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‘Twilight’ author wants fans to read the spin-off novella before seeing ‘Eclipse.’ Stephenie Meyer’s “The Short Second Life Of Bree Tanner” Photo: Hachette Book Group Given the fanfare and publicity typically granted Stephenie Meyer whenever she types or breathes a new word, the famous author has been relatively quiet about this Saturday’s release of her “Twilight” novella, “The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner.” But thanks to a Q&A posted on TheTwilightSaga.com by publisher Little Brown, fans now have a little more insight into why Meyer focused this book on the character Bree, and why she wants fans to read the story before they go see “Eclipse” in a few weeks. Meyer first explained that because “Eclipse” is so focused on Bella’s point of view, she wasn’t able to delve into the story of newborn vampires like Bree . “There was always in my mind a general idea of what they were up to,” she explained. “To keep it all straight, eventually I made a calendar of the months of May and June — which is all ‘Eclipse’ deals with — and wrote down on each square what was going on with Bella that day and what was happening in Seattle. … The story of the newborns was always a big part of the story of ‘Eclipse.’ And it made me kind of sad that there was no way to express any of that in the book.” Regarding the singling out of Bree, Meyer said she was the only newborn mentioned by name in “Eclipse,” and the only one who has