[HPforGrownups] Re: Lockhart as Pullman? CLARIFICATION

[Iggy McSnurd]

No: HPFGUIDX 91190

> 
> Siriusly Snapey Susan again:
> Before this goes any further, I'd like to clarify.  What Granger was
> suggesting is that Gilderoy is based on PHILIP PULLMAN himself, not
> on one of Pullman's characters [Sally Lockhart or any other].
> 
> Siriusly Snapey Susan
> 

Iggy here:

That's what I thought you meant...

I can't speak in having met Pullman himself, but I wouldn't be amazed at
all.  Having met a number of authors (including Katherine Kerr and her
husband at their home... she was really cool.) and having lived with a
writer as a housemate for two years (and friend for more) I can say that
the authors I have met tend to be either very nice and easygoing, or
arrogant, condescending, and a little too full of themselves.  

>From what I have heard of a number of other authors from my friend and
former housemate, who has met a number of them at conventions and
publisher meetings, my impression is pretty accurate of the field as a
whole.  (One of the hardest things to do, apparently, is keep a
realistic self image when you're popular for a long time.  Having people
gush over you and your writing often goes to one's head... for some much
earlier than others.  It's one of the reasons I am pretty much against
any author who "farms out" their name.  It's the ultimate in conceit for
a writer, IMHO.  Mercedes Lackey and Piers Anthony are two of the
biggest offenders in this practice.)

The funny thing is, I can see my former housemate being very much like
Lockhart in personality if he ever strikes it big.  (He's already got
some of the outward personality down pat, if not the inner.)

Iggy McSnurd