Most of you have probably already heard about the leak of Midnight Sun, and Stephenie’s response. If you haven’t, or are one of those people who downloaded the illegal copies, head on over to this page and read what Stephenie has to say about it; and if you are still up to it, to download a legal version of it.
I’d really like to know people’s thoughts on what they read and what has happened as a result. I haven’t read it yet but as this is Edward’s view of Twilight, I’m sure I won’t be too spoilered by the comments.
Also, there were rules in the chatroom that you couldn’t talk about the Midnight Sun leak, but now that it is out you can talk about the book and the chapters in the chat as well.
Some of the Twilight websites are planning some things to show Stephenie our support. I’m out of town but I’ll post some of those up to get involved in as soon as I can, so that Stephenie knows she still has all our support.
ADDED: My response to the Midnight Sun leak and the resulting media attention is here.
354 Responses
Hey Kaleb.
I was completely infuriated about the Midnight Sun leak. I wrote a blog about it on my MySpace to try to get out some of my feelings. Its just such a violation for Stephenie and to all of her loyal fans who were anticipating Midnight Sun. If you want to read it check out my MySpace, its the same name as above and Im one of your friends. Hope your semester is going well. 🙂
I made this petition in response the leak. It is in support of Stephenie Meyer and calls for a stop to the abuse and theivery of her work. Please take the time to check it out, sign it if you agree and I pass it along to anyone you know who might feel the same way.
Here’s the link:
http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/respectstepheniemeyer/index.html
Here is a partial transcript of my petition statement:
“This petition is a demand for respect for Stephenie Meyer, author of the Twilight Saga, and the work she has created (both Twilight related and otherwise).
Ms. Meyer has suffered brutal attacks against her work and her personal character since becoming a famed best-selling author. This comes with the territory to a certain extent and is expected from critics, but the injustices that inspired this petition are the crimes committed against her by her own fans. She has been berated & belittled, set to extremely high and unreasonable standards & expectations, and worst of all, repeatedly had her work literally stolen from her and illegally mass distributed by people who call themselves her fans.
The straw that broke the camel’s back was the last and most grave injustice, the thievery of a partial rough draft of her unfinished novel, Midnight Sun. A loss that not only is an extremely painful and deeply personal violation to Ms. Meyer, but incidentally robs the fans themselves of what could have been one of the most amazing additions to Ms. Meyer’s list of works.
A huge section of her fan base has taken their obsession to a level so mutated by greed for all things Twilight that they have seemingly come to believe that their “loyalty” has given them some sort of claim on anything Ms. Meyer creates. They are under the delusion that they are entitled to her work, whether they have her permission or not. Also, they believe that their opinions on her stories and characters should be the final word on what gets written by Ms. Meyer.
This petition is a call to all who will sign it. It calls for a promise to never read a piece of work produced by Stephenie Meyer without first being absolutely sure that Ms. Meyer intended for it to be read at that time and in that capacity; to never say a word against Stephenie Meyer or her work that is not an honest and constructive opinion or criticism; and to first and foremost, always respect and appreciate Stephenie Meyer and the amazing work that she has so generously shared with us all.
Please sign in support of this promise. This is not an expectation or plea for her to write anything except for what she wishes to write. And if she chooses to share those writings with us, we should feel blessed and graciously accept a second chance to be her fans, no matter what form she gives it to us in.
I personally refuse to call myself a Twilighter again until there are at least 1,000 signatures on this petition. I am embarrassed and ashamed to count myself among a group that I can’t be sure is completely made up of something I support. I need to have my faith in this fandom restored.”
I may be alone on this, but the way she handled the situation (I’m talking about her saying she isn’t going to write any more, not her anger) and is treating her fans as a whole has made it very hard for me to feel sorry for her.
I read the first 12 chapters of Midnight Sun after Stephenie posted it one her sight, and I have to say “Wow”. I always thought I understood Edward and his feelings and motivations, but upon reading I discovered so much more than I could ever have hoped to find. The story is such a treat from Edward’s point of view, being in on everyone’s thoughts and all the Cullen’s behavior that we miss when Bella is telling the story. If it is possible, I now love Edward and Alice more than ever. Why someone would want to ruin that experience and post Stephenie’s work without her permission is beyond me. Reading the entry on her website made me want to cry, and I, along with my friends, are writing letters of encouragement to Stephenie, to be sent ASAP. I’m sure she feels betrayed and defeated now, and she needs to know just how many people will stand with her in her time of need.
I am truly devastated that it’s been put indefinitely. I was looking forward to Midnight Sun especially after Breaking Dawn and it really sucks that this had to happen. I haven’t read it yet and I probably wont unless we get the full story. It’s not fair to leave us hanging with only 12 chapters granted we know the outcome. I wish she would finish it…We love her and want to read it so I hope she sees all of our support and does something about it. When life gets you down you can’t just give up!
I read it..and it was absolutley wonderful!..But I’m a bit dissapointed when she says she might not publish it at all…people will buy the book no matter what and all the people that’s lookingforward to it….ket’s just say thats a lot of people (and after reading the parial draft..they have a good reason)
So please Stephenie Meyer…write it!
(also..the draft ended a very short time befor the meadown scene…whichis very annoying..)
Reading the chapters on her website has made me even more desperate to read the final copy.
I desperately want a copy of Midnight Sun to display next to the others.
I think that Stephenie should try to find the silver lining. Her fans love what she’s done so far … she should keep going!!
I’m considering the leak of MD as a teaser for what to expect in the future.
=)
DON’T GIVE UP ON EDWARD STEPHENIE!!
Well, i sort of expected this post hours ago.
But when i found about about this I was really really shocked!! I’m sooo sad….
I can’t believe this…
PLease please please finish it stephenie. I, no, WE believe in you.
I personally haven’t read it.
I don’t want to. I have been itching for anything Twilight for the past year and had such a very hard time to not ruin Breaking Dawn for myself, but after I read Stephenie’s post on her website (I actually hadn’t heard of the leak before Stephenie’s post) I was completely devastated.
I have been spending a lot of time on the Twilight Source forum yesterday and I can’t believe the opinions and suspicions that are going round there. I’m literally appalled about how people are responding and whole-heartedly support Meagen Hollandsworth’s petition. I will be signing momentarily.
Personally, I would prefer the draft not be discussed anywhere, because although we know the basic plot line, Edward does spend a lot of time without Bella and from what I’ve understood there IS a gihugic amount of new material in the draft. I prefer not to be spoiled, as I’m still hoping with all my heart that Stephenie will return to the manuscript. I’m still hoping that one day I will be holding what is most likely my favourite Twilight novel and I will be able to read it unspoiled. But Kaleb – your choice on how to handle moderation of the matter is yours and you should carefully deliberate it.
That said, you have already deduced that I will not come anywhere near the draft and have no desire at all to read it. I know that there are a lot of people like me, that are disgusted with everything that has happened and have made the conscious decision not to read the leaked draft OR the extended version that Stephenie has posted herself. And until we have heard from her personally that the book will indeed not ever be written past the draft that it is now, my conviction stays. I sincerely hope that this day will never come. If it does, I and many of you will, together with Stephenie, be mourning a death of a book that should have been.
All this I expressed yesterday on my own little book blog (doesn’t get read much, but I’m happy in my little corner of the internet). I wrote a post with my initial reaction and after that wrote a personal letter to Stephenie to express the feelings for which I had no other means of expressing. When interested, click on my name above to visit my website.
Good luck and spirits to all people that still call themselves fans.
Victoria
Just a little excerpt from my original blog post
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‘Very understandably, Stephenie feels that the publication was a very dishonest, hurtful and disappointing thing to do. I can imagine that she feels like a painter or sculptor from whom a rough unfinished piece of art has been taken and displayed before the world without their permission. Aired out as if it were the very best the artist could have done. Put up for criticism it was not supposed receive. She must be angered and disillusioned.
She expresses that she feels that there is no way to continue. And I can understand that. How can she continue on a book, while the world has read the first bile of a draft ? How can she pick up the writing knowing that whatever or however she writes from now on, the first half or third of the end product will already be out there. Chewed over by many for so many months before it was supposed to be let loose into the world ? In a less than perfect form. In a form that is so inferior to what she wanted it to be. In a form that has so little context because it lacks the end, is not part of the whole. How can she continue indeed ?’
Leaks happen. For her to say that she may not publish the book just because it leaked is very immature, but it’s her loss, I guess, because she’s the one who won’t be getting paid.
Twilight20somethings.com has a great little idea of sending bottle caps with hearts or messages written on them as a way of showing love and support. If youve read the chapters you understand it, if not you might still figure it out.
I found the leak a couple of days before Stephenie, but didn’t read it, and won’t read the legal version either. I’ve signed Meagan’s petition above, and ask her to post when she reaches 1,000, because I won’t be called a Twilighter until then either. This betrayal is shocking, and caused me to spend a half hour sobbing under my covers. We love Stephenie, and may I say that the worst monsters of the Twilight series are not the nomads, or the Volturi, but the people who hurt her by doing things like this.Why do we fear vampires, werewolves and witches when we surround ourselves?
Oh, and Chloe? Her reaction was not ‘immature’. It is quite the opposite. Also, I’d recomend against saying that on any other twisites, for we are hurt, and argry, and it may be taken out on you.
I was really upset when I found out, and I can understand why Stephenie would be too, but she should not give up on Midnight Sun, not because of this. I’m not going to read the chapters posted on her website because I still hope that some day I’ll be able to read the whole version when it is published.
Of course, I am saddened by the fact that some souless individual betrayed Steph’s trust that resulted in MS being on hold indefinitely.
I think that Steph acted a little rash by making that decision and posting a legal copy of it. Heck, I didn’t even know about the leak until I read her response yesterday.
If she’d taken a few days to cool down, I think we would have eventually received the book we’ve all been dreaming about.
I did download the legal version that Steph posted on her site and spent the day reading it instead of doing my home work and it was amazing. It ends at ch 12 right before Edward starts the inquisition into Bella’s history which I’ve always found to be my fave part, so now I’m in withdrawal, but it was fantastic finally seeing everything from his eyes and really explains a lot.
I so hope Steph decides not to let this inconsiderate person win and finishes the manuscript and either posts the last few chapters online or goes ahead and publishes it. I guarantee that even those who read the first 12 chapters will still shell out 15.00 and by the hardback! I want that book on my shelf right there beside twilight and I’d re-read it just as obsessively as I read all the others.
Sabrina
In my opinion, I’m not that disappointed. (I have not read it, and i’m not planning to). I lost my faith in Stephenie when she published that thing called Breaking Dawn. Plus, I don’t like when writers switch narrators. I want to read about the character they first introduced. Another thing that bothered me was the way she handled the leak. I can understand her being upset, but maybe this taught her that she can’t hand out manuscripts like that. I don’t know…her explanation seemed too whiney in my taste, and it was like she was blaming anyone but herself. Some people even think that after the bad reviews of Breaking Dawn, Little Brown didn’t want to publish it, and Stephenie didn’t want to write it. I don’t know. I am sorry to the people that wanted to read it. I must say that I can understand your disappointment, even if I don’t share in it.
i’m absolutely devastated. this is a horrible horrible thing to have happened.
the only thing i can think to say is to keep writing stephenie! i’m sure the majority of twilight fans aren’t like the idiots who leaked midnight sun 🙁
it’s such a shame that all this has happened. I actuallly had no idea about the leak until I read it on Stephanies website.
I have read the first 12 chapters(posted on Stephanies site) and they are amazing. I don’t think I could have restrained myself not to read it. I’ve been so excited about Midnight Sun coming out and this is very sad news. Hopefully Stephanie will decide to continue.
Grrrrrrr. I refuse to read Midnight Sun. I’ve never read an unfinished book, and I’m certainly not about to start now!
It’s a really depressing state of affairs all things considered, as I was looking forward to reading it/having a nice proper bound copy for my shelf to put next to Twilight. So much for that…
Now I feel kinda… deflated. It’s almost as bad as it would have been if someone told me I couldn’t read Deathly Hallows back in 2007 in the full version because someone leaked it at some point. I don’t CARE if it was leaked. I CARE about being able to enjoy the work as a whole, in the way that it was MEANT for us to see.
And while I’m thoroughly annoyed with whoever leaked it (well, annoyed isn’t a strong enough word to convey what I feel like right now), I sympathize with Stephenie Meyer. It must suck to think you can trust someone and have them do that to your work. I just hope that this indefinate hold on writing Midnight Sun doesn’t last, because I really would like a proper, shelf-worthy version.
i read the whole thing it was actually really good too bad that this was the way things happened; it would have been nicer to read the final publised copy but oh well
it was nice to get an insight on edward’s pov
Hey guys. I think this is a terrible thing. Stephenie has given us so much this year. The Host, Breaking Dawn, and the Twilight Movie. This is a complete violation of everything I believe in. I myself am an aspiring writer, and I never let anyone read my work until it is finished. And it would be even worse for her. I am disgusted with whoever managed to post illegal copies. I have read it however, and I think it is as good, if not better than Breaking Dawn. It’s only to Chapter 12, but it is amazing to see things through Edward’s point of view. Why can’t we just be satisfied with what we have now? Why do we have to try to cheat to get things early? Patienece people. Anyway, I dearly hope she continues and WE LOVE YOU STEPHENIE!! NO MATTER WHAT!!!
Wow.
I read the post on SM’s website and I felt horrible. She is obviously just as devistated, if not more, than we all are.
I hope she eventually decides to continue with it. I hope she knows that she knows that she has our support.
I think Stephenie has to realize that It’s not that fans fault that Midnight Sun was leaked, and taking it out on her fans by not publishing the book now is a little self absorbed.
These things happen, it’s part of an author’s job to accept it and move on, not go on strike.
Of course the leak was unfortunate, but as a fan I still expect her to finish the book. There has been so much anticipation for MS, it would be odd for Stephenie to decide to not publish it now.
Furthermore, by posting the 12 chapters on her website, she made the leak into a bigger deal then it needed to be.
I was appalled to hear that the MS leak was real. It’s one thing for some jerk with too much time on his/her hands to tease the fandom with a fake draft–that alone would have been infuriating enough! But to take something that was shared in confidence, something that SM has spent SO MUCH time and energy on, and offer it up to an already eager fandom is just horrible. It’s tantamount to stealing an artist’s unfinished painting straight off the easel and sticking it in a high-traffic museum, proudly declaring, “I got it first!”
I feel for Stephenie, and I hope she can recover from this and move on, whether or not she decides to finish MS.
I have to admit, I read part of it. A friend sent it to me thinking it was fanfiction (she hadn’t read it yet). Once I started reading, it was just like all the others – I just couldn’t stop! It only took until the third chapter to realize it was real. Then I was in a conundrum. I wanted to keep reading, but I didn’t want to violate any copyright. Luckily for me, that’s when SM released her information on the web.
Do I still feel awful about having read the first few chapters? You’d better believe it. The thought that she might not finish because of something that I read makes me physically ill. Did I read the legal copy on her website? Definitely.
For those of you burning us who read, I agree. If I had known that the copy I was reading was anything other than fanfic, and had kept reading anyway, I would totally deserve all the hate people are spewing at me. Believe me, I’m spewing it at myself constantly.
For those of you spewing hate at SM, please stop! I can totally understand how emotions get in the way of something as creative as writing. Give her time; she may change her mind. After reading (both legally and not), I have to say that I’m MORE excited than ever about the book. It’s going to be my favorite. I know that now in ways that I didn’t before. But if she never finishes, that’s Stephenie’s choice and not ours. If I thought signing a petition would change SM’s creative feelings, I would sign every one. But it won’t. You can’t force someone to be creative. Let’s let her go and perhaps, when all the dust settles, she’ll get back to it.
And for those of you who still feel the need to direct your hate and anger and frustration toward someone, direct it towards me. It can’t be anything worse than what I’m directing toward myself.
I completely agree with #25 Heather.
It wasn’t the fans fault it was leaked, was it?
I didn’t hear about any leak at all and by posting 12 chapters on her site, well that’s not making anything better.
The person who leaked it should be punished, because really, what did we do? (Unless you redistributed MS, I doubt it had spread that far).
I’m really disapointed as I was expected MS to be my favourite out of all of the books.
Hopefully Stephenie can and will move on.
This whole situation has me so abgry and depressed. Like many others, I will not read the draft Staphenie posted on her website. I will wait until it is published (if that ever happens) to read it. I hope that after some time goes by and things cool down, she’ll be able to finish it. We all love Stephenie and want to show our support for her.
I’M SO MAD! Not at Stephenie of course but at the stupid idiots who leaked it. I was looking forward to that book and now, now we might not even have it! Whoever did that should feel awful, for taking away something that really could’ve been my favorite and others favorite book in the series. S/He really makes me want to vomit on them but that would be wasting good vomit. This really ruined my day I started crying. POOR STEPH! She’s worked so hard and she’s a normal mom and she really loved those books. Now she feels like she can’t finish an amazing story. After Breaking Dawn I was bummed because that felt like the end but then I remembered Midnight Sun and I was excited. Now I’m not even sure. I’m sorry Steph I really hope you’ll remember why the Twilight saga should be finished.
OK guys, I have a wonderfully happy petition going on and I’m stoked that 50 people have already signed it!! But I want more, lots more!! The petition is to show our love and loyalty to Stephenie by vowing to NOT read the leaked pages on the internet — instead we’re willing to wait however long we need to in order to get Midnight Sun in print.
What say you? Who will join me??
And I promise to mail it to Stephenie myself!!
http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/midnight_sun/
Thanks guys!! Now go show Stephenie some love!!
hi people i just wanted to tell you(so you won’t worry) that if you had kept reading on SM’s website it says that although she is upset about the leak.MIDNIGHT SUN IS STILL GOING TO BE PUBLISHED.
McKenzie, are you talking about the message on the Midnight Sun page below Stephenie’s statement about the leak? Because that is from back in June.
I’d like to strangle whoever did this to Stephenie. They had no right to exploit her work illegally and ruin the experience for many Twilighters. I haven’t read the chapters, and I don’t plan to. I don’t feel like it’s the right thing to do and out of respect I’m choosing not to read Midnight Sun until it is officially published and I have purchased it, like it should be. It really sickens me that there are people out there who would steal one amazing person’s work. She’s pouring out her heart and soul for us and for someone to steal that absolutely repulses me. I just hope that other Twilighters out there share my views and are choosing not to read the chapters. Thank you.
For ways to show your support, I’ve listed posts from several different fansites (some grouped together, but I have the others that didn’t as well) on my blog:
http://twilightmom.blogspot.com
Thanks! Support Stephenie!
I understand that Stephenie was upset about the leak… I would be too!
But I honestly don’t understand why she’s decided not to continue with Midnight Sun! I’ve read the first twelve chapters and they were AMAZING. I was totally floored! So why would she write something so amazing and just throw it all away because some jerk leaked it online?
I love Stephenie to death, but I really feel like she’s letting us down by not continuing with MS! MILLIONS of fans have been anxiously waiting for this book ever since she posted chapter one on her website… and now, because of the stupid actions of a few inconsiderate people, Steph’s punishing ALL of us by not publishing it!
I’m really hoping that Stephenie will calm down, re-assess the situation, and realize that it would be beneficial to EVERYONE if she published this book.
I am SO FRUSTRATED with the person who decided to put this online. Whoever Stephenie gave it to seriously trusted this person and didn’t expect this to happen.
I was way excited for Midnight Sun. The first chapter gave me chills! I will not read the remaining pages in annoyance with what happened.
Must go. Bye.
I was pretty ticked about the leak, esp. when she said that its now going to take LONGER to finish the book. Im glad for the person that she didn’t reveal their identity, or else we would have all stoned them with our books.
I love the book so far and can’t wait for when she decides to release the book as a whole!!
This leak is sad and disgusting. I refuse to read that copy of her work, as she didn’t want us to read it in the first place. As a writer, I am horrified at the thought of being in her shoes at this moment. No matter how successful Stephenie is, she still deserves every cent she gets. Writing is hard work. Not just anyone can do it. NOBODY deserves to have this happen to them. This kind of disaster is my worst nightmare, and I am sure it is one of Stephenie’s too. It is sad to me that this person may never understand the impact of what they did. If you can’t trust one of your closest friends you can’t trust anybody. I hope more people DON’T read the pages on the link that Stephenie offered on the sight as respect for her true wishes. Part of being a fan is respecting the author for her hard work, and it would be horrible to disrespect her in such a way. Stephenie is amazing and I am hoping eventually she can put the catastrophie aside and finish up what I could tell (from the first chapter she did want us to read) that this will be one of her greatest works…although ALL of her books are her greatest works. Please if you want to support Stephenie, check out: HISGOLDENEYES.COM for ideas on showing our love for her.
SM, you are letting us all down. Just because there is a leak doesn’t mean you have to quit. I know that you are frustrated at this leak; I would be also. THis is frustrating that you will not be publishing MS now. EVERYONE PETITION FOR HER TO CONTINUE WRITING IT!
Im not reading the draft in hopes that”indefinitely” will only be a year or so, but if not, I don’t want to read something Stephenie never intended for her fans to see. I am ,however, going to wear a twilight shirt on Bella’s bday and participate in the support video if I can. Kaleb, you should make a special Twilight guy support picture for it. What if you put all the stories from guys into a collage or something? They would be overlapping and too small to read, but it would be proof of how many people she has affected.
I sincerly hope that after the shock and pain of this violation subsides, that she will pick up Midnight Sun and again and keep writing. I’ve been looking forward to that book more than I have sequels to Twilight. Who cares who’s already read parts? It’s owning her incredible book as a tangable whole that’s what matters. That’s what I’d like more than anything- to see it sitting right there next to Twilight.
I actually didn’t hear about the leak until yesturday, in which i found out from a bulletin from myspace, telling about Stephenie’s post. I had to read the post myself to actually believe that would happen.
There are many to blame for this. Stephenie Meyers probably shouldn’t have given her manuscript out. Thus who got that manuscript and illegally distribute it should not have betrayed Ms. Meyers trust.
Some people keep saying that leaks happen to authors, and that it is part of the job. Correct me if I am wrong, but I don’t remember a leak of any of the Harry Potter Books. (I wasn’t that into them at first, though, so i could seriously be wrong. please do correct me.) I truly believe the betraying fans is not part of the authors job. That is like saying stabbing you friend/ being stabbed in the back in the back is part of the job of being a teenager. If that is really the case, that I should be fired as a teenager and a fan of Twilight books.
I did read those 12 chapters, and I do hope Ms. Meyers does continue the book. But I think, after this major ordeal, should respect whatever her decision is. These were her stories and ideas that she shared with us, and we a blessed with the fact they got published at all.
If she doesn’t finish the book, we should just accept it. Pushing her about finishing the book would not prove us to be any better then those who leaked the book. It would show that we care more about fictional characters then the creator of them. I would doubt that would prove us worthy of her time and writing.
Hopefully I didn’t upset anyone with this comment. I just wanted to share my emotions after a nights rest of calming down.
i decided not to read it. i did read the fist chapter which Stehphenie had posted ages ago but now that the unfinished potrtion has been leaked i don’t want to. i feel betrayed and angry just like she does. although i’m sure not as intensely.
i can’t even imaginetrusting my personal work to someone and have them violate my trust so badly. especially since she knows who it was. what would you say to that person?
i’m not at all going to push her into continuing it right away. i’d love for her to finish and then i will read it. but as a writer/artist/actress i can fully understand the need to be in the proper state of mind to summon the emotions ncessary to continue writing properly.
i’m behind Stephenie 100% and wish her the best of luck and send her all my love in support. The loyal fans will be doing variations of the same.
I have to agree whole-heartedly with Victoria and those with similar opinions. I’m not going to read the draft unless Stepheinie says for certain that Midnight Sun will never be published nad I wish that no one would spoil it for me.
I, too, have written a letter showing my support and my wish for her to return to Midnight Sun to Stephenie and I have sent it in to her brother seth as well as posted it on fanfiction.net under the penname Dreamingeternal.
My hope is that Stephenie will be reached by the sympathy and support of her fans and that she will be able to over come this obstacle; that she will be able to continue writing with the same joy and enthusiasn that she did before.
I know Stephenie’s upset right now, and I don’t blame her one bit, but I really hope she decides to continue the story at some point. I’d hate to see something like that die. Even the draft is wonderful.
I’m not mad at Stephenie at all, I am mad at the person who posted it. She trusted them, and then whoever he/she was, didn’t care, and put it up ILLEGALLY.
I decided to show my support by making a I support Stephenie Project on Fanfiction, so If anyone wants to read, heres the link. If I get more than 50 reviews I’m going to send it to her. I just want her to know she has many good fans.
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4508038/1/Support_Stephenie_Meyer
I really don’t blame Stephenie for getting so upset. I would feel that way to if that happened to me! Accident or no accident, you just don’t do that to someone’s writing that they worked hard on! She has spent hundreds upon hundreds of hours writing our beloved series, and someone just decides to post all that passion and hardwork on the internet! I was infuriated when I discovered this! NO one should have read it either if they new what was moral and the right thing! That’s just not right! I hope Stephenie decides to keep writing it. I want that copy of Midnight Sun sitting on the shelf with my other copies of my favorite series ever. There are still all of us fans to think about and I think that in the end, she will make the right decision! I LOVE STEPHENIE MEYER! Thank you for inspiring us, and teaching us so much!
i really, truly, was on the verge of tears as i read Steph’s post about the leak. It’s so unfair to her to have her rights violated like this, just because she is a public figure doesn’t mean everything she does is available to be used by whoever wants to!
i also think that its unfair to the fans who have been looking forward to MS since they first heard about it, to think that Steph mightn’t write it at all now because one *neigh* thought it was smart to post a draft on the internet makes me feel all hollow inside 🙁
while i’m upset that somebody would even leak SM’s story in the first place, i dont really feel as upset as the rest of you guys. oh here is a post that i posted on another site that sort of expresses my views.
i dont think we will ever find out who exactly leaked the chapters, but to be honest, i dont think i want to know. it would just be somebody to point the finger at and that information would just start a whole new wave of bitterness and anger within the fandom.
I actually had read the leak though, but i thought it was a fake. because i found it on this website that completely bashed SM and her books. I feel really bad now that ive found out its real, and if i had the choice of having these 12 chapters now and SM publishing a full MS in a few years, i would definitely take the full midnight sun in years.
I just got a little mad at sm though..
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[Writing isn’t like math; in math, two plus two always equals four no matter what your mood is like. With writing, the way you feel changes everything. If I tried to write Midnight Sun now, in my current frame of mind, James would probably win and all the Cullens would die, which wouldn’t dovetail too well with the original story. In any case, I feel too sad about what has happened to continue working on Midnight Sun, and so it is on hold indefinitely.]
okay. first off, shes not even writing a new story. Its just Edwards pov on a story that already happened. Theres nothing new in the book; her feelings cant change what actally happened. So the whole ‘james would win and the cullens would die’ is bs. I understand her not wanting to continue at the moment since it is hard to write when your too sad like that, but really. I just want to scream at her to get over herself. If she really did give out that many drafts to that many people, she was just asking for this to get leaked. Either she is just really naive or just really stupid. either way, i dont really have much sympathy for her.
also just curious…
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[As the author of the Twilight Saga, I control the copyright and it is up to the owner of the copyright to decide when the books should be made public; this is the same for musicians and filmmakers.]
when did she get a copyright on midnight sun? did i miss this? I know its still her book and its still wrong for anybody to leak her book on the internet….but if shes going to be all technical with her ‘its a violation of my copyright’ im going to be all technical back with ‘your still writing it. you dont have a copyright on it yet.’ I thought she only had the official copyright thing whatever for the first four books.
maybe im wrong. i dont really know how it works.
^^oh and sorry if any part of this offended anyone. i just wanted to get my thoughts out there.