Emma Vieceli At London MCM Expo 2007

This coming week may turn in to Emma Vieceli week here at VampireAcademy.org. I'm very excited about the fact that we managed to get an interview with Emma about her work as a comics artist and the Vampire Academy Graphic Novel, among other things. I can't wait for you to read it, and see how amazing Emma is! (If you didn't already know it.)

This is a video where Emma is interviewed at the London MCM Expo. It was done in May 2007, so it's been a while, but it's a good interview to hear a bit about her background, and to see and hear her live, so to speak. :-)

You can usually find Emma at the MCM Expos in the UK. Have any of you met her at one of them?

Nominate Richelle Mead For Teen Choice Book of the Year

Don't forget to vote for Richelle Mead (well, her books) in the nomination round for Children's Choice Book Awards over at TeenReads.com:

In association with the Children’s Book Council (CBC), Teenreads.com is giving you a very special opportunity to let your voices be heard by telling us your five favorite books of 2010. The five titles that receive the most votes will serve as the finalists for the CBC’s 2011 Teen Choice Book of the Year. Once the five finalists have been determined, we will tell you where you can go vote for them. The winner will be announced in May 2011.

All you have to do is fill out the form on the Teen Reads website. You have until February 7 to nominate your favorites.

Vampire Academy Bookends Concept Designs From Arcane Vault

We wrote yesterday about how Arcane Vault teased us that we would be seeing examples of how our ideas of new Vampire Academy merchandise will be implemented. So which idea did they choose to begin work on?

Well, just now, Arcane Vault posted to their Facebook page, pictures of the concept design for VA bookends!



Like the word says, so far this is just concept art, and the designs can change a whole lot until production time. :-)

This is Arcane Vault's description:

Please keep in mind that these are very preliminary; designs may change and colors definitely will change.
- Bookends will be made of powder coated stainless steel - Expected retail price will be between $45.00 and $60.00 per set.
- Expected to be available to retail in late Summer 2011.

For a better idea of what these will look like when finished please check out the Spider Man bookends also pictured in this album.

These are the Spiderman bookends mentioned:


You can find them, and give your comments on the VA bookends, in the Bookends album on Arcane Vault's Facebook page.

Some people commented that the preliminary price for the bookends was a bit steep for them, and Arcane Vault responded to those comments, by saying:

As for the price, please keep in mind that these age going to pretty big (standing between 8"-11") and they will be very heavy duty to the fact that they are going to be made of stainless steel.

What do you think? Are you going to buy these the minute they come out? Which do you like the best? Make sure to let Arcane Vault know which colors etc you prefer; you know they're always keen to hear to our opinions. :-) And ask them any questions you might have - they're really good with answering our querys as well.

How Awesome Is Dimitri?

BloodlinesFans alerted us on to the fact that a new, Vampire Academy related, word has been added to the Urban Dictionary. That word is:

Dimkalicious

And the definition of the word is (according to the Urban Dictionary):

Being Dimkalicious or being called it means that you are comparable to Dimitri Belikov, in the way that he is sexy, gorgeous, bad-ass, amazing, "like a god", fierce etc.

He's so Dimkalicious!

Isn't this awesome? I remember the late night Twitter talks that inspired this word, and they were really fun to follow. The credit for inventing the word in the first place goes to Melissa (Minamostaza). Congrats! :-)

I Stake Strigoi Pin and Hints From Arcane Vault

Arcane Vault had some great news a couple of days ago. They've just released another one of the Vampire Academy pins, I stake Strigoi!

I love it!! I'd just ordered the other pins (which incidently arrived today, and they are so pretty!), so I didn't expect to place another order just yet. However, when I checked the shipping costs, I discovered that they've set a gradual increase, so the shipping cost for one pin is super cheap! I love it! So, of course, I had to order this pin too. :-)

You can order the I Stake Strigoi pin here.

Also, Arcane Vault just hinted that they have some exciting news coming later in the week about something we (the fans) suggested to them. If you missed it, Arcane Vault asked us what kinds of merchandise we want to see from them. There were suggestions ranging from fake tattoos, tote bags and book ends, to blankets, bedclothes and pillows. I'm looking forward to seeing which of these suggestions they took to heart for this update.