Hottie of the Week!

This week’s Hottie(s) is coming via special request.  The last 2 weeks that I’ve been on vacation, I have been deciding how I want to incorporate these hotties into my blog.  They are technically not celebrities to everyone, only select people from the Twilight fandom.  So here’s what I’m going to do…

Last week was the yearly get together for Forever in Forks (in Phoenix this year) and in September, Stephenie Meyer Day (SMD) will happen again (in Forks).  Those of us who get together, at one or both events, have had the pleasure of meeting the Olympic Coven, the men and women who cosplay The Cullens and other characters from the books.  While all of the cosplayers are outstanding, there are 2 of them who stick out, Alan (Edward) and Travis (Emmett).

When in character, these boys are spot on to who they are trying to emulate.  When out of character, as “just” Alan and “just” Travis, you couldn't ask for 2 better people.  It’s a good time to be had by all when they are in the room.  So please, enjoy these hotties as much as us who know them do :) 

And…...here’s Rob from Vanity Fair, cause he was part of the Twilight Series ;)

TICKETS ON SALE AND SCHEDULE ANNOUNCED FOR FOREVER IN FORKS: PHOENIX 2014

Annual Twilight fan event benefits Stand Up 2 Cancer.

Phoenix, AZ – Each year Forever in Forks holds its annual event in a different city of some significance to the Twilight Saga, the New York Times Bestselling novels written by Phoenix native Stephenie Meyer. In 2014, Forever in Forks is coming to Phoenix, Arizona, hometown of both the novel's heroine Bella Swan and the beloved author of the series. On Saturday, January 25, 2014, at 8am MST ticket sales will open to the general public. Ticket sales have been open to the select few “early birds” who signed up for the Forever in Forks mailing list since Thursday.

Forever in Forks: Phoenix is being held at the Embassy Suites Phoenix North on June 20-22, 2014. 100% of the proceeds from the event will benefit Stand Up 2 Cancer, a charitable program established by media, entertainment and philanthropic leaders who have been affected by cancer. For $300, fans receive an assigned seat for panels throughout the weekend featuring actors, authors and more, access to the welcome and farewell breakfasts, a mid-day snack Friday, a pool party Saturday, entrance to the annual Forever Party, and an amazing swag bag. For $250 fans can purchase a general admission ticket to the same events without assigned seating. Each of the past events has sold out, so it is suggested that tickets are purchased early to guarantee admission. To purchase tickets or learn more about the packages and events, please visit http://www.foreverinforks.com

ABOUT FOREVER IN FORKS
 Forever in Forks is an annual gathering for TWILIGHT fans to come together in support of a good cause. Each year, a Forever party is held in a TWILIGHT-related city, with proceeds going toward a chosen charity. In 2012, Forever in Forks raised $2,500 in Los Angeles for Alex’s Lemonade Stand. To learn more about Forever in Forks, including what’s behind the name, please visit http://www.foreverinforks.com/.

I have been fortunate to attend all of the Forever In Forks events and it is a blast and all for a good cause. I am very much looking forward to helping out Sharon at this next event. This is a must go to event if you love Twilight and want to meet other Twihards and help raise some money for a good cause! - Jenn  

Twilight Is and Will Always Be Forever

When I first started writing about the “dirtiest clean book” you've ever read, I was holding back any and all emotions, I didn't want to finish this article that meant my story and journey was over. With the anniversary of Tent City, fan camp the Breaking Dawn part 2 premiere I knew it was time for me to finish my story.

Twilight is forever it will always been ingrained in our lives and in our hearts. Think I am wrong, just look at the people you tweet with, have a laugh with go on vacations with they are more than likely our friends that we have met due to the phenomenon of this book series and movies. We are part of something so special and unique it is almost hard to put into words.

The author on the West End: What was Stephenie Meyer's original name for Twilight? The answer hits close to home

FORKS — Friday the 13th brought good luck to scores of loyal Twilight fans already gathered in Forks and LaPush to celebrate the famous vampires-versus-werewolves novels.

Word spread quickly that author Stephenie Meyer made a spur-of-the-moment decision to mark the 10th anniversary of a dream she had “about a girl and sparkly vampire” that inspired the saga.

Coincidentally, it was Stephenie Meyer Days.

Meyer's four fictional romance novels set in Forks and environs became a global phenomenon with the release of five hit movies between 2008 and 2012.

The 39-year-old author from the Phoenix area informed Forks officials Thursday that she was going to show up for the festival — her first visit to the West End since the Twilight franchise hit it big.

And she revealed another secret: Twilight might have been named Forks instead.

Stephenie Meyer Days is celebrated annually in Forks on the weekend nearest Sept. 16, the birthday of the novel's protagonist, Bella Swan.

The seventh annual celebration continues today sans the author with a highlight of Bella's birthday cake celebration at 1 p.m. at Forks Outfitters/Thriftway, 950 S. Forks Ave.

“Originally, the first draft of the book was called Forks,” Meyer said during an interview at Forks City Hall.

“I liked the idea that this was [Bella's] big fork in the road, like which direction she was going to go in her life. 

“I thought it was a great title, but my editor did not agree with me.”

The Twilight name, which was inspired by a line from Anne of Green Gables, has become synonymous with tourism on the North Olympic Peninsula.

Forks Visitor Center officials credit the saga for drawing tens of thousands of visitors every year.

“It's really mind-blowing,” Meyer said of the phenomenon.

“It's hard to realize it has anything to do with me. I tend to really disassociate.”

Meyer, who had never been to Forks or even Washington state before she wrote the first book in the series, Twilight, described the West End logging town as “a real find.”

“One of the nice things about people coming out here for Twilight is that it's worth coming to for itself,” she said.

“Then they get to see how beautiful it is.” 

Meyer said that Twilight books and related movies have had “quite a lot of backlash,” and confessed that she is sensitive to online haters.

“I have to grow a thicker skin before I write about Forks anymore,” she said.

In addition to Forks, LaPush and the Quileute tribe are featured prominently in the Twilight saga.

Although she worried about how her depictions of Quileute wolf legends would be received by the tribe, Meyer said the response has been overwhelmingly positive.

“When I wrote it, I didn't think anyone would ever see this but me,” Meyer said.

“I do remember when we started talking about publishing, I said maybe we should change the names. You know, I'm starting to get worried that somebody's going to see this and be offended.

“But they've been super nice to me and really, really loving about the whole thing — which is a relief.”

Other portions of the saga are set in Port Angeles.

Swan and her 107-year-old vampire boyfriend, Edward Cullen, had their first date at Bella Italia restaurant.

Meyer and her sister were surprised to find a real Bella Italia restaurant in downtown Port Angeles when they toured the area prior to the release of the first novel.

“I named it that in the book without realizing that was real,” Meyer said.

“We went to dinner there and we're like, 'This is so crazy.'”

Meyer include Port Angeles in her books as a slightly larger town where teenagers would go to have dinner or buy a prom dress.

“Forks was always the center of it,” she said.

When asked to comment on Twilight's influence on teenage notions of love and marriage, Meyer said she never set out to influence anyone. 

“There is a story that I've heard different reiterations of from girls who were in a relationship that was not very good to them,” Meyer said.

“And when they read Twilight, they felt like: 'You know what? This isn't love. Love is something better than this, and I'm getting out.' 

“And that makes me happy. 

“It's a really serious kind of situation to be in an abusive relationship, and I'm glad for whoever it helped, for sure.”

Meyer confessed that Edward Cullen's character is seen as “a bit of a stalker,” but conventional rules don't apply to vampires.

“I think that he puts her well-being before his, and that's rare in a relationship,” Meyer said.

“That's what you're really looking for. And if that helps anybody to look for somebody who is really about them and not about themselves, that's a good thing.”

Meyer said she is particularly fond of LaPush, where dozens of Twilight fans were assembled at a campground for Stephenie Meyer Days.

The author signed autographs and took pictures with her fans, some of whom came from as far as Austria and Ireland.

Tracy Capoccia of Boston attends Twilight-themed events throughout the nation, but she and Jessica Wheeler of Pittsburgh had never seen the North Olympic Peninsula prior to this year's Stephenie Meyer Days.

“The scenery is breathtaking,” Capoccia said, while scanning the Pacific Ocean from First Beach.

“It's more than I ever expected it to be.”

Wheeler added: “It's beautiful, and I could see how Stephenie could set a love story here, because it's very romantic — just in the way it feels and the way it looks.”

Like many Twilight saga fans, Wheeler and Capoccia met online and have become good friends.

“We can never thank [Meyer] enough for what she's brought into our lives,” Capoccia said.

“She hasn't just brought the characters into our lives, we've made lifelong friends.”

Back at City Hall, Forks Mayor Bryon Monohon presented Meyer with a proclamation of appreciation.

“It is an absolute skill to be able to come in to an area, especially one that you don't know, and capture it,” Monohon said.

“You got it right.”

Marcia Bingham, customer service director for the Forks Chamber of Commerce, asked Meyer the same question that many visitors ask: 

Will there be another book in the Twilight series? 

Meyer said she left the series open and knows what happens next, but is hesitant to pen another book because of the negative press and Twilight “backlash.”

“If were to write it, I know that I would get creamed in the reviews and that it would just be a new wave of fresh hate,” Meyer said.

“So for me, that kind of puts me off of it.

“Maybe when it dies down.”




Source: peninsuladailynews

Music Monday: Featuring @christinaperri

This past week was the most amazing time ever. Being in Forks, meeting Stephenie Meyer in Forks on Stephenie Meyer day was beyond anything I could have anticipated or wished for. The only song once again fitting for this week's Music Monday was 'A Thousand Years, part 2'.  The words are failing me to describe how awesome of a time I had on the Olympic Peninsula. Met up with some amazing friends that I hadn't seen since 'Tent City' and made some awesome new friends and memories.  Thanks once again to Sharon Lottes and Forever in Forks for putting this together. You are amazing my dear and I can't wait for the next function.