Stephenie Meyer's enthusiasm dims for another Twilight book

Posted by Naybeth Díaz | Labels: | Posted On Monday, 7 December 2009 at 09:38

Thanks to guardian.co.uk we bring you this:


With sales of more than 70m copies she is the queen of teen vampire romance, but Twilight author Stephenie Meyer has announced that she's "a little burned out on vampires".

Asked on the Oprah Winfrey show if she'd consider writing another book in the Twilight quartet, Meyer said that she had no immediate plans to return to the story of human teenager Bella and her vampire love interest Edward. "I think I need a little break," she said. "I've got to cleanse the palate ... I'm a little burned out on vampires right now."

Her next book, she said, was likely to be a follow-up to her one adult novel The Host – about the invasion of earth by a species which takes over the minds of humans while leaving their bodies intact – which she sees as a trilogy, but it could also be something "completely different". "I have another book that's kind of been itching in the back of my brain, that's completely unrelated, totally fantasy. So fantasy it'll have a map in the front – that's always the judge, right?" she said.

Having envisioned it as a longer series and "know[ing] what happens" to Bella and Edward in the future, Meyer said she "may" come back to the world of Twilight, but "I wrapped up [fourth novel] Breaking Dawn in a way that I felt satisfied with, so if that moment didn't come I'd feel OK".

She's also musing over whether to go back to Midnight Sun, which tells the story of the romance from the perspective of vampire Edward. An unfinished draft was leaked on the internet last year, prompting the author to put the project "on hold indefinitely".

"I need to feel alone with something to be able to write it and I do not feel alone with that manuscript at this point. So many people have chimed in on it," she said. "I'm over the shock of it but not over the feeling that everyone's involved now, and it doesn't feel like mine so much anymore. I 'm hoping that with a little time, time to write something else, get my head out of it for a while ... it's so clear in my head, I'd like to go back to it."

The film of New Moon, the second book in the series, is released this week.
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Stephenie on Oprah

Posted by Naybeth Díaz | Labels: | Posted On Friday, 4 December 2009 at 10:13

We bring you more news about the host and it's trilogy.

As many of you probably heard, Stephenie was on Oprah talking about the release of New Moon. Given all the hype surrounding the movie, I didn't expect The Host to even be mentioned, but it was! [At least in some backstage interviews.]

Meyer says The Host is "kinda [her] favorite thing she's ever done. I see that as a three book series so I'll probably go back into that one again. We're working on the movie right now so I'm sort of spending time with those characters so it's likely so will be my next move..."

She also talks about why she likes The Host more than Twilight! ;)

Thanks to the host novel LiveJournal for the news

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Extra chapter to be included in the paperback version of The Host and would it be a trilogy?

Posted by Naybeth Díaz | | Posted On at 09:50


ON November 16th Stephenie did a quick Twilight FAQ session in which a few the host questions came into surface: here are 2 of them that gives us some kind of hope about the release of 2 more books (we assume is the soul and the seeker)

Are you writing any other books right now? - Kershia

One of the weirdest things for me about success is how it sucks away your time. I'm successful because I write books, but that very success takes all my writing time! It's very frustrating. I'm just itching to get back into a fantasy world right now, but the real world won't let me. I thought this would be a writing year, but unless you count emails as writing, it didn't work out that way. I was able to do a few smaller things that will show up here and there—an extra chapter for the release of The Host in paperback, that kind of thing. I've really worked to clear my time, but that is a slow and ongoing process. Of course, another aspect is that I am more burned out by the last five years than I even realized.

Hi Stephenie! :) Of course, I love the Twilight saga, but I was also blown away by how beautiful and unique your other novel, The Host, was -- so I was wondering: do you have any plans for more books not related to Twilight? Thank you so much! :) Kelly <3

I'd like to eventually have The Host be part of a trilogy. That's one of the projects I'd really like to get to in the next year or so.

So as The Host novel Livejournal said:

"So ...if Stephenie plans to be working on the next book "in a year or so", maybe that means the extra chapter in The Host will be a sneak preview of the next book?!".

According to Amazon this edition will be released on april 13th 2010. let's keep our fingers crossed


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Twitter

Posted by Naybeth Díaz | Labels: , , | Posted On at 09:41

We now have a twitter profile so you can be part of the news and know everything about everything

http://twitter.com/thehostblog
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THE HOST project @ Hobo Skate Co.

Posted by Naybeth Díaz | Labels: | Posted On Saturday, 31 October 2009 at 20:59

The ONLY Stephenie Meyer authorized The Host merchandise available. Each shirt and Deck is printed with Stephenie's signature.






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Fans cast Stephenie Meyer's 'The Host' film

Posted by Naybeth Díaz | Labels: , | Posted On Saturday, 24 October 2009 at 20:29


Thanks to the examiner we bring you this:

Stephenie Meyer's Twilight series books (Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse, and Breaking Dawn) aren't her only best-sellers - as you well know. Her book, The Host, also claimed top marks on the charts (and for good reason).

The Host follows the ninth life of "Wanderer," a "soul," who makes her way to Earth for the first time as a human being. Her host body, though, becomes a strange thing for Wanderer because the human soul of Melanie, the body, refuses to disappear and make way for her own cognitive control.


Wanderer and Melanie form an indescribable (though thoroughly described by Stephenie Meyer, of course) bond through this experience, and Wanderer seeks out those who Melanie (and vicariously Wanderer) loves. Her experience amongst those individuals - particularly the characters Jared, Jamie, Ian, and Jeb - is the crux of the story, and Wanderer's challenge is to keep Melanie "alive" during her incorporation into the group.

In September, the news came out that this book was, like most of Meyer's other books, going to be made into a film. After the initial reports, Meyer expressed an interest in what fans would have to say about potential castmates for the future film. Despite the unending excitement going on in the Twilight film series world, many fans have been putting together their own set of suggestions for that very thing.


The characters which are most ardently discussed by fan-casters are, naturally, Melanie, Jared, Jamie, Jeb, and Ian.

Actors thrown into the hat of suggestions for the character Melanie are (and this is not an exhaustive list, of course) Sophia Bush, Megan Fox, Camilla Belle, Olivia Wilde, Summer Glau, Milla Jovovich, Natalie Portman, Amanda Peet, Evangeline Lilly, Rose Byrne, Eliza Dushku, and Jodi Gordon. A common trait amongst some of these women is the sense of strength and toughness that Melanie Stryder embodies in the book.

For Jared, the consensus is pretty strong amongst the fans that Jensen Ackles should play the part, but other suggestions also linger such as James McAvoy, Jesse Metcalf, Benjamin McKenzie, Jared Padalecki, Hugh Jackman, Chris Pine, Matt Damon, and Chris Evans (with a few Gerard Butler and Jeffrey Dean Morgan pluggers along the way). The thing about the character Jared is that he has to be fierce and ruthless at times, but he has to also be a softy deep down.

With Jamie, the casting is especially fun because he is a character that is young, curious, tolerant, independent, and exceptionally wise and kind. He is also the character that Melanie (and by association Wanderer - "Wanda," by then) has the deepest affection for. Some suggestions have included Logan Lerman, Josh Hutchenson, Allan Hyde, and Justin Bieber.

Perhaps it's his gun-toting, thick-skinned, brute-but-lovable character resume, but Sam Elliott, to most, is a pretty perfect fit for Jeb. Jeb's character is the sly and authoritative protector-type who speaks when necessary and is the first to put his foot down (or his gun in the air, as the case may be). Other suggestions have included Harrison Ford, Hugh Laurie, and Willie Nelson, but Elliott seems to hone in on the Jeb-ness pretty universally where fans are concerned.

Ian, on the other hand, is a character that brings in suggestions from across the entire board. While there are quite a few who contend that Ian Somerhalder is a good match for the character, Chace Crawford, Christian Bale, Sean Faris, Henry Cavill, Marc Blucas, Tom Welton, and, once again, James McAvoy are all actors that have been fan-vetted for the role.

Where there are a host (pun clearly intended) of other roles at play in the fan-casting fun, these are some of the major ones at issue in the fan community.

Oh, but the fun certainly does not stop there. Not only are fans creating their fantasy Host teams, many have also created fan-made trailers for the film as well as movie posters. Here are a couple that are really great.
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To the readers

Posted by Naybeth Díaz | Labels: , | Posted On at 20:24

Guys, I really appreciate you all reading this blog. Thank you for everything. ♥
I'll post the news as soon as I find out, but if you do find out first, write here: naybethd@gmail.com

Thank you.
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