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By Twilight_News | January 29, 2009
"We’ve recently had a bunch of emails from people claiming they saw a news story in various places claiming that Stephenie said she is never finishing Dark High Noon. Highlight to see the explanation of Dark High Noon —–>(Inside joke the Lex refuses to call the novel Midnight Sun. It’s like saying Voldemort in the Harry Potter world. It’s bad luck, if you say the novel title you may never see a completed version.)
From what we understand, the status of Dark High Noon has not changed since August. It’s a slow news week, folks, and we’ve been seeing a lot of rehash on tons of Twilight articles both movie and book related. You can see Stephenie’s statement on her website and a follow-up interview where she directly mentions her plans to EW. Things are no different than what is reflected on those two links!
January 29th, 2009 at 5:03 pm
Rumors give people something to talk about. I only trust what comes from here or Stephenie.
January 29th, 2009 at 5:13 pm
…Dark High Noon…
That’s clever.
But my Twilight friends (the ones who aren’t as obsessed as I am) were asking me about “Dark High Noon” today, and it kind of sucked because I had nothing to tell them and I usually have a response to all of their questions.
I really wish Stephenie would at least keep us a little more updated.
She’s had this on hold forever, and it’s making a lot of Twilighters really antsy (myself included).
January 29th, 2009 at 5:51 pm
Wow, it is like Voldemort, but it also sort of reminds me of the word “Macbeth” which is forbidden among drama folk. Seriously though, Stephenie has a right to put it on hold for as long as she wants. It may take a few years, but I’m sure she’ll get back to it and want to finish and publish it.
January 29th, 2009 at 5:52 pm
“I really wish Stephenie would at least keep us a little more updated.
She’s had this on hold forever, and it’s making a lot of Twilighters really antsy (myself included).”
It’s only been a few months. That’s nowhere near forever. And she just wants a break from it. She has no obligation to give you a play-by-play on how she’s feeling, and if she did it wouldn’t be much of a break.
January 29th, 2009 at 5:57 pm
You know, as an artist I completely understand why Stephenie Meyer doesn’t want to work on/release “Dark High Noon”, but as a fan it sucks! It hurts so much to have to suffer for someone elese’s stupidity.
I hope one day she is able to move on and make us fans VERY VERY happy. As she always has!
January 29th, 2009 at 6:43 pm
Okay, what is Dark High Noon? Is it the same as Midnight Sun? For some reason some of the paragraph above is cut off on my computer and I’m a little confused.
January 29th, 2009 at 6:46 pm
Everybody always wonders what Dark High Noon is when I call it that! Then I have to explain
It gets annoying.
I’m really upset about thatt. I want Dark High Noon to come out ): Me and my friends say Steph’s secretly writing it. Wouldn’t that be nice?
<3
January 29th, 2009 at 7:06 pm
“time makes our hearts stronger”..so you can think of it this way…whenever “the amazing thing” comes out..it will mean THAT much more to us. yeah, it stinks what happened. I read the leaked version and i started to compare books (twilight and you know what) and i didn’t prepare myself for when it abruptly ended all i could keep saying was no no no no..it was amazing…evem as a rough draft!!!!!! so i know the wait will be worth it. It just goes to show when you decide to steal, you not only lose for yourself, but also for everyone else.
January 29th, 2009 at 7:21 pm
lol. before seeing the bit in (), I was like “Dark High Noon?!?! What?!?! Steph has started ANOTHER novel that I didn’t know about?!?” haha. I like the non-jinx nickname =)
January 29th, 2009 at 7:39 pm
Jennifer - highlight the part b/w the brackets.. the part that is seemingly “cut off”
January 29th, 2009 at 7:43 pm
thankyou for posting these things, people in my high school are running around saying that “Dark Hight Noon” is coming out in like two months…NO ITS NOT!!!(well not that i know for sure) im sure Stephenie would’ve announced the date at some point and Lexicon would’ve annouced it too! So thanks for clearing it up:)!
January 29th, 2009 at 7:57 pm
Random comment: I would like if Alex O’Loughlin played Aro or something. He just fits the picture for me
January 29th, 2009 at 8:02 pm
Screw SM.. I’m still pissed at her about this ridiculous crap.
January 29th, 2009 at 8:05 pm
honestly stephenie meyer has the biggest ego when it comes to dark high moon. she needs to get off her high horse and just publish it.
January 29th, 2009 at 8:07 pm
:-0…oh no you do not diss Stephenie Meyer!! If you don’t have anything nice to say..DON’T POST ANYTHING AT ALL!! k. thanks.
January 29th, 2009 at 8:24 pm
I read the partial rough draft on SM’s website and I love it and all this news really does suck but I hope it does eventually come out.
January 29th, 2009 at 8:31 pm
I agree. Don’t be mad at Stephenie Meyer. It’s not like you’re under her pressure or can understand how she feels about things. I was disappointed too, but I still support her. She gave us Edward!
Lol
January 29th, 2009 at 9:08 pm
What is Dark High Moon? It’s Not Midnight Sun is it? I not up to date on this. Help.
January 29th, 2009 at 9:10 pm
I don’t even let my HUSBAND read anything I’m working on until I’m ready for him to see it–I cringe at the thought.
With Twilight fans being Twilight fans (very particular about their characters’ lives and personalities), I can’t blame Stephanie for being really upset about the leak.
I hope she’ll be able to push past this treachery at some point, because I would be very interested to see this story from Edward’s perspective–or Alice’s perspective (that would be mind-blowing, I think).
I’m so intrigued by her characters. They seem so real that I find myself looking for them. In the logical part of my mind that keeps track of the realities of my life, I know that isn’t possible, but the part of my mind that fell in love with these characters doesn’t pay much attention to that part.
My therapist is just waiting to see which part wins.
I’m not sure which one she’s cheering for–or maybe I just don’t want to know.
January 29th, 2009 at 9:12 pm
Dark High Noon what is that.
Can someone explain to me what that is please.
January 29th, 2009 at 9:26 pm
exactly. You know, it you were working on something this important to you and tried your best to keep it secret, then someone that you trusted went and leaked it all over the internet,you would feel the same way.She has every right to do this.Don’t get me wrong, i’m just as anxious as you are,but i can see things from her piont of view.All the same, i hope she can sort it all out and finish the book soon. if the edited version is better than the partial draft, it’ll be well worth the wait.
January 29th, 2009 at 9:27 pm
when i say exactly, i’m responding to #15
January 29th, 2009 at 9:32 pm
to anyone who is confused:
yes Dark High Noon is in fact Midnight Sun.
I was confused at first to, don’t feel bad.;D
January 29th, 2009 at 10:01 pm
damn i thought there’d be some news about DHN. back to hibernation.
January 29th, 2009 at 10:15 pm
well here’s to two more years. for those confused on what dark high noon “is”. read the blog. it explains it.
January 29th, 2009 at 10:40 pm
The really bad part is, even if Stephanie were to feel like working on Midnight Sun again, it’s junk like this that would stop her.
January 29th, 2009 at 11:04 pm
I dont blame Stephenie for doing what she did. Id be really upset if someone did that to something of mine that I was in the process of writing. But I really wish it would come out.
January 29th, 2009 at 11:10 pm
What is w/ the random Steph hate?!?!
Umm…hello? She could just stop writting everything if she wanted to…It’s not like she HAS to do anything!!!
January 29th, 2009 at 11:43 pm
Anyone who’s felt the sting of betrayal can understand exactly where SM is coming from. I’m flattered she respected us, her readers, enough to provide us with an explanation and the link so we could all be on equal footing. Of course it sucks and we are all disappointed it happened at all. Now we need to be understanding and allow SM the time she needs to move past the hurt and hopefully someday come back and give us the rest of the amazing story she’s started.
January 29th, 2009 at 11:46 pm
I have faith it will get published one day. Edward deserves to get his POV across. I saw the movie and became a fan. I bought the Twilight book, but read it with DHN at the same time. Chapter by Chapter. Edward’s version is just so compelling! It’s my favorite book.
I hope she can let him have a voice again some day. There are so many scenes in all the books where I think “What is he thinking?” It’s as fascinating to me as Bella is to him. It’s like you’re trying to read Edward’s mind through Bella’s eyes, but she misinterprets things so you’re always guessing.
There are some scenes that Bella’s not present for that I’d love to see. Like when he begs the Volturi to end his life. That must have been one powerful scene!
Anyway, let’s hope she feels well enough to finish it. We just have to have faith in Edward. The only one who can probably make her finish is him. He’ll have to keep bugging her or show up in a dream and tell her to do it!
January 30th, 2009 at 12:45 am
What is with “Dark High Noon”???? Why is it being called that instead of Midnight Sun???
Don’t get me wrong, but names are awesome (MS awesomer), I’m just extremely confused right now as to why it’s being called that.
January 30th, 2009 at 12:46 am
*I meant “both” not “but”. So “both names are awesome”
January 30th, 2009 at 12:54 am
P.S.
I’m coming here, Twilighters.org and BellaandEdward.com from now on - I was on HisGoldenEyes.com and left a few comments about how I thought AnnaSophia Robb would be a better Jane than Dakota Fanning, and the admins reeally didn’t like that - they blocked me. I was shocked. I seriously did NOT say anything mean about Dakota or anyone else - I left, like, ten comments there over the period of a couple days, saying I didn’t like Dakota Fanning as Jane, and they BLOCKED me. I was outraged, and have been voting for this site since then, trying to dislodge HisGoldenEyes.com from their lofty perch on Twilighttopsites.com so they stop being so obnoxious.
Don’t you guys agree that is EXTREMELY petty, blocking someone because they don’t agree with you? It’s like you can only go to HGE to agree with the runners of the site, not to give your opinion. Seriously, I am never going to HisGoldenEyes.com again.
This site is WAY better.
January 30th, 2009 at 1:09 am
Dark High Noon… that is hilarious!!
January 30th, 2009 at 4:46 am
isn`t it called Midnight sun, not Dark High Noon?
January 30th, 2009 at 10:20 am
i really hope she finishes MIDNIGHT SUN….i’m dying to read more twilight!
January 30th, 2009 at 10:48 am
Hmm so SM says that she wants to wait like 2 years after she hears nothing about Midnight Sun to even think about working on it, but will that ever happen? Will people EVER stop talking about it? I don’t think they will. As long as new people find her books (like I did this month), the natural progression after reading BD is to look for MS!
January 30th, 2009 at 11:23 am
I like the taboo on the name. Dark High Noon, that’s very clever. Maybe we could also call it The-Book-That-Must-Not-be-Named. I appreciate the Lexicon for all the hard work they do, and I am grateful for their level-headed approach to all this craziness.
January 30th, 2009 at 12:43 pm
the-book-that-must-not-be-named…i like it!;D
a fellow HP fan!
January 30th, 2009 at 12:53 pm
After all these months - I don’t care. I loved the chapters we got but the problem is that I cannot look at MIDNIGHT SUN the same way anymore. Let’s face it - Stephenie Meyer was acting like a child and I don’t respect her. Not after what she did. Reading a book without respecting the author and his/her views (considering that every book is a huge part of the author) is not.. satisfying.
I used to be a fan.
January 30th, 2009 at 2:23 pm
hey Karolina, I mean no offence to you personally, but try writing a book, it is a world that belongs to you, that you personally create, your heart and soul is in that story, and someone took that from her and leaked it. She wasnt acting like a child, she was hurt, and her motivation was gone. give her a break. I wouldent have been able to finish the boook either.
January 30th, 2009 at 3:29 pm
Okay, for those of you who don’t know what Dark High Noon is; it’s a substitute term for Midnight Sun. The tradition was started right here on the Twilight Lexicon. It is not the proper name for the book; it is just a fan-thing.
And as for those dissers; honestly what the wang.
You aren’t Steph and you don’t understand the pressure she is put under. She wrote Dark High Noon, but she didn’t have to publish it. She was going to; because of us fans!
I understand why she is upset about it getting leaked; I know I wouldn’t that to happen to me if I was a writer.
So seriously guys, no more Meyer-dissing, please.
When the time is right, she will publish it. And who knows, it may be better than the draft thats on her site now.
January 30th, 2009 at 4:17 pm
what is it????????????
January 30th, 2009 at 5:43 pm
Okay. People don’t hate me.
Dark High Noon= Midnight Sun.
But Stephenie didn’t want us to talk about Midnight Sun. She wasn’t going to work on it until she didn’t her about it for two years. So someone thought we should just call it this and we can talk about it. Which I don’t know, I just don’t really think it’s right. Were still talking about Midnight Sun, she isn’t stupid, she knows what DHN is.
January 30th, 2009 at 6:44 pm
I agree w/ Marley, what SM did isn’t childish. if you created your own story and someone else took advantage of it, you would get angry too. i think what she does is her decision and she’s doing the right thing (even though everyone inc me feel deprived of the story). everyone needs to remember that the characters originally belonged to her.
anyways, if everyone keeps talking about the book regardless of what we’re calling it, she won’t think about writing it.
January 30th, 2009 at 9:15 pm
MIDNIGHT SUN.
jinxes are silly things.
January 30th, 2009 at 9:20 pm
ha i knew that those stupid emails weren’t true!
January 30th, 2009 at 9:36 pm
Wow. People are being so mean about Stephenie here. They’re also NOT READING THE EXPLANATION of DHN…. >.>
January 31st, 2009 at 6:25 pm
I think Anna Sophia Robb should be Jane but Dakota might be ok……………..
January 31st, 2009 at 7:03 pm
I love Stephenie and I really admire her.I can’t believe that people are being mean to her.She could’ve kept her dream to herself and never written Twilight.Then what would we have been doing now? She deserves to get a break and can write DHN whenever she feels like.It’s not like if we kept bugging her she would do any favors to us.
February 1st, 2009 at 7:16 pm
when i read that she was gonna stop DHN indefinatly, i was upset. but reading this theres atleast SOME hope. =)
February 2nd, 2009 at 4:35 am
To comments #38 and #39, Fleur and udazzleme, I LOVE that idea! The-Book-That-Must-Not-Be-Named, or Dark High Noon, VERY CLEVER, indeed.
As for poor Stephanie and her sense of betrayal, I can absolutely understand how she feels. Betrayal, particularly by someone you trust, is never an easy thing to deal with. Please accept, from this 60 year old “Granny”, a big virtual hug and a consoling pat on the back. We’ll be ready for your book when you get ready to finish it. ‘Nough said.
February 8th, 2009 at 3:14 pm
I hope Ms. Meyer finishes Midnight Sun and continues the rest of the series from Edward’s perspective. I enjoyed every moment of the series plus the outtakes and extras from her website. I hope she understands that her fans will truly appreciate more insight into Edward, Bella, and the rest of the characters.