What if JKR is a member of our group?

[joanne0012]

No: HPFGUIDX 32415

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "jrober4211" <midwife34 at a...> wrote:
> this group would be a great source 
> for future plot threads and for keeping track of the details in 
> previous books.

Certainly, the Lexicon is a great tool for keeping track of details.  I suspect that 
they have virtually re-created some of her lists of notes about characters, 
creatures, etc.!

As evidence that she's out there listening, we do have the instructions about 
pronouncing "Hermione" in GoF.  I seem to recall an interview in which she said 
that this pronunciation problem hadn't occurred to her until it was brought to 
her attention.

As far as plot threads -- when she discovered the gaping plot hole in the midst of 
GoF, that probably also caused problems with the outlines for the last 3 books, 
and a lot  of reshuffling and rethinking.  In the middle of the middle book, she was 
faced with knots and tangles in her threads!  We have seen that the outlines are 
flexible enough to cause Rita and the Weasley cousin (who of course might not 
have been named Weasley) to move around.  Yet the final chapter of Book 7 is 
written and so everything must work towards that outcome.   I would be very 
surprised if her publisher, by this point, hadn't insisted that she get whatever 
help she needs -- transcription, online research elves, whatever -- to get these 
things written.