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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

There are lots of people who’ve helped me along the way, and that help has put me where I am today. I want to give thanks to just a few. The current moderators of my website (Katie, Michele, MariCarmen, Victoria, and Kerri) make my life so much easier, and the moderators emeriti (Beverly and Debi) deserve a tip of the hat, too. The readers who visit www.charlaineharris.com to offer their comments, theories, and pats on the back are always a source of encouragement.
Backed by a cast of thousands—okay, four—Toni Kelner and Dana Cameron are a constant source of support, encouragement, commiseration, and enthusiasm. I wouldn’t know what to do without them.

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Eric's: "I'M THE CURE FOR YOUR INSOMNIA!"

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True Blood Season 2 Possible Title Song: Ep. 8, Timebomb

This is exciting ! We now (might) know the titles of the first 9 episodes of True Blood for Season 2.

Now the one thing we know about True Blood is that the episode names come from the a song used in in the soundtrack of that episode and that it is somehow significant to that episode.

So far for Season 2 we have :
Episode 2.01 - Nothing but the Blood
Episode 2.02 - Keep this Party Going
Episode 2.03 - Changed to Scratches from Scratch My Back
Episode 2.04 - Changed to Shake and Fingerpop from Let's Take a Trip Together
Episode 2.05 - Never let me go
Episode 2.06 - Friend is a Four Letter Word
Episode 2.07 - Release me

All we know about Season 2 spoilers, casting calls etc. can be found here
We know that Alan Ball and the amazing Gary Calamar put great effort into musically curating True Blood !
Thanks to my friend Boadicea for suggesting that this could be a nod to a Dallas band, the Old 97s.

Episode 2.08 - Time bomb , this is only my guess, I just research the various songs with the leaked title and come up with a song I think it might be.
Time bomb maybe the song by the Old 97s from their 1997 album, Too Far to Care

The Old 97's are an alternative country band originally based in Dallas, Texas. The group formed in 1993[1] and took their name from an old country song popularized by Johnny Cash, "Wreck of the Old 97." They describe themselves as a rock band with influences as varied as the Kinks, the Beatles, the Pixies, David Bowie, Johnny Cash, and Merle Haggard. The band often performs country standards made famous by the latter two musicians, and has interspersed a number of these on their half-dozen albums over the last decade. The band originally feuded with Ryan Adams of fellow alt-country band Whiskeytown, but both are on good terms today.

Lyrics
I got a timebomb, in my mind Mom
I hear it ticking but I don't know why
I call the police, but they don't like me
I hear 'em whispering when I walk by

I got a landmine in my bloodline
I'm not immune to getting blown apart
She's like a claymore, that's what she's there for
She's waiting 'round here to get blown apart

Having her on my brain's like getting hit by a train,
She's gonna kill me. Oh Celeste, oh Celeste

I got a timebomb, in my mind Mom,
It's gonna go off, but I don't know when
I need a doctor to extract her
I got a feeling she'd get right back in again

I got a timebomb, in my mind Mom,
I got it badly for a stick-legged girl
She's gonna kill me, and I don't mean softly
I got it badly for a stick-legged girl

Having her on my brain's like getting hit by a train,
She's gonna kill me. Oh Celeste, oh Celeste, oh Celeste



Of course, it's probably just my first thought 'Timebomb' by Beck

True Blood Season 2 Blood Copy: My Final Entry

May 8th, 2009

Andrew’s dead.

This is the only thing that will mark his passing. The only proof that the Andrew I used to know, the Andrew who was with me during one of the most incredible adventures of my entire life, when we learned that vampires lived among us, that he’s gone now, and he’s never coming back.

There’s a different Andrew in his place now. One that will never see the sun, will never get scared of growing old, one that will know better than I ever could how the revelation that vampires live among us will play out.

He’ll be seeing it as one of them.

Our meeting was very cordial. He thanked me for coming, even apologized for the unintended mystery surrounding his note. He simply intended for me to show up and ask that I hand Bloodcopy over to his keeping from now on.

He never directly told me not to try contacting him again. He didn’t have to. His old life is done now. And I’m a part of it.

Those of you following will probably notice some big changes to Bloodcopy starting next week. I’m interested in seeing them, too. Like you, I’m just another reader now.
- Roger

Repeat of Alan Ball on Fresh Air (National Public Radio) 11 am cst

** Today on Fresh Air there was a replay of last year's interview you can listen here

Alan Ball will talk about True Blood Season one today on NPR's Fresh Air with Terry Gross.

Dead and Gone: A Messy Review

I'm gonna post a couple of DAG reviews today since most people are finished reading the book. From Flisha..

Dead and Gone: A Messy Review

So, I got myself a copy of the latest Sookie Stackhouse novel, Dead and Gone. (We are on Book 9 now). I'd been waiting, so avidly, for this book ever since December 2008, when I discovered the Southern Vampire Mysteries and gorged through Books 1-8 in less than two weeks! (Treadmills, stretches and diets forgotten, natch.)

First, let me just say I absolutely loved the Sookie books, especially Book 4, the part where Eric got amnesia and Sookie took care of him and where the Sookie-Eric saga began. The pairing was very unexpected, since Sookie and Eric were always love/hate. But perhaps predictable, also, since women always fall for the wrong guy who turns out to be the right one. Think Joey/Pacey. Is it wrong that I am comparing Sookie/Eric to Joey/Pacey?! LOL.

read on http://www.randomdetox.com/2009/05/dead-and-gone-messy-review.html

True Blood Music Video of the Day: Paperthin Hymn by Anberlin

Paperthin Hymn by Anberlin LYRICS
Thanks, PorcelainPress

Sookie international book publishers outside U.S.

From Charlaine's web site

PUBLISHERS OUTSIDE THE U.S.

• UK rights to Orbit (#1-4) & Gollancz (#5-10)
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• British book club rights to BCA for F&SF Club, Mango & Bol.com
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• British large print rights, Bks #1-3, to BBC Audio/Chivers
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• Australian book club rights to Doubleday Australia
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• German rights to Feder & Schwert (#1-3) and DTV (#4-8)
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• Spanish rights, Bk #1-3 to La Factoria
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• Spanish rights, Bks #4-8 to Suma de Letras (Santillana)
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• Russian rights, Bks #1-7, to AST
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• French rights, Bks #1-7, to J'ai Lu
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• Romanian rights, Bks #1-7 to Leda
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• Italian rights in entire series to DELOS
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• Dutch rights, Bks #4-5 to Luitingh
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• Turkish rights, Bks #1-4 to Alfa Group
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• Bk #1 to Prestigio Editorial in Brazil
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• Portugese rights, Bks #2-4, to Saraiva in Brazil
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• Chinese rights (complex), Bks #1-3, to Fantasy Foundation
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• Croatian rights, Bks #1-3, to Algoritam
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• Greek rights, Bks #1-3, to Fantasticos Cosmos
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• Japanese rights, Bks #1-3 to Softbank
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• Norwegian rights, Bks #1-3 to Cappelan
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• Bks #1-3 to Stjarnfall in Sweden
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• Thai rights, Bks #1-3, to ARIP
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• Estonian rights, Bks #1-2, to Keskus
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• Chinese rights (simplified), Bks #1-2, to Shanghai 99
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• Czech rights, Bk #1-2, to Baronet
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• Hebrew rights, Bk. #1 to Sial/Kidmat
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• Korean rights, Bks #1-2 to Open Books
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• Polish rights, Bks #1-2 to Red Horse
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• Serbian rights, Bks #1-2, to Media II
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• Bk #1 to Keskus in Estonia
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• Bk #1 to Ulpius in Hungary
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• Bk #1 to Kantera in Indonesia

© 2008 Charlaine Harris

True Blood Season 2 Blood Copy: It's Time

May 7th, 2009

Least I know why nobody called about my Andrew posters. Somebody’s been tearing them down. All of them.

I tried asking some people who worked nearby if they saw who did it. They said no, but one guy was lying, I think. He looked kinda nervous, kept shifting his eyes, then said he had to get back to work. There was nobody else in his store.

Guess it doesn’t matter now anyway. It’s only 20 minutes until my meeting.

I found the spot. It’s a bar, though you wouldn’t really notice by the outside. There’s no sign or anything.

I went inside early to look around. It was too crowded, so I left. That… and that some of the people inside…they’re just not what I’m used to. Nobody was talking, they just stared out. I think some of them might have been on d- Well, it’s not really nice to say bad things about people. Especially ones you don’t know.

I’ve gone through it in my head dozens of times. I’ve come up with three possibilities. One, Andrew met a girl. This is all some whirlwind romance and he’s asked me here to meet her and tell me all the fun things they’ve been doing. The places they’ve been. Two, he got some lead on a new kind of creature? He decided to chase it down… and just didn’t bother telling anybody what was happening for the last several months.

Neither of which makes any sense at all when you think about it. Andrew could have written me himself about them (or even emailed me). He wouldn’t send a weird note.

Which leaves only one option that fits. Something’s happened to him. Something bad. He’s in trouble, and I have to figure out a way to get him out of it.

Huh. Remember that guy I mentioned from the art exhibit? The one I thought looked like Andrew? I swear that same guy just went into the bar.

Midnight now. I guess I better head in.

http://bloodcopy.com/

True Blood Season Two in Four Words

The second season of True Blood returns on June 14, and we have a summary of the season courtesy of Ryan Kwanten (Jason Stackhouse).

When asked by EW to sum up the season in five words, Ryan responded with "Orgy, cult, locked up." While technically that's only four, we forgive Ryan and are more excited than ever.

Season 2 Promo video :Things we learned in True Blood Season 1

Go ask Dallas : Who are the other kings and queens in the Sookieverse?

Dear Dallas,

The naming of the actress to play Sophie-Anne made me think, how many of the Kings and Queens do we know in the books ?

Thanks, T

Hey T These are the ones I could come up with..did I miss anyone ?

Vampire kings and queens of the United States.

These are the Kings and Queens that we met so far in the Sookieverse, their name, the state they come from -as well as, their spouses, if we know them.

Kings Title Name Bk Spouse
King of Arkansas Peter Threadgill Bk6 LA
King of Florida
King of Indiana Bartlett Crow Bk7 MS
King of Kentucky Isaiah Bk7
King of Minnesota Bk7
King of Mississippi Russell Edgington Bk3 IN
King of Missouri Bk7
King of Nevada Felipe de Castro Bk8
King of Ohio Bk7 IA
King of Texas Stan Davis Bk2
King of Wisconsin Bk7 MN

Queens Title Name Bk Spouse
Queen of Alabama Bk7
Queen of Iowa Phoebe Golden Bk7 OH
Queen of Louisiana Sophie-Anne Leclerq SS AR
Queen of Minnesota Maude Bk7 WI

In bk 7 Sookie says ..
I glanced around the room at the other kings and queens, recognizable by their entourages. I hadn't seen them in a room all together before, and I counted. There were only four queens. The other twelve rulers were males.

Did I miss any ?

True Blood - Episode 2.06 - Friend Is a Four Letter Word - Casting Call (2)

4/11/2009 A recent casting notice (most likely for Episode 206):

Wardrobe Fitting Date: March 25
Shoot/Call Date: March 31
Location: TRUE BLOOD- HBO / Males and Females
CableSAG

This is a very interesting scene with only three men and three women interacting with the principals.

[ CAUCASIAN MEN ]
3 Caucasian men with longer hair willing to have it cut into a 1920's style. That means long on top and shorter on sides and back, but not as short as hair is today.
Men must be in their mid 30's-to mid 40's attractive or character face is good and must be a size 42 or 44 jacket for period tuxes. This scene does not include nudity, but the project does.

[ CAUCASIAN FEMALES ]
3 Caucasian females 5'4-5'7, sizes 4-8 with medium length curly hair to portray flappers in the 1920's. Women must have very thin eyebrows or be willing to have them shaped to the almost raze thin shape. Slender builds with small natural shaped bust.
Only six extras interacting with principals.

There is nudity in this episode but not in this scene.
• 4/11/2009 (episode unknown) - A casting notice involving nudity recently went out for a photo double for John Billingsley (he plays Mike Spencer the coroner, who was nude at the orgy attended by Sookie and Eric in the 2nd book):Shoot/Call Date: March 27, Friday night with possible recall on 4/17
Location: Calabasas

TRUE BLOOD- HBO (Photo Double)
Episodic SAG

[ PHOTO-DOUBLE FOR THE ACTOR JOHN BILLINGSLEY ]
Check IMDB for photo. He is 49, Caucasian, 5'10, 200 lbs., 44r jacket. He has a high forehead with slightly longer hair in the back that in medium brown. You must be willing to go shirtless and be comfortable around nudity and simulated sex.

Physicists Prove That Vampires Could Not Exist

hmmm.. geometric progression , huh ? Funny, I thought it was supernatural and magical ..

Two physicists have published an academic paper where they demonstrate, by virtue of geometric progression, that vampires could not exist, since they would almost immediately deplete their entire food supply (a.k.a, all of us).

If you've ever read Salem's Lot (or seen the lame Starsky and Hutch-era miniseries adaptation starring David Soul), then you know that after a vampire decides to settle in your town, the undead begin to multiply at an alarming rate (he bites two friends, who bite two friends, and so on, and so on…).

Putting aside for a moment the issue of how that would impact neighborhood property values, this phenomenon raises an even more pressing question: If vampires are indeed living (unliving?) among us, then shouldn't we have seen an undead population explosion by now?

http://io9.com/5241252/physicists-prove-that-vampires-could-not-exist

True Blood Season 2: Invitation to the set

Thanks to Thelou for giving us a clean copy of the HBO promo for season 2

True Blood Music Video of the Day: Collide by Howie Day

Collide by Howie Day LYRICS

Thanks riogirl9909