[HPforGrownups] What if JKR is a member of our group?

[Laura Hale]

No: HPFGUIDX 32433


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Sent: Monday, December 31, 2001 6:29 AM
Subject: [HPforGrownups] What if JKR is a member of our group?


> Has anyone ever wondered if JKR is a member of this group and we are
> all not aware of it? I'm sure she has better things to do with her
> time, but after reading everyone's posts for the last several weeks,
> I have come to the conclusion that this group would be a great source
> for future plot threads and for keeping track of the details in
> previous books.

She did an interview once which said she knew of some of the stuff going
on-line including fan fiction and said it like Christmas but it didn't seem
to indicate she was a regular Internet user...

> If she is not a member , I could definitely see her having assistants
> read the posts and filing away good ideas to develope for future plot
> twists.

But then, wouldn't she open herself up to accusations of plagiarism?  A lot
of pro-authors are on record as saying that they don't do the sort of thing
so they can avoid such accusations.  (Some messy incident involving Marion
Zimmer Bradley... seems to have prompted a lot of that...)  Though maybe
like Babylon 5, she uses better cites to keep track of that which she has
done?

Laura Hale