Halfway? Bah!

[Adan]

Am I the only one that doesn't believe JKR is only halfway through 
with HBP?  I keep reading this, but that isn't how I saw her quote at 
all.

>From the 2004 Edinburgh Book Festival
Q: Out of all your books, which book is your favorite?
JKR:  It varies.  I would have to say that it is probably Harry 
Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, although at the moment - it is 
unfair of me to say it - Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince is my 
favourite book.  Sorry.  I am the only one who has read it and I 
think it is rather good.  I am normally like this when I write a 
book.  Usually when I am just over halfway I normally love it,  but 
by the time I finish it I completely despise it and think it is 
worthless rubbish.  At the moment, I really like how the sixth book 
is going.  A lot happens in the sixth book and a lot of questions are 
answered.  I really have a sense that we are nearly there and it is 
time for answers, not more questions and clues, although obviously 
there are a few more clues as I'm not quite finished yet.  I hope 
that that is sufficiently frustrating for you, knowing that you can't 
read it yet!


Okay.  See, I think there are three ways to look at this, with 
the "halfway done writing" conclusion being my least likely.  The 
people writing this seem to get to the word halfway and stop.  I do 
not agree with this.

I *think* that she is way more than halfway done and is surprised to 
find herself still liking it rather than growing in despise.

The unusally optimistic (for me) view would be that she's written the 
whole enchilada and is working on the revision, possibly even halfway 
done with this as well.  She says "she's the only one to have read" 
the book... so it could be done.  The "I'm not finished yet" 
referring to the series, not book 6.

Hi.  I'm Pollyanna.  Niced to meet you.

AKA
Adan, who likes #3 best but feels safer going with #2