Queen Bee Stephenie Meyer has a new interview in coordination with the Australian Twilight DVD release, and she talks about how secretive she was while writing the Twilight novel. She kept the whole process of writing the book a secret, but finally had to spill the beans and let her husband know–

“I didn’t tell him what I was doing,” Meyer says. “So he was mystified. And a little irritated that I was hogging the computer all the time. I had as hard a time telling him I was writing a story about vampires as Edward did telling Bella he was one,” she laughs.

After finishing the manuscript, Meyer’s sister persuaded her to approach a literary agent. Letters were sent to 15. Five of those didn’t bother to reply, while she received nine rejections. The last eventually led to a three-book deal and film rights.

Stephanie Meyer reflects on bright Twilight as DVD looms