How did Stephenie Meyer name her trilogy? All three titles seem pretty unrelated to the plots...?

Also, how did she come up with the pictures on the cover? They look great, but they don't make any sense...How did Stephenie Meyer name her trilogy? All three titles seem pretty unrelated to the plots...?
She already answered this question:





Q: Did you plan on the lunar theme to your book titles?





A: Twilight was an accident. Twilight had several titles that no one could agree on. So my agent and I made a list of words we liked and Twilight was on that list. We called it that for a while with the intention of changing it, but the name stuck. Then New Moon and Eclipse fell right into place and made total sense. Breaking Dawn was harder to name, but I think that is the closest I can come to the felling that I want to imply.





This is how the titles relate:





Q. Why did you pick the title Twilight?





A. Twilight was not the easiest book to title. When I started sending out queries, I called it Forks for lack of a better idea. The first thing my agent advised me was that the title was going to have to change. We played around with a lot of different titles, and nothing seemed to convey the right feel. We brainstormed through emails for about a week. The word twilight was on a list of ';words with atmosphere'; that I sent her. Though these words were meant to be used in combination with something else, the word twilight stood out to both of us. We decided to try it out, and, after a little adjustment time, it started to work for both of us. It isn't absolutely perfect; to be honest, I don't think there is a perfect title for this book (or if there is, I've never heard it).





Q. What does the title refer to? Is it a werewolf reference?





A. Nope. The term ';new moon'; refers to the phase of the moon opposite a full moon. It is when the sun is on the opposite side of the moon from us and thus the bright side of the moon is not visible from earth. This is the darkest kind of night. New Moon is the darkest period of Bella's life.





And here are the answeres for your question on the cover art:





';The apple on the cover of Twilight represents ';forbidden fruit.'; I used the scripture from Genesis (located just after the table of contents) because I loved the phrase ';the fruit of the knowledge of good and evil.'; Isn't this exactly what Bella ends up with? A working knowledge of what good is, and what evil is. The nice thing about the apple is it has so many symbolic roots. You've got the apple in Snow White, one bite and you're frozen forever in a state of not-quite-death... Then you have Paris and the golden apple in Greek mythology鈥攍ook how much trouble that started. Apples are quite the versatile fruit. In the end, I love the beautiful simplicity of the picture. To me it says: choice.';





Q. What kind of flower is that on the cover, and what does it mean?





A. That is a ruffled tulip. As for the meaning鈥?If you've read the Twilight faq, you know that the apple cover had a lot of meaning for me, and I was an active part of the covering process. However, that experience is more the exception than the rule in the publishing world. Something to keep in mind if you intend to embark on a career as a writer: lots of things you might expect to be under your control are not. Covers, for example. Those are mostly up to the publisher and the marketing and sales departments. So I don't know what the tulip means鈥擨 didn't have anything to do with this one.








Q: What does the ribbon mean on the cover of Eclipse?





A: I鈥檝e read lots of theories, but for me what it symbolizes is Bella trying to break away from her life and it isn鈥檛 a clean tear. She thinks it will be an easy break, and it just isn鈥檛.How did Stephenie Meyer name her trilogy? All three titles seem pretty unrelated to the plots...?
well have you noticed that all of the objects are red i think that has something to do with vampires and at the end of twilight when edward brought bella out of the prom he said something about twilight if you pay atttention carefully they say something that has to do with the name of the book
The answers to your questions are all on her website's FAQ section http://www.stepheniemeyer.com
***SPOILERS!!!***





Twilight: the safest time for vampires, (in her books), and also Edward and Bella are talking about it at the end of Twilight.





New Moon: ';the darkest period of Bella's life...'; is what SM says. Because Edward left her.





Eclipse: At the end Bella and Jacob were talking, and Jacob said something about how he can deal with the clouds (when Edward left Bella in New Moon) but not with and eclipse (Edward himself).





The apple cover has something to do with the Bible, SM chose it herself, and it has significance for her. The ruffled tulip on the cover of New Moon has nothing whatsoever to do with the story. I think the ribbon on Eclipse is Edward's Bella and Jacob's Bella breaking apart (you need to read it to see what I mean)
I don't really know, but here's a site you can look at:


http://www.bordersmedia.com/shows/bookcl鈥?/a>


It had a bunch of stuff on her books, and an interview with her, etc.
I think she thinks of a title that relates in a small way to the book and adds it as an element. Edward and Bella joke about twilight once or twice in twilight. A New Moon is mentioned in book two, and a relation between a new moon and another element is introducted. I haven't read Eclipse, so I'm not much help there.





I'm wondering myself about the cover art, also. The hands are really pale in Twilight, which is a metaphor to Edward. I think the red apple represents purity and blood. Bella is pure and human. It's the same for New Moon and Eclipse, with the black and red.