Harry Potter Seven (spoilers Inside)

[kateri05]

[quote]Professor Twelany ( I love her) out of nowhere drops her crystal ball on his head and is like "THERE'S PLENTY MORE WHERE THAT CAME FROM!!!!!!!"[/quote]


yea, this was great!! poor thing, she had a rough time of it, what with her humliation by psycho kitten lady and whatnot

[T-Bone _]

I cried when [spoiler]Dobby[/spoiler] died.

[iggyjoan]

[quote name='T-Bone _' post='1342783' date='Jul 27 2007, 11:21 PM']I cried when [spoiler]Dobby[/spoiler] died.[/quote]


oh i know that was so sad! and like it was a total cheep shot. [spoiler]he got stabbed. that's totally not fair. stupid bellatrix. I'm glad we set mrs weasley on her.[/spoiler]

[Resurrexi]

You should go watch this video

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tx1XIm6q4r4"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tx1XIm6q4r4[/url]

[T-Bone _]

[T-Bone _]

And I always knew that [spoiler]Snape was a good[/spoiler] guy. No wonder he was [spoiler]so unpleasant[/spoiler]. Being a [spoiler]double agent[/spoiler] is stressful.

[Jaime]

[quote name='Cow of Shame' post='1339066' date='Jul 23 2007, 07:24 PM']It's no big shock that Harry lived. Rowling has said that she knew how she wanted the series to end, back when she started writing. Other than someone like me, who starts a *children's book* with the plan to have the main character die a horrible death at the end?[/quote]


Well....

I actually had a local publisher (Waldman Press) offer to publish a children's story that I wrote. I met with them and they loved the book. All except for the ending. Where, the protagonist was killed by a mob of angry children.

I tried to rewrite the ending but it just didn't work. So we never published

[Cow of Shame]

[quote name='hot stuff' post='1342961' date='Jul 28 2007, 10:23 AM']Well....

I actually had a local publisher (Waldman Press) offer to publish a children's story that I wrote. I met with them and they loved the book. All except for the ending. Where, the protagonist was killed by a mob of angry children.

I tried to rewrite the ending but it just didn't work. So we never published[/quote]


That must have been one heck of a book if you couldn't come up with an alternative ending to substitute for children succumbing to mob rule and murdering someone....

[Sojourner]

[quote name='Cow of Shame' post='1343095' date='Jul 28 2007, 01:21 PM']That must have been one heck of a book if you couldn't come up with an alternative ending to substitute for children succumbing to mob rule and murdering someone....[/quote]
Either that or he's lacking a bit in the creative writing department.

[Jaime]

[quote name='Cow of Shame' post='1343095' date='Jul 28 2007, 12:21 PM']That must have been one heck of a book if you couldn't come up with an alternative ending to substitute for children succumbing to mob rule and murdering someone....[/quote]

The metaphor was weakened with the alternate endings. The publisher agreed that the original ending was the best, he just didn't feel comfortable publishing it that way. I tried to go with the Grimm's argument but he wasn't buying.

[Resurrexi]

are you serious?

[Jaime]

[quote name='StThomasMore' post='1343160' date='Jul 28 2007, 04:06 PM']are you serious?[/quote]

Yes and no

Yes I'm serious about my children's book

no I'm not Sirius Black

[Resurrexi]

Do you think your book would have been widely read?

[Sojourner]

[quote name='hot stuff' post='1343175' date='Jul 28 2007, 05:19 PM']Yes and no

Yes I'm serious about my children's book

no I'm not Sirius Black[/quote]
Too bad. I liked him.

[Cow of Shame]

[quote name='hot stuff' post='1343157' date='Jul 28 2007, 06:51 PM']The publisher agreed that the original ending was the best,[/quote]

That's interesting. It's understandable why it didn't get published, though. You could always try for a smaller independent publisher.

[Jaime]

[quote name='Cow of Shame' post='1343218' date='Jul 28 2007, 06:54 PM']That's interesting. It's understandable why it didn't get published, though. You could always try for a smaller independent publisher.[/quote]


Its actually not as violent as it sounds out of context. And I'm not sure I could find a publisher smaller than Waldman.

Good folks though

[Resurrexi]

You should post the book in a pdf file or something on PM.