You're gonna be bothered by how cool I am.

Not to be maudlin, but there was a time when this news would have been all up on my flist as soon as word of it was breathed. I'm sure most of you have seen this, but I have to put it here for posterity.

RELEASE INFO AND BLURB FOR JKR'S NEW BOOK

I hope none of you consider titles a spoiler. If you don't feel like following the link, here's the blurb, under the cut, for posterity.

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EEEEEEEE! 168 DAYS! And "blackly comic"? I would expect no less from The Lady.

It's been a pretty long time since we heard anything from The Lady about how her post-Potter writing was coming along, but LOOKEE HERE! (Don't get too excited; it's not news about an actual book - yet; it just sounds like there's at least *something* that's tantalizingly close to seeing the light of day.)

WANT.

There you go, major_dallas! She must have heard you! Updates in the News section (with a hilarious anecdote about almost being forced to part with her manuscript for Book 7 because of the heightened airport security), Diary, and Extras (with a VERY tantalizing "Never Asked Question", which she assures us is NOT of the "Mark Evans" ilk).

The Extras update is probably the most interesting. I think she's laying off of "easter egg" reveals about the next book this go round - everything is a giveaway at this point. I'm kind of glad she's laying off of giving the title until she's closer to finishing. Order of the Phoenix, for example, was no doubt a very fitting title at a certain point in her writing of that book, but we saw with the OotP "Plan" that that was likely a case of deciding on a title before the book had really begun to take shape.

There you go, major_dallas! She must have heard you! Updates in the News section (with a hilarious anecdote about almost being forced to part with her manuscript for Book 7 because of the heightened airport security), Diary, and Extras (with a VERY tantalizing "Never Asked Question", which she assures us is NOT of the "Mark Evans" ilk).

The Extras update is probably the most interesting. I think she's laying off of "easter egg" reveals about the next book this go round - everything is a giveaway at this point. I'm kind of glad she's laying off of giving the title until she's closer to finishing. Order of the Phoenix, for example, was no doubt a very fitting title at a certain point in her writing of that book, but we saw with the OotP "Plan" that that was likely a case of deciding on a title before the book had really begun to take shape.

She's updated the Rumor & FAQ section with some new bits, including this one. Oh, dang, I guess I'd better use a cut and a banner. There's nothing really specific about HBP, but she does mention it - how she feels about it and how she thinks people may respond to it - and she does put a highly regarded (by some) theory to rest.



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