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Tomorrow! Exclusive extract!



Exclusive extract: Career of Evil by Robert Galbraith (the pseudonym of JK Rowling) | Books | The Guardian

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Reading it now. chapter 9 so far. Definitely creeper than Silkworm. Scared for both Robin and Strike right now.

Something to look forward to:
J.K. Rowling to give first on-air interview as Robert Galbraith | EW.com

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J.K. Rowling as Robert Galbraith to promote 'Career of Evil' on BBC Radio 2 Nov. 2 - SnitchSeeker.com

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And the theories about Cursed Child are true:

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https://www.pottermore.com/features/...ith-jk-rowling

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Jo's full audio NPR interview here:
J.K. Rowling Explores Perils Of Fame In New Robert Galbraith Novel 'Career Of Evil' : NPR

Author Robert Galbraith just loves the band Blue Öyster Cult — in fact, lyrics from the band are all over his latest book, Career of Evil, the third novel in the Cormoran Strike series. "To be honest, it's the guitar hook. I'm a real sucker for guitars," laughs Galbraith — otherwise known as J.K Rowling. "I've had a crush on many, many a guitarist." A few years ago, Rowling wanted to start writing crime novels, but didn't want people to know it was her, and so she hid behind the name Robert Galbraith. It worked, for a little while. She was outed after the first novel came out in 2013. Which means, among other things, she can now actually do interviews. She tells NPR's David Greene that it wasn't easy to dig into the subject of her latest book — a serial killer with a penchant for body parts. "This is the first time ever that a book has literally given me nightmares. And it wasn't the writing of the novel that gave me nightmares, it was the research." Interview Highlights On researching real-life murderers I thought it was really important to understand the mindset, because some of the chapters are written from the point of view of a psychopathic killer. So what do those men say about what they feel about what they do? ... What do those men feel is a very interesting question, because I think their capacity to feel is very blunted. So researching all of that was simultaneously fascinating and incredibly disturbing. J.K. Rowling says researching serial killers for her Robert Galbraith novel Career of Evil gave her nightmares. On deciding to start over under a pseudonym I think that Potter was incredible, and I am so grateful for what happened with Harry Potter, and that needs to be said. The relationship I had with those readers, and still have with those readers, is so valuable to me. Having said that, there was a phenomenal amount of pressure that went with being the writer of Harry Potter, and that aspect of publishing those books I do not particularly miss. So you can probably understand the appeal of going away and creating something very different, and just letting it stand or fall on its own merits. On Cormoran Strike and discussing the oddities of fame It's at a remove, because he himself, when the series starts, is not famous, but he's the son of a famous man — so he has all of the drawbacks of being associated with fame and none of the advantages. So I look at the effect that an individual's fame has on their family, for example, and the limitations that places upon your life to an extent — of course, it brings marvelous things too, but it brings them mainly to the individual. The people around the famous person often pay a price without reaping many of the rewards. And I find that an interesting area, and obviously, yes, that very much comes from my own experience. On her relationship to Strike It would be wrong, wholly wrong, to suggest he's an autobiographical character — he's a disabled veteran, he's a man, obviously. ... However, there are things that I like in him, and that I would like to feel that we share. He has a very strong work ethic. He is a tryer, in all circumstances. And at the point where we meet him in the very first book, he is absolutely on his uppers, in a way that I too have experienced, in that he is as poor as you can be without being homeless. On keeping her family private There's going to be debate around this as long as there are writers. Some readers and commentators really want to scrape your insides out to make sense of your work. Others say, there's the work, it speaks for itself. Personally, I fall somewhere in the middle. I think it's difficult to be honest about certain aspects of my work without acknowledging that I have experienced or felt or questioned certain of the themes in the books. But at the same time, I don't feel I owe my readers details of my family's private life, for example. So I'm happy to talk in general themes, but when we get down to specifics about my family, for me that's always been off-limits. Of course, if my kids grow up and they want to write memoirs about what it was like, then that's their right, and they should feel free to do it, and we may yet see J.K. Dearest! But until then, I'm going to protect them.

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J.K. Rowling on Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: "It is really exciting. I always said I’m not going to say never because there were things I had in my head about what happened 19 years later. I personally had no particular desire to write it as a novel for reasons I think will become clear when people see the play. "I’ll just say that this play would never have happened if this particular team hadn’t come to me because they’re extraordinary and I think together we’re going to make a really fantastic experience for people. But it was the people, I didn’t go looking for this, it found me."

J.K. Rowling: "I have an idea for a children's book, actually I have written part of a children's book that I really love, so I'm definitely going to finish that. There will be another children's book." "I’m not going to give you an absolute date because things are busy and I’ve been writing a screenplay as well for Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them which has been a lot of fun so I’m very busy but I’d definitely write more novels as J.K. Rowling – novels in the plural, I have so many ideas." "I sometimes worry I’ll die before I’ve written them all out. That’s my midlife crisis – that I will leave this earth without having written them all."

J.K. Rowling says 'Harry Potter & the Cursed Child' never meant to be book, but play - SnitchSeeker.com

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I will read this and I don't care if it's a children's book. That's how they labeled HP years ago.

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This No-Maj is sticking to Muggle. Since I'm not American I can do that, thanks!

Americans Don’t Call Muggles ‘Muggle,’ According To J.K. Rowling | UPROXX

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Cute bit of info, JKR.

J.K. Rowling revealed to Entertainment Weekly that in America, the wizarding community uses the word “No-Maj” (pronounced ‘no madge’ as in ‘no magic) to reference someone who isn’t a wizard. The news comes straight from the set of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, the Harry Potter prequel that follows Eddie Redmayne’s Newt Scamander, a “magizoologist,” around New York in the 1920s. EW showed fans their first look at Redmayne on its recent cover, where he stands inside the entrance of the majestic art deco-influenced Magical Congress of the United States of America (or MACUSA), which is the American version of the Ministry of Magic that’s housed inside the Woolworth Building in the film.” Fans already knew the wizarding world was expanding when Rowling revealed there was, in fact, an American Hogwarts. With the film not due out until November of 2016, who knows what other American wizarding facts we have in store.

J.K. Rowling Reveals the American Word for Muggle

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The latest news from EW's set report reveals that Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling has already mapped out the plots for the second and third Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them films, set for release in November 2018 and 2020. It hasn't been confirmed yet if she will pen the scripts for the sequels, but it's safe to assume she probably will, given she's mentioned recently how busy she is writing various projects. Rowling, who also wrote the first film’s script, has the next two films mapped out. While there are no familiar names from the Potter stories in this first film, due out next November, one or two might appear in the sequels. Director David Yates was also quoted as saying that the film, unlike Harry Potter, will not have any child characters as leads. This so far is true, as the only child cast in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is the enigmatic Modesty, played by Faith Wood-Blagrove.

J.K. Rowling mapped plots for next 2 'Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them' films - SnitchSeeker.com