Kiddie Lit? (was More Ginny, Hermione and the Curse of Mary Sue

[Steve <bboy_mn@yahoo.com>]

No: HPFGUIDX 52557

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Penny Linsenmayer
<pennylin at s...> wrote:
> 
> Can I just say "See my published works!" in true Lockhartian
fashion?  No?  Er........how about........
> 
> http://www.hpfgu.org.uk/faq/universal.html
 
> 
> It's just that the phrases "well, these are *just* kids' books so X,
Y and Z naturally won't happen," or "even in a kids' book" - well,
they tend to set me off a bit is all.  
> 
> Penny


bboy_mn:

See if this helps clear up the confusion any.  

We must make a distinction between writing and marketing. 

These books were never written as or intended to be kids books, or
were they intended to specifically exclude kids. 

On the other hand, some marketing executive sitting in some office
somewhere who has absolutely nothing to do with the content of the
books, decided he could sell the books best in a children's and teen's
market. So that's how he classified them and that's how he tried to
sell them. But he made that decision with a single book in hand and
with no consideration to the series as a whole.

So, yes indeed these were marketed as kids books, but they were never
written as kids books. Nor will future books be written with the
sensitivities of kids in mind. 

JKR clearly stated that she is writing these books for herself. 

Just thought I would throw that in to the mix.

bboy_mn