In Stephenie Meyer's world, the vampires don't have real fangs, can go out in daylight, and if the sun hits their skin, they, erm... sparkle. Literally.

It's a whole thing, Gud. A whole BIZARRE thing.

Go you with the writing! And the map-making! I've done that even for small-town stories, so I can keep track of where houses are in relation to others. Which is fun, but mostly a way for me to procrastinate. That's just me, though!

That's just me, though!

No.

Not just you.

In Stephenie Meyer's world, the vampires don't have real fangs, can go out in daylight, and if the sun hits their skin, they, erm... sparkle. Literally.

Now I'm imagining her vampires as a bunch of tween age girls wearing glittery makeup and with those glow in the dark fake vampire teeth. But hey, she's the one who has sold like a zillion books.

I'm looking forward to my next writing block of time. I was hardly able to write anything yesterday with the map making and detailed outlining. Nicknames will appear in chapter 4, which will be fun.

I'm getting way too much into this

Unpossible. This is the way it's supposed to be.

Oh, and nicknames get established. After mid chapter 4, Woodchipper will never call techie anything except "Princess" expect when talking to techie's parents. Meanwhile since Woodchipper refuses to tell anyone her actual name, instead using what she thinks is a bad ass nickname, pragmatic leader names her after his cat and it sticks.

Very interesting piece about the Times list and royalties and publishing myths.

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