Twenty Chapters !

[Jen Reese]

> Annemehr:
> I'm not sure when she's due...are there any pics of her anywhere 
taken
> since she made her announcement? :) But if she *is* due in the 
Spring,
> no problem. For a summer release, the publishers would need to have
> the manuscript in hand by no later than February or so, wouldn't 
they?
>  Or December even?  This winter, anyway.  I still think she could 
do it.

Jen: There are pics on CBBC at the Edinburgh reading in August where 
JKR appears to have a maternity blouse on, but she has a book in 
front of her stomach so it's hard to tell. She does look to 
be 'filling out' as they say, maybe 4 mos along?  That would fit 
with her announcement in July, probably after the first trimester to 
be safe. Here's the link to the main CBBC site, then you have to 
click on Harry Potter and then Full New Archives to get there:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/default.stm

So, that means a due date as early as Jan. or Feb. I don't know--
could be cutting it close. I don't begrudge her time with her kids, 
though. She's always talking about how important being a mom is, so 
more power to her!! I can wait until Summer 2006. Even though that 
will take a lot of patience. :(

> Annemehr
> who sympathises with Jen re JKR.com

Jen, remembering how spacey she was during her own pregnancy and 
wondering if JKR should lay off the updates for awhile?