Posted on 05/14/2006 7:21:39 AM PDT by Republicanprofessor
JK Rowling is writing the final Harry Potter book Harry Potter fans have sent JK Rowling reams of paper, after the author complained of a notepad shortage near her home in Edinburgh. Fans, who are anxiously waiting for the seventh and final Harry Potter book, sent Rowling everything from a single sheet of paper to entire notepads.
A paper merchant even delivered a set of notebooks embossed with the author's name.
Rowling says she now has "enough paper to write several book sevens".
Speaking about the paper shortage on her website last month, the author explained that she prefers to use a pen and paper to draft her novels, rather than a computer.
She admitted this made her feel like "something out of the 18th Century".
Weighty problem
Rowling has also attacked critics who accused her of being prejudiced against overweight people.
Last month, the author said she feared her daughters would grow up to be "empty-headed, self-obsessed, emaciated clones" because of the media's obsession with weight.
She was accused of hypocrisy by Simon Walters in the Mail On Sunday, who said overweight characters in her novels, such as Harry Potter's cousin, Dudley Dursley, are portrayed as figures of fun.
Rowling defended her books on her personal website, saying: "Several of my most important, admirable and lovable characters... are on the plumper side".
"'Overweight' in no way equates to 'bad' in my fictional world," she added.
Thanks for the link. I don't have time to read that all now, but I'll bump it for later.
It's a nice rumor, but it means that the book would have to be written by Christmas, I think. Maybe Valentine's Day. I wonder how far along she is.
It's just woman's intuition -- I could be totally wrong.
I read most of the article but I need to go back and read it early in the morning with my first cup of coffee. :) There is complete silence in the house then. :) Thanks for another good link, I enjoyed his 20 questions. All ones i had thought of. He really made me think about where Fawkes the phoenix went. Probably with Snape.
Or maybe he flew off to the secret location where (a certain person) really is, in hiding.
Fawkes is an interesting character. Besides his healing tears, he also has the power to apparate within the bounds of Hogwarts -- and to take someone with him if they grab his tailfeathers.
Just out of curiosity, I really don't recall the answer to this, has it ever been mentioned just what phoenix shed the two tail feathers that are in the wands of Harry and Voldemort? Could it have been Fawkes?
And speaking of wands, how the heck had Voldemort's wand all those years? Seems like something somebody should've been looking for.
TS
It was Fawkes tail feathers. It was told to Harry by Dumbledore in the Goblet of Fire. He told him that was why Voldemort couldn't use his wand against him while dueling. :) I guess Voldemort had his wand or possibly wormtail. I reread the books every once in awhile to see if I have found any new clues. :)
Thanks. I thought that they had mentioned it. That gives Harry an extra connection to Fawkes. (The dueling problem had to do with them having tail feathers from the same phoenix -- I just wasn't sure that it was indeed Fawkes, but knowing Rowling, it just made sense that it was.)
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