American author Stephanie Meyer at the Marschtorzwinger before receiving the German literature award
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"Breaking Dawn," the final book in the mega-successful "Twilight" series, about a sexy vampire named Edward and the girl who loves him, goes on sale Aug. 2. Author Stephenie Meyer talked to Susan Elgin about books, boys and blood:

Edward is so perfect—you've ruined regular men for a lot of teens. Do you feel bad?
Oh, a little bit, I guess. I just wanted to write for myself, a fantasy. And that's what Edward is. But it could be a good thing, too. There's nothing wrong with having high expectations, right?

Has there ever been an Edward in your life?
No, no, I wish. I've had very typical, normal, human relationships my whole life.

No vampires?
No, none of that goofy, swoony stuff. I was always a little grown-up for my age.

How do you kill your version of vampires?
If you tear them apart, they can be reassembled. But you can't burn them while they're still together because, well, obviously they can run faster than that. You must tear them apart and then burn them, to be sure.

That's pretty graphic.
Yeah, they're actually really flammable once you rip them apart. The venom is flammable.

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  • Posted By: Seli90 @ 08/31/2009 1:15:11 AM

    Hey! ^^ Is there any information about a private contact adress of you for people who don't like to ask their questions in the public?

  • Posted By: zpoisyn.cactus @ 08/17/2009 6:27:13 PM

    oh, and if you would like to email me concerning those copyright details, you can email me at zbdachoklitfreak@gmail.com (not my primary email, but one that is safe to discuss things such as these with people like you, i.e famous authors)

  • Posted By: zpoisyn.cactus @ 08/17/2009 6:22:12 PM

    Stephenie, i was wondering if it has crossed your mind to continue the twilight saga. breaking dawn is one of those books that could be the end of a series, or just the end of one huge chapter of the series. i think it would be cool if you started another book fast forwarding a few years to when renesme is grown.. yeah, so anyway, i also have a question concerning copyright issues with others writing books similar to twilight. like if someone took the same world, including some details from twilight, like the volturi, and have the point of view of other vampires. maybe someone like the male hybrid that came to their rescue in breaking dawn. someone like he and renesme. would that be alright with you if people were to take your ideas and expand them into an entire generation of books about sparking vampires?
    by the way, i thoroughly enjoyed, not only the saga itself, but the mere aspect of a new look on vampires. it was extremely facinating. other than the facination and enjoyment of that aspect of your books, i completely fell in love with all of the characters. even the ones that i disliked.
    your writing abilities are astonishing. you are truley an inspiration to all young aspiring writers.
    also, i very much enjoyed the host. it was very good, and very wonderful. i also fell in love with the characters of that book.

    so anyway, it would be wonderful if you could somehow publically express the details on others writing similar books to twilight, perhaps even based on twight. thank you so much. your biggest fan.
    ~Zahri, 15

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