Yes I am THAT dorky!
I recently decided to try out the Twilight book series, by Stephenie Meyer. I wasn't really interested in the hype at first, I mean seriously, Vampires? But when the time came for Kris to leave town for a few days, I decided I wanted to fill my mommy time with a little bit of indulgence for me, which is usually reading. One of my sister-in-laws was already all into the Twilight craze, which wasn't suprising. But my other sister-in-law, the one I didn't expect to enjoy it, was actually very excited about it and couldn't stop talking about it either. So I figured I'd at least give it a shot. I mean I needed something worthwhile to fill my mommy time when the P's had their bedtime, and what better indulgence than reading a book you can't put down.
I started the first one Wednesday night, and before I knew it, it was midnight, this was the same way Thursday and I finally finished it Friday night. I couldn't wait to get the P's to bed so I could find out what was going on with Edward and Bella and how selfish and silly I sound even typing that! The P's had a fun day planned in KC on Saturday with my cousin and her boyfriend, so after they left at 6:30am, I popped in the Twilight DVD my sister-in-law had loaned me. I was not disappointed, in fact, it made me that much more excited to read the second installment. And I felt myself being drawn into the craze. I had heard that New Moon was the least anticipated installment of the series, I mean Edward leaves, so of course I knew I had to get through it to get to Eclipse, so amazingly I read the 500+ pages almost in one day. I felt a little over-indulgent and put it down until Sunday night. But it was right there in my mind, more vampires please, more Edward please. In fact, we ended up going over to my sister and brother-in-law's to watch the Blue Ray edition Saturday night. Big P watched a little of it here and there in between playing school with her sister and cousin, and was pretty impressed with the Edward character in the movie. She also loved the music. So maybe I've created the youngest Twilight fan, OOPS!
Kris got back safely from his trip Sunday afternoon. I confessed to him that I was now a Twilight dork as he called it =). But he seemed interested in hearing why I liked it so much and didn't make fun of me too much. We had some time to enjoy the evening as a family, but when the P's bedtime rolled around, my mind went back to reading, it had been my time to read for several nights. I was truly torn between just hanging out with him or finishing New Moon. I felt bad because I really just wanted to finish those last two chapters, but I put it off as long as I could. He laughed when he saw me reach for the book as he geared up for a good night's sleep. I finished it before he hit dreamland and was very tempted to dive right into Eclipse, but I decided I didn't need to be up that late when I had work the next morning.
Somehow my excitement must've worn off. Kris actually agreed to watch the movie and he did enjoy it. He seems very interested in seeing the second movie so there's at least hope that he could become a Twilight dork too! I am now halfway through Eclipse. and am starting to wonder if I will be very disappointed when I run out of words to read about Bella and Edward, because I truly enjoy reading about them. I am such a Twilight dork now, that I actually read the Midnight Son manuscript on Stephenie Meyer's website, its the first book from Edward's perspective. Reading that has truly made me realize how captivating this Edward character is....sigh!
But there is a less dorky side I guess, to falling for the craze. It has made me realize that writing is a lot less work than it seems to be for some. I used to read a good book, and then read as much as I could about the author to get a glimpse of the process they went through to dream of, write and eventually publish the book. One author, I can't remember her name at the moment, said that you should expect a Five year timeframe from the dream, to the final product. Five years?! She made it sound so methodical and I can't imagine putting so much method into my creativity and perhaps thats is part of the reason I haven't just taken a dream and ran with it, up until now.
But Stephenie Meyer made it sound like she took her dream and just wrote, regardless of method, and found herself knee-deep in the Edward and Bella story. She is a mother of three young boys and in between all of the day-to-day chaos of being a mommy, she found time to put her dream into words. It didn't seem to take long for her to go through the motions of getting it edited and published and wow, look where its taken her. It is a dream of mine to write something that will captivate someone. To know that my words are the ones that readers can not simply let go of, or forget. What better compliment than knowing your book is the one that's kept them up until the wee hours of the morning simply because they can not put it down. And now, after reading her process, it feels so much more possible! Its such an inspiration to see a woman just as busy as me, able to take her creativity to the next level, so truly I am a Stephenie Meyer fan!
So over the past few days, I have been paying attention more to the daydreams I've had and tried to put them down in a place I can find later. Of course, they are a little filtered with the thoughts of Edward and his sweet Bella but I'm going to run with it and see what kind of characters I can create that will become something of its own voice. I'm anxious but in a good way, to see what I can come up with. It feels so much more possible to fulfill my dream now, silly that it took reading a book to do this huh? I guess that is not truly a surprise though, I mean it makes sense to fall in love with a character to find one that you can create of your own. So I hope this lasting impression her words have made on me will contribute to my own success. We'll see!
For now, I will continue to indulge in the series and I truly look forward to seeing the next movie.
For those of you who can't get enough of the Twilight craze yourself, here are a few of my favorite websites!
http://www.stepheniemeyer.com/index.html
http://www.twilightthemovie.com/
http://www.thetwilightsaga.com/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJ9afRgToxE
I started the first one Wednesday night, and before I knew it, it was midnight, this was the same way Thursday and I finally finished it Friday night. I couldn't wait to get the P's to bed so I could find out what was going on with Edward and Bella and how selfish and silly I sound even typing that! The P's had a fun day planned in KC on Saturday with my cousin and her boyfriend, so after they left at 6:30am, I popped in the Twilight DVD my sister-in-law had loaned me. I was not disappointed, in fact, it made me that much more excited to read the second installment. And I felt myself being drawn into the craze. I had heard that New Moon was the least anticipated installment of the series, I mean Edward leaves, so of course I knew I had to get through it to get to Eclipse, so amazingly I read the 500+ pages almost in one day. I felt a little over-indulgent and put it down until Sunday night. But it was right there in my mind, more vampires please, more Edward please. In fact, we ended up going over to my sister and brother-in-law's to watch the Blue Ray edition Saturday night. Big P watched a little of it here and there in between playing school with her sister and cousin, and was pretty impressed with the Edward character in the movie. She also loved the music. So maybe I've created the youngest Twilight fan, OOPS!
Kris got back safely from his trip Sunday afternoon. I confessed to him that I was now a Twilight dork as he called it =). But he seemed interested in hearing why I liked it so much and didn't make fun of me too much. We had some time to enjoy the evening as a family, but when the P's bedtime rolled around, my mind went back to reading, it had been my time to read for several nights. I was truly torn between just hanging out with him or finishing New Moon. I felt bad because I really just wanted to finish those last two chapters, but I put it off as long as I could. He laughed when he saw me reach for the book as he geared up for a good night's sleep. I finished it before he hit dreamland and was very tempted to dive right into Eclipse, but I decided I didn't need to be up that late when I had work the next morning.
Somehow my excitement must've worn off. Kris actually agreed to watch the movie and he did enjoy it. He seems very interested in seeing the second movie so there's at least hope that he could become a Twilight dork too! I am now halfway through Eclipse. and am starting to wonder if I will be very disappointed when I run out of words to read about Bella and Edward, because I truly enjoy reading about them. I am such a Twilight dork now, that I actually read the Midnight Son manuscript on Stephenie Meyer's website, its the first book from Edward's perspective. Reading that has truly made me realize how captivating this Edward character is....sigh!
But there is a less dorky side I guess, to falling for the craze. It has made me realize that writing is a lot less work than it seems to be for some. I used to read a good book, and then read as much as I could about the author to get a glimpse of the process they went through to dream of, write and eventually publish the book. One author, I can't remember her name at the moment, said that you should expect a Five year timeframe from the dream, to the final product. Five years?! She made it sound so methodical and I can't imagine putting so much method into my creativity and perhaps thats is part of the reason I haven't just taken a dream and ran with it, up until now.
But Stephenie Meyer made it sound like she took her dream and just wrote, regardless of method, and found herself knee-deep in the Edward and Bella story. She is a mother of three young boys and in between all of the day-to-day chaos of being a mommy, she found time to put her dream into words. It didn't seem to take long for her to go through the motions of getting it edited and published and wow, look where its taken her. It is a dream of mine to write something that will captivate someone. To know that my words are the ones that readers can not simply let go of, or forget. What better compliment than knowing your book is the one that's kept them up until the wee hours of the morning simply because they can not put it down. And now, after reading her process, it feels so much more possible! Its such an inspiration to see a woman just as busy as me, able to take her creativity to the next level, so truly I am a Stephenie Meyer fan!
So over the past few days, I have been paying attention more to the daydreams I've had and tried to put them down in a place I can find later. Of course, they are a little filtered with the thoughts of Edward and his sweet Bella but I'm going to run with it and see what kind of characters I can create that will become something of its own voice. I'm anxious but in a good way, to see what I can come up with. It feels so much more possible to fulfill my dream now, silly that it took reading a book to do this huh? I guess that is not truly a surprise though, I mean it makes sense to fall in love with a character to find one that you can create of your own. So I hope this lasting impression her words have made on me will contribute to my own success. We'll see!
For now, I will continue to indulge in the series and I truly look forward to seeing the next movie.
For those of you who can't get enough of the Twilight craze yourself, here are a few of my favorite websites!
http://www.stepheniemeyer.com/index.html
http://www.twilightthemovie.com/
http://www.thetwilightsaga.com/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJ9afRgToxE
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