Denial is not just a river in Egypt (was When will book seven be published?)

[laurenmcoakley]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "davewitley" 
<dfrankiswork at ...> wrote:
>
> Phil Vlasak wrote:
> 
> > Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone was published by 
Bloomsbury 
> > Children's Books on 30 June 1997.
> > So 30 June 2007 would be the appropriate ten year anniversary 
date.
> > 
> > And of course there is the magical date of 7 July 2007,
> > Or Harry and Jo's birthday of 31 July 2007.
> 
> I'm not sure if this post was serious (100 house-elves?  Harry 
Potter 
> Week?), but I am touched by the general optimism on this list that 
we 
> will get a book next year.
> 
> As I recall, JKR has said that it will be hard for her to give up 
HP, 
> and that the last book will be longest (mind, this was back before 
OOP 
> expanded so much, IIRC) so I would not be in the least surprised 
if 
> it's not published until 2008.  I predict a Madam Pince moment 
lasting 
> about 6 months during which the book will be essentially finished 
but 
> JKR will not want to hand it over on the excuse that those last 
tweaks 
> are not quite sorted out in her mind.
> 
> Movie dates are IMO irrelevant since neither the publishers nor WB 
are 
> likely to step aside for one another in the scramble for cash.
> 
> David


Lauren here:

I know I must have a very unpopular opinion that the book really 
shouldn't be released summer of 2007.  I really want this last book 
to be really good, and I wouldn't want JKR rushing it.  Plus, she's 
only really begun writing it in January, if it were to be out in 
July 2007, she would only have like 10 or 11 months to really write 
it (minus editing, artwork, production, etc).  That's not a long 
time at all.  Plus, I adore the films, and OOTP is slated to come 
out on July 13, 2007, and I wouldn't want the film to take away 
focus from the book or vice versa.  I can be paitient for the book, 
because I know it will be worth it!