Did You Miss Cassandra Clare at Yallfest 2012?

Don't Worry, You Can Watch the Streaming on BlogTV
For the Keynote speech with Cassandra Clare and Holly Black, you can watch it here

What you missed:
About Casting:

• Cassandra Clare wasn't supposed to get the casting director's number, but they made a mistake, and as a result, Cassie was involved with the casting!
• At the auditions there were 11 "judges", they needed to find an actor that would please all 11 "judges"
• Cassie wanted Robert Sheehan from the VERY beginning
• Not everyone agreed on Robert so they narrowed it down to the top 4 and saw which had the best chemistry with Jamie Campbell Bower and Lily Collins
• Cassie heard through the phone that Jamie and Lily both preferred Robert
• Jonathan Rhys Meyers and Jarrid Harris did not meet with Jamie or Lily; they talked to Harald Zwart -the directer- through skype
• The actors didn't know that everyone would watch the video on the server

About Movie Adaptations:

• Cassie said "movies allow you to see the movie in a different way"
• In the movie we get to see scenes that Clary isn't in
• That is a departure from the books but Cassie likes it
• Cassie helped with discussing which scenes to put in; she knows that if they cut out certain scenes, the fans will get very mad
• One of those things is Magnus and Alec's relationship!

About Jamie Campbell Bower and Jace:

• Jamie has read ALL of the books
• He learned the names and design of the runes
• Cassie tells us the put a wedding rune on Jamie and he said "this is a wedding rune, I'm not married; take it off"
• Jamie Campbell Bower learned a Bach piece for City of Bones movie
• So, looks like they left in the part where Jace is playing the piano and Clary is looking for Jace after waking at the Institute (page 62 of City of Bones)

About Religious-ness:

• Cassie incorporates many mythologies like Christian mythology, Jewish mythology, many other mythologies. She didn't want a specific religious mythology

About Magnus and Alec Criticism:

• Cassie doesn't get criticism from publishers but there are some from reviews
• She hasn't heard anything bad from libraries and etc.
• Cassie says there is a real value of having one of your charters being gay and having relationships like the other straight characters

About Criticism:

• Cassie doesn't read reviews; she never goes on goodreads or amazon
• and doesn't plan on reading any movie reviews

Jokes:

• About trying to get banned: Cassie: You should call your book 'Beautiful Cray' and I shall call mine 'City of Meth'

To watch YA at the Movies with Cassandra Clare, Margaret Stohl, and Kami Garcia: here