Ragged 5 months ago under: J K Rowling, Alternative Investments, Harry Potter Lexicon, Orange Prize, Harry Potter, Surprise Yourself, Joanne Rowling, Melvyn Bragg, Steve Vander Ark
Source: co.uk
This moment of courtroom melodrama was sparked by Steve Vander Ark's plans to publish a Harry Potter Lexicon - a "rip-off" reference work that Rowling damned with accusations of "utter laziness" and "wholesale theft".
Last year, Rowling announced her own plans to produce a Harry Potter encyclopaedia, a work that might take ten years to complete - and, crucially, the proceeds of which would be donated to charity.
If Joanne Rowling did break down and blub, it wouldn't be the first time. Her fairytale ascent from single mother on benefits, scribbling away in secret, to global phenomenon responsible for more than 325 million book sales and billions of dollars of film revenue, is well documented - and she has been honest about the emotional wobbles along the way. Now happily married with three children and properties in Aberfeldy, Edinburgh and London, she recalled earlier, unhappier times during a TV documentary screened last year. Returning to the tiny Edinburgh flat where she had grappled with the ending of the first Potter book, Rowling burst into tears: "Coming back here is just full of ghosts," she sniffed...." co.uk
Am I the only person on earth who hasnt seen a second of Harry Potter? lol
LMAO I wouldn't doubt it! I don't begrudge anyone who watches it.. I just find it hideously boring, personally!
Im not a huge harry potter fan. I watched the first 2 movies once they came out on DVD, that was it.
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I feel for her but I'm done waiting for this woman. I tend to lose interest after 9 years of waiting.