Today's trivia

[eloiseherisson at aol.com]

I'm enjoying this block (Oct 2001) - a mixture of complete drivel and OT 
posts with loads of really good ones.

Statistic of the day:

In October, 2001, Cindy posted 138 out of a total of 1629 posts, an average 
of nearly 
4 1/2 posts per day.

And some speculation from back then, re OoP, mainly.

>>In fact, it seems to me she's given
MORE clues about OOP (which I also don't like to use as a title,
because I think it will change) than she gave about GOF when it first
came out.
(Megan)


>>JKR has stated several times that HP4 was always envisioned as being 
a large book. She never realized how big until she actually wrote 
it. She also predicts HP7 to be huge. All the rumors of HP5 being 
as big or bigger are just that, rumors. Until the book is coming 
close to publishing, I don't think we really need to worry about 
OoP's size.
(Marcus)
[there seemed to be considerable concern at the time that GoF was *too long*]


>>Every cloud has a silver lining- I too have been fearing that Rowling 
has been larding her books too much, but luckily, she seems to have 
sensed that as well. Two hints about book 5 cheer me mightily- first, 
that it will definitely be shorter than book 4, and second, that 
Rowling is taking an enourmous amount of time with it, because, she 
says, she doesn't want to be caught up in a deadline. I have no doubt 
that GoF would have been three times better if it hadn't been rushed.
(Nicholaswebb)


And finally, on another topic, a relative newbie (but prolific poster - hint) 
asked........

>>Along those lines, are the VFAQs a work in progress, and if so, do we 
have an expected completion date for things like character summaries?


~Eloise

Off to take a break (viz sort the laundry)