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[sekrit_omg]

"She has a reputation for reserve: for being likable but shy and thin-skinned, and not at all comfortable with the personal impact of having created a modern myth, sold four hundred and fifty million books, and inspired more than six hundred thousand pieces of Harry Potter fan fiction, a total that increases by at least a thousand stories a week

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[hollycomb]

haaa, I read that yesterday, too, and man there is a lot fandom content in there (at least up front, I got bored and started skimming later). All the stuff about Melissa Anelli, too, are her podcasts really that relevant? There was a compliment about a book that Anelli wrote in there, too. Kinda made me wonder if she's friends with the writer of the article.

[sekrit_omg]

I think the author of this profile definitely was somehow in the fandom, or knows more about the fandom than he's letting on. Because it's really not relevant to the rest of the piece and, for that matter, this is a really well-written, well-research, all around really good piece of writing, and the fandom stuff sticks out a bit and is unnecessary anyway, given the last 4/5 of it.

[formerdinosaur]

Are you planning on reading the book?

[sekrit_omg]

Rowling's new book? Yes, eventually, since I'm into Englishy society stuff. I'm certainly not going to run out and buy it in hardcover.

[mesangecoeur]

I'm just curious, why do you think her writing is so bad? I'm a bit biased cause... I mean.... I have a tattoo and all, but you know a lot more about writing than I do.

I can do that, p. 1

[sekrit_omg]

Ah, man, I don't really know that much about writing. I've never taken a creative writing class (I mean, okay, I took 3/4 sessions of "The Art of Erotic Writing" at an adult learning annex once) and haven't taken an English class in five years

And it's late so I'm not gonna edit this

[sekrit_omg]

4. Weird values! Only bad people are ever ugly in these books, and the overall message over and over again seems to be that there's something precious about maternal love. The most heroic woman in the series, Ron's mom, has like 29 children, and the significance of Lily's sacrifice is hammered the fuck home. The only redemption for an actual Death Eater, really, is for Draco's mom, who's moved to protect Harry not because she is opposed to Voldemort's plans to kill him, but simply because she wishes to know whether Draco's alive. (I think this was how it played out?) Contrast this to, say, Bellatrix, who is a loveless, childless monster, but who isn't given credit for being a powerful sorceress or competent threat, unlike most of Voldemort's male goons. Add to this the fact that every character meets and falls in love with their soul mate by age 12 and they all get married and have children by 20 -- it's just weird to me