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
I hope that Ms. Meyer sees all this. I hope that she realizes that the wrong doings of one person should not be enough to condemn the city he lives in. I have loved Twilight from the beginning. I remember buying it before I’d ever heard of it, just wandering aimlessly around Barnes & Nobel and then there it was, the shiny red apple grabbing my attention. It has become one of my favorite books of all time, which is saying something since I read quite a lot. It’s silly and unreasonable but it feels as though my favorite aunt(or some such) has betrayed me in some vicious fashion. For a while just looking at other twilight fans made me seethe, mentally hissing and growling at them. Who did they think they were? This was MY book. I had read it during my dark moments of despair, I had stretched out in the sun to imagine light reflecting of Edwards skin, I had clung to the romance that Twilight shot across my sky and sighed softly when there had been a happy ending. What were these people doing talking and laughing and loving MY book!? And then I realized that it could mean just a good read to something even more than what I felt to THOUSANDS of people. It sounds like something I should have understood with no thought at all but I didn’t, because I was just that wrapped up in Twilight.
So now I think to myself, maybe it’s just that Ms. Meyer doesn’t see this herself. If she did I’m almost positive she would continue with Midnight sun. She would race to her computer and blaze through what remains of the novel, and say “I’m so sorry, I didn’t know how you all thirsted for this, who cares that some jerk-off put my work out there unfinished and way to early, I’m bigger than this, because I have so many caring fans to support me.” I’m sure that would be her response. So maybe the only answer is to make her see what these books mean to some of us. Even if it’s nothing more than a simply enjoyable novel. I know that I for one, am doing my best not to read the unfinished portion of her novel, in hopes that she will continue, but I crave it. I could even stand to read four more books all from Edwards POV. (Not that I’m demanding she write them) Even if I do cave, and dive into whats left of Midnight Sun, I would still purchase it, she could even charge me extra for a little sticker that proclaims it an Official copy. I would have no qualms forking over the portion of my meager salary.
If anyone happens to be interested, please join the new Live Journal Community on just this subject, It’s my prayer that together we can make her understand (meant in a completely non-invasive way) As of this moment there’s not much there, but it’s being worked on. I stress that I just randomly felt the compulsion to do this, so there is nothing there yet, but I could use some help. If your interested or have any comments for me you can reach me at [email protected]
i know that what we the fans feel is nothing compared to what Stephenie Meyers is feeling. she trusted someone with something that she wouldnt have with many people but they betrayed her. no one can understand what she is feeling…but as a fan i do wish that she will one day wake up in the morning and decide to finish the book that all of her other loyal fans are waiting for. edward, bella, and everyone of the characters felt to real. as i was reading breaking dawn i wanted to finish it but at the same time i didnt want to because that would have meant the end of the story forever and all of the characters being just characters in a book forever. when i heard that there would be another book in edward’s point of view, i couldnt wait but i know that the wait will be longer. ms.meyer please know that we all love you and that we will be waiting for our favorite characters that we have been with from the very first book. everyone is waiting so please one day be able to tell us that midnight sun is finished. i will always wish that that day will come.
I love Stephanie Meyer’s work, but I definately think that she can handle this situation much better instead saying that she won’t write the book for another TWO YEARS. I don’t think I have the patience to wait that long!!! 😛
I agree with those of you who are a little disgruntled with Stephanie for not finisheing. It seems sort of childish to be say. Oh.. I have been hurt.. haha to bad for those of you who were waiting patiently. I have read midnight sun… multiple times, I love Edward and I would buy this book and the enbtire series over again if she rewrote it from Edwards POV. I really love her books and I wish she would continue. JK rowling had this happen too but she didnt just stop writing.. that is the biggest thing that pisses me off that she is making such a big deal and turning herself into a martyr.. people were going to buy the book more now becuase they had a 12 chapter teaser. especially becuae it leaves off right before the meadow :'( Everytime I read it I just want more more more. I really hope she realizes that not everyone is out to get her and we just want to read the new book 🙂
I completely understand Stephanie not wanting to continue the book, what those people did leaking it like that was wrong. It isn’t even a finished copy. I know i hate it when my work is on display before i’ve made sure it’s my best. She didnt deserve that. But being the selfish twilight fan that i am im really hoping she will reconsider and finish the book because twilight is such a happy escape and I don’t want it to end. I wouldn’t be upset with her no matter what she chooses to do, her trust and respect was completely violated but hey it’s not the fans fault so i really hope she finishes this book because if she does i will be first in line to buy it.
I also agree with number 25. Even though it was leaked, that doesnt mean that she needs to totally go on strike and leave everything the way it is. If I end up not reading the second half, I will end up like Bella in New Moon. Gasping for more of Edward!!
she just wants us to know she feels. i mean she must have put in so much efforts into it, to make it so great and all… but she got bummed coz sm idiot posts it online! it totally ruins the surprise and charm of MS!
OMG! i read the draft she posted and im going to be sooooo disappointed if she doesnt finish and publish midnight sun. The insight into edwards head (and every1 else’s!) is great and only makes the twilight saga more unforgetable!
im new to the whole twilight thing. I just read it last week and was amazed by it.
i never thought it would EVER be that good, but it was.
Im getting the whole saga for christmas, and after promising my dad i wouldnt read New untill then, i was itching for more twilight.
I found Midnight Sun. On her website of course. And after two days of reading it i was in love. A lot of the time this idea of a different perspective can become cliche
But no way in this case.
I really do hope that she takes Midnight Sun off hold, and continues writing, and eventually publishes it. Because like she has stated this is a PARTIAL DRAFT. she only let out the partial draft, so we as an audience and fans can not wait until it is out in bookstores.
I will no doubt buy it, even with the basic knowledge of the first 12 chapters. I could not bare to know its out there and a empty space for it on my shelf.
All i can do is PRAY that she finishes it. Because like many others I need to know Edwards side of the story. Hopefully she will forgive the leakers and proceed on with Midnight Sun.
ohhhh and also
just want to let you guys know that her official page is a favorite of mine now
just because of the fact that i check it everytime im on the computer HOPING for an update saying “im starting back up with Midnight Sun and it will be out in _______”
Hope that day comes very soon since i have now been teased into the storyline all over again.
I’ve heard of Burning Dusk, Edward’s story of New Moon, but I’m not sure if it’s only a rumor or not. Of course Stephenie Meyer does not have an email, but I still wonder if she’ll write his versions of the Saga…
i only read the first chaper i wanna wait till it is published but wow its Really good i hope u do finish it and publish it!! i would really like to know if ur starting to continue writing it anytime soon?
i think stephine should finish the book…but i undersant if she doesnt cause how would u feel if this great piece of writing you were ready to publish got leaked illegaly onto the internet?? not good. exactly my point. lets stephine do what she needs to do and back off with the criticizm
i Really hope she finishes the book..and publishes It..!!
the reason i want it to be published is because it would be so cool to have an Edward’s perspective of Twilight.
and i’m really hoping she publishes it..Soon!
Midnight sun is amazing! I’m so angry about the leak, because now NONE of us will get a final copy of midnight sun (at least not while we’re still young!) I really love what ive read so far. It is perhaps the most interesting piece of the saga. and since the huge (i felt) disappointment of the uncomfortably predictable Breaking Dawn, i’d like to end this on a high note! WRITE IT! But dont share it until your done…please
I’m a little behind and I just found out a little while ago about the leak. As a writer, I understand the violation and the betrayed feelings. As a fan, I hope she can finish writing it for those who are really looking forward to it. It would be such a shame to let this put a damper on her work, although it is quite understandable how it would.
i think stephenie did an incredible job on the Twilight series and i am forever grateful for her work. i also think that Midnight Sun would have been an amazing addition to the Twilight world and it would have been a win-win situation if it was finished. the fans would get one more book to end their separation enxiety from the Twilight nation, and Stephenie would have made a huge profit from the deal. it really is to bad that it won’t be completed, and though i understand the betrayal she feels, i cannot agree with her desicion not to finish it. its more of a loss for her. but Stephenie, i really hope you will change your mind about this and complete it eventually. thank you for letting me voice my opinion.
i’ve only read twilight…the others are sold out. dang!
no matter the outcome of her descison, i think that the book would have been great.and it really sux that someone would tamper with something that would have made alot of people really happy. even tho all four books were absolutly amazing. its just really unfair to ruin someones hard work like that. idk i really hope she reconsiders because im sure that a lot of people are really wanting to see edwards perspective on the whole thing. and shes a really great author so i no it would have been a really great book.
When i heard that midnight sun was on the internet i freeked. people are such assholes i can’t beleve that those people could do that!
i am completeley infuriated.i refuse to read it online or download a copy because i want to read it from stephanie meyer not some fake out person who thought they would be cool enough to post it on the internet.i hope meyer will decide to publish it anyway.she should be able to do that without someone stealing her work and acting all cool about it.
i am completeley infuriated.i refuse to read it online or download a copy because i want to read it from stephanie meyer not some fake out person who thought they would be cool enough to post it on the internet.i hope meyer will decide to publish it anyway.she should be able to do that without someone stealing her work and acting all cool about it.i am so furious that i want to kick something.
im sorry that this happened but i didnt read it
but to say that you are not gonna write it anymore
is a very rude thing for her to do to her fans
i am a big Edward fan and i was waiting to read it until the book is released
Kiaora.
Iv read only Twilight, seeing i am still waiting for the arrival of my other books. i cant wait untill they get here. Im a huge fan of Stephanie. I adore her books and am hard out glad they are being made into movies. Im only 14 and live in New Zealand but im hooked on these books and movies. I really like the names chosen for each of the charecters as well. They’re really classy and fun. Congratz to all the actors and actresses. I really hope it does get wriitten into a book though, i’ll love it no matter what. Thank you Stephanie, you have really made the books amazing. All the romance and drama and all of it. Hopefully i’ll get to meet you one day and hopefully some of the cast, if you ever come to New Zealand, pleease come to Levin it’ll be worth yor while .
Love .xx
When I heard about the Midnight Sun leak I was pretty upset. I mean… come on! Are you guys REALLY that desperate?! I thought it was bunch of crap.
I was also a bit upset with what Steph did in response. Sure, I’m glad she posted what she did of MS, but to totally stop writing it? I dunno… it seemed like she got too upset over it. I think people would’ve admired her more if she said, “Eh, whatever, be expecting the book next June, getting people after the jerk who posted it,” etc. At least, that’s what I would’ve done.
I respect her decision, since I’m not her, but I was really looking forward to MS.
pLEASE DON’T GIVE UP ON TWILIGHT FOR JUST ONE PESON’S MISTAKE PLEASE PUBLISH THIS BOOK! pLEASE DON’T PUNISH ALL OF UR TWILIGHT FANS 4 THIS 1 PERSONS MISTAKE!
Hi !
I’ve heard of the leak at school…
After one day, eeryone knew about it …
I’m glad that Stephenie put Copyrights on it …
I read her article, but then I had my mouse on the link of midnight sum … : What should I do ? Read it or not ?
I read the first chapter and then … I was feeling SOOOOOO guilty that I stopped… I was so guilty, that I didn’t even enjoy it (even if I should have)
I’m glad that she decided to continue it, but she didn’t say WHEN it will be continued …
I will wait ( It has been a month that I read it, and I’m still feeling guilty)
Let me say this now: I am not a Twilight fan and I think Meyer is a hack of an author.
I honestly think that she leaked Midnight Sun because of all the disappointment surrounding Breaking Dawn. It’s a brilliant idea, but solely based on her writing, I don’t think she has the chops to think up such an idea.
uggh…
is the midnight sun book will not be published because of the leak??
Ok. This stinks that this happened. No one deserves that, especially Stephenie Meyer.
But I’m guilty as charged for reading it. I couldn’t help myself. It was fantastic too. Maybe better than Twilight itself, and I really do hope that it hits shelves soon. I think we all do.
I just read all 4 books last week. Wasn’t really going to read them, but my son got them for Christmas, and he really thought I might like them. I started and couldn’t stop. They were GREAT – I liked all 4 equally. I didn’t even know about the 5th book (sorry guys – I just found about the series at all a week ago) – until I went to SM’s website. I actually went there to email her a thank you for the wonderful diversion from a boring life she provided me. I then found out that you can’t even email SM because she is too busy working, etc. WTF??? I LOVE the books, and I LOVE the characters…but, seriously, an author who is too busy to even accept emails from her fans???? It’s not like she has to read them or even acknowledge that particular email – I, the sender, would never know – as I would not expect a response anyway. But to come right out and say…I’m too busy to accept them…sorry, guys, the success has gone to her head.
i hate whoever did that so u suc and i love edwward he is so hot
!!!!!!!
Oh Good God! I was totally freaked out about Midnight Sun when I read it on her website. I can understand why she’s pretty pissed at what they did. I personally would like her to finish Midnight Sun. The other books were fantastic! You can become obsessed with these books lol I really loved Twilight and would like to finish reading it in Edward’s point of view. She’s a great author and when she decides to publish it she will. Just give her some space for now. : D
OMG!!! I hope Steph still publishes it!!! She posted a rough draft on her website and I MUST finish the entire book!!!
i really really love stephanie meyer and im really annoyed about the leak i have read the first chapter on stephanie meyers website and im stopping THERE!! because i love stephanie meyer and i want her to continue writing the book i loved the first chapter and still want her to write it i feel really sorry for steph but i think she still should write it because its proper fans that will still buy the book and all of us still want it on our shelves so good luck steph please continue writing the first chapter she put on her website is AMAZING!! i would love the actual book xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
oh yeah and i actually thought breaking dawn was GREAT!! but thats because im like obsessed with the whole thing n they get married ( awwwh ) but i dont mind if other people dont like it cause thats there view on things and im not gunna judge them xx but i really really really do think she should publish it i really want it but im not gunna read the leak cause i dont want to ruin it ( oh n i hope she does new moon, eclipse n breaking dawn from his view on things ) but i dont think that stupid stupid stupid ect person should stop you writing the book i think your fans ( includoing me ) will love you even more ( if thats possible ) if you continue writing…… i love you steph and the twilight saga is AMAZING and i really love edward so his view would be a perfect ending
thnx! xxxxxxxxxxxxx
I AM SOOO SAD THAT A PERSON WOULD DISSAPOINT ALL US AND STEPHENIE LIKE THAT! PLZ STEPH FOR US, YOUR LOYAL twilight FANS ( WHO WOULD NEVER EVER READ THE LEAK ) KEEP WRITING MIDNIGHT SUN!!
P.S. Edward is HOT!
P.S.S. I have read the twilight saga 16 times I know it word for word!
Meanie person who leaked the chapter(s)!
plz plz plz stephanie listen !!!when i herd your putting midnight sun on hold i cryd for weeks not knowing when or if it will cum out plz plz plz plz dont put is in pain eny more edwards vew needs to be hurd
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
plzplzplz stephanie keep righting because were are waighting soo desperetly to here edwards vew
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plz make midnight sun for 2009 plz were all on are knees here!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Stephenie is awesome! I think she is the best writer in the world because of the books she wrote. Ilove these books and am already reading them over because I couldn’t stand to not read the books. I am Stephenie
Meyer’s #1 fan because of the books she wrote. I LOVE BELLA CULLEN!!!
i really really wanted 2 read Midnight Sun but now ill never be able 2!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
plz plz plz stephenie myers send ur draft 2 da publishers NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!
I was extremely mad about the Midnight Sun leak. First, if Stephenie wanted it to be shown to the public, she could have done that herself, and it gives no one the right to read Midnight Sun before anyone else. We were all looking forward to it, and now what? Some doofuses decieded to post it on the internet for there own stupid usage. It’s not fair, and it’s not nice. Stephenie had all rights to that book, and you just vialiated her like she wasn’t a real person, with real feelings. Like she said, you vilalated her rights as a human being. I hope that anyone who read that illegal copy is ashamed and very very very guilty. And to the person that started the leak, I hope that you are happy, because none of us are.
the draft is on her website.
i know its unfair….but now im desperate waiting for it to publish…. pls..maam….plsss..i love reading your books…pls..
stop blaming stephenie for this she is very upset about the leak so stop talking her into finishing it because she will once you guys stop begging her to finish it which will be forever from this point so I support stephenie and I understand her so will you people STOP hurting her feelings by saying your mad at her and that she’s stupid for doing this because shea NOT! so if you were a real twilight fan or if you really want her to finish the book stop talking about that book and just be nice to her! and also stop saying the title of the book thats another reason she cant forget about it so please for you people that want her to finish it stop being rude and just forget about it like she wants you to.
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thanks alot!
I wish she would just get over the leak. It’s fine for her to be mad, but she isn’t the first and only victim this has happened to. I LOVED the first 12 chapters of midnight sun and really want her to finish!!!! Bella was a horrible selfish and inconsiderate main character, so I think Edward makes the book better. The first story was the only good one anyway . I hated the last one. The entire time all I could think was WHAT the HELL .
I just really want her to finish midnight sun for the fans who care and support the book!!!
Although it is extremely sad that a copy of Midnight Sun was leaked, it is not all together unheard of. I can empathize with Stephanie and the breach of trust that she must have felt. With that being said, I think that it is time for her to buck up and be a big girl. After reading the partial draft on her website, I am more convinced that she needs to finish it. She says on her page that she cannot finish it right now due to her poor mood about the subject and that she may just end up killing all of the Cullens. We all know that this isn’t true because all she is doing is simply retelling the story from another point of view. I think that she owes it to her fans to finish it. I hope that she comes to terms with it soon… here’s hoping!
This is really sad … who would actually do a thing \like this to Stephenie(the greatest author ever)?my friends and i were really looking forward to reading this book. we’re,like, totally obsessed.But now because Stephenie’s not going to finish the book we’re like ” what do we do now? wait around for the movies and watch them over and over again?It’s not like we werent already planning on doing that. Are we supposed to keep reading the books over and over again? We’re already doing this.*sigh*WHAT ARE WE SUPPOSED TO DO?? No other book can mesure up to this series. People, there IS NO LIFE AFTER TWILIGHT! so please stop rying to push these other books.
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE Stephenie, finish the books. I need them.No, WE need them.
Also I haven’t even read the draft.Legal or otherwise.Irefuse to do so until this wrong doing is justified.No matter how painful it is knowing that Edwards point of view is out there.I’ll just have to find new books in the ten section and any other thing that looks worthy of my time.(Of course I will continue to buy all TWILIGHT products in order to support Ms. Meyer.I’ll keep re-reading the book too.) 🙂
hey, kaleb! man, i haven’t read breaking dawn yet, and i don’t want to do so yet, because then i will be like completely desperate to read midnight sun…however, leaks happen all the time… stephanie should disregard those assholes who did that and keep writing…:)