Interesting Quote: Stephenie Meyer

"I know that's what everyone cares about. I also know that the right answer would be for me to say 'Oh yah, it's done! And it'll be out next month!' But that's not true. It's also not true that I've got a ton of work done on it, and that's what I'm working on. What's true is that I'm really burned out on vampires. And, I don't want to write it badly. So I want to wait until I'm excited about the material again, and I'm excited about Edward, and that it's something that's motivating. You know, when a story is keeping me up at night, and I'm waking up at 4 am in the morning and thinking 'Yes! That is what should happen in this moment!' Then that is when I can write with happiness! So, right now it feels like homework ... it really does. And when things feel like homework they go very, very slowly for me."

The Queen of the Twinkle Vamps is tired of them... Good.

Bill Condon's Open Letter to Twilight Fans

Dreamgirls' Guru, Bill Condon is the director of the Twilight's next movie, Breaking Dawn. And he is making sure fans will get to know him and trust him with their prized possession.

He just wrote a letter to them via Facebook:

Greetings Twihards, Twifans, Twilight Moms, Team Edward, Team Jacob and Team Switzerland,

I just want to say hello to all of you and let you know that I'm stoked to be getting underway on the adventure of making BREAKING DAWN. As you've probably heard, I've been given a very warm welcome by Stephenie and Team Summit - who are super-focused, as you know, on getting these movies right.

I'm pretty busy bringing myself up to speed on what you already know by heart: I've read BREAKING DAWN twice, rewatched Catherine's and Chris's movies 2-3 times each, have all four CDs playing in my car, and have Catherine's notebook, Mark Cotta Vaz's companion books, and even Volume 1 of the graphic novel here on my desk - a corner of my office is starting to look like Hot Topic. I realize that this barely qualifies me for "newborn" status in the universe you've been living inside for a few years now, but a guy's gotta start somewhere.

Like many of you, I've always been slightly obsessed with vampires, dating back to the prime-time series DARK SHADOWS, which I followed avidly as a kid. But that alone hadn't been enough to get me interested in making a vampire movie, even though my early screenwriting and directing efforts grew out of a great love for horror movies and thrillers. Since making GODS AND MONSTERS thirteen years ago, however, I've been yearning for a return to a story with Gothic overtones.

The wonderful world that Stephenie has created has obviously struck a chord with you, and I don't think it's difficult to see why. For me, her characters are simultaneously timeless, yet very modern. Rooted in a beautiful, real landscape with a great sense of place, Bella, Edward, Jacob, and the rest of the Forks/La Push menagerie, experience emotions that are primal, and universal: desire, despair, jealousy - and it all comes to fruition in BREAKING DAWN. This is a final chapter in the best sense; not just wide in scope and scale, but emotionally charged and intense throughout.

I'm a huge admirer of the already-iconic Kristen, Robert, and Taylor, and wanted to be the one to work with them as they face the challenges of bringing your beloved characters to the end of their journeys. Really, what could be more fun than that?

Please feel free to ask questions in the comments section below, and I'll do my best to answer them. I hope that this will be the first of many occasions I'll get to check in with you as we set to work bringing BREAKING DAWN to the screen. I am excited and grateful to have all of you alongside me for my TWILIGHT journey.

All best, Bill Condon

P.S. Answer #1: No, there won't be any musical numbers

Aww, "We Are a Family" would have been a great number for the Cullens.

Interesting concept from my students

I'm still processing this idea.

A student just told me that Stephenie Meyer, the woman who probably had drunken sex with some guy and went through his comic book collection and video tapes of vampire porn and later remembered the sex after getting dumped and decided to take out her anger and disappointment in her novel Twilight, is a Mormon.

Yes, she went to Brigham Young University and lived in Arizona, the whole bit. Okay, back to the concept... Ms. Meyer is a Mormon. So the student decided to boycott her books and the movie, thinking she could've supported Prop 8. I asked if she was sure of that notion and she said no, but she thinks that most Mormons are hateful to us.

Afterwards, I start to think about my student's stance. Could it be hogwash or actually have some merit? I don't know, but I'm a little curious about this authoress now.