TA TALKS BACK: A YEAR AGO
Today I, TA Staffer Becky, remember the Midnight Sun leak and reflect on what Twilight has meant to me over the past year.
A year ago. Its been that long. It has been more then a year since I first picked up a copy of Twilight, joined a Twilight fansite, and since the Twilight fandom received heart breaking news. One thing we most wanted, most desired, aside from Edward Cullen himself, was taken away from us.On August 28, 2008, Stephenie Meyer broke the news to the world that someone had taken the copy of the first 12 chapters she had written of her next book and posted them on the net without her permission. That book was to have been Midnight Sun, a retelling of the story of Twilight from the perspective of Edward, the brooding, beautiful vampire in love with Bella, the human girl, who he was attracted to from the moment he saw her.
Breaking Dawn had just been released and everyone wanted to talk about ending of the Saga and what would come next. Fans wanted to know what it was that Edward had been thinking during the beginning of his relationship with Bella. Meyer had already posted an unedited version of the first chapter as a taste for her fans. She used this first chapter and the others she had written to help her write Twilight. A copy of these chapters had been given to various people for critique and comment. Then rumors began to circulate. The chapters were online. Some fans searched for them, while others ran in the other direction. Whispers were heard all over the fandom.
Finally, Meyer had enough. With a statement on her website, she told the world that her work had been leaked by someone that had been trusted with it but refused to name the person. What had been seen only by a limited number of people was available for anyone to find and read though it was messy and unedited. She said she would post the pages on her site so her fans didn’t have to feel dishonest about reading the material.
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