[HPforGrownups] Re: Another change on JKR's website

[Vivamus]

No: HPFGUIDX 119921

> fridwulfa:
> AMong the many christamsy-themed things in the site, there's 
> an advent calender (extra stuff) and I'd swear there's a new 
> window open every day. So maybe this advent calender marks 
> not only christmas but the announcement, as a countdown, I 
> don't know. I, too, think this change in the text means that 
> she's finished the book and that we'll have a release date 
> announced pretty soon. Otherwise it doesn't make sense. OTHO, 
> Why update the site with the "no news" bit where she clearly 
> states that she's still writing? Unless she finished the 
> book, I don't know, yesterday.
> Cheers,
> Fridwulfa

Vivamus:
Given all the hassles she has experienced in the past about finishing
previous books, I would not be at all surprised if there were not some kind
of decision made NOT to announce the book as finished until it went to a
certain milestone in the editing/publishing process.  So she hasn't made any
announcement at all, and there is nothing to hassle her about.  Her
eagle-eyed fans, however, immediately pick up on the most subtle of clues,
and come running faster than cats to the sound of a can opener.  

I *love* the idea of the calendar as a countdown, though.  JKR does show a
considerable appreciation for her fans, doesn't she?   I appreciate *that*.
I think she has found a way to let us know without being trampled to death
by reporters.

Rah, rah, JKR!   I do hope the manuscript is now in the hands of others, so
you can relax a bit and think about other things (life, children, etc.)  I
also hope you manage to find some privacy from the news media, until you are
ready for a public announcement.

Vivamus, whose boggart would be a bellowing herd of reporters with cameras
and microphones