I was born in Connecticut in 1973, during a brief blip in my family's otherwise western U.S. existence. We were settled in Phoenix by the time I was four, so, considering that I have twenty-seven Arizona summers under my belt, I think of myself as a native. The unusual spelling of my name was a gift from my father, Stephen ( + ie = me ). Though I have had my name spelled wrong on pretty much everything my entire life long, I must admit that it makes it easier to google myself now.
I filled the "Jan Brady" spot in my family - the second of three girls. Unlike the Brady's, none of my three brothers are steps, and all of them are younger than all the girls. My big sister was, however, very similar to Marcia (only instead of being self-absorbed and vain, she was sweet and shy, which made her all the more perfectÑEmily, Emily, Emily!!), and we did have a dog named after a non-canine animal (Eagle, in this case). We never had a maid, so my mom is clearly superior to Florence Henderson's character, and also has a better singing voice.
I went to high school in Scottsdale, Arizona, the kind of place where every fall a few girls would come back to school with new noses and there were Porsches in the student lot (for the record, I have my original nose, and never had a car until after I was in my twenties). Our football team was renowned statewideÑfor having the highest average GPA. I was awarded a National Merit Scholarship, and I used it to pay my way to Brigham Young University, in Provo, Utah. On the list of the biggest party schools in the country, BYU consistently and proudly finishes dead last. I majored in English, but concentrated on literature rather than creative writing, mostly because I didn't consider reading books as work (as long as I was going to be doing something anyway, I might as well get course credit for it, right?). During my college years, I heard many lame jokes about English majors' future careers in the food services industries, and to all the people who made those jokes, I now say, "Ha, ha" (to be heard in the voice of Nelson Muntz).
I met my husband, Pancho (his real name is Christiaan, but no one calls him thatÑit's not a long story, but it is a stupid one, so I'll skip it), when I was four, but we were never anywhere close to being childhood sweethearts. In fact, though we saw each other at least weekly through church activities, I can't recall a single instance when we so much as greeted each other with a friendly wave, let alone exchanged actual words. This may have been for the best, because when we did eventually get around to exchanging words, sixteen years after our first meeting, it only took nine months from the first "hello" to the wedding. Of course, we were able to skip over a lot of the getting to know you partsÑmany of our conversations would go something like this: "This one time, when I was ten, I broke my hand at a party whenÑ" "Yeah, I know what happened. I was there, remember?"
We've been married for ten and a half years now, and have three beautiful, brilliant, wonderful boys who often remind me of chimpanzees on crack. Gabe is eight, Seth is five, and Eli is three. When I started my writing career, they were each two years younger, and, looking back, I don't have any idea how I survived trying to do so many things at once.
Twilight is my very first novel, and it has been a crazy, rollercoaster-sans-seatbelts experience from the very beginning. (source)
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Name: Katie
Age: 15
Location: England
About: I discovered the Twilight Saga before it became unbelievably popular, before the movies, before the character dolls, beforeÊ all the merchandise. My friend spotted it in a book store, just another book waiting to be read. The next day she insisted I read it, I said yes but not being a very big book worm myself, I read the blurb and just put it on a shelf. One day I had nothing to do, so I began to read it. From the first page I was hooked, I could relate to Bella as I had just moved away. I read the whole book within a day and needed to read New Moon! I became majorly obsessed with it. Words on a page had never made me feel the way I do when Edward picks Bella up after she has fainted, or when they are in the booth together at dinner. Twilight was special, one of kind. My friend mentioned a film was being made of it, so we tracked it on the internet everyday. There wasn't muchÊ to Google at first, but then the cast was released, then the videos, then the pictures! We slowly watched Twilight becoming more and more popular around the world, before we knew it, it was in every magazine, on the radio stations, and the cast became amazingly popular! I love all the books and both films so much it's hard to describe. I waited a year and a half for the film to come out, and it annoys me when people just make stereotypes of Twilight. Yeah it has a lot of awesomely crazed fans and it's immensely popular but that doesn't give people the right to say it's rubbish, or to call Rob Pattinson ugly, what has he done to deserve that? I hope people read this and change their minds about Twilight, I'm pretty sure any girl, and probably a few guys and relate to this because all in all, we all see a little bit of ourselves in Bella, whether it's the clumsiness or the courage. I know I've babbled on a bit but I just have one more thing to say, Twilighters, in my opinion, are the most loyal and amazing fans any franchise could have!
Month: January 2010
Name: Kaitlyn
Age: 14
Location: California, USA
About: Twilight. Every time I hear this word, one specific phrase always comes to my mind. Forever - relationships can last forever. I lost my best friend about a year ago, and I would imagine my pain is just as strong as when Bella lost Edward. It hurts to lose someone you love, but we all have a different way of dealing with it. Reading was my way. I have been reading so many novels to get out of my life and into another characters it is crazy. Books were/are my distraction. But Twilight wasn't a distraction, it was my life. It made me realize I need to move on and find happiness. I don't want to continue to hurt and be stuck in this pain. And now I am making lots of other great friends. I would call these people the Jacob to my Edward. So Twilight, it is not a distraction for me, it is a cure.
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