J.K. Rowling's Official Site v.11

At Mugglenet I found this in the archieves:
On June 28th, 2004, JK Rowling revealed the title to Book 6: Harry Potter & the Half Blood Prince.
This means, there were nearly 6 month between the title and the finishing note. But this doesn`t mean we haven`t a chance to get the book next year. The title of GoF wasn`t announced, it was released when the book was first selled.:agree: Important point. There are no rules in timeline from announcing the title to publishing the book.

We'd all have to be pretty darn slow not to notice that, since they are spelled the exact same way. :lol: It's not as if she is hiding the concept - she could have called "Jean Vompierre" or something.:lol: To true, to true. I mean who would miss that connection. I guess he longs to die hence the name because I doubt d'Eath was born with that name.You are probably right, but - it's disturbing. Remember the creepy vampire, Sanguini, at Slughorn's party who was "edging toward a nearby group of girls, a rather hungry look in his eye?" :scared: But then again, his friend Worple handed him a pasty and told him to eat it, so he must be alive and not dead. Still ~ how could you have kids with a creature like that and survive?Yes but did he eat the pasty or was the pasty just something to distract the attension away from those girls.

d'Eath is also a tribute to Dorothy L Sayers - it's one of Lord Peter Wimsey's many names.

d'Eath is also a tribute to Dorothy L Sayers - it's one of Lord Peter Wimsey's many names.

If I remember right, Jo said somewhere that she likes Sayers books. Then probably you are right with your suggestion.

I think the title of this book wil be quite revealing. Well more so than the others.... so I think, like with GoF, we'll get the book title when it's released. Or there abouts.

I think the title of this book wil be quite revealing. Well more so than the others.... so I think, like with GoF, we'll get the book title when it's released. Or there abouts.Actually I hoped the hype is that big now, that JK "has to" reveal it before. Of course it's still her decision and somehow I would like to see still just doing what she really wants. But according to the updates about the titles she already has in mind I assume she will reveal it before. The time between revealing and publishing the book is unclear in my opinion tough.

If I remember right, Jo said somewhere that she likes Sayers books. Then probably you are right with your suggestion.
Two Sayers books (titles unreadable) are on the shelves in the links section of the site

:agree: Important point. There are no rules in timeline from announcing the title to publishing the book.


You are quite right! Jo could keep this up a until a month before the book comes out. But I am hopeful we will get something fairly soon. Perhaps it will be for the winter holidays? We had the tree last year. Hopefully she will do something like that again.

Two Sayers books (titles unreadable) are on the shelves in the links section of the site

Oh, you`re right, there are two books. In the interview I can`t remember I think she mentioned a title, but I´m not sure, there are to much to find it easy. When I find the quote, I post it here.

You are right about the fact that its her choice whether she wishes to reveal the title before the release or not, but the thing is at the time of GOF, she didn't have a website where she answered every little question/rumour etc. She didn't have a poll where she selected one of the most asked questions and gave an exclusive answer to it. She didn't have a little diary where she mentioned everything from not having paper to write to ....er, being flooded with them! Its just that you know...Harry Potter wasn't that big a thing at that time.
Plus, as someone has cleaverly pointed out, keeping in mind all her small little updates related to how she is busy choosing a title from 3 options...I'm guessing too that we'll know what she's choosen. Its just her way of keeping us excited!

Is it just me or does anyone else feel to that it'll be impossible to keep the title hidden? At least not when we're nearing the release...that is when it'll completly leak out. So, whats the point? Might as well release it properly on her website...the way we all love it!

:)

d'Eath is also a tribute to Dorothy L Sayers - it's one of Lord Peter Wimsey's many names.
Doh! I didn't even think of that - and I love Peter Wimsey!!!

Yes, his name is: Lord Peter Death Bredon Wimsey :lol:

I think maybe JKR's monocle fixation comes from Lord Peter. And there are times when Dumbledore reminds me of him. For instance, Peter is always interested in crime, of course, and catching criminals, but as soon as they are in prison, he goes to visit them and tells them he'll try to help their families, and in the books it's clear that he hates the idea of execution, sort of ironic for someone with the name "Death." I recall in one book with his girlfriend/wife Harriet Vane, he stays up all night because he's so upset at the idea of a prisoner being killed. Of course "Harriet Vane" is an interesting name - Harriet is like Harry, and Vane is nearly an anagram for Evans.

I would bet that one of the Sayers books on her shelf is "Busman's Honeymoon." Just a guess - JKR is a romantic. :love:

Here is the quote from the Mugglenet Interview:



MA: How much fun did you have with the romance in this book?

JKR: Oh, loads. Doesn't it show?

MA: Yes.

JKR: There's a theory - this applies to detective novels, and then Harry, which is not really a detective novel, but it feels like one sometimes – that you should not have romantic intrigue in a detective book. Dorothy L. Sayers, who is queen of the genre said — and then broke her own rule, but said — that there is no place for romance in a detective story except that it can be useful to camouflage other people's motives. That's true; it is a very useful trick. I've used that on Percy and I've used that to a degree on Tonks in this book, as a red herring. But having said that, I disagree inasmuch as mine are very character-driven books, and it's so important, therefore, that we see these characters fall in love, which is a necessary part of life.



I also just remembered some other Sayers titles that might apply to the HP books - "Strong Poison," and "Gaudy Night," which is set at Oxford.

Of course we also have "Romilda Vane" in the books. :)

And according to Wikipedia, the character of Wimsey was based on someone named "Roy Ridley." That's interesting because one of the HP books is dedicated to JKR's father, Peter, in memory of a Mr. Ridley. And of course we have the Riddle House, etc.

I recall in one book with his girlfriend/wife Harriet Vane, he stays up all night because he's so upset at the idea of a prisoner being killed. Of course "Harriet Vane" is an interesting name - Harriet is like Harry, and Vane is nearly an anagram for Evans.

I would bet that one of the Sayers books on her shelf is "Busman's Honeymoon." Just a guess - JKR is a romantic. :love:

Vane is also a name Jo used in HBP! Romilda Vane is the one that tried to make Harry love her. Ron was poisoned by her chocolate. I think you`re right with the guessed book.

One is certainly Five Red Herrings. It's interesting that she used Vane for Romilda - a unattractive character

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I would bet that one of the Sayers books on her shelf is "Busman's Honeymoon." Just a guess - JKR is a romantic. Both of the books on the Links shelf seem to have the same title...placed on two lines the first of which looks to be "The Tech" which isn't part of any DLS title, is it?

The attached show them both - I agree it's "In the Tech" or something which does not fit any of her titles

edit She did write a collection of short stories - "In the teeth of the Evidence" (A reference to the WotM perhaps)

I had saved a screencap of those books a long time ago - found it:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v624/sip44/JKR-Bookshelf.jpg

Nearly impossible to tell which books they are. :rolleyes:

The attached show them both - I agree it's "In the Tech" or something which does not fit any of her titlesPerhaps just "filler" like the original text behind the RoR door?

Nicole: Yes, I think she just wants us to guess - and then guess again. She's torturing us with blurry book covers.

As long as we have nothing other to guess and speculate about we use little Scraps to talk. But tomorrow is Friday! Maybe it`s the same as in September were a little update was followed by a bigger one in the same week and the last two door openings happened on Fridays.

She's torturing us with blurry book covers.

Either that or she is trying to build up the eagerness for the last book so much that it becomes an even bigger success. ;) Although I seriously doubt that she needs to do that. :blush:

I had saved a screencap of those books a long time ago - found it:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v624/sip44/JKR-Bookshelf.jpg

Nearly impossible to tell which books they are. :rolleyes:

I googled her name to find the book covers didn't find a match, though some of her short stories seem familiar. There is a mention of a cave, necklass and afew others.
There probably is some connection but maybe obscure as are other titles.:lol:

As long as we have nothing other to guess and speculate about we use little Scraps to talk. But tomorrow is Friday! Maybe it`s the same as in September were a little update was followed by a bigger one in the same week and the last two door openings happened on Fridays.

Oh yes that would be great a door opening with perhaps a few chapter titles would be nice.:drool:

The chapter title from HBP were a lot of fun. Personally, I would rather hear that she is done writing than the book before she gives out a title. It sounds like she is having a really hard time making up her mind. For all we know she could have come up with a fourth one. I wonder if she ever looked at the guess the title contest on here.

The chapter title from HBP were a lot of fun. Personally, I would rather hear that she is done writing than the book before she gives out a title. It sounds like she is having a really hard time making up her mind. For all we know she could have come up with a fourth one. I wonder if she ever looked at the guess the title contest on here.

Yes I had had the same thought as well.

So here's a question--is Jo giving us a hint to book 7's title in her diary? Specifically, I'm referring to her saying:
Title three currently ahead by a short nose, or perhaps that should be a vowel and two consonants
Now, when I read this, the first thing I thought of was "who or what has a short nose?" followed by "who or what has a name that's a vowel and two consonants?" I wonder if the title will have any of the following words in it: Rat (in reference to Wormtail, of course), Owl (?Hedwig's time to shine in book 7?), Cat (Crookshanks? Mrs. Norris? Tibbles?) or Dog (the return in some way, likely not corporeal, of Sirius Black?). All of these animals could have short noses and the spelling is just what Jo described. So what do you all think? Crazy? or crazy like a fox? (there's another one--maybe that fox that Bellatrix AK'ed in HBP comes back to haunt her! :))

I am just happy to read that she had such a good week. I am more than willing to wait for quality. Take your time Jo!!!

The attached show them both - I agree it's "In the Tech" or something which does not fit any of her titles

edit She did write a collection of short stories - "In the teeth of the Evidence" (A reference to the WotM perhaps)

From that angle, the top line definitely looks like "In the teeth" - so that could be it. You have to wonder why there are two copies of the same book on the shelf though.

So here's a question--is Jo giving us a hint to book 7's title in her diary? Specifically, I'm referring to her saying:

Now, when I read this, the first thing I thought of was "who or what has a short nose?" followed by "who or what has a name that's a vowel and two consonants?" I wonder if the title will have any of the following words in it: Rat (in reference to Wormtail, of course), Owl (?Hedwig's time to shine in book 7?), Cat (Crookshanks? Mrs. Norris? Tibbles?) or Dog (the return in some way, likely not corporeal, of Sirius Black?). All of these animals could have short noses and the spelling is just what Jo described. So what do you all think? Crazy? or crazy like a fox? (there's another one--maybe that fox that Bellatrix AK'ed in HBP comes back to haunt her! :))Maybe she is giving us a clue about the possible titles with her short nose comment. She had a Wombat question which mentioned whether it was true or false that a werewolf's snout was shorter than that of a true wolf. That probably isn't the clue, but it might be worth thinking about the nose comment.

Maybe she is giving us a clue about the possible titles with her short nose comment. She had a Wombat question which mentioned whether it was true or false that a werewolf's snout was shorter than that of a true wolf. That probably isn't the clue, but it might be worth thinking about the nose comment.

Yes I had just thought of the same thing. She did also refer to the wombat at the end of the diary entry so maybe this is related.

So here's a question--is Jo giving us a hint to book 7's title in her diary? Specifically, I'm referring to her saying:
Title three currently ahead by a short nose, or perhaps that should be a vowel and two consonants
Now, when I read this, the first thing I thought of was "who or what has a short nose?" followed by "who or what has a name that's a vowel and two consonants?" I wonder if the title will have any of the following words in it: Rat (in reference to Wormtail, of course), Owl (?Hedwig's time to shine in book 7?), Cat (Crookshanks? Mrs. Norris? Tibbles?) or Dog (the return in some way, likely not corporeal, of Sirius Black?). All of these animals could have short noses and the spelling is just what Jo described. So what do you all think? Crazy? or crazy like a fox? (there's another one--maybe that fox that Bellatrix AK'ed in HBP comes back to haunt her! :))

It might mean that the two titles are similar, with the only difference that in the new one, one word has been enlarged by a vowel and two consonants, by adding ing at the end of a verb for example, or something like that. But I cannot think of anything of that sort that would fit.

Maybe she is giving us a clue about the possible titles with her short nose comment. She had a Wombat question which mentioned whether it was true or false that a werewolf's snout was shorter than that of a true wolf. That probably isn't the clue, but it might be worth thinking about the nose comment.
Well, we know whose nose is largest - Snape - but he's already had a book named after him. :evil: And we know who has no nose at all - The Dark Lord.

Or perhaps she is just speaking figuritively, and one name beat another, as in a horse race?

Well, we know whose nose is largest - Snape - but he's already had a book named after him. :evil: And we know who has no nose at all - The Dark Lord.


Here is the answer, Voldemort has the shortest nose. :rotfl:

It might mean that the two titles are similar, with the only difference that in the new one, one word has been enlarged by a vowel and two consonants, by adding ing at the end of a verb for example, or something like that. But I cannot think of anything of that sort that would fit.

That`s how I read her statement. First reading I thought she speeks about a simple variation in the title by adding 3 letters like AND, THE, ALL. But maybe it`s a different ending of a word, you never know.

Wow, am I the only one who thought her remarks about the title were just off-the-cuff humor, with nothing real to do with noses or word length? :lol:

So, what title would make you the happiest? I'm holding out for 'Harry Potter, and Inkwolf was Right about Everything.'

Has a nice ring to it, don't you think?

:rotfl:

I'm holding out for 'Harry Potter, and Inkwolf was Right about Everything.'


Well, there are no "hemorroids" in it, but I guess it'll have to do. :lol:

Wow, am I the only one who thought her remarks about the title were just off-the-cuff humor, with nothing real to do with noses or word length? :lol:

So, what title would make you the happiest? I'm holding out for 'Harry Potter, and Inkwolf was Right about Everything.'

Has a nice ring to it, don't you think?

I think Jo just loves to add to our speculations. I also thought the remarks were just her humor, but I wouldn't doubt she threw that in there to get our minds wandering over this title.

I don't suppose anyone's noted D'eath's similarities to Death, have they?

Yeh and sadly I also noted the similiarity in spelling to the character name Edward d'Eath member of the Assassin's Guild from the city of Anhk Morpork, in Terry Pratchett's book Men at Arms, published in 1993.
Personally I think that speaks to how very difficult it must be to truly come up with something no one else has.

I dont know, maybe it is just my loyalty that I dont want to say anything against anyone that I truly like or respect so when I hear things like that about the name being used before I think that perhaps it is not that she had trouble coming up with something original but maybe that she used that name for her own personal reasons, maybe it had some meaning to her or something. (just thinking out loud..)

I dont know, maybe it is just my loyalty that I dont want to say anything against anyone that I truly like or respect so when I hear things like that about the name being used before I think that perhaps it is not that she had trouble coming up with something original but maybe that she used that name for her own personal reasons, maybe it had some meaning to her or something. (just thinking out loud..)

Relax, nobody accused her of swiping it. :) D' names are common due to the French language. For example, Jean of Paris becomes Jean De Paris, but if the place name begins with a vowel, it's contracted...so Jean of Arcy becomes Jean D'Arcy. So it isn't like she couldn't come up with D'Eath or D'Evastation or D'Isaster on her own.

And if she DID swipe it, we'd just consider it a homage to Terry Pratchett. :p

Wow, am I the only one who thought her remarks about the title were just off-the-cuff humor, with nothing real to do with noses or word length? :lol:

So, what title would make you the happiest? I'm holding out for 'Harry Potter, and Inkwolf was Right about Everything.'

Has a nice ring to it, don't you think?

Hate to shoot you down Ink but the title's going to follow the Harry Potter and THE, formula. :lol:

Me? I'd stick a fiver on HP and the Final Riddle if I could bet.

Jo studied french, so SIP`s explanation is very possible.
And if she did swipe it, I have no problem.

Maybe she is giving us a clue about the possible titles with her short nose comment. She had a Wombat question which mentioned whether it was true or false that a werewolf's snout was shorter than that of a true wolf. That probably isn't the clue, but it might be worth thinking about the nose comment.

*waves "LUPIN FOR MINISTER OF MAGIC, HEADMASTER OF HOGWARTS, AND GENERAL ANSWER TO EVERYTHING" flag proudly* Okay, but a fangirl can dream, right?

Although yeah, I'm with Inkwolf. I didn't even know what everyone was on about with the nose comment until I reread her diary entry again.

Or perhaps she is just speaking figuritively, and one name beat another, as in a horse race?

Wow, am I the only one who thought her remarks about the title were just off-the-cuff humor, with nothing real to do with noses or word length? :lol:

So, what title would make you the happiest? I'm holding out for 'Harry Potter, and Inkwolf was Right about Everything.'

Has a nice ring to it, don't you think?

Well, certainly, Jo may have just been making a joke or turning a phrase, but after all, she has been known to choose her words very carefully. I try not to find deep meaning in every letter she uses, as a general rule, but sometimes it's hard not to speculate on possible clues--after all, it's the natural order of things here on the forums! :lol:

As for MY choice of titles, I like Harry Potter and the Book Which Shall Not Be Named (Yet) :p :lol:

Relax, nobody accused her of swiping it. :) D' names are common due to the French language. For example, Jean of Paris becomes Jean De Paris, but if the place name begins with a vowel, it's contracted...so Jean of Arcy becomes Jean D'Arcy. So it isn't like she couldn't come up with D'Eath or D'Evastation or D'Isaster on her own.

And if she DID swipe it, we'd just consider it a homage to Terry Pratchett. :p
Or Peter Wimsey/Dorothy Sayers! :)

I don't know - the title "Harry Potter and the Snub-Nosed Prince" is starting to grow on me. Or "Harry Potter and the Useless Handkerchief?" :huh: That sounds like something the writer Edward Gorey would come up with.

"Harry Potter and the Golden Kleenex of Doom." Didn't Harry get one tissue from the Dursley's for Christmas once? Well - there you go. :evil: That's what all these "bogey" clues have been leading up to all these years.

Me? I'd stick a fiver on HP and the Final Riddle if I could bet.That's quite excellent.

Thank-you.

Me? I'd stick a fiver on HP and the Final Riddle

I agree, that is a clever one!

Or Peter Wimsey/Dorothy Sayers! :)

I don't know - the title "Harry Potter and the Snub-Nosed Prince" is starting to grow on me. Or "Harry Potter and the Useless Handkerchief?" :huh: That sounds like something the writer Edward Gorey would come up with.

"Harry Potter and the Golden Kleenex of Doom." Didn't Harry get one tissue from the Dursley's for Christmas once? Well - there you go. :evil: That's what all these "bogey" clues have been leading up to all these years.

Shouldn't there be socks involved in the title somewhere? Or was that "clue" used up when Harry bought the batch for Dobby in GoF?

Just as long as it's not called Harry Potter and the Writer's Block, I'll be happy! Jo seems to be on a roll now, so I've got my fingers crossed that she stays that way!

You are quite right! Jo could keep this up a until a month before the book comes out. But I am hopeful we will get something fairly soon. Perhaps it will be for the winter holidays? We had the tree last year. Hopefully she will do something like that again.Or just not tell us at all until the book is released.

Oh no please, I couldn't stand that. Please please please JK give us a title soon.

Or just not tell us at all until the book is released.
Well, it would be reasonable not to tell us until the release date is announced, but no way are we going to have to wait for the release itself!

I think it would be amusing for the next FAQ poll to be replaced with a title poll between all three titles, but then again, I'd rather Jo chose the title than we did! :lol:

I don't think that the nose comment meant anything important. She was merely saying that one title was beating another by a small distance [like silver ink pot said.. beaten by a nose in a horse race]. Harry Potter and the Last/Final Riddle sounds like a witty one. I like it. Hopefully she picks a good title. Can't wait for the book. :)

At least her having more than 2 titles isn't uncommon. I have complete faith that Jo will choose the best title that her mind can create.

But I do wonder if she will ever tell us the runners up!

Well, it would be reasonable not to tell us until the release date is announced, but no way are we going to have to wait for the release itself!

I think it would be amusing for the next FAQ poll to be replaced with a title poll between all three titles, but then again, I'd rather Jo chose the title than we did! :lol:
For sure, since JKR would know which one was most apt.

But I do wonder if she will ever tell us the runners up!
I hope so! And if she has had more than 3 possible titles for another book (or books), then I wonder if she will ever tell us those? Could be interesting. Oh, yes: I've just had an awesome idea: someday, years after the end of HP, when things have quieted down, JK must write us a "the making of Harry Potter" book, in which she tells us minute details about the writing of the books, what she thinks of all the plots personally, why her favorite is her favorite, and loads of other inside information. Who's with me? ;) /joke (with a definite element of truth in it)....

Oh-another thing: I think it might be fitting for her to withold the title of the last book until the release date. Isn't that what happened with GoF? Nobody actually knew the title until they had their hands on the book on the release date? Well, I don't think that would be such a tragedy after all. The way I see it, the book is what I want, not the title and the far-fetched theories branching from it, and a tainted point of view when I actually do read the book. Not knowing anything on the release date would be a completely pure experience. Just how it should be for the end of this wonderful ride.

My apologies for cheesiness just there. :rolleyes:

In Britain at least GoF was on display in bookshops before publication day - they were on show inside a locked cage.

In Britain at least GoF was on display in bookshops before publication day - they were on show inside a locked cage.
And did you hang around outside the cage with your mouth watering? I would! I didn't see books on display before the release of HBP, though - just lots of tantalising posters.

I first saw the book when the front door rang at about 00.20 am. There was this special service that you could order the books by mail on midnight (without paying extra money - even the post was under pottermania ;)). They already did that for OotP, too. But I wasn't that silly that time. :lol:


But anyway. I would really like her to tell us all three titles... or one. Or show us a book cover.

I first saw the book when the front door rang at about 00.20 am. There was this special service that you could order the books by mail on midnight (without paying extra money - even the post was under pottermania ;)). They already did that for OotP, too. But I wasn't that silly that time. :lol:


But anyway. I would really like her to tell us all three titles... or one. Or show us a book cover.

Even the German mail service is better than Britain?! Oh my... I had to wait until half seven for HBP.

hmm, I'm not sure how I feel about it...not having the title ahead of time might not be so bad, as long as we get a release date!! I want something to tell me for sure that it is coming at some specific point in time! :p But I might be able to stand not having the title until release date time...well, we'll see if I still feel that way in a few months without a title! :p

But anyway. I would really like her to tell us all three titles... or one. Or show us a book cover.

Yeah, telling us all 3 would be great! at least at some point in time I'd like to know the others that she was considering...

Even the German mail service is better than Britain?! Oh my... I had to wait until half seven for HBP.

Yes I had mine about that time too.

This topic was brought up on mugglecast and it was actually something that I had been thinking about the last couple days. Do you think that the birthdays Jo puts on her site has anything to do with who is going to die. If you look at the list of birthdays she never put up Dumbledore's. I don't believe she ever put up a birthday for Sirius either. Of course it could just be a coincidence that we are overanalyzing. Any thoughts on this?

Do you think that the birthdays Jo puts on her site has anything to do with who is going to die. It's been discussed on CoS off and on for ages. Mugglecast is so old hat on this one! :p Let's put it this way, none of those whose birthdays are celebrated on JKR's site has died. That means those who have died never had their birthdays announced (and Sirius was dead before the website ever posted any birthdays; pretty sure Jo had Albus's death planned long before that, too). Lots of birthdays missing, however: Luna, all of the Dursleys, most of Harry's classmates and Dumbledore's Army, Tom Riddle/Voldemort, several Hogwarts teachers, and DEs. ;)

I think she chose to give the birthdates of those characters who have the most impact on the plot. The Weasleys, the teachers at Hogwarts, Voldemort and Draco Malfoy. Draco and Voldemort are really the only ones on the Dark Side (unless you count Snape).

It's been discussed on CoS off and on for ages. Mugglecast is so old hat on this one! :p Let's put it this way, none of those whose birthdays are celebrated on JKR's site has died. That means those who have died never had their birthdays announced (and Sirius was dead before the website ever posted any birthdays; pretty sure Jo had Albus's death planned long before that, too). Lots of birthdays missing, however: Luna, all of the Dursleys, most of Harry's classmates and Dumbledore's Army, Tom Riddle/Voldemort, several Hogwarts teachers, and DEs. ;)

Could it be the subject of birthdays raised again? Oh my...one may set calendar on the repeated threads :D

This topic was brought up on mugglecast and it was actually something that I had been thinking about the last couple days. Do you think that the birthdays Jo puts on her site has anything to do with who is going to die. If you look at the list of birthdays she never put up Dumbledore's. I don't believe she ever put up a birthday for Sirius either. Of course it could just be a coincidence that we are overanalyzing. Any thoughts on this?
Nicole's already explained it, basically. But I would add the January after she finished HBP, she said Happy Birthday to Snape, and then later in the year to Draco. In other words, after they did all these apparently "bad" things (according to some), she went ahead and gave them the little pink cake.

However, Dumbledore has never had a birthday, and the theory is that since the books are set "in the past" by a few years, then Dumbledore would have been dead before she ever started her website - in real time. Therefore, anyone on there who is wished a birthday must survive Book 7, which is also in the past, in real time. It's just speculation, though.

However, as much as fans would love the birthdays of James, Sirius, and Lily, and I'm sure she has birthdays for them, it does beg the question of why they are not listed.

I had wondered if this had been disscussed at some time before. Silver_Ink_Pot you said it the way I had already thougth of it too. I had wondered why Mugglecast only just now made the connection. I hope it turns out to be true though, cause that would mean all of my favorite charaters (except Dumbledore) live through to the end of Book 7.

We should find out then when book 7 comes out.

Basically, she hasn't yet said Happy Birthday to a dead person ) or Dumbledore. :lol:

Did she wish Voldemort a Happy Birthday? (31st December) Because if she did, either the theory goes out of the window or book 7 will have a less than satisfactory ending!

Seems like quite a few pages have been made since I was last here. Other than the second W.O.M.B.A.T., has there been anything new?

Did she wish Voldemort a Happy Birthday? (31st December) Nope, no birthday wishes for Tommymort. :D
Other than the second W.O.M.B.A.T., has there been anything new? Yes, updated diary entry and in the Extra Stuff, Miscellaneous is Spell Definitions. :)

Did she wish Voldemort a Happy Birthday? (31st December) Because if she did, either the theory goes out of the window or book 7 will have a less than satisfactory ending!

No, we get Voldemort's birthday from Mrs. Cole in "The Secret Riddle," (HBP, Chapter 13), when she tells Dumbledore that Merope turned up at the Orphanage on New Year's Eve, gave birth to Tom, and died.

No DEs, except Draco, and Snape of course (ex, that is), have been wished Happy Birthday, either.

How big is the chance for another door opening in the next two weeks? I`m sure we will get an christmas present, and the last opening was at the end of September. Now that we have the middle of these dates, I see the possibility for another opening soon.

How big is the chance for another door opening in the next two weeks? I`m sure we will get an christmas present, and the last opening was at the end of September. Now that we have the middle of these dates, I see the possibility for another opening soon.

Nothing like wishful thinking!!!

Not long till Christmas now, so hopefully she will do something around then, like you say.

How big is the chance for another door opening in the next two weeks? I`m sure we will get an christmas present, and the last opening was at the end of September. Now that we have the middle of these dates, I see the possibility for another opening soon.
We can always hope!

We can always hope!

Yes, I`m a hopeless optimist.

I'm not sure if it's just my computer but if I go into the extra's section and click on Squibs the couple last lines are: they created in the..

I was wondering if anyone has that too where it just stops right there.

I just checked and the last line is alleyway

No, it`s allright for me. Try the textonly version if there is the same.

Works fine for my computer.

I had wondered if this had been disscussed at some time before. Silver_Ink_Pot you said it the way I had already thougth of it too. I had wondered why Mugglecast only just now made the connection. I hope it turns out to be true though, cause that would mean all of my favorite charaters (except Dumbledore) live through to the end of Book 7.

Does anyone seriously think Jo would betray by any mean the secret of who will live and who will die? :huh: I would be disappointed if it was true. But I am confident she will keep all the big secrets safely protected untill D Day comes, I mean Book 7 is released - the sooner the better, I can't wait...

How do you get to the OotP chapter thing? I drew the lightning bolt but all it does is disappear, nothing comes out of the Extras section.

How do you get to the OotP chapter thing? I drew the lightning bolt but all it does is disappear, nothing comes out of the Extras section.

That`s very tricky. Have you seen the painting behind the picture in the link section? This is the first step. Look close at it, it`s not straight, it is kind of leaning. Thy to draw the picture same.

i found that you have to be very exact when drawing the lightening bolt. it took me ages

Painting behind the picture? Not getting it, I've been to Links.

Yeah, you have to wait until Peeves is coming and takes the picture, than you can see the painting. I`m sure you can`t get the OotP chapter until you saw the drawing. Same with the cup of tea, if you haven`t took the circle card, you can circle the cup as long as you like, nothing would happen.

How long does peeves take?
And what's this circle card thing? I havemt been on there in ages.

Peeves comes after ten minutes... then you can view the picture behind the painting. You have to draw it in the section "Extras", or something like this...

Yeah, I got that bit done. What about the circle card? I can see it stucking out from under the book but I can't get it.

I have tried to draw the scar a million times and it has never worked for me. I pretty much have everything else.

Finally...the little sparkle happened, I'm still waiting to see the result. But it's very frustrating, trying to draw.

Thanks to Annett, Spleeto and beth83 for the hints, I'd have been reduced to slapping the keyboard in frustration otherwise.

I'd have been reduced to slapping the keyboard in frustration otherwise.

And that certainly wouldn't have helped!

As for the circle card, I too don't have any idea what that's about.

If I remember right, you must pick up the circle card before the site is fully loaded. You can find the card in the extra`s section bottom in the center.

Has anyone noticed all the spell books in the links room. The one that I have noticed is the bright one called my favourite spells.

This circle card...isn't that connected to the mug in the rubbish bin section in the top right corner? you have to turn it - not shake, but turn - counterclockwise (or was it clockwise?) three times and wait for a circle appearing in it...then you can click the card.

Has anyone noticed all the spell books in the links room. The one that I have noticed is the bright one called my favourite spells.Definately. Did you pick out the Ancient Runes book also? It actually opens up to reveal a clue (if you haven't seen it already)

Could someone explain in detail? I'm really confused. :)

Definately. Did you pick out the Ancient Runes book also? It actually opens up to reveal a clue (if you haven't seen it already)

Yes I have already seen that. Her new extra about spell definitions has made me more aware of all the books in the links room.

is it possible to rotate the ootp layout plan? i get a crick in the neck whenever i try to read it!

is it possible to rotate the ootp layout plan? i get a crick in the neck whenever i try to read it!

I have wanted that for sooo long! I remember someone here managed to write it all up and posted it here (I think I'm telling the truth - my memory could by failing me a little though). I saved it on my computer but then it crashed and I haven't seen the plan again. *Sigh*

Anyway, I am already craving another diary entry from Jo....preferably one where she talks about how huge the last book is going to be! Bigger than Ootp! (A girl can dream! (Please Jo! Please, please, please! Pretty please with a cherry on top!)):p

I have wanted that for sooo long! I remember someone here managed to write it all up and posted it here (I think I'm telling the truth - my memory could by failing me a little though). I saved it on my computer but then it crashed and I haven't seen the plan again. *Sigh*
Is this (http://aramina48.livejournal.com/86678.html) what you're looking for? OotP layout there for all and sundry (and typed, so you don't have to try to read her handwriting :lol:).

I wonder what caused her to write "Dr. Flitwick" in place of "Our new - ah - celebrity" in the early draft.

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is it possible to rotate the ootp layout plan? i get a crick in the neck whenever i try to read it!
I have wanted that for sooo long! I remember someone here managed to write it all up and posted it here (I think I'm telling the truth - my memory could by failing me a little though). I saved it on my computer but then it crashed and I haven't seen the plan again. *Sigh*


I didn't type it all out, but I captured it and rotated it when it first came out - some of her handwriting is hard to decipher, and that's why I like captures better than just a typed version. What some of it says is anybody's guess. :)

Also, the fourth part - the Snape/Harry Timeline - is just the column about Snape and Harry aligned with the correct month because it was hard to follow on the original page. That was a group effort, and so there is more than one interpretation of JKR's handwriting - and they could be incorrect.

And I threw in the early drafts, too, since I had captures of them.

OotP Complete Timeline Rotated (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v624/sip44/JKR-OotPTimelineLarge.jpg)
Magnified Details:
OoTP, Detail One (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v624/sip44/JKR-OOtPDetailOne.jpg)
OotP, Detail Two (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v624/sip44/JKR-OOtPDetailTwo.jpg)
OotP, Detail Three (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v624/sip44/JKR-OOtPDetailThree.jpg)
OotP, Snape-Harry Timeline Detail (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v624/sip44/JKR-OotPTimelineSnape-HarryUpdate.jpg)

JKR Azkaban Page Notes (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v624/sip44/JKR-Azkabanpage.jpg)
JKR Page from PS/SS (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v624/sip44/JKR-PagefromPS-SS.jpg)
JKR - Synopsis of PS/SS (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v624/sip44/JKR-SynopsisofPS-SS.jpg)
Teachers and Genders (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v624/sip44/JKR-TeachersandGenders.jpg)
First Potions Lesson Draft (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v624/sip44/JKR-FirstPotionsClassPS-SS.jpg)

Yes, I can never read her handwriting, but the handwritten stuff seems to capture the imagination better somehow.

I didn't type it all out, but I captured it and rotated it when it first came out - some of her handwriting is hard to decipher, and that's why I like captures better than just a typed version. What some of it says is anybody's guess. :)
Hey, now. Her handwriting, while apparently bad to most people, is actually pretty legible. I had very few problems reading what she wrote (and specifically wrote "illegible" every time I couldn't make out a word :p ). And, now that I'm looking back at what I thought was illegible, some of it isn't, actually.

I will, however, agree with you, SKasparRollins, that the handwritten version does capture the imagination better :D

Is this (http://aramina48.livejournal.com/86678.html) what you're looking for? OotP layout there for all and sundry (and typed, so you don't have to try to read her handwriting :lol:).

Thank you for the typed version. Together with SIP`s rotated timeline I can read it propperly.
I wonder, why she changed Umbridge`s first name. It says Elvira in the timeline of OOtP.

Aramina: I'm glad you could make out some of the words, because I think some of them are barely understandable. Her handwriting isn't that bad, but I think she is scribbling so fast as her ideas are hitting her that she skips letters and connecting words so you have to guess a little as to her meaning.

:) But I admire your typed version alot!
I was much to lazy to do something like that. :tu: :agree:

Thank you for the typed version. Together with SIP`s rotated timeline I can read it propperly.
I wonder, why she changed Umbridge`s first name. It says Elvira in the timeline of OOtP.I don't know Latin or French, but dolor means pain in Spanish. And dolores means pains (more than one pain) in Spanish. And Dolores did administer pain to Harry and others.

"Elvira" means "truth," so it would have been very ironic, considering Harry's punishment in OotP.

I can see why she considered Elvira.

"Elvira" is the name of Miss Gulch in "The Wizard of Oz." She's the woman played by Maragaret Hamilton who turns into the Wicked Witch of the West during the tornado. Elvira Gulch. She is killed, of course, when Dorothy throws water on her. In OotP, the twins create the swamp that causes lots of trouble for Dolores. :evil:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e0/MargaretHamiltoninTheWizardOfOz.jpg/250px-MargaretHamiltoninTheWizardOfOz.jpg

Then there is also "Elvira, Mistress of the Dark," the campy TV actress. :lol:

I don't know Latin or French, but dolor means pain in Spanish. And dolores means pains (more than one pain) in Spanish. And Dolores did administer pain to Harry and others.

Sorry, if my post was confusing. What I try to express was, why she had first an other name for Umbridge. I agree with you, that Dolores fits perfectly. I searched for Elvira and found this:

Latin: The fair one.

This makes clear, why she changed the name. Elvira is a good name for a nice person, but we know Umbridge better.

I didn't realize what Elvira meant. But I hadn't misunderstood you. It seems we went at this from different directions. I just figured that Dolores was a more fitting name, I didn't realize that Elvira really didn't fit at all.

Dolores means "sorrows", taken from the Spanish title of the Virgin Mary, María de los Dolores, meaning "Mary of Sorrows".

The word dolor definitely means pain in Spanish. If I say: "Tengo un dolor," I said I have a pain. If I say: "Tengo muchos dolores," I said I have many pains. That could also mean sorrows since sorrows are emotional pains. The more common usage is pain.

Thank you so much Aramina and silver ink pot! This is fantastic! :D

Thank you so much Aramina and silver ink pot! This is fantastic! :D
You're welcome! :) Study it all and see if you can tell us what it means for Book 7.

I was surprised that the emphasis was so much on Occlucmency and the Snape/Harry relationship, but that led right into Book 6, didn't it? It shows she really does have it all planned out. :tu:

The word dolor definitely means pain in Spanish. If I say: "Tengo un dolor," I said I have a pain. If I say: "Tengo muchos dolores," I said I have many pains. That could also mean sorrows since sorrows are emotional pains. The more common usage is pain.
And let's not forget that English has the word 'dolorous', meaning essentially very sad, to the point of tears is at least implied

Hey, now. Her handwriting, while apparently bad to most people, is actually pretty legible. I had very few problems reading what she wrote (and specifically wrote "illegible" every time I couldn't make out a word :p ). And, now that I'm looking back at what I thought was illegible, some of it isn't, actually.

I will, however, agree with you, SKasparRollins, that the handwritten version does capture the imagination better :DI agree with this sentiment as my hand writing is much more worse than that. I love those little time lines. I never thought about writing a time line for a story like that and forgot about the style until I saw it in SilverInkPots post. I might use this for my animation I have to produce.

P.S. I only just noticed that I have pink stars.

thanks aramina for the link. that helped greatly. it wasn;t the handwriting that was the problem but the angle!

I agree with this sentiment as my hand writing is much more worse than that. I love those little time lines. I never thought about writing a time line for a story like that and forgot about the style until I saw it in SilverInkPots post. I might use this for my animation I have to produce.

P.S. I only just noticed that I have pink stars.
Yeah, I've seen worse handwriting. Most of the guys I know have chicken scratch for handwriting...imagine trying to read that! Jo's handwriting is usually nothing compared to that, except when she drops out letters.

Also, to everyone who thanked me for the typed version, you're very welcome :D

The word dolor definitely means pain in Spanish. If I say: "Tengo un dolor," I said I have a pain. If I say: "Tengo muchos dolores," I said I have many pains. That could also mean sorrows since sorrows are emotional pains. The more common usage is pain.I don't doubt that, but the girls' name Dolores (http://www.behindthename.com/php/view.php?name=dolores) does come from one of the names of the Virgin Mary: María de los Dolores.

I also know it from the Latin hymn "Stabat Mater Dolorosa" (http://www.preces-latinae.org/thesaurus/BVM/SMDolorosa.html) where it also means "sorrowful". But pain and sorrow are both appropriate connotations for the character Dolores Umbridge!

I agree that her handwriting is tough to decifer, but I like that! Mine is also really difficult for others to read. And I think she lets us see it to show us how she writes. She makes lots of changes, it is a very fluid process.

hii why are there random objects on JKRs website that dissapear, random feathers, leaves etc. when clicked? and what do they lead to? if anyone can help i will be immensly grateful!!!

hii why are there random objects on JKRs website that dissapear, random feathers, leaves etc. when clicked? and what do they lead to? if anyone can help i will be immensly grateful!!!
If you go here (http://www.cosforums.com/showthread.php?t=90143) and look at scrapbook secrets you will find all is explained.

hii why are there random objects on JKRs website that dissapear, random feathers, leaves etc. when clicked? and what do they lead to? if anyone can help i will be immensly grateful!!!
Here's another place to look:

Mugglenet - Official Site Information
http://www.mugglenet.com/jkrcom/index.shtml

Can we expect further news on Jo`s site in the next few days? The second big bookshop offered in the last few days the possibility to subscribe for the last book. Maybe they have informations we haven`t. I hope we hear news soon.

There have been regular comments dropped by people in the publishing industry referring to a 2007 release. They've been reported on Mugglenet each time, but never confirmed by Jo. I'm assuming that everyone is gearing up to a release next summer, so the time is drawing near for an announcement.

Last time we got the release date as a Christmas Present (or the announcement that the manuscript was finished (including editing).

Can we expect further news on Jo`s site in the next few days? The second big bookshop offered in the last few days the possibility to subscribe for the last book. Maybe they have informations we haven`t. I hope we hear news soon.Now that would be good news. This could point towards getting close to at least the title which I so dearly want to be honest. There is about to be a huge influx of information about the film and perhaps the book to. I feel 2007 is going to be a wonderful year.

Last time we got the release date as a Christmas Present (or the announcement that the manuscript was finished (including editing).

I imagine we might get something like that again. I would be so thrilled if we did :D

*sings - All I want for Christmas is a releease date - a releease date - a releeease date!*

*joins singing* :D

Although i would like a summer release in '07 for the final book, we might actually have to wait until the end of the year. Though i guess it all depends on how much more writing Rowling has to do. I'm tempering my hopes for a summer release with caution.
Though i hope we at least get the title at christmas or a small extract from the book.

Link (http://www.hpana-media.com/2006/OotP/ABC_Family.html)

:clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap:

The link doesn't work, anabel :(

Ooh, if that is what I think it is I just saw it on You Tube! Not much footage, but it sure looks cool. Tempting me to watch their Harry Potter weekend at least :lol:
here (http://www.hpana-media.com/2006/OotP/ABC_Family.html) is what I'm talking about.

:wow:

MORE! MORE!

What are the scary masks??

Probably what they have the Death Eaters in this time. The Quidditch World Cup masks may not have been their 'official' attire...although costumes and stuff tend to change from movie to move.

(Not really sure what this has to do with Jo's website though :lol: )

here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVOoOuPOl2A&eurl=) is what I'm talking about.

OMG!! Oh, if only we got something about the book as well. :( What was that mask I saw, though? :huh:

Probably what they have the Death Eaters in this time. The Quidditch World Cup masks may not have been their 'official' attire...although costumes and stuff tend to change from movie to move.

Probably :lol:

Is there a trailer thread yet?

That's the one, but I have no idea why my link didn't work, since it was the one I followed myself and it's still working for me. :(

link (http://www.hpana-media.com/2006/OotP/ABC_Family.html)

Is there a trailer thread yet?
I believe there is.

Anabel, your link seems to be working now. :D

I reposted the exact same link and every single letter in it was identical, so I have no idea why it didn't work. Probably the same reason Harry is flying westwards up the river Thames on the way from Surrey to a house within walking distance of Kings Cross, ie it must be magic!

Fickle technical things seem to be happening around here lately.

But certainly, Magic must be the answer to them all! :lol:

Hehe... a member already posted it in the trailor thread (http://www.cosforums.com/showthread.php?t=97703), too. :D

Does JKR ever comment on the films on her website? I can't recall seeing anything.

Perhaps in the news section?
I can't remember any specific time or anything though.

Did she make a comment about Evanna Lynch on her site or was that just in an interview? Is there a way you can see previous diary entries or do they disappear when she writes a new one?

Does JKR ever comment on the films on her website? I can't recall seeing anything.

She talked about visiting the set of OOTP in one of her diary entries - she talked to Emma about Ron and Hermione's love life (Oh to be a fly on the wall for that conversation!) and she spent time with Rupert and Dan I think. And she said that Evanna Lynch was perfect for Luna. :)

Mugglenet also has some news about book 7 - Barnes and Noble has posters advertising 40% off for pre-orders going up with their holiday ads. :D

What's the student identification code for Wombat or where do you find it?

Does she ever update the poll question section? It seems like it's been several months since the last one.

When her site starts you can see her desk. at the head in the middle between keyboard and scrapbook you will find a card. This takes you to the place where you can add your ID number.

She does update her site, but since the last update nearly a year is gone. Since May 2004 there were 4 polls.

Last time we got the release date as a Christmas Present (or the announcement that the manuscript was finished (including editing).
If we don't get that again this Christmas, my heart is going to break and Christmas will be ruined! :lol: I have been waiting for Christmas all year, absolutely sure that Jo will tell us that she has finished book 7 and then the publishers tell us the release date (which I am still sure that will be 7/7/07). :lol:

When her site starts you can see her desk. at the head in the middle between keyboard and scrapbook you will find a card. This takes you to the place where you can add your ID number.

She does update her site, but since the last update nearly a year is gone. Since May 2004 there were 4 polls.
I meant where can you find the id code? I found the card and clicked on it but couldn't go any further without the id code.

You need to do the WOMBATs to get a code. Or cheat and use a code from another person. Works too. :p

Here are some codes (http://www.cosforums.com/showthread.php?t=90143) (under "students codes for grade 1 WOMBAT") I think they should work.

I needed a code to do the Wombat. How am I suppose to do the Wombat if I can't get in without a code?

You can't do the Wombat test now. It was only available while the door on Jo's site was open.

I needed a code to do the Wombat. How am I suppose to do the Wombat if I can't get in without a code?

No, you got a code when you solved the test. Because you can`t do the test anymore you didn`t get a code at the moment. There will be another WOMBAT probably at the end of March/early April next year.

There will be another WOMBAT probably at the end of March/early April next year.

*somebody is being very optimistic* :p

@Pumpkin Juice: If you want to do the questions ( which I assume you must have) you can always visit this thread---> J.K. Rowling's Official Website FAQs (http://www.cosforums.com/showthread.php?t=90143)

There will be another WOMBAT probably at the end of March/early April next year.

*somebody is being very optimistic* *somebody is being very optimistic* :p


Not optimistic, I can count one and one together :p. There were exactly 6 month between the first and second test. Therefore it isn`t far-fetched to assume there will be the same for the third test.

Or she might come up with something new ? :lol:

Or she might come up with something new ? :lol:

I for one, certainly hope we won't have to wait for another 6 months...

:) The closer the book release is, the longer the wait will seem. Last time, when we were a month from the book, people were still wondering if she would "update." But the book itself was the update.

I don't expect anything because usually, when she knows the fans have something like a movie trailer, that is the news of the moment.

:) The closer the book release is, the longer the wait will seem. Last time, when we were a month from the book, people were still wondering if she would "update." But the book itself was the update.

I guess you're right, however more and more people seem to think the book won't be out until 2008. :sad: I'm still hoping (and trying not to be persuaded away from that hope!) that the book will be released next summer!

I finally drew the lightning bolt after what felt like a million times and got the Order of the Phoenix layout!!!!!
:clap: :clap: :clap: :clap:
(I was just a little bit excited.)

Not optimistic, I can count one and one together . There were exactly 6 month between the first and second test. Therefore it isn`t far-fetched to assume there will be the same for the third test.

If truth be told I am more optimistic than you. :p I am expecting a WOMBAT on Christmas. I think that it would be almost three months since the 2nd WOMBAT. I was expecting that she would shorten the gap from 6 months to 3 months. ;)

I finally drew the lightning bolt after what felt like a million times and got the Order of the Phoenix layout!!!!!

What is that?? :huh:

If truth be told I am more optimistic than you. :p I am expecting a WOMBAT on Christmas. I think that it would be almost three months since the 2nd WOMBAT. I was expecting that she would shorten the gap from 6 months to 3 months. ;)

On Christmas we will get the announcement that the book is done. Therefore no time for WOMBAT third. :p



What is that?? :huh:

Look at this (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v624/sip44/JKR-OotPTimelineLarge.jpg). SIP posted it earlier in this thread.

On Christmas we will get the announcement that the book is done. Therefore no time for WOMBAT third.

You are more demanding than me. :p

Look at this. SIP posted it earlier in this thread

Thanks. :tu:

On Christmas we will get the announcement that the book is done. Therefore no time for WOMBAT third.
Why not both? :D

Why not both? :D

Merry Christmas to all of us if she does. :)

On Christmas we will get the announcement that the book is done. Therefore no time for WOMBAT third. :p


You are more demanding than me. :p


Why not both? :D

Let me resume. I`m more demanding than mysterious, but you`re the queen anabel :lol: But you`re right, we take what we could get. :lol:

Merry Christmas to all of us if she does.

I think you worded it incorrectly, Christmas is always Merry but it would be Merrier if she updated. :p

but you`re the queen anabel

All Hail!Queen Anabel. :clap:

*practises royal wave* http://websmileys.com/sm/happy/042.gif

I spent about 2 hours on the site this afternoon, picking up all the easter eggs (for want of a better term) that I didn't have yet. It's a bit of an anti-climax now, nothing left to explore! :grumble: :lol:

Well I have been waiting rather impatiently for the last 6 months for some news about book 7 and really gotten nothing, except that she is happily writing, which in itself is good. I thought Christmas was a long time to wait for something, I mean last time she gave us a title and stuff rather early and some chapter titles and things. Now with Christmas approaching I am building up hope again. I hope I am not disappointed again.

Now with Christmas approaching I am building up hope again. I hope I am not disappointed again.

You bet, we are all hoping for the same thing. ;)

I think you worded it incorrectly, Christmas is always Merry but it would be Merrier if she updated. :p

:blush: So true. I hope we get something soon, though I'd rather she keep on writing the book. A 2007 release would be the ultimate belated Christmas present. :D

*sings - All I want for Christmas is a releease date - a releease date - a releeease date!*Would it be too greedy to add the title to the Christmas song.:lol:

Do you think we will get a Christmas present?

Do you think we will get a Christmas present?

As far as I can remember, we didn't get one last year, so I'm hoping for two!

As far as I can remember, we didn't get one last year, so I'm hoping for two!
Really? Didn't she update at all last Christmas? No rumours or anything?

I hope we get an AMAZING christmas present aka a title...or a release date...or maybe a cover? than we can do some speculation!!!!

I hope we get an AMAZING christmas present aka a title...or a release date...or maybe a cover? than we can do some speculation!!!!

Hmmm...a cover. That would be interesting, but I don't think it would happen. That would entail that Jo would be done with the book, because it would most likely depict a scene from the book and no one looks at the manuscript till it's done. As with a release date, that would put pressure on Jo to finish it and edit it and such and it might not turn out as great:no". But a title would be very nice:tu: :tu: :tu:

The cover won't come until much later. But a title from Jo and a release date from the publishers, would make two of my Christmas wishes come true!

When do you guys think she is going to pick a title? I mean she has three....

Do you think she is getting close to done? Becuase I mean she has been updating more than she did over the summer...so maybe this means that it is winding down? i hope!!!!!!! = )

I just really want to know what it is called!

I think the newest title is probably it, she says it's ahead by "a vowel and two constanents" or something like that. Probably one of her Joish things:p She said she'd write the book in 2006, so she's probably going to be done sometime in Feb or March. Too long!

Harry Potter and the Book with Three Titles.

Harry Potter and the Book with Three Titles.

Of course!*goes to edit Guess the Title Contest enty*:p

I think the newest title is probably it, she says it's ahead by "a vowel and two constanents" or something like that. Probably one of her Joish things:p She said she'd write the book in 2006, so she's probably going to be done sometime in Feb or March. Too long!

I think it only takes her a year to actually write the book and since the year is almost over and she already had finished all the planning and started writing it seriously in January, I don't see why we shouldn't get the book in 2007. :D It didn't take her longer than a year to write any of the other books anyway and it must have been more difficult with them as she would have had to plan it more carefully and decide where to put each clue and so on.

I am so hoping that she will announce on her website on Christmas that she has finished the book and give us the title. Although I prefer to get the title before...like tomorrow or something! :lol:

Well Christmas is getting close so if we get something then it wont be long. I just can't help but wonder if the W.O.M.B.A.T tests arent leading up to something.

No, I don't think we will be getting a Christmas present. It's too late for it, but that would be AWESOME!!! I'd go to the store and stay over night and buy it for myself. I'd then unwrap my Chrismas presents and sit and read all day.
The fact stores like Amazon and others are receiving the posters advertising book 7 is a good sign. Right now I still see it being released in the Summer of 2007.

I don't think anyone is expecting a Christmas present of book 7. There is no way that it could have been sent to the publishers and published at the volume needed without someone slipping about it along the way.

Surely we'll get something from Jo for Christmas, especially since we got nothing last year. I think I'd like a release date over a title, but I'd take either!

I don't think anyone is expecting a Christmas present of book 7. There is no way that it could have been sent to the publishers and published at the volume needed without someone slipping about it along the way.

Surely we'll get something from Jo for Christmas, especially since we got nothing last year. I think I'd like a release date over a title, but I'd take either!

I really wouldn't want a release date because from Dec 31st-the release date I'd like counting down by the second:lol:

No, I don't think we will be getting a Christmas present. It's too late for it, but that would be AWESOME!!! I'd go to the store and stay over night and buy it for myself. I'd then unwrap my Chrismas presents and sit and read all day.
The fact stores like Amazon and others are receiving the posters advertising book 7 is a good sign. Right now I still see it being released in the Summer of 2007.

No I know we will not get the book but I was hoping that we might get the title and the release date. I'm so hope we will! I'm so excited to know! :D

Last year for Christmas we saw Jo's first diary entry...First Diary Entry- December 25, 2005
Welcome!
DECEMBER 25th
That tired old welcome page was starting to bug me, so I thought I'd give you something new for Christmas. I've tried keeping a diary many times in the past and never got much further than January 15th, but I've been feeling the need for a place to put everyday updates that don't qualify as real 'news'. As ever, if there is a quiet spell you should not take it as a sign that I've given up diary writing, but rather that I am working hard on something a little more eagerly anticipated...
For 2006 will be the year when I write the final book in the Harry Potter series. I contemplate the task with mingled feelings of excitement and dread, because I can't wait to get started, to tell the final part of the story and, at last, to answer all the questions (will I ever answer all of the questions? Let's aim for most of the questions); and yet it will all be over at last and I can't quite imagine life without Harry.
However (clears throat in stern British manner) this is no time to get maudlin.
I have been fine-tuning the fine-tuned plan of seven during the past few weeks so that I can really set to work in January. Reading through the plan is like contemplating the map of an unknown country in which I will soon find myself. Sometimes, even at this stage, you can see trouble looming; nearly all of the six published books have had Chapters of Doom. The quintessential, never, I hope, to be beaten Chapter That Nearly Broke My Will To Go On was chapter nine, 'Goblet of Fire' (http://www.hp-lexicon.org/about/books/gf/rg-gf09.html) (appropriately enough, 'The Dark Mark'.)
As for this website, I've got plans… you'll find out what they are in due course (constant vigilance, my friends). In the meantime, happy holidays to everyone, and if Father Christmas has already squeezed down your chimney, I hope he left something good.The Christmas prior to HBP we got: 4) 20 December 2004 the door opened for the fourth time, announcing that Half-Blood Prince had been completed:

"I know you all expected this to happen on Christmas Day, but I was sure that those of you who celebrate Christmas have better things to do on the day itself than fight your way into my study, whereas those of you who DON'T celebrate Christmas would definitely prefer not to wait until the twenty-fifth - so...
'Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince' is COMPLETED and has been delivered to my English language publishers, who hope to announce the publication date within 24 hours.
Although I have joked about HP&THBP racing my third baby into the world, I have in fact had all the time I needed to tinker with the manuscript to my satisfaction and I am as happy as I have ever been with the end result. I only hope you feel that it was worth the wait when you finally read it!
Wishing everyone a wonderful holiday and a happy and peaceful 2005,
With love from,
JK Rowling

OK now I just feel totally ungrateful ...Like a spoilt child who forgot that last christmas I got a pony from my hardworking parents..:p

:lol: I just wanted to point out that we did get "something" from Jo last Christmas...even if it wasn't "all" we wanted! :p

I am really hoping for a title. OR maybe the three she has narrowed it down to. I don't care about the release date. I just want a title! :)

I would be quite happy with just a "Merry Christmas" entry in her diary. I am probably way too busy with cooking turkey and what have you to go online to CoS and discuss the new title.
I am never around when the big things happen. The "Book 7 title finally Released" thread will be onto version 8 by the time I get logged on and no-one will give a hoot about my opinions and ideas as they have all been said before :(

OK, rant over... :p

Last time she did the release date a couple days before Christmas. Of course, we'd gotten the title in June. *sigh*

:lol: I just wanted to point out that we did get "something" from Jo last Christmas...even if it wasn't "all" we wanted! :p
I just remembered this morning that she did indeed give us a lot for Christmas last ear, the diary and didn't she update some more? Some rumours or something? Anyway, I could not have been happier with the diary. Really could not have been. I love it, it's possibly my favorite section on her site.