22 January 2012
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I just finished Midnight which was very good and exciting I wish it did not end only because Damon is alive. Will there be another book soon? ~Josie
Dear Josie—
I am sorry to tell you that I cannot write any more VAMPIRE DIARIES books. There is already another book out called VAMPIRE DIARIES: PHANTOM but it is not by me. It is by a ghostwriter. She will be writing the other books in the VAMPIRE DIARIES series now. I really, really loved that series and wanted so much and fought so hard to write it, but I signed a contract twenty years ago when I was a young and naïve writer and now I am forbidden to write the VAMPIRE DIARIES anymore. I am so very sorry.
Cheers,
Lisa
Dear L. J. Smith,
If you are not working on another project do you think you would be willing to write a fourth book for The Secret Circle. The Secret Circle is my favorite book series of yours and I really want to know what happens to Nick (he was my favorite character). Please consider, I also know that many other fans would love it if you added to The Secret Circle. Sincerely, ~ Summer
Dear Summer—
There is a new SECRET CIRCLE book coming out in March called THE DIVIDE, but it is not by me. I cannot say more than that I signed a contract over twenty years ago. I can’t say any more than that. I’m sorry.
Cheers,
Lisa
Hello Ms. Smith,
I have not finished reading your original books . . . I was actually writing is that I found an error in the Stefan's Diaries. . . ~ Tery
Dear Tery—
I have nothing in the least to do with writing STEFAN’S DIARIES. They are not written by any of the people named on the front. They are written by a ghostwriter, who does not get credit. If you had read more of the original VAMPIRE DIARIES books I think you would recognize the difference in the style of writing. Each writer has their own original style. Also I’d have to be a magic-worker to write STEFAN’S DIARIES, which are about the background of the TV show (and have nothing to do with my background for the original books) and simultaneously to have written the genuine original VAMPIRE DIARIES books SHADOW SOULS and MIDNIGHT—and also be working on NIGHT WORLD: STRANGE FATE.
Now, because of a contract I signed over twenty years ago, I am not allowed even to write more of the original VAMPIRE DIARIES books, although I desperately wish I could, and always assumed I would.
Have you read any of my other books besides VAMPIRE DIARIES? (Gentle hint.) This may help familiarize you with my writing style.
Cheers!
Lisa
Hello,
I' am a huge fan of the night world series and could probably recite most of the stories in the series by heart. I'am wondering if strange fate is ever going to be released. I personally feel an announcement should be made to all the fans waiting for the book as there is a lot of rumours going around about the release of the book. Anywho ciao :) ~ Ciao Vee—
STRANGE FATE will come out when I'm finished writing it. It is a very, very long book that shows the endgame for nearly all the main characters you have seen in the NIGHT WORLD series as Ash helps them. Plus, it tells the story of Sarah Strange and her two soulmates a (one of whom is the last Wild Power, Kierlan Drache!) I promise that I am working on it right now, and the only thing distracting me is one other book that I am also working on, called THE LAST LULLABY, which was originally part of STRANGE FATE (you can see a preview of it on my website in the Stories section), but which got so big it had to be a book by itself. And answering fans. That is fairly distracting, although I love you!
Thank you so much for your patience. I know you want STRANGE FATE right away, but while you are waiting maybe you could try some of my other books? (Hint, hint)
Cheers!
Lisa
When are you going to publish the Forbidden Game sequel? Thanks! ~ Paige
Dear Paige—
Whoa. I haven't even started that book yet. First, I have to finish the last book of the NIGHT WORLD series, STRANGE FATE, and a book that was originally part of STRANGE FATE, but grew so big that I moved it to become its own novel, which is called THE LAST LULLABY. After I have finished both these books I will start THE FORBIDDEN GAME: REMATCH.
So I guess the answer is NFAW. Not For A While. Have you read all my other works yet?
Cheers!
Lisa
Hello,
You've probably been asked this a million times before but i've been reading your books allot, and was really curious when I noticed, some elements from the book of Mabinogion an ancient welsh book, which I also love, so I was just asking whether it has any relation to the story of Blodeuwedd? And...... a cheeky question, is it really true that there may be a new secret circle book? :) Thanks for taking the time to read my email, ~ Daniel :)
Hi Daniel—
You are quiet right about the origins of Blodeuwedd—I first read about her when I lived in England with a Welsh family who bought me all sorts of Welsh storybooks. The Mabinogion was among them. I found Blodeuwedd fascinating as a teenager, but when I wrote her into THE VAMPIRE DIARIES she took on a distinctly dark tone. I guess part of it was my realization that a girl made out of flowers could have no heart—that she was basically a vegetable.
That’s not a cheeky question about THE SECRET CIRCLE. There is a new book coming out in hardback in March. But it is not by me. It is by another writer. I cannot say any more about this subject due to a contract I signed twenty years ago. I really can’t say another word about it. I’m very sorry.
Thank you for taking the time to write to me.
Cheers!
Lisa
