Hi Aussie Twilight Mums,

It’s going to be another busy month here at ATM Central, there is so much going on and so much coming up in the next few months that this newsletter is probably going to read like a book! So go and grab a cuppa and sit back and relax while you read the all ATM news.

Anyway, let’s get in to it! How was your Mother’s Day? I hope you all had a lovely relaxing day with your family. I managed to get a little sleep in, breakfast in bed and some lovely little presents from my kids. My 11 year old daughter even made me an Edward bookmark which is very nice

As always I would like to welcome our newest members to the forum! I am so glad that all you wonderful women have found us here.

Please come in and introduce yourself if you haven’t done so already. If you are unsure how to go about using the forum check for your welcome message in the menu bar just under the forum header. It will give you some hints and tips on how to get started.

For just $5 a year, you can be an

Aussie Twilight Mum Gold Member!

Gold members will receive:

- Monthly Aussie Twilight Mums Merchandise discounts
- Monthly discounts from online and offline stores
- Competitions for ATM Gold members only
- A birthday card
- A Christmas card
- Plus other surprises throughout the year

Becoming a Gold member is totally optional, the ATM website and forum will still run as it is now and will continue to grow and improve over time and will always be free, Gold Membership is for Mums wanting a little bit more from their ATM experience!

To become a member please fill out the application form that you will find here!

I have decided that it’s time to get some Moderators to help oversee the goings on in the forums again! If you were a Moderator before all the changes and you would like to be a Mod again, you will have priority over newer members. If you are interested in joining the ATM Mod Team please email me at aussietwilightmums@gmail.com for more information.

Hub have  announced that they will be holding a Vampire Diaries Convention for their Australian Fans. So far Paul Wesley who plays Stephan Salvatore, Ian Somerhaulder who plays Damon and Nina Dobrev who plays Elena  have  been announced.

For more information head over to the Hubs website!

Another one of Hubs conventions planned for this year is the True Blood convention. These conventions will be held in Sydney on the 25th September and Melbourne on the 26th September.

So far the guests that have been announced include: Sam Trammell, John Billingsley, Kristen Bauer and the author Charlaine Harris!

Go to the Hubs website for more information!

Supanova is being held in  Sydney and Perth and so far the guests announced from the Twilight Saga are Chaske Spencer and Jodelle Ferland!

Also attending will be True Blood’s Godric, Allan Hyde and Buffy’s Charisma Carpenter.

Check out the website for more information and other guests!

We are very proud to be affiliated with The Fandom Gives Back which helps to raise money for childhood cancer research.

And to help raise funds for this great cause Shantelle and Hannah are organising an Eclipse Masquerade Ball in Sydney on Saturday June 26th, 2010!

Tickets start at $120 which covers entry, all food and beverages (this is an alcohol-free event), plus entertainment for the night.

Some of the activities planned for the night are:
~ Auctions
~ Eclipse Role Play Competitions
~ Costume Contests
~ Photographs with Edward and Jacob (though, sadly, not the real thing)
~ Professional Photographs
~ Food and Drinks
~ Video Clips
~ DJ and Dancing
~ Twilight merchandise from the USA not available in AU

For more information go to their website here or you can follow them on Twitter for updates! There is also a thread set up in the forum, so come and join the discussion!

Popcultcha are holding an event in their Geelong store to launch Stephenie Meyer’s new book, The Short Second Life Of Bree Tanner: An Eclipse Novella from 1pm on Saturday 5 June 2010 where you can collect your copy of Bree Tanner. There will also be hourly prize draws, complimentary Twilight Saga gifts and much, much more.

Popcultcha are also giving away a FREE Twilight - Edward & Bella Embrace Book/Tote Bag (worth $30) with every copy of the book. Also, for a limited time, receive a FREE New Moon Full Size Calendar with any Twilight Saga purchase over $20. That’s over $75 worth of stuff for $22.99!!!

There is more information on their website!

KT Collectables are holding a midnight screening of Eclipse in Support of Autism SA for Adelaide Customers

They did it for New moon and you enjoyed it, so its back by popular demand! A night with KT Collectables to support Autism SA!

The ticket price is $17.50 and they are asking for gold coin donations on the night.

There will be official merchandise prizes up for grabs, Twilight quizes and much more!

For more information check out their website!

Shamrock Shirts are having a big Vampire Sale in June, so put your name down on their mailing list to be the first to find out more!

I’m really enjoying our ATM Book Club, it’s great reading new books and discussing them with all you Mums. It’s also been wonderful to have so many participants joining in each month.

Gen, Lisa, Tania and I will be discussing each months Book of the Month on the podcast so if you would like to leave a review for us to read on the podcast or if you would like to record your own audio clip for us to play on the podcast you can send it to me at aussietwilightmums@gmail.com.

May’s Book of the Month is:

Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater

Grace is fascinated by the wolves in the woods behind her house; one yellow-eyed wolf in particular. Every winter, she watches him but every summer, he disappears. Sam leads two lives. In winter, he stays in the frozen woods, with the protection of the pack. In summer, he has a few precious months to be human …until the cold makes him shift back again. When Grace and Sam finally meet, they realize they can’t bear to be apart. But as winter nears, Sam must fight to stay human - or risk losing himself, and Grace, for ever.

Shiver is available from our affiliates The Book Depository, Amazon and Fishpond !

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If you would like to take part in the Book Club, get yourself a copy and head over to the Book Club thread on the forum!

Don’t forget to leave questions for the author at the forum

It would also be great if you could leave a review below once you have read the book or send us your review so we can read it in the upcoming podcast, you can also record your own review and send it as an audio file to aussietwilightmums@gmail.com to play on the podcast!

June’s Book of the Month is ‘Dead in the Family’ by Charlaine Harris, the much awaited 10th book in the Sookie Stackhouse Series. To find out abit more about it and buy yourself a copy go here!

July’s Book of the Month is ‘Spirit Bound’ by Richelle Mead, the 5th book in the Vampire Academy Series. To find out more and to get yourself a copy go here!

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If you would like to take part in the Book Club, get yourself the book and head over to the Book Club thread on the forum!

Don’t forget to leave your questions for the author in the Questions thread, because I will be sending them off to the author.

If you have any questions about the Book Club please email me at aussietwilightmums@gmail.com or PM me in the forums.

Have you checked out the New Moon Merchandise at Gifts for the Geek yet?

If not you should! Not only have they put some excellent New Moon Merchandise up on their site but they are giving us Twilight Mums a 10% discount. Simply enter the code atmrocks during the check out process to get your discount.

Have you listened to the Aussie Twilight Mums podcast yet? You can subscribe to it in iTunes, visit our Podpage to listen or you can download it from Talkshoe ! And now you can listen directly from the sidebar of the website or forum!

Gen, Lisa, Tania and I will be hosting a monthly podcast and we would like your involvement.

Each month we will be inviting a ‘Guest’ to join us. These Guests will either be our Mum of the Month, an Author or a twilight related Guest.

To be eligible to become a Guest Mum you need to have access to Skype and a microphone. Go to the Podcast Thread and register your interest and at the end of the month I will pick one lucky Mum using an online random number generator.

You can also send me audio messages and I will play them on the podcast. Simply record your message or ask us a question and email the audio file to me at aussietwilightmums@gmail.com and I’ll play it on the next podcast.

If you have any ideas or suggestions for the podcast you can comment on the Podcast forum thread, PM me or email me. And don’t forget to leave us reviews in iTunes and comment on our Podpage cause we love the feedback!

May’s Fan Fic of the Month is Help Wanted by jaxon22

Bella Swan applies for the job of PA to the rude, arrogant and distant Hollywood star Edward Cullen. Will she be able to do her job without letting feelings get in the way?

Join us in the forum for the discussion!

This year ATMs are going to be helping out charities! Each month $2 from all tshirt sales, $1 from all other ATM merchandise sales and all profits from one special item will go to charity.

This month we are supporting the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation as our Charity of the Month.

The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) is the world’s largest charitable supporter of type 1 diabetes research, investing more than $150 million per year into the search to find a cure for type 1 diabetes.

JDRF supports Australian diabetes research via the strategic provision of funding.

In addition to supporting research, JDRF Australia plays a key role in advising and influencing health policy direction across all levels of government and building community awareness of type 1 diabetes.

You can help support this charity by purchasing any of our ATM merchandise this month or  by clicking on the Donate button in the sidebar on the ATM website.

May’s Charity Product

This month all profits from the sale of these Aussie Twilight Mums mugs will be going to JDRF!

$32.99 AUD each (incudes free postage)

If you would like to place an order please go here!

Please allow up to 21 days after payment for delivery, or ask me about faster delivery.

Friday nights are our ATM Chat Nights. All Chats are held in the Chatbox at the bottom of the forum homepage. They officially begin at 9pm Sydney time but there is usually an eager Mum or two in there a little earlier.

May

13 - Robert Pattinson’s Birthday

17 - Nikki Reed’s Birthday

June

15 - Elizabeth Reaser’s Birthday

I’d like to thank our sponsors, without them and without you wonderful mums purchasing your twi merchandise from them, we wouldn’t have our wonderful sites

and don’t forget to go and visit our special birthday sponsors

The best way to stay connected and get all the news and updates is to:

Follow ATMs on Twitter!

Join the ATMs Facebook Group!

Be a regular on the forum!

Visit the ATMs website often!

and read the monthly newsletters. (Past Newsletters can be found here!)

If you have any ideas for things to add in the next Newsletters, any events you would like added to the calender, or any feedback about the Newsletter, website or forums, please email me at aussietwilightmums@gmail.com before the end of the month.

Rachel xxx

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Hi Aussie Twilight Mums,

Firstly I’d like to apologise for this newsletter being late! As you all know March was a very busy month here at ATM headquarters and I am still feeling the effects of it in the middle of April. I don’t think my 5 kids being on school holidays has helped me catch up with everything either, but being Mums you all know what that feels like and I’m sure you’ll forgive me You will right??? hehehee

Anyway, I hope you all had a very Happy Easter and I hope you got to relax a little and your family My plan for the Easter weekend was to lay around reading the Book of the Month and eating chocolate, that didn’t really happen, I ate the chocolate (must remember to dust off that exercise bike that’s hibernating in my garage) but didn’t get a chance to do much reading.

As I mentioned earlier, March was a busy month around here as we celebrated ATM’s 1st Birthday!!!!! I would really like to thank all the Mums that came to our Sydney lunch (especially those that travelled especially for it), it was wonderful to catch up with some old friends and meet some new ones for the first time!

Also I’d like to say a big thank you to the wonderful Mum who bid on our Auction items, we raised just under $100 for each of our charities (Yay Mums!!) and I also want to congratulate the winners of our birthday celebration competitions! We were lucky enough to have some wonderful businesses donate prizes for us, but I’ll tell you more about them a little later

As always I would like to welcome our newest members to the forum!  I am so glad that all you wonderful women have found us here.

Please come in and introduce yourself if you haven’t done so already. If you are unsure how to go about using the forum check for your welcome message in the menu bar just under the forum header. It will give you some hints and tips on how to get started.

I have had some feedback from many members who have been upset about their membership being deleted due to inactivity on the forum. Many of these women have told me that they simply don’t have the time to participate in the forum but visit the website and look forward to getting these newsletters to keep them up to date with what is happening in the Twiworld! So for the moment I have decided to stop deleting inactive members. I will be looking in to a new newsletter system and will let you all know when it’s up and running.

Hub Productions have organised another Twilight Convention on Saturday the 24th April in Sydney and Sunday the 25th April in Melbourne.

Daniel Cudmore, Gil Birmingham, Christian Serratos(and now) Boo Stewart will be appearing on Saturday 24th April in Sydney from 9:00am to 6:00pm and Sunday the 25th April in Melbourne from 9.00am to 6.00pm.

Unfortunelty due to other commitments Ashley Greene will not be attending.

For more information go to The Hubs website!

I will be at the Sydney Convention and would love to see you all there If you are attending either one of the Conventions go and visit the Sydney thread or Melbourne thread in the forum!

Hub have also just announced that they will be holding a Vampire Diaries Convention for their Australian Fans. So far only Paul Wesley who plays Stephan Salvatore has been announced.

For more information head over to the Hubs website!

Another one of Hubs conventions planned for this year is the True Blood convention. These conventions will be held in Sydney on the 25th September and Melbourne on the 26th September.

So far the guests that have been announced include: Sam Trammell, John Billingsley, Kristen Bauer and the author Charlaine Harris!

Go to the Hubs website for more information!

Supanova is being held in Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne and Perth and so far the guests announced from the Twilight Saga are:

Brisbane and Melbourne - Alex Meraz

Sydney and Perth - Chaske Spencer and Jodelle Ferland

Check out the website for more information and other guests!

We are very proud to be affiliated with The Fandom Gives Back which helps to raise money for childhood cancer research.

And to help raise funds for this great cause Shantelle and Hannah are organising an Eclipse Masquerade Ball in Sydney on Saturday June 26th, 2010!

Tickets are $180 each which covers entry, all food and beverages (this is an alcohol-free event), plus entertainment for the night.

Some of the activities planned for the night are:
~ Auctions
~ Eclipse Role Play Competitions
~ Costume Contests
~ Photographs with Edward and Jacob (though, sadly, not the real thing)
~ Professional Photographs
~ Food and Drinks
~ Video Clips
~ DJ and Dancing
~ Twilight merchandise from the USA not available in AU

For more information go to their website here or you can follow them on Twitter for updates! There is also a thread set up in the forum, so come and join the discussion!

Gen and I are planning on going and we’d love to have some more Mums to come along and represent the Aussie Twilight Mums!

Popcultcha are holding an event in their Geelong store to  launch Stephenie Meyer’s new book, The Short Second Life Of Bree Tanner: An Eclipse Novella from 1pm on Saturday 5 June 2010 where you can collect your copy of Bree Tanner. There will also be hourly prize draws, complimentary Twilight Saga gifts and much, much more.

Popcultcha are also giving away a FREE Twilight - Edward & Bella Embrace Book/Tote Bag (worth $30) with every copy of the book. Also, for a limited time, receive a FREE New Moon Full Size Calendar with any Twilight Saga purchase over $20. That’s over $75 worth of stuff for $22.99!!!

There is more information on their website!

KT Collectables are holding a midnight screening of Eclipse in Support of Autism SA for Adelaide Customers

They did it for New moon and you enjoyed it, so its back by popular demand! A night with KT Collectables to support Autism SA!

The ticket price is $17.50 and they are asking for gold coin donations on the night.

There will be official merchandise prizes up for grabs, Twilight quizes and much more!

For more information check out their website!

I’m really enjoying our ATM Book Club, it’s great reading new books and discussing them with all you Mums. It’s also been wonderful to have so many participants joining in each month.

Gen, Lisa, Tania and I will be discussing each months Book of the Month on the podcast so if you would like to leave a review for us to read on the podcast or if you would like to record your own audio clip for us to play on the podcast you can send it to me at aussietwilightmums@gmail.com.

April’s Book of the Month is:

Original Sin by Allison Brennan

WHAT IF THE SEVEN DEADLY SINS WERE SEVEN FALLEN ANGELS - AND THEY WERE ABOUT TO WREAK HAVOC ON EARTH?

Haunted by chilling memories of demonic possession and murder, Moira O’Donnell has spent seven years hunting down her mother, Fiona, whose command of black magic has granted her unprecedented control of the underworld. Now Moira’s global search has led her to a small Californian town that’s about to become hell on earth.

Tormented by his own terrifying past and driven by powers he can’t explain, ex-seminarian Rafe Cooper joins Moira’s dangerous quest. But Fiona is one devilish step ahead. Hungry for greater power, eternal youth, and stunning beauty, the sorceress is unleashing upon the mortal world the living incarnations of the Seven Deadly Sins.

Together with a demonologist, a tough female cop, and a pair of star-crossed teenagers, Moira and Rafe are humanity’s last chance to snatch salvation from the howling jaws of damnation.

I still have some copies of Original Sin to give out to Aussie Twilight Mums!

If you would like a copy for only $5.50 (the postage cost) send me your name and address details to aussietwilightmums@gmail.com and I’ll send you an invoice!

Original Sin is also available from our affiliates The Book Depository and  Fishpond!

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May’s Book of the Month is Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater, you can read more about it here!

and I’m taking suggestions for May’s Book of the Month so please email me if you have a book in mind.

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If you would like to take part in the Book Club, get yourself the book and head over to the Book Club thread on the forum!

Don’t forget to leave your questions for the author in the Questions thread, because I will be sending them off to the author.

If you have any questions about the Book Club please email me at aussietwilightmums@gmail.com or PM me in the forums.

Have you checked out the New Moon Merchandise at Gifts for the Geek yet?

If not you should! Not only have they put some excellent New Moon Merchandise up on their site but they are giving us Twilight Mums a 10% discount. Simply enter the code atmrocks during the check out process to get your discount.

Episode 03 of the Aussie Twilight Mums podcast is up! You can subscribe to it in iTunes, visit our Podpage to listen or you can download it from Talkshoe ! And now you can listen directly from the sidebar of the website or forum!

Gen, Lisa, Tania and I will be hosting a monthly podcast and we would like your involvement.

Each month we will be inviting a ‘Guest’ to join us. These Guests will either be our Mum of the Month, an Author or a twilight related Guest.

To be eligible to become a Guest Mum you need to have access to Skype and a microphone. Go to the Podcast Thread and register your interest and at the end of the month I will pick one lucky Mum using an online random number generator.

You can also send me audio messages and I will play them on the podcast. Simply record your message or ask us a question and email the audio file to me at aussietwilightmums@gmail.com and I’ll play it on the next podcast.

If you have any ideas or suggestions for the podcast you can comment on the Podcast forum thread, PM me or email me. And don’t forget to leave us reviews in iTunes and comment on our Podpage cause we love the feedback!

April’s Fan Fic of the Month is Spellbound by Claire Bloom

Imprisoned by the malicious James, Edward meets the bewitching Isabella. As he battles with his enemies, his conscience and his bloodlust, he finally falls for her whilst she ignites his male desire’s & awakens his Vampiric cravings.

Join us in the forum for the discussion!

This year ATMs are going to be helping out charities! Each month $2 from all tshirt sales, $1 from all other ATM merchandise sales and all profits from one special item will go to charity.

This month I have chosen to stick with  HeartKids NSW as our Charity of the Month.

Taken from their website:

“HeartKids is a support group for families of children with heart disease. Their members offer their support to other families who are in crisis, providing opportunities to share common anxieties and challenges. They arrange, where possible, to meet with other families affected by the impact of life with a child with a cardiac condition and to create a ‘network of support’ for all families.“

You can help support this charity by purchasing any of our ATM merchandise in February, purchasing a special charity ATM tee or clicking on the Donate button in the sidebar on the ATM website.

April’s Charity Product

This month all profits from the sale of these Aussie Twilight Mums mugs will be going to the HeartKids NSW

$32.99 AUD each (incudes free postage)

If you would like to place an order please go here!

Please allow up to 21 days after payment for delivery, or ask me about faster delivery.

Friday nights are our ATM Chat Nights. All Chats are held in the Chatbox at the bottom of the forum homepage. They officially begin at 9pm Sydney time but there is usually an eager Mum or two in there a little earlier.

You may have noticed in the Calender that I have planned some themed chat nights for this month and next month. If they are popular I’ll look at making the themed nights permanent.

The new chat night themes are:

Newbie Chat - This chat night is for any new members who have just joined ATMs or for any existing members who have not participated in a chat night before.

General Chat - This chat night is as it sounds, a chat night to discuss anything and everything

Book Club Chat - This chat is scheduled for the end of the month so that we can discuss the current Book of the Month.

Fan Fiction Chat - This is for all the girls that read Fan Fiction to come in and discuss their favourite FF’s!

Here’s a list of the themed chat night dates:

April

23 - General Chat

30 - Book Club Chat

If you haven’t joined us for a chat yet, you should join us for the next one!

April

9 - Kristen Stewart’s Birthday

14 - New Moon DVD Australian Release

24 - Twilight Convention - Sydney

25 - Twilight Convention - Melbourne

May

13 - Robert Pattinson’s Birthday

17 - Nikki Reed’s Birthday

I’d like to thank our sponsors, without them and without you wonderful mums purchasing your twi merchandise from them, we wouldn’t have our wonderful sites

and don’t forget to go and visit our special birthday sponsors

The best way to stay connected and get all the news and updates is to:

Follow ATMs on Twitter!

Join the ATMs Facebook Group!

Be a regular on the forum!

Visit the ATMs website often!

and read the monthly newsletters. (Past Newsletters can be found here!)

If you have any ideas for things to add in the next Newsletters, any events you would like added to the calender, or any feedback about the Newsletter, website or forums, please email me at aussietwilightmums@gmail.com before the end of the month.

Rachel xxx

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Hi Aussie Twilight Mums,

Here we are in yet another month, there are so many exciting things coming up in the next few months for us Twilight Mums. Parties, DVD and movie releases and conventions. We are going to be busy, busy, busy people here at ATMs

As always I would like to welcome our newest members to the forum!  At last count we had 317 members, I am so glad that all you wonderful women have found us here.

Please come in and introduce yourself if you haven’t done so already. If you are unsure how to go about using the forum check for your welcome message in the menu bar just under the forum header. It will give you some hints and tips on how to get started.

I will be going through our member list on a monthly basis and deleting all members that have not been active within the last 60 days. This will help us to get a real number of our active members and also help with privacy issues. So please be sure to post every now and then to keep your membership active

Talking about privacy issues, I have had a few people aks about the privacy of our forum in the last couple of weeks, so I wanted you all to know that all threads in the forum are set to private, which means that only members can view all topics, threads and posts.

Our 1st Birthday is getting closer. And I am very excited about our upcoming birthday celebration lunch at Criniti’s Restaurant at Darling Habour. I have sent out PM’s to the Mums that have expressed interest on the forums. But if you have missed out and would like to join us either PM me or email me at aussietwilightmums@gmail.com and I’ll get an invitation to you.

Obviously not everyone is going to make the lunch , so I’ll be planning some fun things on the forum and website to help us all celebrate. Keep your eye’s out for more details throughout March!

Hub Productions have announced another Twilight Convention on Saturday the 24th April in Sydney and Sunday the 25th April in Melbourne.

Ashley Greene, Daniel Cudmore, Gil Birmingham (and now) Christian Serratos and others will be appearing on Saturday 24th April in Sydney from 9:00am to 6:00pm and Sunday the 25th April in Melbourne from 9.00am to 6.00pm.

For more information go to The Hubs website!

I will be at the Sydney Convention and would love to see you all there

Hub have also just announced that they will be holding a Vampire Diaries Convention for their Australian Fans. So far only Paul Wesley who plays Stephan Salvatore has been announced.

For more information head over to the Hubs website!

Another one of Hubs conventions planned for this year is the True Blood convention. These conventions will be held in Sydney on the 25th September and Melbourne on the 26th September.

So far the guests that have been announced include: Sam Trammell, John Billingsley, Kristen Bauer and the author Charlaine Harris!

Go to the Hubs website for more information!

Supanova is being held in Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne and Perth and so far the guests announced from the Twilight Saga are:

Brisbane and Melbourne - Alex Meraz

Sydney and Perth - Chaske Spencer and Jodelle Ferland

Check out the website for more information and other guests!

I’m really enjoying our ATM Book Club, it’s great reading new books and discussing them with all you Mums. It’s also been wonderful to have so many participants joining in each month.

Gen, Lisa, Tania and I will be discussing each months Book of the Month on the podcast so if you would like to leave a review for us to read on the podcast or if you would like to record your own audio clip for us to play on the podcast you can send it to me at aussietwilightmums@gmail.com.

March’s Book of the Month is:

Undead and Unwed by MaryJanice Davidson

Betsy Taylor—former model, newly unemployed secretary, 30, and still single—wakes up after being flattened by a small SUV in a tacky coffin wearing cheap knock-off shoes. Her mother is glad she is back, albeit as a vampire, but her stepmother is enraged that Betsy has reclaimed her designer-shoe collection. With a wealthy best friend and a newly acquired doctor pal who is not susceptible to her formidable allure, she sets out to right wrongs but is abducted by Nostro, a tacky 500-year-old vampire who rules the undead roost. It seems that Betsy is an anomaly: a vampire who doesn’t burn in sunlight, can fight the urge to feed, and is not repulsed by religious articles, all of which may make her the prophesied Queen of the Vampires. Teaming up with gorgeous vampire Eric Sinclair, who is in her opinion a major pervert, she takes on Nostro and his minions.

Undead and Unwed is available from our affiliates  The Book Depository and  Amazon

I am also taking orders for this book here!

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April’s Book of the Month is Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater, you can read more about it here!

and I’m taking suggestions for May’s Book of the Month so please email me if you have a book in mind.

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If you would like to take part in the Book Club, get yourself the book and head over to the Book Club thread on the forum!

Don’t forget to leave your questions for the author in the Questions thread, because I will be sending them off to the author.

If you have any questions about the Book Club please email me at aussietwilightmums@gmail.com or PM me in the forums.

Have you checked out the New Moon Merchandise at Gifts for the Geek yet?

If not you should! Not only have they put some excellent New Moon Merchandise up on their site but they are giving us Twilight Mums a 10% discount. Simply enter the code atmrocks during the check out process to get your discount.

On the website:

I have been umming and ahhing about adding a button to take donations to help cover the costs of running ATMs for a long time! I’ve finally been convinced to give it a go.

The donate button is located in the sidebar on the website and the forum .

If you would like to make a donation it will be greatly appreciated and if not there will never be any hard feelings.

After many, many technical difficulties Aussie Twilight Mums Podcast Episode 02 is finally up and ready for you to listen to! You can subscribe to it in iTunes, visit our Podpage to listen or you can download it from Talkshoe !

Gen, Lisa, Tania and I will be hosting a monthly podcast and we would like your involvement.

Each month we will be inviting a ‘Guest’  to join us. These Guests will either be our Mum of the Month, an Author or a twilight related Guest.

To be eligible to become a Guest Mum you need to have access to Skype and a microphone. Go to the Podcast Thread and register your interest and at the end of the month I will pick one lucky Mum using an online random number generator.

You can also send me audio messages and I will play them on the podcast. Simply record your message or ask us a question and email the audio file to me at aussietwilightmums@gmail.com and I’ll play it on the next podcast.

If you have any ideas or suggestions for the podcast you can comment on the Podcast forum thread, PM me or email me. And don’t forget to leave us reviews in iTunes and comment on our Podpage cause we love the feedback!

March’s Fan Fic of the Month is Teachers Pet by mpg!

Bella moved on after Edward left her and is now a teacher. When she starts at a new school, destiny intervenes to reunite them. Now she is faced with new challenges/decisions.

Join us in the forum for the discussion!

This year ATMs are going to be helping out charities! Each month $2 from all tshirt sales, $1 from all other ATM merchandise sales and all profits from one special item will go to charity.

This month I have chosen HeartKids NSW as our Charity of the Month.

Taken from their website:

“HeartKids is a support group for families of children with heart disease. Their members offer their support to other families who are in crisis, providing opportunities to share common anxieties and challenges. They arrange, where possible, to meet with other families affected by the impact of life with a child with a cardiac condition and to create a ‘network of support’ for all families.“

You can help support this charity by purchasing any of our ATM merchandise in February, purchasing a special charity ATM tee or clicking on the Donate button in the sidebar on the ATM website.

February’s Charity Product

This month all profits from the sale of these Aussie Twilight Mums mugs will be going to the HeartKids NSW

$32.99 AUD each (incudes free postage)

If you would like to place an order please go here!

Please allow up to 21 days after payment for delivery, or ask me about faster delivery.

It’s Birthday month at Aussie Twilight Mums, so keep your eyes out in the forum and on the website for competition announcements throughout the month!

Friday nights are our ATM Chat Nights. All Chats are held in the Chatbox at the bottom of the forum homepage. They officially begin at 9pm Sydney time but there is usually an eager Mum or two in there a little earlier.

You may have noticed in the Calender that I have planned some themed chat nights for this month and next month. If they are popular I’ll look at making the themed nights permanent.

The new chat night themes are:

Newbie Chat - This chat night is for any new members who have just joined ATMs or for any existing members who have not participated in a chat night before.

General Chat - This chat night is as it sounds, a chat night to discuss anything and everything

Book Club Chat - This chat is scheduled for the end of the month so that we can discuss the current Book of the Month.

Fan Fiction Chat - This is for all the girls that read Fan Fiction to come in and discuss their favourite FF’s!

Here’s a list of the themed chat night dates:

March

5 - General Chat

12 - Fan Fic Chat

19 - General Chat

20 - Newbie Chat

26 - Book Club Chat

If you haven’t joined us for a chat yet, you should join us for the next one!

March

2 -Bryce Dallas Howard’s Birthday

5 - General Chat

9 - Chaske Spencer’s Birthday

10 - Edi Gathegi’s Birthday

11 - Remember Me in Cinemas

12 - Fan Fic Chat

13 - ATMs 1st Birthday Party

15 - Kellan Lutz’s Birthday

19 - General Chat

20 - New Moon DVD US Release

20 - Newbie Chat

20 - Tinsel Korey’s Birthday

26 - Book Club Chat

April

2 - General Chat

9 - Fan Fic Chat

9 - Kristen Stewart’s Birthday

14 - New Moon DVD Australian Release

16 - General Chat

17 - Newbie Chat

23 - Book Club Chat

24 - Twilight Convention - Sydney

25 - Twilight Convention - Melbourne

I’d like to thank our sponsors, without them and without you wonderful mums purchasing your twi merchandise from them, we wouldn’t have our wonderful sites

and our newest sponsor, The Book Depository!

The best way to stay connected and get all the news and updates is to:

Follow ATMs on Twitter!

Join the ATMs Facebook Group!

Be a regular on the forum!

Visit the ATMs website often!

and read the monthly newsletters. (Past Newsletters can be found here!)

If you have any ideas for things to add in the next Newsletters, any events you would like added to the calender, or any feedback about the Newsletter, website or forums, please email me at aussietwilightmums@gmail.com before the end of the month.

Rachel xxx

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Hi Aussie Twilight Mums,

Can you believe that it’s February already? I have a feeling that this year is going to fly by!

I hope that you all survived the Christmas holidays and your kids are settling back into school and preschool. I had one kid start kindergarten and one start high school so it has been a pretty big couple of weeks for us here

I’d like to welcome all our new members to the forum! At last count we had 291 members, it still blows me away that so many woman have found us

Please come in and introduce yourself if you haven’t done so already. If you are unsure how to go about using the forum check for your welcome message in the menu bar just under the forum header. It will give you some hints and tips on how to get started.

I have gone through our member list and deleted all members that had not been active within the last 60 days. I will be doing this every month so please be sure to post every now and then to keep your membership active

Our 1st Birthday is getting closer and we need more input from the people interested in attending our Sydney function. You can join in the conversation on the party thread here, register your interest in attending here, and vote on what time of the day the party should be held!

For anyone that can’t make it to Sydney for our birthday, I’ll be having an online party in March. More details about that will be coming later in the  month

Hub Productions have announced another Twilight Convention on Saturday the 24th April in Sydney and Sunday the 25th April in Melbourne.

Ashley Greene, Daniel Cudmore (and now) Gil Birmingham and others will be appearing on Saturday 24th April in Sydney from 9:00am to 6:00pm and Sunday the 25th April in Melbourne from 9.00am to 6.00pm.

For more information go to The Hubs website!

I will be at the Sydney Convention and would love to see you all there

The Aussie Twilight Mums Book Club was a great success last month, with many Mums reading Fallen by Lauren Kate and discussing it in the forums.

I am now taking suggestions for March’s Book of the Month so please email me at aussietwilightmums@gmail.com if you have a book in mind.

February’s Book of the Month is:

The Kingdom by Jennifer McBay Barry

Set in a mystical, yet modern-day, Ireland, The Kingdom tells the story of Rioghan and Lily; a man bored with existence and a girl afraid of truly living. Follow Rioghan as he finds a new reason to be, and Lily as she finds the courage to embrace her own future. Fall in love with each character, in spite of their shortcomings, as they find love in each other.

During their journey together, they meet several delightful characters; Ciaran, Aisling, and Frankie; who will teach them the meaning of unconditional love and trust. Rioghan and Lily will also discover that respecting their elders doesn’t mean being a doormat.

The lush Irish countryside provides a colorful and mysterious background. Specific points in Ireland’s turbulent history provide lessons to both Rioghan and Lily as they grow into the people each knows the other can be.

The Kingdom is currently only available through Amazon but I think you should be able to order it in through your local bookstore.

If you would like to take part in the Book Club, get yourself the book and head over to the Book Club thread on the forum!

Don’t forget to leave your questions for the author here. We are hoping that Jen will be able to join us in an upcoming Podcast to answer all your questions!

If you have any questions about the Book Club please email me at aussietwilightmums@gmail.com or PM me in the forums.

Have you checked out the New Moon Merchandise at Gifts for the Geek yet?

If not you should! Not only have they put some excellent New Moon Merchandise up on their site but they are giving us Twilight Mums a 10% discount. Simply enter the code atmrocks during the check out process to get your discount.

On the website:

If you have visited the Aussie Twilight Mums website in the last couple of days you will have noticed that I have given it a facelift. It was time to freshen it up a bit. You’ll notice that I have added some page links in the sidebar to make it easier to navigate your way around the site.

Aussie Twilight Mums Podcast Episode 01 is finally up and ready for you to listen to! You can subscribe to it in iTunes, visit our Podpage to listen or you can download it from  Talkshoe !

Gen, Lisa, Tania and I will be hosting a monthly podcast and we would like your involvement.

Each month we will be inviting a ‘Guest’ Mum to join us. To be eligible to become a Guest Mum you need to have access to Skype and a microphone. Go to the Podcast Thread and register your interest and at the end of the month I will pick one lucky Mum using an online random number generator.

You can also send me audio messages and I will play them on the podcast. Simply record your message or ask us a question and email the audio file to me at aussietwilightmums@gmail.com and I’ll play it on the next podcast.

If you have any ideas or suggestions for the podcast you can comment on the Podcast forum thread, PM me or email me.

This month’s Fic of the Month is Abbracciare il Cantante by Bratty-Vamp

What if Edward left Forks after his first encounter with Bella, and he never returned? Fate couldn’t keep these two apart. But meeting at a later time and place might have changed the nature of their relationship.

Rated: M - Chapters: 52 - Reviews: 5347 - Edward & Bella - Complete

Join us in the forum for the discussion!

This year ATMs are going to be helping out charities! Each month $2 from all tshirt sales, $1 from all other ATM merchandise sales and all profits from one special item will go to charity.

Thank you to everyone who purchased merchandise and made donations last month, you have raised some much need funds for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation

This month I have chosen The Luke Priddis Foundation as our Charity of the Month.

Taken from their website:

“Luke and Holly Priddis established the Luke Priddis Foundation following the diagnosis of their third child Cooper as having Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Following Cooper’s diagnosis they became caught in a whirlwind of meetings, assessments, occupational therapy, speech therapy and early intervention.

Through searching for approriate intervention programs, it was found that there was a lack of services in the Western Sydney area.  Further to this, the services that were accessible struggled with a lack of funding, along with a lack of provisions suitable to provide appropriate intervention for children with ASD and other special needs.

The aim of the Luke Priddis Foundation is to maximise the services and opportunities available to Autistic and special needs children.”

You can help support this charity by purchasing any of our ATM merchandise in February, purchasing a special charity ATM tee or clicking on the Donate button in the sidebar on the ATM website.

February’s Charity Product

This month all profits from the sale of these Aussie Twilight Mums mugs will be going to the The Luke Priddis Foundation.

$32.99 AUD each (incudes free postage)

If you would like to place an order please go here!

Please allow up to 21 days after payment for delivery, or ask me about  faster delivery.

This month I have 2 Movie Gift Cards  to give away. One $25 Hoyts Gift Card and one $25 Greater Union Gift Card.

The winners will receive their Gift Cards in time to see Robert Pattinson in his new movie Remember Me!

For more details and to enter the draw go to the Competition Page.

Friday nights are our ATM Chat Nights. All Chats are held in the Chatbox at the bottom of the forum homepage. They officially begin at 9pm Sydney time but there is usually an eager Mum or two in there a little earlier.

You may have noticed in the Calender that I have planned some themed chat nights for this month and next month. If they are popular I’ll look at making the themed nights permanent.

The new chat night themes are:

Newbie Chat - This chat night is for any new members who have just joined ATMs or for any existing members who have not participated in a chat night before.

General Chat - This chat night is as it sounds, a chat night to discuss anything and everything

Book Club Chat - This chat is scheduled for the end of the month so that we can discuss the current Book of the Month.

Fan Fiction Chat - This is for all the girls that read Fan Fiction to come in and discuss their favourite FF’s!

Here’s a list of the themed chat night dates:

February

5 - Fan Fiction Chat

12 - Newbie Chat

19 - General Chat

26 - Book Club Chat

If you haven’t joined us for a chat yet, you should join us for the next one!

February

5th - Fan Fiction Chat Night

11th - Taylor Lautner’s Birthday

12th - Newbie Chat Night

19th - General Chat Night

26th - Book Club Chat Night - The Kingdom

March

ATMs 1st Birthday Party (more details coming soon!)

I’d like to thank our sponsors, without them and without you wonderful mums purchasing your twi merchandise from them, we wouldn’t have our wonderful sites

and our newest sponsor, The Book Depository!

The best way to stay connected and get all the news and updates is to:

Follow ATMs on Twitter!

Join the ATMs Facebook Group!

Be a regular on the forum!

Visit the ATMs website often!

and read the monthly newsletters. (Past Newsletters can be found here!)

If you have any ideas for things to add in the next Newsletters, any events you would like added to the calender, or any feedback about the Newsletter, website or forums, please email me at aussietwilightmums@gmail.com before the end of the month.

Rachel xxx

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Hi Aussie Twilight Mums,
Wow, can you believe that it is the New Year already??? The last year has flown by (I think I say that each year, but this time it has simply sped by quicker than ever!). I hope that you all had a lovely Christmas and a fun New Years Eve and Day!

2009 was full of ups and downs for me and many of you. For me the ups were dominated by Aussie Twilight Mums and Twilight in general. I have made so many wonderful new friends and am so grateful for the friendship and support that my ATM’s have offered. I am looking forward to 2010 and very excited about my plans for ATMs. All will be revealed in the coming months

Before I go any further I would like to say a huge, huge thank you to all you wonderful woman for my Christmas Gift, I was blown away by your generosity and have put my Gift Card towards an iPod touch, which I am totally in love with

While we are on the topic of Christmas, I’d like to thank Lisa (Misty) and Tab (TaBBZZZ) for organising our Secret Santa for us! It was a huge success and I look forward to doing it all again next year Also thanks for organising the Christmas Card exchange, it was wonderful to get fun mail rather than bills at Christmas time! Thanks girls, you did a great job

Some of us Sydney Twilight Mums got together for a Christmas party just before Christmas. It was wonderful to get some Twi Mums and kids together, to catch up with some old friends and meet some new ones.

I’d like to welcome all our new members to the forum! At last count we had 277 members, it still blows me away that so many woman have found us

Please come in and  introduce yourself if you haven’t done so already. If you are unsure how to go about using the forum check for your welcome message in the menu bar just under the forum header. It will give you some hints and tips on how to get started.

I have gone through our member list and deleted all members that had not activated their accounts or haven’t been active within the last 60 days. I will be doing this every couple of months so please be sure to post every now and then to keep your membership active

Our 1st Birthday is getting closer and we need more input from the people interested in attending our Sydney function. You can join in the conversation on the party thread here, register your interest in attending here, and vote on what time of the day the party should be held!

For anyone that can’t make it to Sydney for our birthday, I’ll be having an online party in March. More details about that will be coming next month

Hub Productions have announced another Twilight Convention on Saturday the 24th April in Sydney and Sunday the 25th April in Melbourne.

Ashley Greene, Daniel Cudmore (and now) Gil Birmingham and others will be appearing on Saturday 24th April in Sydney from 9:00am to 6:00pm and Sunday the 25th April in Melbourne from 9.00am to 6.00pm.

For more information go to The Hubs website!

I will be at the Sydney Convention and would love to see you all there

The Aussie Twilight Mums Book Club is back, bigger and better than ever. We are going to run things a little differently this year though. Instead of getting everyone to vote on a book to read, which is time consuming and limits people time wise, I will take suggestions all month long and choose one book which will become our Book of the Month.

February’s Book of the Month has been picked, it is The Kingdom by Jennifer McBay Barry (you can read more about it on the forum) but if you have any suggestions for March’s Book of the Month please email me at aussietwilightmums@gmail.com

January’s Book of the Month is:

Fallen by Lauren Kate

What if the person you were meant to be with could never be yours? 17-year-old Lucinda falls in love with a gorgeous, intelligent boy, Daniel, at her new school, the grim, foreboding Sword & Cross …only to find out that Daniel is a fallen angel, and that they have spent lifetimes finding and losing one another as good & evil forces plot to keep them apart. Some angels are destined to fall…

Get your copy from The Book Depository or Fishpond now and start reading!

I have started a new section within the forum especially for the Book Club. The threads are all there ready for you to leave your comments about the book. All I ask is that you keep your comments to the specific chapter threads otherwise you might spoil the book for others that haven’t read as much as you.

You’ll also notice a thread especially for your questions to the author. Each month I’ll send off everyone’s questions to the author and hopefully we’ll get a reply back

If you have any questions about the Book Club please email me at aussietwilightmums@gmail.com or PM me in the forums.

Have you checked out the New Moon Merchandise at Gifts for the Geek yet?

If not you should! Not only have they put some excellent New Moon Merchandise up on their site but they are giving us Twilight Mums a 10% discount. Simply enter the code atmrocks during the check out process to get your discount.

On the forum:

You’ll notice that there are a few changes taking place on the forum, I have added several new threads and there will be more popping up over the next month. Some of the new threads include:

The True Blood forum

The Vampire Diaries forum

The Other Authors forum

The New Fan Fic forum - unfortunetly when I moved the old forum it disappeared :(

I Need Your Help!

As I am getting busier with different aspects of ATMs I am going to need help keeping the ATM website up to date with the latest Twilight news.

If you think you have what it takes to be a Twiblogger email me at aussietwilightmums@gmail.com with your interest and experience.

Experience with WordPress and basic html is preferred.

The Aussie Twilight Mums Podcast is coming this January! We are currently working on our first episode, which we hope will be ready for you to download in the next few weeks.

Gen, Lisa, Tania and I will be hosting a monthly podcast and we would like your involvement.

Each month we will be inviting a ‘Guest’ Mum to join us. To be eligible to become a Guest Mum you need to have access to Skype and a microphone. Go to the Podcast Thread and register your interest and at the end of the month I will pick one lucky Mum using an online random number generator.

You can also send me audio messages and I will play them on the podcast. Simply record your message or ask us a question and email the audio file to me at aussietwilightmums@gmail.com and I’ll play it on the next podcast.

If you have any ideas or suggestions for the podcast you can comment on the Podcast forum thread, PM me or email me.

There are a couple of ways you can listen to the Podcast. You can listen directly from the ATM website. You’ll find the Podcast player widget in the sidebar and also on our Podpage!

You can also find our Podcast at Talkshoe and we will be listed in iTunes shortly

This year we are going to start having a Fan Fiction of the Month! Each month we will choose one FF to read and discuss it! All FF’s will be complete stories! From now on I will take recommendations and then we will vote on it but for this month I have chosen  Let Your Light Shine by Lolahoes (thanks for the rec Tan

The honeymoon beginning at the fade-to-black and continuing through Edward and Bella’s exploration of intimacy, communication, and how to achieve forever together. ExB, AU Breaking Dawn.

It’s rated M and has some mature content *giggles*

Join us in the forum for the discussion!

This year ATMs are going to be helping out charities! Each month $2 from all tshirt sales, $1 from all other ATM merchandise sales and all profits from one special item will go to charity.

I will be organising a charity committee, who will take charge of nominating and voting on the months charity. If you would like to be part of the charity committee please email me at aussietwilightmums@gmail.com

This month I have chosen the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation as our Charity of the Month.

As many of you know my 11 year old daughter was diagnosed with Juvenile Diabletes in late October so I thought it fitting that we start JDRF as our charity.

“The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) is the world’s largest charitable supporter of type 1 diabetes research, investing more than $150 million per year into the search to find a cure for type 1 diabetes.

JDRF was founded in 1970 in the US and 1982 in Australia by a group of determined volunteers.

Internationally, JDRF has been involved in every major type 1 diabetes breakthrough of the last three decades including:

• Islet transplantation
• Beta cell regeneration
• Preventative vaccine development
• Reduction of complications

JDRF-funded researchers have driven the advancement of day-to-day disease management tools and accelerated the pace of research through a focus on five clearly defined cure therapeutic pathways that offer the best hope for a cure.

JDRF supports Australian diabetes research via the strategic provision of funding, investing over $12 million into 44 research projects across Australia in the 2007/08 financial year.

In addition to supporting research, JDRF Australia plays a key role in advising and influencing health policy direction across all levels of government and building community awareness of type 1 diabetes.

Throughout all local and international activities JDRF’s mission remains constant - to find a cure for type 1 diabetes and its complications through the support of research.”

Taken from JDRF’s website.

You can help support this charity by purchasing any of our ATM merchandise in January, purchasing an ATM mug or clicking on the Donate button in the sidebar on the ATM website.

January’s Charity Product

This month all profits from the sale of these Aussie Twilight Mums mugs will be going to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Fund.

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$27.99 AUD each (incudes free postage)

If you would like to place an order email me at aussietwilightmums@gmail.com,  with your name, address and whether you would like to pay with paypal or bank deposit and I’ll send you an invoice. (If using Paypal also include the email that you use in Paypal)

Please allow up to 21 days after payment for delivery, or asking me about prices for faster delivery.

This month I have 2 sets of New Moon Dog Tags to give away. For more details and to enter the draw go to the Competition Page on the ATM website. Make sure you tell me whether you are Team Edward or Team Jacob because I have 1 set of Edward Tags and 1 set of Jacob Tags to give away.

As I mentioned earlier The Kingdom is our Book of the Month for February and I have 1 copy to give away to a lucky winner. Go to the competition page on the ATM website for entry details.

Friday nights are our ATM Chat Nights. All  Chats are held in the Chatbox at the bottom of the forum homepage. They officially begin at 9pm Sydney time but there is usually an eager Mum or two in there a little earlier.

You may have noticed in the Calender that I have planned some themed chat nights for this month and next month. If they are popular I’ll look at making the themed nights permanent.

The new chat night themes are:

Newbie Chat - This chat night is for any new members who have just joined ATMs or for any existing members who have not participated in a chat night before.

General Chat - This chat night is as it sounds, a chat night to discuss anything and everything

Book Club Chat - This chat is scheduled for the end of the month so that we can discuss the current Book of the Month.

Fan Fiction Chat - This is for all the girls that read Fan Fiction to come in and discuss their favourite FF’s!

Here’s a list of the themed chat night dates:

January

15 - Newbie Chat

22 - General Chat

29 - Book Club Chat

February

5 - Fan Fiction Chat

12 - Newbie Chat

19 - General Chat

26 - Book Club Chat

If you haven’t joined us for a chat yet, you should join us for the next one!

January

15th - Newbie Chat Night

22nd - General Chat Night

29th - Book Club Chat Night - Fallen

The Podcast is coming!

February

5th - Fan Fiction Chat Night

11th - Taylor Lautner’s Birthday

12th - Newbie Chat Night

19th - General Chat Night

26th - Book Club Chat Night - The Kingdom

March

ATMs 1st Birthday Party (more details coming soon!)

I’d like to thank our sponsors, without them and without you wonderful mums purchasing your twi merchandise from them, we wouldn’t have our wonderful sites

and our newest sponsor, The Book Depository!

Hottopic.com is offering 25% off orders $50 or more! Use code HTA25OFF50 at checkout. Expires on 31st January 2010

The best way to stay connected and get all the news and updates is to:

Follow ATMs on Twitter!

Join the ATMs Facebook Group!

Be a regular on the forum!

Visit the ATMs website often!

and read the monthly newsletters. (Past Newsletters can be found here!)

If you have any ideas for things to add in the next Newsletters, any events you would like added to the calender, or any feedback about the Newsletter, website or forums, please email me at aussietwilightmums@gmail.com before the end of the month.

Rachel xxx

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It’s the beginning of a new month and that means it’s time for another newsletter

Firstly I’d like to welcome all our new members! We have had a huge jump from 300 to 447 members this month. So I’d like to take this opportunity to welcome you all and  invite you to introduce yourself if you haven’t done so already. If you are unsure how to go about using the forum check for your welcome letter in the menu bar just under the forum header. It will give you some hints and tips on how to get started.

NewMoonber, our month long celebration of the release of New Moon was a huge success. We gave away a stack of prizes and had lots of fun and games. I’m looking forward to doing it all again, bigger and better for the release of Eclipse in 2010!

Thanks to all our members who participated in our NewMoonber events, you all helped to make it a really enjoyable month!

I’m guessing by now that all of you have seen New Moon, I have been lucky enough to see it 3 times so far and I’m looking forward to being able to see it again in the next few weeks.

So what did you think? Come in and join in the conversation on the forum!

A huge thank you to everyone who helped out with Lisa’s gift. Your generosity was overwhelming!

We raised enough money to have a bunch of flowers delivered and to also get her a Twilight Hamper.

Hub Productions have announced another Twilight Convention on Saturday the 24th April in Sydney and Sunday the 25th April in Melbourne.

Ashley Greene, Daniel Cudmore and others will be appearing on Saturday 24th April in Sydney from 9:00am to 6:00pm and Sunday the 25th April in Melbourne from 9.00am to 6.00pm.

For more information go to The Hubs website!

I will be at the Sydney Convention and would love to see you all there

ATM’s got a fair bit of media coverage in the last month. We had an article written about us in the Sydney Daily Telegraph, an article about the Melbourne ATM’s in Woman’s Day and New Idea Magazines,  Gen and myself were also seen on New Idea TV and a few of us were interviewed on various radio stations.

For a few weeks there the ATMs were everywhere in the media and as we approach the release of Eclipse in June 2010 I’m sure we will get much more media attention

In 2009, I concentrated my efforts on building The Twilight Fansite and Aussie Twilight Mums was just something I worked on in the background. However now that I have TTF up and running the way I want it,  I can concentrate my efforts fully on Aussie Twilight Mums.

What does this mean for you?

Firstly there will be more updates on the website, if there is anything happening in the Twilight world you will be able to read about it on the site!

An Aussie Twilight Mums Podcast is coming, a few of us Mums have been in talks and will have a regular Podcast going in the New Year. We’ll be asking for contributors from time to time so keep your eyes out for messages about that.

There will be more chatting and fun and games on the forum!

The ATMs Book Club will be back up and running on both the forum and on the website.

We will be starting a Fan Fiction of the Month Club for all the lovers of FF

In March 2010 Aussie Twilight Mums will be celebrating our 1st Birthday so we will be planning a big party in Sydney and I would love as many ATMs to come together as possible. I’m hoping that this will turn into an annual event for us Mums to come together and celebrate everything that Twilight and our ATM community has bought into our lives! There will be more details coming on this in the New Year, I promise to organise it asap to give everyone plenty of notice so that hopefully we can get some interstate Mums to come and join us!

plus there will be many more exciting things happening, but you will need to stay tuned for that!

The best way to stay connected and get all the news and updates is to:

Follow ATMs on Twitter!

Join the ATMs Facebook Group!

Be a regular on the forum!

Visit the ATMs website often!

and read the monthly newsletters. (Past Newsletters can be found here!)

Last month during our NewMoonber celebrations, we held a Design A Tee competition.

We had some excellent entries but Roni was the winner with this design:

You can have one of  Roni’s T shirts for $29.99 (includes free postage)

If you would like to place an order email me at aussietwilightmums@gmail.com,  with your name, address, your size (see the size guide below) and whether you would like to pay with paypal or bank deposit and I’ll send you an invoice. (If using Paypal also include the email that you use in Paypal)

Please allow up to 21 days after payment for delivery, or asking me about prices for faster delivery

Size Guide

S - 34?-36? Chest
M - 38?-40? Chest
L - 42?-44? Chest
XL - 46?-48? Chest
XXL- 50?-52? Chest

As a special bonus:

This month if you purchase any of our Aussie Twilight Mums Tshirts you will get a FREE pen valued at $7.00 plus FREE postage.

If you would like your tshirt before Christmas you can pay an extra $5.00 to get your parcel sent quicker, but all orders and money need to be in before Sunday 13th Dec 09.

Have you checked out the New Moon Merchandise at Gifts for the Geek yet?

If not you should! Not only have they put some New Moon Merchandise up on their site for pre order but they are giving us Twilight Mums a 10% discount. Simply enter the code atmrocks during the check out process to get your discount.

There have been a few new things added to the forum this month.

Firstly, have you checked out the Christmas Thread? There are lots of different Christmas topics being discussed in there.

Also new to the forum is The Meadow!. The Meadow is a different way to chat on the forum. It is a continuous chat thread, similar to the way the Essential Baby forums are run. Each day Wendy or Tab will start a new thread for the days discussion.

You are free to join in the conversation or simply bring up something of interest to you

Friday nights are our ATM Chat Nights. Chats are held in the Chatbox at the bottom of the forum homepage. They officially begin at 9pm Sydney time but there is usually an eager Mum or two in there a little earlier.

If you haven’t joined us for a chat yet, you should join us for the next one!

The Aussie Twilight Mums Book Club is going to be back in the New Year bigger and better than ever. We are going to run things a little differently this year though. Instead of getting everyone to vote on a book to read, which is time consuming and limits people time wise, I will take suggestions all month long and choose one book which will become our Book of the Month. As you will see below I have picked out January’s book, so now you have all of December to purchase or borrow the book ready for next month

If you have any suggestions for February’s Book of the Month please email me at aussietwilightmums@gmail.com

January’s Book of the Month is:

Fallen by Lauren Kate

What if the person you were meant to be with could never be yours? 17-year-old Lucinda falls in love with a gorgeous, intelligent boy, Daniel, at her new school, the grim, foreboding Sword & Cross …only to find out that Daniel is a fallen angel, and that they have spent lifetimes finding and losing one another as good & evil forces plot to keep them apart. Some angels are destined to fall…

Get your copy from The Book Depository or Fishpond now, ready to start reading in January!

December

21st - Jackson Rathbone’s Birthday
21st - ATMs Sydney Christmas Party (more info here!)
24th - Stephanie Meyer’s Birthday
25th - Christmas Day
26th - Boxing Day

January

1st - New Years Day
The podcast is coming!

February

11th - Taylor Lautner’s Birthday

March

ATMs 1st Birthday Party (more details coming soon!)

I’d like to thank our sponsors, without them and without you wonderful mums purchasing your twi merchandise from them, we wouldn’t have our wonderful sites

and now we have another new sponsor, The Book Depository!

If you have any ideas for things to add in the next Newsletters or if you have any events you would like added to the calender please email me at aussietwilightmums@gmail.com before the end of the month.

And because it’s our last newsletter for the year, I’d like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a safe and Happy New Year! This year has been a very exciting year for us here at ATM and I know that 2010 is going to be even better!

Thank you to all my new friends who have helped out over the year with the website and the forum! Our Contributors, Admins and Mods have been doing a wonderful job and I wouldn’t be able to do it all without you

Looking forward to sparkling with you all in the New Year!

Rachel xxx

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Hi Aussie Twilight Mums,

Firstly I’d like to welcome our newest members to the forum. We now have 265 members, which is amazing

New Members, if you haven’t done so already come in and introduce yourself here.

I’m sorry that things have been a little quiet on the website lately. As many of you already know my 11 year old daughter was diagnosed with  Juvenile Diabetes a little over a week ago, so I have had to have a little break from the fansites and forum while our family adjusts to our new lifestyle and learn everything we need to know. Thank you once again to everyone for your thoughts and prayers. I am lucky to be part of such a wonderful caring group of Mums

If you have been to the Aussie Twilight Mums website lately you may have noticed a few changes. I have added a few extra things to the sidebars.

There is an up to date list of the Twilight, New Moon and Eclipse cast that are currently on Twitter. So if you are a Twitter user make sure you are following the cast. You can also follow me @TwilightMums, to get all the latest updates and happenings on the website. Be sure to send me a ‘Hello’ tweet telling me who you are and I’ll follow you right back

We also have a Fan Fiction section where there is a list of recommended Fan Fictions and links. This list will be updated often so keep checking back for more great FFs

You’ll also notice that Aussie Twilight Mums have their own Mums Twi-Network. You’ll find a list of Twi-Network sites in the sidebar. These are Twilight related blogs and websites created by our Mums. If you have a twi-related site and would like it listed please send me an email to rachel.thetwilightfansite@gmail.com with the link and a little about your site and don’t forget to go and visit the Mums in the Network.

Have you checked out the New Moon Merchandise at Gifts for the Geek yet?

If not you should! Not only have they put some New Moon Merchandise up on their site for pre order but they are giving us Twilight Mums a 10% discount. Simply enter the code atmrocks during the check out process to get your discount.

Many Mums were lucky enough to attend some Twilight Tour events in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne.

You can read the post and see some photos from the Sydney Twilight Tour here, and Lisa’s Armageddon in Melbourne post here!

Forum Rules

Unfortunately due to the behaviour of a small group of people we have had to make a few rules for the forum. The rules are in place to make your experience on our forum a positive one. If you have any questions about the rules or feel that someone in the forum is disobeying the rules please contact me at rachel.thetwilightfansite@gmail.com or you PM Lisa or I (Admins) on the forum.

Here are the rules:

* respect others opinions even if they are not your opinions
* do not make offensive comments to other members, if you don’t have something nice to say, don’t say anything at all
* do not bully other members
* do not use PMs to bully other members
* contact me or a Moderator if you have a problem with another forum member

Violation of any of these rules will result in you being banned from this forum!

Win a FREE CafePress Tshirt

Head over to The Twilight Fansite for your chance to win a free CafePress Twilight Tshirt! CafePress shirts are made by fans for fans, so there is sure to be one (but more likely many) that you like!
The competition ends on the 4th November, so get your entry in quick

Friday nights are our chat nights. Chats are held in the Chatbox at the bottom of the forum homepage. They officially begin at 9pm Sydney time but there is usually an eager Mum or two in there a little earlier. If you haven’t joined us for a chat yet, you should join us for the next one

I have declared November to be NewMoonber on the Aussie Twilight Mum website!

NewMoonber is going to be a month long celebration of the upcoming release of the New Moon movie.

What can you expect during NewMoonber?

- many competitions

- merchandise sales

- free graphics and wallpapers

- quizes

- a treasure hunt

- fun and games!

Make sure you visit the website on November 1st when the fun begins!

Get to know the Mums!

As part of NewMoonber I am going to be adding a ‘Get to know the Mums’ section to the website. If you would like to be featured on the site all you have to do is fill in the questionnaire at the bottom of this newsletter and email it back to me.

Don’t forget Aussie Twilight Mums have a page on Facebook and you can also follow us on Twitter.

Don’t forget to visit our sponsor site The Twilight Fansite for all the latest news and gossip. You will also find New Moon Movie Stills and wallpapers as well as information about the Twilight, New Moon and Eclipse cast members.

I’d like to thank our affiliates, without them and without you wonderful mums purchasing your twi merchandise from them, we wouldn’t have our wonderful sites

Thanks again for joining our Aussie Twilight Mums community. If you have any suggestions for the forum or the website or if you have any questions you can email me at rachel.thetwilightfansite@gmail.com

Rachel xxx

aka Twilight Mum

Aussie Twilight Mums ‘Get to know the Mums’ Questionnaire

Feel free to leave out any questions you are not comfortable answering

What’s your name?

What is your ATM forum nickname?

What state do you live in?

How many kids do you have and what are their ages?

How were you introduced to Twilight?

How long have you been a fan?

Did you read the book or watch the movie first?

How many times have you read the books?

How many time have you seen the movies?

Does your partner approve of your Twilight obsession?

Are you Team Edward, Team Jacob or another team?

What is your favourite Twilight Saga book?

What is your favourite quote from the books or movies?

Who is your favourite Twilight character?

Who is your favourite Twilight Saga cast member?

What merchandise to you have?

Have you been to any Twilight conventions or events?

Have you met any of the cast members? Do you have photos? (If so could you share them with us?)
Please copy and paste the questions into an email with your answers and send it to me at rachel.thetwilightfansite@gmail.com. Please attach any photos you would like included with your email.

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