The world DOES need all the Sookies it can get. Why? She’s loyal. Sometimes to a fault. She takes the high road — no matter what comes at her, she does what’s right.  The people she loves in her life come first and she’ll fight to the death for them, if that’s what’s required.  She stands for courage and most of all, she stands for someone who always comes through in the end. You want a Sookie in your life.

But the time has come for me to stop being Sookie.

This is my last blogpost as @SookieBonTemps. Being @SookieBonTemps has definitely been a wild ride. From writing 140-character tweets on my life in fictional Bon Temps to dabbling roleplay to developing programs like True Blood on Twitter Thursday, Bites for Blood for the American Red Cross, it’s been a fantastic run and I couldn’t have done it without all of you.

I’d like to say thank you to the lovely characters who’ve been with me since the beginning, @LafayetteTB, @EricNorthman, @VampireBill, @MerlottesBar, @JessicaHamby, @HoytFortenberry, and all of the lovely characters and non-characters who joined the fray soon after.  Some of you I’ve had the pleasure of meeting in real life, others of you I plan to meet real soon.

Thanks to @TrueBloodDallas, who found this little lost lamb way back in December 2008 when there was no Bon Temps Twitterverse.  You are a wonderful partner in crime, and we do the best damn True Blood radio show out there. Not that I’m biased.

Thank you to @HBO for embracing the True Blood fandom.

And thank you, most of all to my friends and followers whose tweets truly made the experience of being @SookieBonTemps worthwhile, and more importantly, entertaining.

True Blood on Twitter Thursday has a permanent new home. Every Thursday night, the show will brought to you live via HBO’s Bloodcopy. Bloodcopy is HBO’s official site for all True Blood conversation.

So if you don’t have a Twitter account, don’t you worry none! You can catch the original storyline just by going to the Blood copy site.  To get in on the True Blood on Twitter Thursday action, all you have to do is:

1. Go to http://bloodcopy.com on Thursday nights at 9pm ET / 8c during Season 3.
2. Go to “Live Feed” and select “TB Twitter Thursday” from the drop down menu.
3. Or you can follow @TrueBloodHBO‘s list: http://twitter.com/TrueBloodHBO/tb-twitter-thursday
4. Sit back, munch on some popcorn and enjoy the show!

Read the full on interview:

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   SookieBonTemps Good evening! And welcome to #TrueBlood on Twitter’s live twinterview with @Andy_Mackenzie! 01 Jul 2010 from TweetDeck
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   SookieBonTemps You met @Andy_Mackenzie for the first time as the Creepy Biker in the woods who ends up gettin’ his throat ripped out by Eric Northman. 01 Jul 2010 from TweetDeck
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   SookieBonTemps But @Andy_Mackenzie is a busy, busy fella in Hollywood. In the past year, he’s worked on CSI, Burn Notice, The United States of Tara. 01 Jul 2010 from TweetDeck
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   SookieBonTemps As well as the feature film, MacGruber. Not to mention he’s also an accomplished drummer in the L.A. band, 33Degree. 01 Jul 2010 from TweetDeck
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   SookieBonTemps So without further ado, I’d like to introduce @Andy_Mackenzie! 01 Jul 2010 from TweetDeck
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   Andy_Mackenzie Hey all! 01 Jul 2010 from web
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   SookieBonTemps Welcome, @Andy_Mackenzie, and thank you so much for taking the time out to answer fan questions here on Twitter! 01 Jul 2010 from TweetDeck
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   Andy_Mackenzie Thx Sookie! I’ve missed you.. 01 Jul 2010 from web
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   SookieBonTemps Well that’s real sweet of you to say, @Andy_Mackenzie! It was great speaking to you live on Sunday night during Talk Blood. 01 Jul 2010 from web
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    SookieBonTemps So, we asked the fans to send in their questions for you, @Andy_Mackenzie. What say we just jump right into it? 01 Jul 2010 from web
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    Andy_Mackenzie I’m all over it. 01 Jul 2010 from web
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    SookieBonTemps Perfect! @Andy_Mackenzie Ok. Let’s start with your role as the “Creepy Biker” on True Blood. 01 Jul 2010 from web
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    SookieBonTemps According to the casting call, @Andy_Mackenzie, “this biker/werewolf menaces Sookie, but finds she’s not the easy victim he anticipated.” 01 Jul 2010 from web
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    SookieBonTemps Did you expect menacing to mean that you’d be naked and chomping at Alexander Skarsgard, @Andy_Mackenzie? 01 Jul 2010 from web
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    Andy_Mackenzie Ha. I did NOT expect that at 1st. I saw most of the scene but when I got the call, 1st question was “are you cool with full nudity?”* 01 Jul 2010 from web
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    SookieBonTemps @Andy_Mackenzie So I take it you said yes? 01 Jul 2010 from web in reply to Andy_Mackenzie
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    Andy_Mackenzie @SookieBonTemps It was an easy “hell yes I’ll do it.” It’s True Blood! 01 Jul 2010 from web in reply to SookieBonTemps
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    SookieBonTemps HAHA! @Andy_Mackenzie We spend so much time talking about all of the characters and their on-screen time. But one thing that we’d love… 01 Jul 2010 from web
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    SookieBonTemps …@Andy_Mackenzie to hear about is getting the role. @jennmarshall wants to know about your screen test. What did you have to do? 01 Jul 2010 from web
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    Andy_Mackenzie @SookieBonTemps I walked into a tiny room with 8 people, followed by dozens of creepy looking dudes. Read the material (didn’t really know.. 01 Jul 2010 from web in reply to SookieBonTemps
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    Andy_Mackenzie @SookieBonTemps ..what/how they were going to do it without the action). Then Alan simply replied, “Fantastic.” And that was that. * 01 Jul 2010 from web in reply to SookieBonTemps
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    SookieBonTemps LOL! @Andy_Mackenzie So it sounds like you knew you nailed it! Which brings me to my next question. 01 Jul 2010 from web

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   SookieBonTemps From @kellywonttweet What kind of training did you do to get in shape for True Blood? Which was harder to prepare for: TB or Spartacus? 01 Jul 2010 from web
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   SookieBonTemps From @kellywonttweet What kind of training did you do to get in shape for True Blood? @Andy_Mackenzie 01 Jul 2010 from web
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   Andy_Mackenzie @SookieBonTemps Well, firstly, I didn’t prepare for Spartacus exactly. I did read for the pilot last year (for Doctore)… 01 Jul 2010 from web in reply to SookieBonTemps
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   Andy_Mackenzie @SookieBonTemps …while it was casting out of LA. Unfortunately for me, they ended up casting out of the UK… 01 Jul 2010 from web in reply to SookieBonTemps
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   Andy_Mackenzie @SookieBonTemps …I do, however, like the “Spartacus workout” online. I like to change up my routine frequently… 01 Jul 2010 from web in reply to SookieBonTemps
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   Andy_Mackenzie @SookieBonTemps …For #TrueBlood , when I was cast, I had about 6-8 wks before shooting, so I pushed extra hard, low reps, heavy weights… 01 Jul 2010 from web in reply to SookieBonTemps
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   Andy_Mackenzie @SookieBonTemps …Plus I was training for a 1/2 marathon the weekend before shooting. It was so hard to balance them both!… 01 Jul 2010 from web in reply to SookieBonTemps
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   Andy_Mackenzie @SookieBonTemps …And I never know if it’s gonna show on camera depending how they shoot it. I don’t know, did it show??? * 01 Jul 2010 from web in reply to SookieBonTemps
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   SookieBonTemps Are you fishing for compliments, @Andy_Mackenzie? I think all of the #TrueBlood viewers, female and male were impressed with your physique! 01 Jul 2010 from web

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   Andy_Mackenzie @SookieBonTemps No no no! I know my presence was so quick so it’s hard to see! 01 Jul 2010 from web in reply to SookieBonTemps
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   Andy_Mackenzie @SookieBonTemps That’s why it’s hard to watch it, knowing I worked EXTRA hard those 2 months prior.. 01 Jul 2010 from web in reply to SookieBonTemps
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   SookieBonTemps Mmmhmm! Just teasing! Now, @Andy_Mackenzie, we couldn’t help notice that you have a lot of ink. Patty writes, how much of the ink is real… 01 Jul 2010 from web
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   SookieBonTemps …@Andy_Mackenzie and how much of the ink that we saw on your body was temporary? In other words, are your tattoos real? 01 Jul 2010 from web
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   Andy_Mackenzie @SookieBonTemps It was all mine. I always thought they would want to cover em but they wanted em. I did have to take out my nipple rings… 01 Jul 2010 from web in reply to SookieBonTemps
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   SookieBonTemps @Andy_Mackenzie STFU! They made you take those out? 01 Jul 2010 from web in reply to Andy_Mackenzie
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   Andy_Mackenzie @SookieBonTemps …I thought it woulda been cooler to have a pierced wolf… 01 Jul 2010 from web in reply to SookieBonTemps
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   Andy_Mackenzie @SookieBonTemps …After wrapped I couldn’t get them back in, so I had to pierce them again. And that was the 3rd time! * 01 Jul 2010 from web in reply to SookieBonTemps
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   SookieBonTemps YOWCH. You’re a tougher man than most, @Andy_Mackenzie. From @HelloSidnie How did you feel being naked in front of the actors and cameras? 01 Jul 2010 from TweetDeck
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    Andy_Mackenzie @SookieBonTemps Everything was so pro. Had a costumer standing by with a robe. Nobody cared anyway. It was work… 01 Jul 2010 from web in reply to SookieBonTemps
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    Andy_Mackenzie @SookieBonTemps …Kinda funny when Alex was on top of me at the end of the scene, Anna asked “You guys need a room?” * 01 Jul 2010 from web in reply to SookieBonTemps
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    SookieBonTemps HAHA! That’s awesome. @Andy_Mackenzie So, I’m guessing you joined the Brotherhood of the Sock? What color was yours: green, purple, argyle? 01 Jul 2010 from TweetDeck
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    Andy_Mackenzie @SookieBonTemps I was like, “black!” They were all, “flesh!” I was all, “black!” They were like, “flesh!” I had to cave in.. * 01 Jul 2010 from web in reply to SookieBonTemps
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    SookieBonTemps @Andy_Mackenzie HAHA! Sorry. I had to ask. 01 Jul 2010 from TweetDeck in reply to Andy_Mackenzie
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    SookieBonTemps Moving on. @Andy_Mackenzie You have so much TV experience. What makesTrue Blood different from the work you’ve done on other TV shows? 01 Jul 2010 from TweetDeck
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    Andy_Mackenzie @SookieBonTemps Stunts are a big part of the jobs usually but this was different with NAKED stunts. No place for pads!… 01 Jul 2010 from web in reply to SookieBonTemps
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    Andy_Mackenzie @SookieBonTemps …I definitely walked away with plenty marks. Plus, it’s freakin’ #TrueBlood ! * 01 Jul 2010 from web in reply to SookieBonTemps
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    Andy_Mackenzie @SookieBonTemps Not only did I get to be on True Blood, but naked AND a werewolf. Pretty coool. 01 Jul 2010 from web in reply to SookieBonTemps
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    SookieBonTemps A lot of fans could kill for the marks you got. RT @Andy_Mackenzie: I walked away with plenty marks. Plus, it’s freakin’ #TrueBlood ! * 01 Jul 2010 from TweetDeck
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    SookieBonTemps No doubt. Werewolves are the hot thing right now! You know how there are fangbangers? Well, there are now furbangers. @Andy_Mackenzie 01 Jul 2010 from TweetDeck
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    SookieBonTemps Two last questions for @Andy_Mackenzie. Since I’m not a psychic, can you tell me what’s in your future? 01 Jul 2010 from TweetDeck

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   Andy_Mackenzie @SookieBonTemps Actually, had a cool meeting today, was offered a nasty role in an indie feature, like Bonnie & Clyde…. 01 Jul 2010 from web in reply to SookieBonTemps
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   Andy_Mackenzie @SookieBonTemps …Can’t say what it is but shoots in 2-3 weeks. Also, waiting to shoot another feature, Sushi Girl, like Reservoir Dogs. * 01 Jul 2010 from web in reply to SookieBonTemps
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   SookieBonTemps Bonnie and Clyde type of indie film? That sounds exciting! @Andy_Mackenzie Sushi Girl sounds like a real shoot ‘em up kind of film. 01 Jul 2010 from TweetDeck
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   Andy_Mackenzie @SookieBonTemps Absolutely and totally. Nudity, blood, violence, torture. Probably not for the #TrueBlood audience.. 01 Jul 2010 from web in reply to SookieBonTemps
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   SookieBonTemps *snorts* @Andy_Mackenzie Yep. The #TrueBlood audience can’t handle violence, sex, or blood. Their stomachs are much too weak. 01 Jul 2010 from web
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   SookieBonTemps Alrighty, @Andy_Mackenzie. Last question. And I got this one from a lot of folks, not just @EricNorthman: WHO SENT YOU? #TrueBlood 01 Jul 2010 from TweetDeck
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   Andy_Mackenzie @SookieBonTemps Like I said, if I told you, I’d be as dead as you are. 01 Jul 2010 from web in reply to SookieBonTemps
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   SookieBonTemps Shoot. You really aren’t gonna tell. RT @Andy_Mackenzie @SookieBonTemps Like I said, if I told you, I’d be as dead as you are. 01 Jul 2010 from web
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   SookieBonTemps Fine. Then one last question since @Andy_Mackenzie isn’t spilling the beans. 01 Jul 2010 from TweetDeck
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    SookieBonTemps From @MissVMomof3: We saw you in the Merlotte’s woods during the day, and then in Sookie’s house that night, @AndyMackenzie… 01 Jul 2010 from TweetDeck
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    Andy_Mackenzie @SookieBonTemps Since I’m going to the wrap party tomorrow, I can’t be “that guy” who leaked! 01 Jul 2010 from web in reply to SookieBonTemps
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    SookieBonTemps …@Andy_Mackenzie What in heck did you do all day? Where you in wolf form? Or just streakin’ through Bon Temps? 01 Jul 2010 from TweetDeck
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    Andy_Mackenzie @SookieBonTemps Kind of embarrassing. Got to my bike. Back to human. Left my key in my jeans, couldn’t start it, so I pushed it a little… 01 Jul 2010 from web in reply to SookieBonTemps
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    Andy_Mackenzie @SookieBonTemps …Plus, I was naked. Back to wolf. Followed Sookie, hoped she would go home & watch my show but she didn’t… 01 Jul 2010 from web in reply to SookieBonTemps
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    Andy_Mackenzie @SookieBonTemps …F’ing paws. Couldn’t turn a f’ing doorknob. Back to human. Had to reach in her window, unlocked the door. Back to wolf… 01 Jul 2010 from web in reply to SookieBonTemps
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    Andy_Mackenzie @SookieBonTemps …It was exhausting! 01 Jul 2010 from web in reply to SookieBonTemps
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    Andy_Mackenzie I’ll be here all week.. 01 Jul 2010 from web
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    SookieBonTemps LOL. Not having poseable thumbs is real challenging, at least I can imagine it is! @Andy_Mackenzie 01 Jul 2010 from web
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    SookieBonTemps Well, @Andy_Mackenzie, on behalf of everyone watching, I just want to say thank you for taking the time out to chat tonight! 01 Jul 2010 from web
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    SookieBonTemps I’ll keep my fingers crossed that you get the part in the film you auditioned for today, @Andy_Mackenzie. 01 Jul 2010 from web
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    Andy_Mackenzie @SookieBonTemps Not an audition today. Straight offer. 01 Jul 2010 from web in reply to SookieBonTemps
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    SookieBonTemps You said you were goin go the #TrueBlood cast wrap party, @Andy_Mackenzie. We’ll expect some covert pics… 01 Jul 2010 from web
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    SookieBonTemps …@Andy_Mackenzie But don’t do anything that’ll get your paws slapped! 01 Jul 2010 from web
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    Andy_Mackenzie @SookieBonTemps Shooting in 2-3 weeks. Should be another one for my death reel! 01 Jul 2010 from web in reply to SookieBonTemps
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    SookieBonTemps @Andy_Mackenzie LOL! You’ve got a death reel! LOVE IT! 01 Jul 2010 from web in reply to Andy_Mackenzie

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   Andy_Mackenzie @SookieBonTemps Yep. Keepin’ my paws in my pawcket. 01 Jul 2010 from web in reply to SookieBonTemps
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   SookieBonTemps Well, then. @Andy_Mackenzie, we look forward to seein’ you in our living rooms on TV and in our movie theaters! 01 Jul 2010 from web
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   SookieBonTemps Folks, a big round of applause for @Andy_Mackenzie. Thank you so much and good night! 01 Jul 2010 from web
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   Andy_Mackenzie Seriously, thank you all for hangin’ out and the messages! Sorry I couldn’t stick around on the show but had an awesome time! 01 Jul 2010 from web

Andy MacKenzie. Creepy Biker. Vamp chewtoy.

On Wednesday, June 30 at 9pm ET / 8pm CT, True Blood on Twitter will be doing a live fan twinterview with Andy Mackenzie! Many of you have come to know Andy as the “Creepy Biker” were in Sookie’s house that ends up biting it after Eric rips his throat out.

What you might not know is that he’s one of the most active True Blood cast members on Twitter, tweeting everything from his own excitement with the show to what’s going on his daily life.

So it’s only fitting that Andy has agreed to answer your questions live! Here’s what you have to do:

1. Tweet or DM me your questions for Andy by Wednesday at 1pm ET / 12pm CT.
2. You can leave a question in the comments below.
3. Email me your questions for Andy by Wednesday at 1pm ET / 12pm CT. Send them to sookieinbontemps@gmail.com with the subject “Andy Twinterview.”
4. Join @Andy_MacKenzie and me live on Twitter this Wednesday night at 9pm ET / 8pm CT.

I hope you’re going to tune in because if I read your tweet on the air tonight, you just might win some True Blood swag, courtesy of the blog Loving True Blood in Dallas!

Here’s what you need to do:

• Tweet me what you thought of the show starting at 10pm ET.
• Make sure you tag your tweets #TrueBlood and #TalkBlood
• Listen to the show. If I read your tweet, you just earned a chance to win.
• Call (646) 929 – 0825 and tell us what you thought about the show LIVE — you’ve just earned a second chance to win.

For more info on Talk Blood after True Blood read this. Listen to the show live on Blog Talk Radio here.

Simply amazing work-in-progress drawings of Eric Northman based on the True Blood Season 2 and 3 portraits. “WIP True Blood Eric Northman,” by Scotty 309.

Talk Blood after True Blood isn’t your ordinary fan show. It’s the only live radio show that goes live right after a new episode airs.  And, in my humble opinion, we’ve got the best damn panel of experts that come on every week to give us their thoughts and insights on the night’s show. Each of the Talk Blood experts are active bloggers and diehard True Blood fans. But more importantly, they bring to the Talk Blood table a professional point of view that’s rooted in everything from pop culture to music to theater.

Let’s meet the Talk Blood after True Blood experts:

1. Campblood.org‘s Brian Juergens and Andy Swist: Brian Juergens is an entertainment writer, filmmaker and film critic, the former blog editor of AfterElton.com and creator of campblood.org, the first and most comprehensive website devoted to celebrating and studying horror movies from a gay perspective.

Andy Swist is an illustrator and graphic designer. He is the guiding visual force behind campblood.org. You can view his extensive portfolio at andyswist.com. True Blood fans the world over know Andy for his True Blood paperdolls!

Every week, Brian and Andy produce Blood Work, their hilarious weekly vlog that brings to life highlights from each epi in a way that only Brian and Andy can.  See for yourself:

2. Next on our list is Mark Blankenship, pop culture critic for The Huffington Post. He’s written for publications like The New York Times, Variety, and the Village Voice. Mark  runs the blog on pop culture criticism, The Critical Condition. Recently, he became the content editor for Theatre Development Fund, the nation’s largest nonprofit organization dedicated to the performing arts. Mark’s weekly column, True Blood “Sucker Punch” gives us his take on the one (and yes, he only chooses one) moment in the latest epi that socks you right between the eyes.

3. Meredith Woerner is the Senior Reporter at io9.com and the author of the book Vampire Taxonomy: Identifying and Interacting with the Modern-Day Bloodsucker. Her weekly True Blood recap on io9 lists the pros and cons of each episode.

4. Joining us this year is Becca Wilcott. The Toronto based publishing professional is the author of Truly, Madly, Deeply: The Unofficial True Blood Companion. Likes include: popular culture, apps, books, readers, ideas, single file, coffee, wine, good hair days, a cat who shall remain unnamed (really, it has no name), dry humour. You can find her at www.rebeccawilcott.com and @BeccaWilcott on Twitter.

5. Last, but certainly not least, we’re joined this year by Jef with one F. Jef is a music blogger for The Houston Press. You can certainly feel music’s influence in his weekly True Blood columns which have titles like “Beck is Thicker than Water” and “Beautifully Broken with Shelby Lynne.” Jef is also the author of new book, The Bible Spelled Backwards Does Not Change the Fact that You Cannot Kill David Arquette and Other Things I learned in the Black Math Experiment.

Hope you’ll join us every Sunday at 10:30pm ET / 9:30pm CT for Talk Blood after True Blood. Listen to us live and call in with your thoughts on the show!  If you’ve missed out, you can catch the Talk Blood podcast here.

I still haven’t dabbled in fanfic writing, and frankly, I doubt I ever will. Mostly because I’m a lazy writer, and what writing I do has been relegated to Twitter and autobiographical blogposts about my life tweeting as a fictional, Southern-fried barmaid.

As far as roleplay goes? Yup. I’ve dabbled some — back in February 2009 I admitted that I was kind of the girl-least-likely-to roleplay. And in truth, if you told me I wasn’t really a roleplayer, I wouldn’t argue with you.

But I digress.

The world of True Blood roleplay is very much alive on Twitter, on forums, on Facebook. Now, I can’t speak for the origins of TB roleplay on forums or Facebook. But I can talk about Twitter — its genesis goes back to January 2009. I did a twinterview with @EricNorthman, after which loads of Sookieverse characters from the books and show started crawling out of the woodwork, effectively forming the first group of True Blood roleplayers on Twitter.

Obviously, the world has changed in the last year and a half, and I’ve found it challenging to keep track of all of the various groups and characters the comprise the True Blood Twitterverse. So I’m turning to the experts.

Tomorrow afternoon, I’m interviewing the two ladies behind @TrueBloodRP. The Evil One and CrazyBeckeh run the site True Blood Roleplay and they are the de facto eyes and ears of roleplay in the True Blood world.

If you’ve ever wanted to learn more about True Blood roleplay, leave me a question in the comments or email me by 12pm CT on Saturday morning and I’ll be sure to ask!