After the auction/JKR plans (was Movin the card)

[serenadust <jmmears@comcast.net>]

Scott wrote:


> 
> Don't know about the rest of you, but if I was rich enough to buy 
a 
> piece of paper for what could be more than a years tuition in 
> college *drool*, AND if I was philantropic enough to give all that 
> money to charity...then I probably *would've* gotten the card 
> (causing almost double the amount of money going to charity)
> and *then* posted it for the world to see. 
> 
> But like I said I'm crazy...
> 

I'm not holding my breath on the purchaser posting the card.  But 
that's ok, really because after the initial disappointment of being 
blown out of the bidding so quickly, I'm over it.  The money raised 
for the Literacy group by the LC is more significant in the long run 
than the 93 words would have been for us.  True, they would have 
given us some fun speculation for a little while, but once OOP is 
published, it really won't be worth much to us.


Scott again:

> (or if I was Jo I would give the fans *something* just for being 
so 
> generous...not that *that's* why we gave at all...it REALLY ISN'T, 
> but it would be nice. *sigh*)

My hope is that as a result of all the publicity for the Leaky 
Cauldron (and the substantial amount of money donated) JKR may 
consent to do an online interview with the LC when OOP is 
published.  That would be *way* cooler than the card with 93 words 
on it, wouldn't it?  It seems like something she might do.

I was at the bookstore today and asked the clerk (as usual) if he'd 
heard anything new about the 5th book being published.  He said that 
his understanding was that JK would have it to the publisher by the 
end of the year, to be published in 2003.  This sounds like pure 
speculation to me, but I started thinking that if *I* were JKR, with 
a new husband, a school-age daughter, a new baby coming in the 
spring, and everyone hounding me about the next book, I'd probably 
announce that I'd submitted the manuscript as a "Christmas present" 
for the fans, and that the book would arrive in May or whenever.
That way, she'd get everyone (more or less) off her back for the 
next 5-6 months, she could enjoy the remainder of her pregnancy, 
deliver her baby and have time to recover before the huge uproar 
that will ensue as soon as the book reaches the shops.  Does this 
sound reasonable?  After all, from all the interviews I've seen or 
read, the book was all but finished a month or so ago.  She seems 
like a very sensible woman who really wants to please her fans, but 
protect her family and live her life as sanely as possible at the 
same time.  This strategy could buy her the "calm before the storm" 
when she will probably need it most.

Or not.

Anyway, I just decided to share this thought.

Jo Serenadust, now trying to "channel" JKR