Remember To Be Rational

With the frenzy of the newest rumor going around that Twilight saga author Stephenie Meyer was being sued TwilightBlog.net has been bringing you updates. However, on our most recent update many of you on the site and through our Twitter account took things the wrong way. Please note that at the beginning of the post we put the disclaimer that the newest posting on Yahoo.com of the rumor was not true due to it being modeled after the original fake appearance of the rumor on Max-Dan-Wiz. We still brought it to your attention just so that you currently know what is going on and being said. Misunderstandings such as this occur too much whether in news, character profiles, or simple statements in articles. If you are going to comment please make sure you read all of the way so that you save yourself the trouble of getting upset or angry or making yourself look silly.

Here to confirm just for clarifications sake is Stephenie Meyer:

"I am not being sued. No one has contacted me or my publisher to inform either of us that I'm being sued. I never had a roommate named Heidi. There is no professor in the BYU English department named Dr. Peter Benton (though there is a character on ER by that name). And most of all, I began writing Twilight exactly the way I've told people in countless interviews and events for the past six years: I had a cool dream, I wrote it down, writing it down was really fun, so I kept writing until I had a whole book.

The sad thing about this silly situation is that so many legitimate news outlets reported it without doing any research at all to determine if there was any truth to the story. And at least two of these facts are really, really easy to confirm. Particularly, the one about the BYU professor. A simple on-line search can give you that information. Also, a quick call to my publisher would have cleared up the whole lawsuit story. (Kudos to the fansites who did their due diligence and debunked this rumor days ago.)

I guess the moral of the story is that—big surprise—you can't believe everything you read on the internet. Seems like it's April Fool's Day every day on-line. So no worries, the filming of New Moon continues uninterrupted. And, to end this on a bright note, the filming of New Moon continues to be awesome. It's all so beautiful! Chris Weitz is brilliant. Kristen, Rob, and Taylor are beyond words. I have gotten choked up more than once on set due to their amazing performances. I can't wait to see it all put together!

Steph"

So please, remember to be rational, thoughtful, and careful before you let yourself get carried away. Thanks to our viewers for their continual visits and make it a great day! Happy Twilighting!