Last night I went to the Stephenie Meyer book signing and had a blast! I got in line around 2 pm and was the 8th person in line. We sat outside and I chatted with all my twilightmoms I met, a couple girls from Kentucky & a mom and son from Illinois. I've never had more twilight conversation than I did yesterday and it was deep, insightful conversation, which was fantastic. Coby (the boy from Illinois w/his mom) and I bantered back and forth about Jacob. He's a adamant Edward fan and dislikes Jacob (which is ok) and I'm Switzerland, I like both of them. As we were sitting outside we were speculating which hotel SM was staying in and this one was right across the street.

The 2 girls from Kentucky had the CUTEST shirts!

When all the twilightmoms got there we took a picture together.
As we got inside we grabbed our Host books and grabbed a seat. I got a seat in the front row a little to the left along with all the other TMs. Stephenie came out and answered a question then read a section of Chapter 11 from The Host to us, then she answered some more questions. She's so down to earth and sweet it's unbelievable! One of the questions that I personally loved was, "What has changed about you since becoming a famous author?" She said that not a lot on the outside had changed, it was all change inside of her. Sure she had a few new "toys" in the garage but the biggest thing that had changed inside of her was the ability to know she could write something people would like. She had to jump over the hurdle of thinking people wouldn't like what she wrote and it wasn't a personal self esteem issue it was a issue with thinking no one would like her stories. She mentioned that she was very shy and would rather be sitting with us in the audience and that she was hyperventilating backstage before coming out. At the very end she said she was thankful for everyone enjoying her books, showing up to her signings and for smiling at her. She was on the verge of tears and I think everyone in the audience wanted to run up and hug her.

She then started signing books, I moved a few seats down by Candace (a fellow TMs) to take pictures of Stephenie head on instead of from the left and she realized there were a few people who were on crutches and a lady in a wheel chair that needed their book signed. So she got up and came right at us!! I got the best pictures of the night from that one moment, so enjoy!

When I got up to her to have my book signed she said hi to me and I asked her how she was liking Kansas City and she said she really loved it, that the tulips were amazing. She even addressed this in the Q&A section, where she said the best thing about KC was that the tulips grew right up out of the ground here. LOL I thought it was cute because where she's from tulips don't grow that well or at all. It took her about 4 hours to sign everyones book and she was fantastic through it all. If you get a chance to go see her you should definitely do it.

Here's an article from kansascity.com which covered the signing.

Stephenie Meyer wows KC crowd

We joined the 1,000 fangirls (and a few boys) at author Stephenie Meyer’s sold-out talk Thursday at Unity Temple on the Plaza.

She’s promoting her new sci-fi book, The Host (Kansas City was just the second stop on her tour), but she answered a wide range of questions about her characters, her hopes and fears for the upcoming “Twilight” movie and life as a big-time author.

Some excerpts:

On creating The Host, in which well-meaning aliens take over bodies on Earth and countless other planets:

“That’s one of the reasons I became a writer. You get to build worlds. (Grins.) It’s great.”

On why she’s drawn to characters who don’t fit in (quiet Bella in the Twilight series, insecure Wanderer in Host):

“How many books are about people who do fit in? Every single one of us feels like we are the exception. It’s a common human feeling.”

On whether we’ll see a sequel to The Host:

“After a certain Book 4 comes out (loud cheers from the fangirls … Breaking Dawn, the finale to the Twilight series, is due in stores Aug. 2), when I’m done I just want to write for a while. It could be about ghosts, mermaids, whatever comes to me.”

She’s sort of avoiding writing a Host sequel, actually.

“This is a dangerous world. People will have to die. And there are people I don’t want to kill.”

On the “Twilight” movie, coming out Dec. 12 (she’s made suggestions but really has no creative control):

“It’s been pure fun for me. And if it’s bad, it’s not my fault. I know the odds: How many movies from a book have been good? Most of the time it’s horrible.

“But I was in L.A. — was it last week? I’m losing track of time. I got to see footage. It looks really good, guys. I’m excited.” (More cheers and applause.)

On the life of a professional author:

“You get to create something that’s so you. … And you get to share it. (On the other hand) someone goes into your story with a red pencil and crosses out your favorite scene. Or they’ll come up with a really wretched (book) cover. It seems like it’s your baby, but someone else gets to dress it.

“Still, the pros outweigh the cons.”

Ciao!