JKR on Book Five at CoS Premiere

[GulPlum]

I probably shoulkd have posted this on the main list, but it *was* at 
the Premiere! :-)

The BBC Newsround site includes a short summary of Lizo Mzimba's 
conversation with JKR at the premiere, but there was more of it on 
today's TV show. Here's a transcript. The first two questions/answers 
are probably of most interest. :-)

LM: How close are you to finishing the fifth book?
JKR: Weeks, rather than days. Because I'm down here [London], I'm not 
working at the moment.

LM: How many chapters is it?
JKR: At the moment it's (slowly) 38. [looks a little guiltily at LM]

LM: 38?
JKR: Yes! Why d'you think it's taken so long?

LM: What kind of book is it? Is it dark, is it light? Tell me about 
the tone.
JKR: It IS dark. There's a bad death in it that I haven't enjoyed 
writing. But I'm really pleased with it so far. I just need to tweak 
it a little bit more and the publishers will have it.