Stephenie Meyer Pens New Novella

Twilight author and all-round Geeky Girls goddess Stephenie Meyer is set to publish a new novella (that's short story to you and us) about a vampire briefly introduced in Eclipse.

The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner will tell the story of Victoria's newborn vampire army as they prepare to attack Bella and the Cullens.

The novella is being published for charity and will release at 12.01am on the 5th June. $1 from each sale will be donated to the American Red Cross International Response Fund. And, as an extra special treat, from the 7th June to the 5th July, fans will be able to read the book for free online at www.breetanner.com.

On her official site Stephenie, who considers the novella a gift to devoted fans (why thank you Stephenie!), revealed that the story was something she'd started working on while editing Eclipse: "I never intended to publish this story as a stand-alone book. I began this story a long time ago—before Twilight was even released. 

"Back then I was just editing Eclipse, and in the thick of my vampire world. I was thinking a lot about the newborns, imagining their side of the story, and one thing led to another. I started writing from Bree's perspective about those final days, and what it was like to be a newborn.

"This story was something that I worked on off and on for a while, just for fun, in between the times I was writing or editing other Twilight novels. I really hope you all enjoy this story. I had a blast writing it. I'm glad that after all this time cooling her heels in my files, Bree finally gets her chance to shine."

The Twilight Saga: Eclipse screenwriter Melissa Rosenberg, director David Slade, and actors Xavier Samuel (Riley), Bryce Dallas Howard (Victoria), and Jodelle Ferland (Bree) were all allowed to read 'Bree Tanner' before cameras rolled to better understand the characters so it'll be interesting to see the impact this short story has on the big screen.

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First Look: Twilight, The Graphic Novel

The nice people at Entertainment Weekly have been kind enough to give Twilight fans a sneak peek at the upcoming comic book version of the Geeky Girls' favourite vampire romance.

Stephenie Meyer was involved in the storyboarding for the novel, penned and illustrated by Young Kim, and said of the version: "It takes me back to the days when I was writing Twilight. It’s been a while since I was really able to read Twilight; there is so much baggage attached to that book for me now.

"Reading Young’s version brought me back to the feeling I had when I was writing and it was just me and the characters again. I love that."

We've included a first glimpse at the cover, as well as a preview of one of it's pages below.

Get more on Twilight: The Graphic Novel and read the full Q&A with Stephenie here.

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Two Movies For Twilight: Breaking Dawn?

Rumour has it that movie bosses are planning to begin filming on the fourth and final installment of the Twilight franchise later this year. But whether the book will be split into two movies is unclear.

Producer Wyck Godfrey told the Los Angeles Times: "It's a work in process. The issue is not going to be resolved until we get the full treatment and see whether it's organic.

"If it's not organic, I don't think it will be done, and if it is, it will be. It really has to do with how much level of detail from the books there is, with all of these new vampires that appear in Breaking Dawn, the whole section about Jacob... It's a very long single movie if it does become a single movie."

Writing on her official website, Twilight author Stephenie Meyer commented: "My personal feeling is that it would be very difficult to cram the whole story into one movie (as I've said in many interviews previous to this), but if a great way of doing that surfaces, I'm all for it. Two or one, whichever way fits the story best is fine by me, and everyone I've spoken with at Summit seems to feel the same way."

She added: "We're all excited to move forward on this, and we are slowly and surely getting there."

The GG♥SF can't get enough of Twilight, so we're happy to see the franchise run as long as possible - but what do you think?

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