Gay characters (Was "Harry's Sexual preference")

[Catlady (Rita Prince Winston)]

No: HPFGUIDX 78543

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Lilith Kiera Connor" 
<lilithconnor at y...> wrote:

> JKR, for all that she has written brilliantly adult fiction, is 
> billed as a children's author. I imagine this means that her 
> publishers will set limits on what she can and cannot write about, 
> similar to a rating on a film. She cannot write anything above at 
> 12 certificate. She is also incredibly popular and so has to write
> a large commercial fan base.

I apologise for adding to the volume of posts, but I don't like 
people saying what JKR can or can't do because she is such a popular 
author for children. I don't believe that she has signed a contract 
giving Bloomsbury or Scholastic or Warner Brothers veto power over 
what she writes in her books. So all the publishers could do is 
refuse to publish the Book 6 or 7 (or 8 or 9 ... ) that she hands 
in to them. With her popularity, someone else would be eager to 
publish the rejected JKR manuscript. Even if the new book contained 
highly controversial material (or just plain very bad writing) 
resulting in very negative reviews and downright News Articles 
warning parents not to let their children read it, there would be 
enough  people reading it for love of the previous books or for 
curiosity of the controversy that it would still be a best seller. 
Even if JKR lacked confidence that she could find another publisher, 
she has enough money already for all normal purposes. She could 
afford to self-publish the next book and GIVE AWAY 200,000 copies and 
still have as much money as she needs for the rest of her life.