Horrible Thought!

[catherine at cator-manor.demon.co.uk]

No: HPFGUIDX 16569

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Milz" <absinthe at m...> wrote:
> Warning: not to be read by the faint-hearted.
> 
> 
> I just had a horrible thought. What if something happens and 
Rowling 
> is unable to complete the series? There are instances of unfinished 
> works in literature and music. Does anyone know if there are safe-
> guards in place if this should happen? I know she allegedly has an 
> outline for the entire series, but still...
> 
> :-)Milz

Dear Milz,
I have been having this thought regularly for the last 3 years. With 
every new book published, the feeling intensifies.  It just shows how 
obsessional I am.  She has said, repeatedly, that the final chapter 
of the 7th book was written a long time ago, and that everything is 
mapped out, but that doesn't offer me much consolation.  For one 
thing, she has said that by the time it comes to it, she will 
probably have to rewrite the last chapter, and for another, just 
imagine if someone took on her mantel and wrote the final books.  
They would hardly be exactly what she would have written, and all of 
us diedinthewool fans would probably find it difficult to cope with.

Catherine