This is kind of a quirky entry... there is no full video of the Q+A. I do have a few snippets to link up, but I also have many notes from Ouisa, who had the forethought to take them when her own camera plans fell through. So some of the questions are transcriptions, but anything that is italicized comes from Ouisa's notes.

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Many, many, many thanks to MissDangerMagnet, who uploaded her videos, and to Ouisa, who took notes while present! Madames, you rock!

Well, all, to be honest I'm not entirely pleased... I had another set of videos bookmarked for transcription as they were a bit more complete, but then the person who had posted them deleted them again!!!  *cries*  I'll stay on the lookout for if they pop back up.







Oenone is totally a video-supplying rockstar for this one. 

Highlands Ranch, Colorado.  20 Aug 2007.

Stephenie: There is a fourth book.  I am about three fourths of the way through it right now.  *crowd screams*  You know, last night I was... I knew I had to get up to get on the plane, but I got to this one part and I had to go re-read it all again and I was up really late.  I think the name is going to be Breaking Dawn, that's what it's known as, so it will probably stay.  And we're hoping to have that out next year around the same time.  Of course, that means I have to finish it first.  But definitely, the story is not over with Eclipse.  OK, yes, in the purple-y color there.

Question:

Stephenie: How many books am I going to write.  Um, I'm not sure.  Now, we have the four that have to be.  And then we've got Edward's version of Twilight, which has to be.  *crowd screams*  Yeah, I'm really looking forward to that one *laughs*.  And then I have outlines from further stories, but they wouldn't be told from Bella's perspective any more.  These would be stories about some of the other characters who have a lot of interesting things about them, so I'll probably get around to doing that, but it kind of depends on time and other ideas.  There are other things I'd like to work on besides vampires.  I'm sorry - they're out there!  For example, my first adult novel is coming out in the spring, which is a completely different world with no vampires at all.  I'm kind of worried that those of you who have already read my books are going to pick it up and be a little bit disappointed, because, "where's Edward?  Why hasn't he shown up yet?"  *crowd laughs*  So, that might be a little bit hard for some people.  There are other stories I'd like to write, but we'll see about that five and six.  OK, way in the back in the blue. 

Question:

Stephenie:  Why is Bella so into Wuthering Heights?  Something I tell people is that if you want to know how Stephenie Meyer, rather than Bella, Edward, or Jacob feels about something, generally look into what Edward is saying because he tends to see the world the same way that I do.   I'm not a huge fan of Wuthering Heights.  *crowd laughs*   I was made to read it many, many times, and while there are certain aspects of the story I really enjoy, overall I side with Edward.  It's a hate story, not a love story.  But one thing that Bella does have in common with me is that she does tend to see her life as compared to the books that she's reading.  When I was growing up I made a lot of comparisons of myself to Jo March and Anne Shirley because they were people that I related to.  And so Bella is  finding new connections to old characters that she's really familiar with.  And so in this novel, she's seeing more and more of herself in that novel.  OK, down here in front.

Question:  Will you ever write a book about Jacob?

Stephenie:  Will I ever write a book about Jacob.  That's an interesting question, because I already feel like I am writing books about Jacob.  I don't really see these books as about Bella; they're about Edward, they're about Rosalie, they're about Jasper, they're about whoever I'm concentrating on at the moment.  And sometimes it's funny because people get upset about Jacob.  I know you're out there! *crowd laughs*  But I don't feel that Jacob is there as an interruption or a problem, he has his own story.  He is his own hero.  There is  this whole line that's about him.  And so for me it's already about Jacob and Edward and everybody, like I said, it's Bella too.  OK, the boy in the red shirt.

Watch it all here.

Pretty standard, but a couple of fun tidbits.
Which was her favorite book during writing? Question 14.
What would she say to the characters if she met them?  Question 8.
What is your motivation for the series? Question 16.
Who would you choose if you were Bella? Question 17.
Why didn't Edward ask his sisters about a blood singer, too? Question 15.
Why don't you have African-American characters? Question 20.
Who drives the story - you or your characters? Question 21.
On Jacob Black... (similar to what appears on her website)
And, by the way, she wanted to be a lawyer.




MissMaudlin is awesome. Thank her for the videos! (No, that's not poor grammar. It was a command - go thank her. Now!)

10 Aug, 2007.

Question: I was wondering if, in your mind, if things *garbled*  ... If Bella and Edward were in love any less now that she loves Jacob too.  How are Bella and Edward's thing so special, that she ...

Stephenie Meyer:  Well, it all depends on your perspective.  She says to me that to her, it felt like in Eclipse that it made Edward and Bella's love less special because she loved someone else in a different way.  And I have seen that reading quite often.  And for me it's the opposite.  To me it takes a lot to be able to recognize the different ways that you are able to love people and to be able to see clearly which ways are the more important ways and to be able to make that decision.  I have heard some qualms from people that that decision wasn't made, but let me assure you that it was.  Bella really needed - she hadn't done a lot of thinking up to this point.  She had done a lot of reacting.  And she needed to really stop and look around at what was important in her life and what she was giving up to make the decision count.  So for me it seemed like it made it a lot more vital that she was able to really explore what she was giving up.  And that was a good question, good job.