[HPFGU-OTChatter] JKR Backlash ... was JKR on MSNBC "...of the Year" poll

[Aberforth's Goat]

Al moaned,

>  However, now that the hype has
> actually faded again to a more tolerable background level - Joanne
> seems to still be bouncing around the place giving more and more
> interviews and descending still further into tacky publicity.

I agree with your take on the merchandising - but I'm a little
surprised at that bit. Since I collect links to interviews on my
web-site (http://www.geocities.com/aberforths_goat/), I'm pretty aware
of Jo's interviews - or at least the ones that make it to the web.
Although I currently have seven or eight new links to upload, almost
all of them are old. As far as I can tell, it's been pretty lean
pickings since last March (when QTA and FB came out) - less than ten
links to *very* brief press statements.

(In comparison, I'd guess that I have about 40 links for the same
period in 2000 - including several huge exclusives! At the time, I had
exactly the same worry you've expressed - that she'd turn into a
professional, could'v'been-great author.)

When the movie arrived, I assumed that she would go on a spree and was
braced to chase links all over the web. Nothing, nada, niente, nichts.
The BBC special coming up is the first major interview I've seen in a
coon's age.

Anyway, I didn't want to be critical - mostly, I'm mostly curious!
Have I been missing something? If so, I'd like to find out about it!

Baaaaaa!

Aberforth's Goat (a.k.a. Mike Gray, who, btw, recently added Al's
Snitch! to what used to be an exclusively PoU list diet. It's a whole
new world for this straight, Christian theologian in a conservative
denomination - but it's a gripping, funny, moving story. Highly
recommended at http://www.schnoogle.com/authorLinks/Al/.)
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