True Blood Documentary : A Taste of True Blood: Alan Ball on Season 1

This 1/2 hour special will air on HBO starting May 24th.
Alan Ball and the cast of True Blood will also discuss Season 2 of True Blood.

Revisit the blood-soaked events from Season One of the hit HBO drama series True Blood. (TVMA) (Running Time: 27 minutes)

Schedule :
5/24 8:30 PMHBOE A TASTE OF TRUE BLOOD
5/24 11:30 PMHBOW A TASTE OF TRUE BLOOD
5/25 10:30 PMHBO2E A TASTE OF TRUE BLOOD
5/26 1:30 AMHBO2W A TASTE OF TRUE BLOOD
5/27 3:00 PMHBOE A TASTE OF TRUE BLOOD
5/27 3:00 PMHBOLATINO E A TASTE OF TRUE BLOOD
5/27 6:00 PMHBOW A TASTE OF TRUE BLOOD

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True Blood Season 2 "Beyond here lies nothing " second promo

Wow they just get better

Blood Copy Volume 11: Human on Vampire violence escalates

This is even more important since they have started again as a lead up for Season 2.

Blood Copy for Season one HERE
Blood Copy for Season two HERE

We are revisiting the Blood Copy videos which were part of the HBO True Blood viral marketing campaign that helped introduce the True Blood television series in the summer of 2008. We will be doing a radio show on this topic soon.
Previously we have see the mysterious packages were being received, the gatekeeper awakened on a mysterious website, .... Blood Copy website HERE http://bloodcopy.com/

The blog and videos not only were a marketing ploy but they also served as a prologue to the series ...
Here is the blog entry for that time period HERE ( August 17, 2008)
It's great to watch these videos but you also must read the blog entry for that week.

Sookie book 9 and beyond- some Charlaine comments

Now one of the most important things you can know about Charlaine Harris is that she reserves the right to change her mind about anything at any time but I thought you might think it was interesting to read a few of her most recent posts from her chat area

Well, you all make me feel great, and you give me a great incentive to work. I do know who Sookie will end up with as a life partner, but I am taking some byways to get there. So if anyone is counting on that wrapping up in the next book, please understand that won't happen. Thanks so much, all of you.

Book ten will be a year after book nine. But there will be a Sookie novella next year, too.

(about books being perfect) There are some writers who take a whole year or even two to write a book. Doubtless if I took that much time, I would have an error-free book, and maybe a much better book. But I'd be bored.

I don't think the next book will be the final resolution of Sookie's suitor choice.

I've written the first third of it ( sookie bk10) . But I'm restarting it, because the opening thread was going nowhere.

Thanks for enjoying the book. I'll end the series when I can't think of anything else I want to say about Sookie and her world, and it doesn't make any difference to me what the book count is then.

The character's growth is a natural one, if anything in writing can be termed natural. The action dictates the changes, and the changes affect Sookie's reaction to the action. It is a natural process.
Charlaine Harris

You can follow all the discussions daily http://www.charlaineharris.com/

Fan Art : by Jenna

True Blood Eric by ~luna-llean-jeanna on deviantART

Dead and Gone review from Janet at 'Dear Author'

A great review from Janet at 'Dear Author'

Dear Ms. Harris:

There is a point in your newest Sookie Stackhouse release, Dead and Gone, where Diantha, demon niece of supe lawyer Mr. Cataliades, warns Sookie of war brewing among the fairies. This spells danger for Sookie because of her connection to the fairy prince Niall, and like the weres in the last book, fairies are not united under one leader. When Sookie asks Diantha why Mr. Cataliades would potentially endanger himself to warn her, Diantha explains “Didyerbest,” which Sookie understands refers back to the horrific explosion at the Pyramid of Gizeh hotel a couple of books ago. Sookie and Barry the bellhop had searched for survivors among the rubble, even though they knew they risked being discovered as telepaths by law enforcement looking for an edge in crime solving. Together, they found many humans and vampires who otherwise would have perished.

This sentiment - doing one’s best - appears several times in the book, and it has become a hallmark theme for Sookie; she continues to do her best in increasingly difficult and dangerous situations. And she continues to find herself more entwined in the supernatural world, and more vulnerable to its persistent cycles of violence, understanding more clearly that one’s best isn’t always good enough to prevent chaos and collateral damage. Previously, Sookie has been the victim of conflicts among others, and this book is no different, except for the fact that the circle of danger is widening out from her, too.

Read on

Enjoy the comments as well ...

True Blood Music Video of the Day: All Around Me by Flyleaf

All Around Me by Flyleaf LYRICS
Thanks, TwoLovesBeOne

Dead and Gone acknowledgment

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.

lolcat vamps (2)

Bon Temps Bumper stickers

I fly Anubis Air.

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

FANGTASIA...Our Nightlife Will Suck You In!

I ♥ Vampires

Got Fangs?

Shifters Are People Too

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/