The good people at GMA have posted a clip of the interview with Stephenie that was aired this morning! For those of you who, like me, missed the live show, you can go to Good Morning America and watch the interview! Keep an eye out for several leximembers including Be My Escape who was standing right behind Stephenie! In case you can’t see the video on GMA’s site, one of our members, Matt, has been good enough to YouTube it for us. Way to go Matt!

Congratulations, Stephenie!
Seraphyn

Stephenie wasn’t the only one awake since 5:00AM. Here are a couple of video diaries of before and behind the scenes footage of today (I’m now going to sleep…Pel):

The line to get in at 6:00AM

Moving towards the door

Holding area in the studio

Instructions and Sam Champion in the background

Final spot

I got an e-mail from a user telling me that Amazon.com had a video message from Stephenie where she says that she is working on Breaking Dawn and that it will tie up Bella’s story and put a big bow on it.  Check it out!

And in case you haven’t noticed, Eclipse is currently listed at #1 on the Barnes and Noble best sellers list.  GO STEPHENIE!

Also – please do not use this front page comment system as your personal instant messenger or message board.  Only leave a comment if it pertains to this topic.  Otherwise, we the message baords, the IM system of the Lex, or e-mail. 

In Addition – Pel uploaded our new cafe press shop option for those of you who are Jacob fans.  Warning, before you click the link, the text on the items is a spoiler, so please don’t read it unles you have finished the book.  Team Jake items can me found here. 

Alphie

For those of you who haven’t noticed yet, Stephenie posted the Eclipse Playlist on her website. 

Also, if you missed the Good Morning America segment, then you missed seeing not only Stephenie, but also lots of Be My Escape, who was standing right next to Stephenie, Pel, who was next to Be My Escape, and Freesia, who held the Canadian sign.  I know there were tons of you there, but those were the three I recognized right away.  If you were the girl who answered the question about Bella, will you please let me know who you are? 

Have a great Eclipse day everyone!  And for the people in Illinois who get to have their books signed tonight – go easy on Stephenie.  She’s been awake since 5:00 this morning! 

Alphie

Hi everyone!

I’m heading out for the evening and won’t be back at my computer until after you all have Eclipse in your little hands.  Pel has agreed to open the boards as soon as she gets back to her computer.  Since she is in New York, she will get her book before me.  The boards will reopen sometime after midnight tonight for Eclipse discussion. 

Because we have had so many of you join us in the last week or so, we will not open the entire message board system for a few days yet.  What you will see is the introduction forum as well as the technical difficulties forum and anything pertaining to official announcements from Stephenie or the lexicon.  The Eclipse discussion forum will be open along with the character discussion forum.  But that’s it for now.  This is to help us keep an eye on things for the first few days and make sure that everyone new to the site has a good feel for how things are run. 

Also, as a precaution against 100 people starting duplicate threads on the same topic, the only people who will be able to start a new thread in the Eclipse forum will be a member of the admin team.  We have set up a thread where you can request a topic if you have a good idea for discussion that isn’t currently posted.  I have tried to foresee the main topics of interest for the book and have started about 20 threads all ready myself, but there is bound to be something I’ve missed!  LOL!

Another thing you need to be aware of is that the board will be full of spoilers.  PLEASE don’t come into the forums without having finished the book!  We are not putting restrictions on topics for banners and signatures, so spoilers could be found anywhere on the boards.  We will keep spoilers off the front page here, but we can’t promise that for our message boards. 

Remember that Stephenie will be on Good Morning America tomorrow morning.  40 lucky member of the lexicon will be in the audience supporting her, but you can do the same by tuning in and cheering her on!

On a last note, I want everyone to do Stephenie proud tonight and tomorrow as you go out and get your books.  Be smart and show your book sellers that this is a hot item and that Stephenie and her fans deserve the best!  Enjoy the book, and head back over here to talk about it with us!  Remember, I’ve had to keep my mouth shut for over a year now and I am DYING to talk about it! 

Have fun!

Alphie

As an addition to Alphie’s notice before the boards re-open, I would like to remind people, especially newcomers, of a few rules:

1- Avatars must be 200×200 px or smaller. (2 inches by 2 inches)

2- Signatures must be 250px TALL at the most. ( For you non-tech people that’s 2.5 inches high. Hold a ruler up to the screen if you have to and measure from the white line that divides your post from your signature to the bottom of your post. All text, graphics, links and tickers must be included in the height.)

3- Use the search function! Our wonderful Mayde has spent a lot of time organizing a list of commonly duplicated topics in the Quench Your Thirst forum for you to peruse. Put her hard work to good use!

4- Respect other people’s opinions! This is crucial to our community thriving. Just because someone’s opinion differs from your own does not mean they’re wrong. Listen to what they have to say. You might end up seeing that they have a good point.

5- Respect the mods and admins of this site! We do this for love of Stephenie and love of the world she has created. No one is paying us to do this and we all have jobs, lives, and families in the "real world." If we ask you to do something or lock a thread or anything like that, we have a good reason. I promise. If you have a legitimate complaint, PM one of the admins (Alphie, Pel, or myself) and politely tell us what the problem is. We will be more than happy to help.

If you do not follow the graphics rules posted here, a mod at the lexicon may choose to send you a PM. If you receive a PM and do not change it in a week, an admin will be forced to remove your avatar or sig. You will notice that I have already done this to a fair amount of people. For those of you who find your signature to be not as you left it and see other people who have huge signatures, please keep in mind that there are over 4,000 members and I am but one admin. I could not possibly find and fix EVERYONE. I am hoping that people who have overlarge banners and signatures will take notice of the changes that have been made and change their signatures accordingly.

I am super excited about tonight and I hope that everyone has as much fun as the staff of the lex plans to!
Three cheers for Eclipse!

Seraphyn

Okay folks, bear with me. This is a little odd…

The following chapter summaries have been updated:
Chapter 15 – Pressure
Chapter 16 – Paris
Chapter 17 – Visitor
Chapter 21 – Verdict
Chapter 22 – Flight
Chapter 23 – The Truth

I am well aware that three chapters are missing in the middle of that group, but we don’t have those chapters completed yet. The discussion questions also have not been posted yet, though they will sometime in the near future.

Thanks go to silly_bella, be my escape, ellabelle, likeasunburn, and twix for their help on these chapters! Be sure to let them know you appreciate all of their hard work!

Also, for those interested, my bio has been added to the About Us page. 🙂

And, last but certainly not least, those of you planning to attend a signing in the fall, make sure to visit Stephenie’s Event Calendar! Some events/details/sites have changed.

Thanks, lovelies!
Seraphyn

If you are planning on attending an Eclipse book signing, make sure to visit the calendar page on Stephenie’s website. There have been some minor changes in times and locations. Some have even shifted to an Eclipse Prom theme (I’m still trying to figure out how I’m going to manage that one in the middle of the work week!).

So make sure that you check it out. We wouldn’t want anyone to go to the wrong place.

Pel~

It was brought to our attention that there is an interview in the Aug. 10th issue of Entertainment Weekly with Stephenie!  If you can’t wait for your own copy, you can read it now at the EW website. 

Several of you have commented on the way the interviewer assumed these books were only for 12 year old girls.  Not that there is anything worng with 12 year old girls, but I found that a bit odd, too, given that the majority of us here are older than that.  If you want to write to EW about the fact that you are an older fan of Stephenie’s, you can do so by e-mailing [email protected]. 

And as a side note, the arguement that went on in the comments section was just out of control.  People – we all know that there are mature 12 year olds.  We have several 12 year old members here that are wonderfully intelligent.  However, what the majority of people were upset over was that the interview made it sound like only a 12 year old would appreciate it.  Again, we all know that Stephenie’s fan base is huge  – so THAT is where the problem lies in the article, not that a 12 year old enjoys the series, but that EVERYONE of ALL AGES can enjoy the series.  So STOP FIGHTING ABOUT IT.

Alphie

Pel is currently deleating a whole gob of posts for the last topic here on the main page.  People – this main page area is NOT a message board!  It is for you to leave us a message that may be important pertaining to the topic posted here.  Having a chat with your friends should be done in e-mail or in instant messenger, but not here on our main frame. 

For example – we got a very interesting comment from Christine who works at Waldensbooks about a special discount you can get for your book on August 7th.  Here is what she said:

Hello, I work at a Waldenbooks and in our message broadcast we were told to look out for a cell phone coupon for Eclipse. Its through a company called 4info the coupon will get you 40% off at Borders and Waldens–otherwise it will be 30% off. To get the coupon you text 44636 with the message VAMPIRE they then send instructions on how to get the coupon–it will only work for cell phone users but it is a great coupon. Also its only good for 5he 7th. Since you can’t find any information on it on the 4info website or on Borders — I thought I’d post a message on your board but its closed for now. Let me know if my instructions are not clear enough–I had to figure it out on my own and there may be an easier way.

Alphie

As many of you know, Barnes and Noble made a huge mistake and started shipping out copies of Eclipse early.  Some of you did get your books and we are very happy that you have kept the spoilers off the Lexicon.  However, for those of you who had your shipment STOPPED and did not get your book even though you did order it from Barnes and Noble may need to reorder your book. 

THIS ONLY APPLIES TO PEOPLE WHO PRE-ORDERED THE BOOK FROM BARNES AND NOBLE!  This has nothing to do with Amazon.com or Borders or any other bookstore.

Let me restate – those of you who ordered from Barnes and Noble and did not get your book in the last few days need to call and check and make sure your book will be delivered to you as previously scheduled.  Seraphyn, one of our great mods here, just spoke to Barnes and Noble herself and was told that her book order was cancled and that she now had to reorder her book.  PLEASE make sure your book is still on order.  I would hate for you to wait and wait and wait  and not get your book. 

In other news… glitch number 5,632 of the week… we had some threads start vanishing from the Lexicon.  We are trying to determine the reason for this mysterious problem, but haven’t solved the issue in full.  One of the threads missing is the Quote of the Day thread.  We will try to get that replaced ASAP.  Hang tight as we try to fix everything.  Thanks for your patience.

Alphie and Pel ~

P.S. Please restrict any comment you make to the information on this post. This isn’t the place to discuss movie casting, etc.

After much discussion, here’s what is going to happen with the Lexicon message boards.

1. They will reopen at approximately 12:01am on August 7, 2007
2. At that time you may discuss Eclipse, or any of Stephenie’s other novels, on our message boards
3. You may have Eclipse inspired banners and avatars as long as they are within our size guidelines
• Avatars 200×200 max (this means 2 inches x 2 inches for you non-technical folks. Hold a ruler up to the screen if you have to.
• Total signature size no more than 250 high. This mean whatever is in there: words, blinkies, banners. The total package not more than 2.5 inches high

So, this means that if you don’t get a chance to get Eclipse right away, then don’t visit our message boards because you will get spoiled. We came to this decision because Eclipse is releasing at the same time in Canada and the USA where the majority of our posting members are from. Trying hold off and then having to police no spoiler signatures, avatars, messages within the wrong forums…well frankly it would have been a right pain in the rear.

We also anticipate having our timeline, character bios, places, vampire mythology, and werewolf mythology updated. You might want to stay away from those as well if you will be looking to avoid spoilers.

We will try to keep the news on the front page spoiler free until August 12th; however, we make no promises as to what you might happen across in the comments.

LASTLY, A REMINDER THAT WE ARE SPOILER FREE UNTIL AUGUST 7, 2007.  DON’T EVEN THINK ABOUT POSTING ANYTHING ABOUT ECLIPSE IN THE COMMENTS UNTIL THAT TIME.

Alphie and Pel~