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Dick Francis on Writing

admin — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 16:15:43 +0000

“For more than 35 years my routine varied very little. I would start writing in January and the deadline for the manuscript to get to the publishers was mid May. Proof copies would arrive in three or four weeks and I would have to read them over and over to correct the printing errors. I would then take a summer rest and a holiday. All the time I would keep my eyes and open to think of a new story and to do some early research. Publication was September or October and I would spend a few weeks doing some promotion work in both the UK and the USA and sometimes in Canada or Australia and New Zealand. Then there would be a month or two of serious thought and research ready to begin writing again in January.”

(from THE DICK FRANCIS COMPANION by Jean Swanson and Dean James)

If it worked for Dick Francis, it’s not a bad routine … I’d be hard-pressed to think of an author who had a better run of work.

Scholastic to Harry Potter Scanner: You’re Busted

admin — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 14:45:22 +0000

‘Harry Potter’ publisher gets subpoena to identify pirate - Los Angeles Times

Scholastic Corp., publisher of the new “Harry Potter” book, obtained a subpoena to learn the identity of a user who allegedly posted copies of the final sequel, scheduled for release Saturday, on a California website.

Scholastic said in a court filing Monday that “materials hosted on Photobucket.com’s system” contain materials that infringe copyrights owned by Scholastic and J.K. Rowling, author of the Harry Potter books. Photobucket.com, a News Corp. unit, is a website for sharing photos and videos on social networks such as MySpace.

The subpoena was sent to Gaia Interactive Inc. in San Jose seeking the identity of a user on gaiaonline.com, a social network, according to the filing in San Francisco federal court.

Gaia complied with the subpoena, removed the material and temporarily banned the user from the site, said Gaia spokesman Bill Danon. The postings included scanned material and a discussion of the material, he said.

(spoiler) Deathly Hallows Chapter List (not authenticated)

admin — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 14:33:19 +0000

SPOILERS (obviously…)

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But now looking pretty darned plausible …