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The time has rolled around when I need to renew EN.net’s account on Blog Talk Radio so that we can continue to bring you Dead Air – interviews, episode discussions, and theme shows on fanfiction and other topics. The cost to renew for the year is $300. Last year, fans sent us every last penny we needed, and I was amazingly grateful. I’m hoping that you can help us again this year because I’m broke – in fact, the reason the site was down for several days was because the domain expired, and I couldn’t afford to renew it! Without your help, Dead Air will have to be put on hold indefinitely.
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Preview chapter 2 of “Deadlocked”!
Charlaine Harris has updated her official site with our long-awaited preview chapter of book 12, Deadlocked.
Slight spoilers follow!
I’m extremely encouraged by the fact that Eric and Sookie are still together as this book opens. In fact, Sookie says, “I love Eric and I should only bunk down with him.” I was half-expecting this book to start off with Eric and Sooks kind of separated. Best of all is this message that Pam delivers to Sookie through Eric’s day man, Mustapha: “Tell Sookie that this is the hard time that will show what she is made of.”
Hear, hear! I think Charlaine is setting things in motion to do exactly what I hope and predict in this old post: Sookie will have to fight for Eric. I can’t wait!
*swoops in to dust*
Hi, everyone! Hope the holiday season is treating you well and isn’t too hectic so far. Things have been fairly quiet in Eric land, apart from the release of the book 12 cover art and a short plot blurb (see this great post at Sookieverse Blog for more on that).
Dead Air is on hiatus with The Vampire Diaries until the new year, and then later this spring we’ll return to our home sweet home, Area 5, with a group read of book 5, discussion of book 12, and – of course – season 5 of True Blood.
Here’s hoping that 2012 brings us lots of good things in the Eric department. 
Birthday giveaway for Kristin!
We’re joining our friends at True Blood Fan Source and other great fansites to celebrate Kristin’s birthday by sponsoring a charity fundraiser and giveaway to benefit one of her favorite causes, the Amanda Foundation. There are some great prizes to win, including autographs from Kristin, so be sure to visit and donate! The fundraiser runs from today until Kristin’s birthday, November 26.
Full details are here!
Tags: Charities, Kristin Bauer van StratenGreat charity auction
…if you’re rich, of course. Which I’m not. *sigh*
Anyway, click here to bid on (or stare at and drool over and covet) this cardboard cut-out of Eric that was used at Comic-Con last year. It’s signed by 60 – count ‘em, 60! – cast and crew members. The auction is to benefit the Choroideremia Research Foundation, which is close to the hearts of Deborah Ann Woll and her boyfriend, EJ Scott, who has the disease.
Fan art
I absolutely love this illustration of Eric and Sookie as Jack and Sally from Nightmare Before Christmas!
Recommended blog
One blog you might want to add to your bookmarks is this one by peppermintyrose. She posts lengthy, detailed articles about Sookie and her suitors, almost all book-based. While she supports Eric as the “happily” ever after, she’s also very frank and up-front about his faults. I don’t agree with everything she writes, but I definitely agree that we as a fandom are way too quick to blame Sookie for everything. Anyway, this blog is great food for thought.
Tags: FansArrrrrr!
In honor of Talk Like a Pirate Day, here’s a quote from book 5, where Eric and Sookie are talking about the pirate vampire, Charles Twining. It also happens to be one of my very favorite E/S passages. Eric is essentially telling Sookie that he cares about her deeply, and Sookie (as usual) misses the point entirely. *grins*
Of course, we’ll never see anything like this in season 5, since Bill killed Long Shadow in Alan Ball Land. Hmph.
Tags: Gratuitous Quotage“When Hot Rain was dissatisfied with Long Shadow’s death, he sent Charles to exact payment for the debt he felt was owed.”
“Why would killing me cancel the debt?”
“Because he decided after listening to gossip and much reconnoitering that you were important to me, and that your death would wound me the way Long Shadow’s had him.”
“Ah.” I could not think of one thing to say. Not one thing. At last I asked, “So Hot Rain and Long Shadow were doing the deed, once upon a time?”
Eric said, “Yes, but it wasn’t the sexual connection, it was the… the affection. That was the valuable part of the bond.”
You saw Eric where?!
Check out this photo album on the True Blood Facebook page to see how fans used the GoldRun app to create photos with Eric and other characters. A couple of my favorites:
New photo of Alex & Anna
Updated the gallery with two scans from the new issue of Entertainment Weekly. 
Team Eric t-shirt
Check out this Team Eric t-shirt from othertees.com! It’s available for 3 days only. If you enter the code ericnorthmannet at check-out, you’ll get a dollar off.
Lunch with Alex & Kristin
Got a truckload of money, unlike me? Place your bids!
Fanfiction
Hey, all! I know the fanfiction archive is refusing to load. I’m working on it. Thanks!
Dead Air: Dead and Gone
Well, Season 4 – probably the most highly anticipated season yet for Eric fans – is over and done. What did you think of the finale and the season as a whole? What do you think is in store for Sookie & Co. next summer? Join us tonight for Dead Air! Tell us your thoughts in the chat room or on the phone. And tune in to hear what you can expect from Dead Air during these long nine months before season 5!
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