[HPforGrownups] B&N Chat

[heidi]

No: HPFGUIDX 4313

> Peg wrote:
>
> 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 appearences.

I guess my feelings about the interviews & the chats go in 2 ways - I don't
have any problem with the questions from the little kids - even the ones which
were sent to individual rows instead of to JKR - and I recognize that at least
some of the questions in the tv interviews have to be pretty basic - so those
who are just now crawling out from under the rock they have lived under for 2
years can learn who this JK Rowling person is, and what Harry potter means. And
the little girl who asked the question about "frog marching" on the Today Show
was terrific (she had no idea what it meant when Fred & George "frog marched"
Percy on Xmas Morning) even though it gave NO enlightenment to any of us - and
we really did get a heckofalotof good material this past week - I've had to
redo my entire FAQ about The Potters (although I am miffed that NOBODY asked
whether Draco would stay evil, or at least whether he'd ever fight on the side
of the good guys).
And I don't want to know about the plot of the next book, although I like all
the gap-filling information, as something for us to discuss for the next TWO
BLOODY YEARS (grr).
What I hated about the AOL chat was the brevity of it - it was UNDER 30
minutes, because it took about 2 minutes for the copyright & intro information
the beginning, and then ended right at 8:30 - and I expected the Scholastic
chat to be more for kids, because they were marketing it as something teachers
could do with their students - but I still think that it would be great to have
a chat with a focus on grownups who love the books themselves (and not just as
something to read to the kids before bedtime, but as something to postpone
bedtime for 6 hours to read)

and peg - some of us are really hoping that you eventually do give us a new
novel - almost as much as we're looking forward to Book 5...