Posted by Vee | September 22, 2009, 15:24 (EST) | 5 Comments
Category: Books, L.J. Smith, TV Series
L.J. Smith is one of 40 authors participating in Simon & Schuster’s Blogfest 2009, a two-week event “where Simon & Schuster’s top teen authors and their fan bases come together to share ideas on one single blog.” Blogfest runs from Sept. 21st – Oct. 4th and each day is devoted to a single teen-submitted question. Every author will answer at least five questions over a two-week period.
LJS has only made one post so far, answering “What made you start writing?”, but she’s also answering a lot of questions in the post comments. She’s dropped some info about the next volume in the
As for Vampire Diaries: I will continue to write them for as long as the publishers and I get along.
Watch for more Blogfest posts in the next two weeks. Thanks to Jezebel and Nilly for letting us know!
We’d seen some chatter about people being “freaked out” by a Vampire Diaries ad, but couldn’t figure out what on earth they were talking about. Well, thanks to Digital Signage Today, we now know and it’s all Blade Runner n’ stuff:
Playing on the concept that vampires don’t have reflections, pedestrians who approach the Inwindow Storescape will initially see their likeness on a screen. Shortly thereafter, a black crow approaches the viewer, circling around the viewer’s head before flying off. The screen then flashes momentarily and the image of the viewer vanishes while the background scene – other pedestrians, cars, etc. – remains. A trailer of the show then launches on the screen and the pedestrian is sent a message to their mobile device, via Bluetooth, that allows them to view the trailer on their phone.
The displays are in New York and Los Angeles – and they’re huge. You can check it out over at DST. The company responsible is Inwindow Outdoor and you can find out how they put the interactive display together on their website.
UPDATE: Thanks to Lily for the heads up on this video of the display.
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Posted by Vee | August 28, 2009, 11:29 (EST) | 1 Comment
Category: Books, L.J. Smith, TV Series
The American Red Cross has posted a few pictures (courtesy of the CW) from the Georgia Tech blood drive this past Wednesday in their Flickr. Steven R. McQueen, Kayla Ewell, Michael Trevino, and Ian Somerhalder are featured. You can click the picture to go to the set.
Media Predict thinks The Vampire Diaries will be the CW’s first major hit since Gossip Girl.
A big thank you to serenachan for letting us know that the upcoming issue of TV Guide (Selena Gomez on cover) will have a “sneak peek” at Vampire Diaries.
Reel Artsy has a brief interview with Katerina Graham in which she talks about being bi-racial in Hollywood, how she’s learned to speak several languages, and The Vampire Diaries:
There hasn’t been that many Vampire Diaries billboards and stuff like that [in Atlanta] but apparently they’re like everywhere in New York and L.A. so the cast and I…we’re all very excited…we can’t wait to see them when we get back home.
And finally, L.J. Smith has updated her blog with a progress report on Shadow Souls, Strange Fate (Night World), and Midnight, the last volume in The Return trilogy. She also had this to say:
…the TV people (sounds like the title of a horror film) have been really, really nice to me lately, sharing news and Vampire Diaries (TV) clippings and I now stand behind the show. I’m hoping that everyone will give it a chance–the first episode being the hardest to get past if you’re not a Twilight fan. Or maybe if you are. Anyway, I’m asking that people be patient with it and see if it does turn out to be adorable.
Welcome back, Ms. Smith!
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Posted by Red | August 12, 2009, 17:46 (EST) | 8 Comments
Category: Books
At last, we have some book news to report! We know, we were as shocked (and pleased!) as you are. ;) The L.J. Smith book cover goddess, Lorraine, has updated her LJS Cover Resource website with a whole host of new covers (which are worth a look at if you’re fans of L.J. Smith’s books in general, not just the Vampire Diaries). We’re reposting the Vampire Diaries ones here with her kind permission, along with some more publication information.
First up, the USA cover for The Return: Shadow Souls with Damon on the front. We’ve seen the textless version of this cover before, but this is the first we’ve seen of the cover complete with title. As far as we’re aware, publication is still set for February 9, 2010.
It transpires that The Return: Nightfall is actually being published in two parts in both Italy (below, left) and Poland (below, right). The second part was published in Poland in July, and Italy can expect to see it at some time in November.
Finally, Germany seems to have slipped in a set of original series reprints under the radar. As far as we can tell from the Amazon.de listing they’re available now and look to be a bundle deal.
Update: We’d also like to remind everyone that you have until August 18th to enter the contest to win all of the Vampire Diaries books over on the official website. Open to residents of the USA only, be sure to read the rules before entering.
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Posted by Red | July 14, 2009, 11:21 (EST) | 25 Comments
Category: Books, TV Series
Back in June we reported that HarperTeen was re-releasing The Struggle and The Awakening on the 25th August of this year. The covers hadn’t been revealed at that point, and we speculated that there may well be a TV series tie-in. Looks like we were right, as HarperTeen has now revealed the new covers, both of which which feature Elena, Stefan and Damon as portrayed by Nina Dobrev, Paul Wesley and Ian Somerhalder in the TV series. You can click on the thumbnails for larger images.
In other reprint news, the cover for the UK omnibus edition of The Fury and The Reunion (which is the title Dark Reunion goes by in the UK) has turned up on Amazon. It looks as if the apple cover (of which we will not speak) is here to stay for The Awakening and The Struggle. The publication dates for these are still being listed as the 6th August for volume one, and 3rd September for volume two.
We also have news on the Return Trilogy. According to Amazon.com, Nightfall is set for a paperback release on January 5th, 2010 in the USA, while Shadow Souls is still listed with a hardcover release date of 9th February, 2010. In the UK, Amazon.co.uk are listing January, 2010 for the Nightfall paperback release, and February, 2010 for Shadow Souls. These will likely be imports from the USA, as was the case with the hardcover version of Nightfall.
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Posted by Red | April 19, 2009, 12:58 (EST) | 15 Comments
Category: Books
L.J. Smith has provided the folks over at Authspot with a teaser for The Return: Shadow Souls. It’s a scene between Damon and Elena, and should whet the appetites of Vampire Diaries fans who are eagerly waiting for the next book. Shadow Souls is currently due for publication at the end of this year.
Thanks to Cinderella2382 on the Vampire-Diaries.net forums for pointing us at this! Be sure to visit the forums to discuss this article and other Vampire Diaries topics.
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