YES!! I have my Harry Potter book **SPOILERS ABOUND!!!***

[MysticCat]

If you want to submit a question for JKR's livechat on Monday, you can go here to do it.

FYI, 2:00 BST is 9:00 a.m., EDT.

[AlexMack]

BOLLOCKS!

I just caught the very end of the live chat. Now I have to wait till tomorrow to find out if she answered my question.

www.bloomsbury.com/harrypotter

ps. Who's getting both copies of the different covers of the UK version? That would be moi! My mum rules. They're selling it for 5 pounds in England! Outrageous considering what I paid!

[AlethiaSi]

Harry potter reality show?

are. you. kidding. me.



layout of hogwarts
interesting...

[ISUKappa]

link to Bloomsbury live chat transcript with JKR

Clears up quite a few questions, really.

[MysticCat]

It does indeed, though in this she says Ron went to work with George rather than becoming an Auror.

My favorite bit:

After a few years as a celebrated player for the Holyhead Harpies, Ginny retired to have her family and to become the Senior Quidditch correspondent at the Daily Prophet!

[Drolefille]

Yay for Ginny being a sports star

I figure Ron could do both, he probably wouldn't have wanted to start working for the ministry at 17 anyway. It isn't the full interview though, anyone know if that's posted yet?

[ISUKappa]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

It does indeed, though in this she says Ron went to work with George rather than becoming an Auror.

Not necessarily. She just says "helped." That could mean a number of things outside of directly working with him.

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by Drolefille

I figure Ron could do both, he probably wouldn't have wanted to start working for the ministry at 17 anyway. It isn't the full interview though, anyone know if that's posted yet?

The whole think appears to be here, albeit with typo-glitches. Another transcript can be found here, but you have to read it from bottom to top. There are still a few wholes between the two.

Originally Posted by ISUKappa

Not necessarily. She just says "helped." That could mean a number of things outside of directly working with him.

Earlier in the interview, she said "joined":

J.K. Rowling: Thank you! I’ve already answered about Hermione. Kingsley became permanent Minister for Magic, and naturally he wanted Harry to head up his new Auror department.

Harry did so (just because Voldemort was gone, it didn’t mean that there would not be other Dark witches and wizards in the coming years).

Ron joined George at Weasleys’ Wizarding Wheezes, which became an enormous money-spinner..

I dunno. Maybe he did move the ministry later, after he had made a fortune.