JKR updates!!
She's updated the Rumor & FAQ section with some new bits, including this one. Oh, dang, I guess I'd better use a cut and a banner. There's nothing really specific about HBP, but she does mention it - how she feels about it and how she thinks people may respond to it - and she does put a highly regarded (by some) theory to rest.
Dumbledore is really Ron/Harry ‘from the future’
Your inventiveness knows no bounds, and I do not mean that sarcastically; these theories open up exhilarating new vistas of possibility… but they’re wrong. Could it be that by speculating that Harry/Ron becomes Dumbledore, you are seeking reassurance that neither dies young?
I’ve also heard a whisper about Ron and Hermione’s son time-travelling, so I shall go further and tell you that NONE of the characters in the books has returned from the future. As for the idea of Ron and Hermione having a son… (chuckles as the distant roars of a million shippers reach my ears, all cursing me to an eternity of unsatisfied curiosity).
Dude, does anyone else find it a bit creepy that she's so informed about us? I'm glad the Ron=Dumbledore theory is finally snuffed, though. And I actually hadn't heard the thing about Ron and Hermione's son. This is also the first time, I believe, that we've heard her use the word "shippers."
But the chuckle... *loves*
There will be a chapter in Half-Blood Prince called ‘Lupin’s Papers’
I’ve already answered this in FAQs, but as this rumour is still cropping up in fan letters I thought I’d reiterate here that there will be NO chapter called ‘Lupin’s Papers’ in book six, nor will there be chapters entitled ‘Pettigrew’s Pamphlets,’ ‘Sirius’s Circulars’ or ‘the Pocket Crosswords of Severus Snape’.
*dies* It's too late. You've awakened the gazebo. It catches you and eats you.
Do you like ‘Half-Blood Prince’?
I like it better than I liked ‘Goblet’, ‘Phoenix’ or ‘Chamber’ when I finished them. Book six does what I wanted it to do and even if nobody else likes it (and some won’t), I know it will remain one of my favourites of the series. Ultimately you have to please yourself before you please anyone else!
Indeed. This gives credence to avada_86's prediction that HBP is going to hurt, and will perhaps alienate some fans in the way OotP did (perhaps more so). Good to hear that she's pleased with it, though. I guess the curse she talked about passed her by this time.
Have you started writing book seven yet?
I have just completed the very last tiny edits on ‘Half-Blood Prince’, so I’m now taking a few months off to concentrate on my new daughter (not to mention the old daughter and the not-so-old son!) I daresay my fingers will itch for a pen before long, they usually do, but I doubt I’ll be doing any sustained writing on HP7 for many months yet.
Take your time, Jo. We're in no hurry for this all to be over. :)
Dumbledore is really Ron/Harry ‘from the future’
Your inventiveness knows no bounds, and I do not mean that sarcastically; these theories open up exhilarating new vistas of possibility… but they’re wrong. Could it be that by speculating that Harry/Ron becomes Dumbledore, you are seeking reassurance that neither dies young?
I’ve also heard a whisper about Ron and Hermione’s son time-travelling, so I shall go further and tell you that NONE of the characters in the books has returned from the future. As for the idea of Ron and Hermione having a son… (chuckles as the distant roars of a million shippers reach my ears, all cursing me to an eternity of unsatisfied curiosity).
Dude, does anyone else find it a bit creepy that she's so informed about us? I'm glad the Ron=Dumbledore theory is finally snuffed, though. And I actually hadn't heard the thing about Ron and Hermione's son. This is also the first time, I believe, that we've heard her use the word "shippers."
But the chuckle... *loves*
There will be a chapter in Half-Blood Prince called ‘Lupin’s Papers’
I’ve already answered this in FAQs, but as this rumour is still cropping up in fan letters I thought I’d reiterate here that there will be NO chapter called ‘Lupin’s Papers’ in book six, nor will there be chapters entitled ‘Pettigrew’s Pamphlets,’ ‘Sirius’s Circulars’ or ‘the Pocket Crosswords of Severus Snape’.
*dies* It's too late. You've awakened the gazebo. It catches you and eats you.
Do you like ‘Half-Blood Prince’?
I like it better than I liked ‘Goblet’, ‘Phoenix’ or ‘Chamber’ when I finished them. Book six does what I wanted it to do and even if nobody else likes it (and some won’t), I know it will remain one of my favourites of the series. Ultimately you have to please yourself before you please anyone else!
Indeed. This gives credence to avada_86's prediction that HBP is going to hurt, and will perhaps alienate some fans in the way OotP did (perhaps more so). Good to hear that she's pleased with it, though. I guess the curse she talked about passed her by this time.
Have you started writing book seven yet?
I have just completed the very last tiny edits on ‘Half-Blood Prince’, so I’m now taking a few months off to concentrate on my new daughter (not to mention the old daughter and the not-so-old son!) I daresay my fingers will itch for a pen before long, they usually do, but I doubt I’ll be doing any sustained writing on HP7 for many months yet.
Take your time, Jo. We're in no hurry for this all to be over. :)