[HPforGrownups] Scholastic chat

[Penny & Bryce Linsenmayer]

No: HPFGUIDX 3724

Hi --

Kelley wrote:

> She answered the number of students question, but from somebody else.

I think that must have been from someone else because mine was phrased
differently & definitely said HP for Grownups.

> but yes for the most part, the questions that made it through were
> LAME.
> Doesn't everyone know she always wanted to be a writer, she wrote her
> first book at 6--"Rabbit", she's pleased about the movie, the name
> Potter came from childhood neighbors, etc.???  If I have to hear her
> answer "How did you come up with the idea for the story?" one more
> time...

I know!!!!  That was *so* frustrating!  It's like "PLEASE ask something
original; anything . . . just so it's ORIGINAL!!!"  Of course, many of
the questioners *were* kids so they can be forgiven for not knowing
every detail of her life & not having all the details of her previous
interviews at their fingertips but . . . . I was also tired of all the
questions about the movie, casting & merchandise.  Who cares what she
thinks about a proposed video game?  I want to know whether Snape is a
vampire or not.  <g>

So, I think we should all (as many as can) log on to the B&N chat on
Friday & see about getting some more questions answered.  I do think the
Scholastic chat might have been randomly selecting questions . . . did
anyone else have that impression or am I off-base?  If that's the case,
there's no harm in submitting tons of questions & hoping one or more of
your questions will be randomly chosen.  I asked 4 questions & 2 later
in the chat (ancestor/descendant thing; number of students; age of James
& Lily when Harry was born; age of Bill & Charlie; motorbike versus
illegal car; and a follow-up to the # of students question).

AOL users -- please do the same at the AOL chat on Thursday night.  If
there's anyway for non-AOL users to get on the chat, please let us know.

The remaining chats that I'm aware of are:

1.  AOL Chat with JKR -- Thursday October 19th -- 8:00 EST (1 hr  I
think)

2.  B&N Chat with JKR -- Friday October 20th -- 2:00 EST (no time frame
given)

The Today Show will also have a Jim Dale reading & a brief synopsis of
some questions submitted to JKR through the Today Show (www.msnbc.com)
on their Friday program (no idea which time segment).

I'm going to submit a few more questions to the Today Show I think.
Might was well!

Penny



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