I talked about it briefly on the podcast and now here is your chance to win a copy of A Visitor’s Guide To Mystic Falls edited by Vee and Red  (vampire-diaries.net). This book is a collection of essays about the first season our our favorite show The Vampire Diaries.  Every fan of the show will want to read what these YA authors had to say about our latest vampire obsession.

This contest is only open to residents of the United States of America.  The contest will run until 12:00 pm CST on October 31, 2010.  The winner will be notified through e-mail and the book will be sent out within 7 days of the contest ending.

Here are the rules:

1. Listen to our podcast Episode #35: Mind Control Is A Necessary Evil. (Also available in the iTunes store for free.)
2. Fill out this form.
3. Answer the questions correctly and you’ll be entered into the contest to win.
4. One entry per person. Duplicate entries will disqualify you from winning.

You’ve heard our interview with Crissy Calhoun, author of Love You To Death, and you know we’re giving away two copies of the book, but now you can have your chance to meet here at Fan Expo in Toronto. Crissy will be hanging out and signing books at the ECW Press table, plus she’s going to be on a panel.

Sunday August 29 at 3 p.m.
FROM NOSFERATU TO TWILIGHT: VAMPIRES IN FILM & TV
Come and discuss the undead from your favourite movies and TV shows with our panel of experts and professionals including: BECCA WILCOTT (author, Truly, Madly, Deadly: The Unofficial True Blood Companion), CRISSY CALHOUN (author, Love You To Death: The Unofficial Companion to the Vampire Diaries), GEMMA FILES (screenwriter, film critic, teacher,author The Book of Tongues), with moderator NANCY KILPATRICK (vampire expert and author of Nancy Kilpatrick’s Vampire Theatre).

Photo Credit: Harper Teen/Entertainment Weekly

These books are not written by L.J. Smith, but the books will have a television show tie-in. L.J. The format of the books will be a diary style from Stefan’s point of view. Fans will learn how Stefan and Damon met Katherine, how they become vampires and their struggles with being vampires.

Source: Entertainment Weekly

Hey guys! It’s been a long time, but we are back with a brand new episode of Bite On This! Just to get back into the swing of things we did a show just about the news of The Vampire Diaries. Thanks for sticking with us and being loyal fans of the podcast.

Bite On This: A Vampire Diaries Podcast
Episode #24 – Coming Back With The News
July 16, 2010

Opening:

• Contact information: www.biteonthis.net, e-mail: podcast@biteonthis.net, voicemail: 484-324-8348, follow us on Twitter: www.twitter.com/vampdiariescast
• Where has Bite On This gone?  And what happened to that roundtable?
• This episode of the podcast: news news news!
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News from The CW:

Casting News:

Did Uncle John survive the attack?

Spoilers:

Out and About:

Books:

Closing:

• We’ll be back in two weeks to talk about our favorite storylines of season one of Vampire Diaries and how those compare to the storylines in the books.
• Contact information: www.biteonthis.net, e-mail: podcast@biteonthis.net, voicemail: 484-324-8348, follow us on Twitter: www.twitter.com/vampdiariescast
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“There’s two kinds of floods of mail I get. One, there’s the floods of mail from people accusing me of stealing, and they list about 30 things from ‘Twilight.’ I usually write back just one sentence: ‘Look at the copyright date.’ Actually, I get a tremendous amount of apologies back. A lot of people have the guts to write back and say, ‘Oh, my God, I’m so sorry.

If Smith unabashedly favors the bad brother in her books, she’s also becoming a big fan of him on the small screen too. “I especially like Damon; Ian Somerhalder does very well,” she said. “But I really, really like the Elena that they picked, Nina Dobrev. Even though she’s brunette, and not blond, which took some getting used to for me, she’s a great actress. And I love the Stefan that they’ve picked. I just think that they’ve done a terrific job of interpreting it for TV.”

Read the complete article at MTV News!