Spy novel? maybe (was Lupin's secrets )

[Sharon]

No: HPFGUIDX 118653


Doddiemoe:
> The one thing I loathe about story lines removed etc...is that was 
> it the editors final word...or J.K. Rowling's?
> 

I believe it was JKR's choice.  At least, she seems to put the 
decision all on herself, at a point at which the editors had likely 
not seen the final story yet.


Doddiemoe:
> Let's face it...most editors work for a publisher who wants to SELL 
> books. I would not normally think this would apply...but JK seemed 
> to have fewer problems with editors getting to publication after 
her 
> second best seller(CS)...


I think that's just because she's been successful.  The publishers 
*know* her books are going to sell - much like Stephen King or 
Danielle Steel or Tom Clancy.  At a certain point, it's not the 
quality of the book that will sell it but the name of the person who 
writes it.  (This is why Madonna's daughter can write a book and get 
it published without any problems whatsoever.)


> Doddiemoe:
> And now...there seems to be so much story involved that the editors 
> would check for incongruincies in "facts thus far" rather 
> than "fixing a story line that will sell"...**shrug**
> 

Probably because like George Lucas, JKR is keeping the overall 
storyline close to home.  I wonder if her editors know how it will 
all turn out?  Admit it - it'd be real hard to edit those books when 
you don't know if a certain detail - such as Mark Evans - is suddenly 
going to be huge come Book 7.

--az