Twilighters punish me for forgetting The Book at home while I went out of town.
Posted in Twilight
Tags: Stephenie Meyer, Stephenie Meyers, Twilight Guy, Twilight [My Journey Reading It]
Before I begin reading more of Twilight, I must tell you a story. The main character is me.
In writing on my website KalebNation.com, I realized this week that on the front of my own blog, I had 4 posts devoted to Stephenie Meyer, and only 2 for my own book. Obviously, Twilight has bitten my site, in more ways than the one you’re thinking of. And yet through all this talk about Stephenie Meyer (who, as a writer, I can’t help but idolize), I still had not read the book itself.
So I decided yesterday to start a new website. Wednesday morning, I bought twilightguy.com. This site would be my exploration into the world of Stephenie Meyer. Also (and note this especially) I didn’t plan to tell people about the website for a week or two, so I could get my final exams out of the way; and perhaps some mental preparation for the crazy looks I’d get from every other guy I know.
However, Twilighters would not let that be.
For my readers of a Certain Page on this site, I put up a tiny link to TwilightGuy.com, just to see if they would like the concept of it. What a laugh. Before I woke this morning, Twilightguy.com had exploded. I have received not hundreds, but THOUSANDS of visitors in less than 24 hours, without the slightest promoting or mentioning to anyone.
I come home from class this evening and my email inbox is full of Twilighters either wishing me well, wishing to know if I’m onto Chapter 2 yet, or wishing that their boyfriends would come to my site and then have the guts to read it. Myspaces, forums, blogs, Xangas: they spread the word about me reading Twilight in less than 7 hours (ahem: between the hours of midnight and 7 AM, when most humans sleep). Every time I click Refresh on my stats (about every minute or so), I have received another 50-80 visitors. People have started posting some of my little Twilight Guy buttons across their pages in support of my venture.
And thus, Kaleb Nation: your friend, your writer, your blogger, your failed chemical pyrotechnicist…is now The Twilight Guy. I welcome all you Twilighters to my website, and let it be known that you have my deepest thanks. Best to all who are accompanying me on this journey- now on to the book!
Posted in About Me, Twilight
Tags: Stephenie Meyer, Stephenie Meyers, Twilight Guy, Twilight [My Journey Reading It]
Just read an article about good old Stephenie Meyer, the author of Twilight. Since those books seem to be the hot topic on this site right now, thought you might want to know that Stephenie herself just shot a cameo role in the movie.
(I think I just heard some girls scream).
Her scene has been reported as in the coffee shop. There is no coffee shop in chapter 1, which is as far as I have gotten, so I can’t attest to where in the book it is. She orders some vegetarian food. This must have special meaning to the Twilighters. Maybe I’ll discover it’s secret in chapter 2? Or would anyone care to explain (once you stop screaming wildly).
The movie director has already said she is expecting to hear quite a lot of screaming from the theater seats when the Twilight fans see Stephenie. And, she is quick to note, Stephenie appears in a relatively quiet scene. I would love to see the reaction from people who don’t recognize Stephenie when a sudden explosion of screams erupts behind them.
Stephenie will (most likely) be playing herself. And will most likely be more popular than the cast themselves. Wouldn’t it be odd to walk through a scene in a novel you wrote? Goes to prove authors can be actors too.
Posted in Authors
Tags: Stephenie Meyer, Stephenie Meyers, Twilight
My brother delves into rock music a whole lot more than I do. It is near nigh impossible for me to find songs in the midst of the screamos, metals and monstrous roarers who fill the genre and suffocate the good stuff like pillow fluff. So I stay on the surface and watch while my more musically-adventurous brother goes into the well, and let him scoop the tasty fisheses into the bucket so I can wheel the good ones up.
Somehow the group Within Temptation got Stumbled to me by my brother, and I was struck by the song Memories – ethereal and haunting and beautiful. If you like Evanescence, this one’s for you. The lead singer has a voice up there with Amy Lee, and the song is so strikingly filled with emotion that you can’t help but listen. Few singers can make you feel music like this one can; it made me think of the first time I heard Amy Lee years ago, or the credits to a movie. Twilight fans take heed.
Posted in Uncategorized
Tags: music, Stephenie Meyer, Stephenie Meyers, Twilight, Within Temptation
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