SPOILERS. JKR site update

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 115052


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "dumbledore11214"
<dumbledore11214 at y...> wrote:
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> So funny. JKR changed her answer about Collin and added something 
> about Dumbledore's letter to Petunia.
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> What I found the most interesting is her last sentence in the answer 
> about Collin (something about proofreading 20 chapters in a  row :o))
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> Alla

Carol adds:
Unfortunately, she said "reading through twenty chapters," not
proofreading them. So we know she's written (or at least drafted)
twenty chapters, which means she's about halfway through the book if
it's as long as OoP and almost done with the manuscript if it's as
short as PoA (which seems unlikely). However, she has to revise it and
then submit it to her editor, who will recommend a few changes
(additions, deletions, etc.) Then it will go to a copyeditor, who will
check grammar, punctuation, spelling, sentence structure,
inconsistencies, etc. Then JKR will make her own changes and
corrections and approve or disapprove the copyeditor's corrections.
Only then will it be set in type and ready to be proofread, both by
JKR herself and by a professional proofreader. Then the corrections
will be set in type and doublechecked before the final set of proofs
is run and the book is bound and distributed. At a guess, we have at
least six months more to wait for the process to be complete. It could
be less if the book is as short as PoA, but I doubt it. Especially if
JKR is on the lookout for flints, as I hope she is, thanks to her
devoted readers.

Carol