Tuesday, August 11, 2009

What is Stephenie Meyer Hiding?

Recently, Twilight author Stephenie Meyer was put in the spotlight once again, but not for her "oh so brilliant" writing. This time, it's about allegations of plagiarism. And this time, it's no April Fools joke.

Jordan Scott wrote a story not unlike Meyer's Breaking Dawn called The Nocturne. The thing is, The Nocturne was written in 2006, before Breaking Dawn's release which was in 2008. Scott claims that some passages were stolen, word for word, along with a similar plot and characters.

So me, being a hands on kind of girl, sent her (brother) an email asking for a comment. Nothing long and over doing it, just a comment stating if she's innocent. I think I was very fair and polite in my emial. What do you all think? :

Dear Seth,

In the past I wrote to you, asking if Mrs. Meyer would comment and answer questions about attacks made by fans of Twilight. I wrote that article on it, and my readers were furious that Mrs. Meyer would avoid such a serious topic. But, I assure you, this is email not about the attacks.

This time, I would like to ask Mrs. Meyer to comment on the latest accusation plagiarism. No details about court activities or anything she might not be able to say due to the law holding her back are necessary, just a simple comment.

If the dear Mrs. Meyer has nothing to hide and is truly innocent, she will be most obliged to reply to this email, to stand up and proclaim her innocence and uphold her positive view in the public eye.

I'm eager to hear back from you. Best wishes,
- Kelly Ann Scheffer.


No only was I so rudely snuffed, with not so much as a "no comment" reply, but Meyer's website hasn't been updated since July 15th. No so much as a "I'm hanging in there, guys!" or "These allegations are false, I promise my fans that!" like most writers would do. Nope. Nothing.

Makes you really think, doesn't it? Makes you wonder just what is Twilight author Stephenie Meyer hiding from the world. To be honest, anyone who seems to just drop off the face of the earth in a time like this just makes the claims seem more justifiable!

And remember Meyer, we at The Sarcasm Unicorn are not behind you even half the way. We will not cheer you on. We hope you lose this case for the sake of minds of future readers. We hope you books are banned and never go into production again.

Good day, Madame, if you should be reading this, and good day to all my readers. :)