Just where is JKR getting her info from?/Book 6 progress

[mhbobbin]

No: HPFGUIDX 115326


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Cathy Drolet" <cldrolet at s...> 
wrote:
> > DuffyPoo:
> My dear Husband has told me for some time not to get too attached 
to these books as the last two may never make it to the store 
shelves.  She's got all the money she and her children, probably her 
children's children could ever want there is no real pressing need 
to 'go to press' on the rest.  I also have L.M. Montgomery's (Anne 
of Green Gables author) words in my head about how very much she 
hated writing the last few books because she wanted to get on to 
something else but fans kept pressing her for 'more Anne."
>

mhbbobbin:

Alas, there are needs other than financial. The series has brought 
financial success to her, beyond anything she (or anyone) could have 
imagined. I think her literary legacy matters greatly to her. Will 
the books stand the test of time or be seen as a fad? And she cares 
greatly for her fan base, not to mention that it might be time to be 
done with it. That kind of pressure can be paralyzing, so I hope it 
is a spur to her to keep writing. (Was she answering questions on 
the website as pre-announcement hype--she's great at the marketing--
or was she answering questions as procrastination, like I'm doing 
now.)

But I worry that  she can not please everyone. She has got to start 
tying up loose ends, eliminating beloved characters, revealing true 
motivation.  Part of the joy of the series comes from her ambiguous 
writing style and deliberate misleading of the reader. We enjoy 
trying to decipher her clues, trying not to be blindsided, spinning 
theory after theory about the remaining story. THe slow release of 
the novels have made this series inter-active. Did Dickens have to 
cope with that?

 Book Six will likely be less ambiguous than the preceding five. 
Book Seven will have much to answer for. We must all brace for the 
elimination of favorite theories, in addition to favorite 
characters.  I, for one, have faith in her. 

Meanwhile, it's probably wise to keep in mind what a poster wrote a 
few weeks ago: Theories about the remaining story are strongest when 
they simplify the story rather than rely on information or 
characters not yet revealed.

mhbobbin