldn’t put too much stock in anything until it is officially released by Stephenie or Summit. In other words, do the words "Colton Haynes" and staying up until 3:00am for Tory’s big announcement ring any bells?

Lastly, the fact that Summit is having an open casting for Jacob Black does not mean other parts have not been cast. It means they just haven’t announced it. Remember that movies are not shot in chronological order. Jacob has a small part in Twilight.  It is not a big deal not to have that part at this point.

USA Today did an article on the books in 2007 that were the biggest sellers. Eclipse is number three in the list.

Eclipse is still leading the pack on Amazon and the NY Times Bestseller List as well.

There is an article in the Yakoma Herald Today about there being an open call to fill the role of Jacob Black for the Twilight movie.

The next bit is copied from the casting agency’s  MySpace which SillyBella graciously sent to me. If anyone from the agency is reading this and would prefer than we not list the items please email me at [email protected].  I can’t directly link to the MySpace page because my work filtering software won’t let me.

Also, before everyone starts asking, to the best of my knowledge Stephenie has not given anyone the rights to do a sequel, but film companies standardly put sequels into an initial contract hoping to get the same actors if the film really takes off (Pirates of the Caribean anyone?).  It’s their hope that then the author would want them to do a sequel if they do a good job on the first one and they have taken the first step to insure a successful sequel happens by making sure the original cast is available.

Additional information about working as an extra is posted on the Rutabaga MySpace page at myspace.com/sayrutabaga.