[HPforGrownups] B&N Chat (And the other chats, also an apology)

[Denise Rogers]

No: HPFGUIDX 4287

Peg, 
thanks for reminding me of this!  I will admit that upon rising this morning, and reading the post someone had about 78 emails back in response to my post made me feel oh, so bad!  I get very short-tempered lately, not certain if that's the three year old on me, or what, but my patience doesn't stretch as far.  Every now and again I need a reminder that these books aren't ours alone (adults); that they do belong to the children as well, who as you said have just read them for the first time.  They deserve as much respect as the senator who has read HP and wants to ask JKR questions, and comments in the rows during chats.  And you're right (who-ever you are) when you said our chats descend to the same madness.  I felt sooooo guilty when I saw that!

Please, forgive me everyone?  I was just excited and wanted to get to the meat, and was taking out the lettuce without stopping to feel what the thrown away lettuce felt like!

Dee

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Peg Kerr 
  To: HPforGrownups at egroups.com 
  Sent: Saturday, October 21, 2000 12:08 AM
  Subject: Re: [HPforGrownups] B&N Chat


  Penny & Bryce Linsenmayer wrote:

  > Overall, I was very disappointed by all the JKR events this week.
  > Perhaps I put too much time & energy into it, but it was extremely
  > disappointing to me that the same questions & themes were discussed over
  > & over & over & over again.  I very much believe it was all set-up . . .
  > just publicity stunts, mainly geared to young kids.

  I get the impression that JKR really is perplexed by the public's interest
  in her, and that she's not a smarmy ham (like Lockhart) so she doesn't
  thrive on on author appearances, but she has a particularly soft spot for
  the kids, and she's thinking of them particularly whe she does publicity.
  So she's perhaps a bit more patient with repetitive questions than we would
  be.  And I really do respect that.  Greedy adults that we are, we want our
  questions answered right now, with no wasted time, thank you very much.  But
  what she's interested in responding to the most is the starry-eyed kids who
  are just discovering books for the first time.  For them, the questions they
  ask are new, although she's heard them a million times.

  I'm glad, at least, that she seems to be patient with them, even if we find
  it difficult.  Her books have given so much joy to so many kids (as well as
  us) that I would be sorry indeed if she started acting like a prima donna at
  author appearances.

  Peg



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