If you missed the NPR segment about fanfiction, you can catch it here – it includes our editor Megan calling herself a dork (which in this edtior’s opinion makes it not-to-be-missed. 🙂 Seriously, it describes the world of fanfiction really well – here’s Megan’s quotage about what inspires people to write HP-verse fanfic: [J.K. Rowling] …read more!

Yeah, this has nothing to do with Harry Potter. But it’s my birthday so I’ll break the rules if I want to, HAH! I just wanted to come on and say thanks for all the wonderful birthday messages – really, you’re all fantastic for giving me so many good wishes. I feel warm and loved …read more!

…but in this extensive and revealing interview from Greencine.com, Lee puts the final kibbosh on the “he was asked to play Dumbledore the day after Harris died, he was asked to play Dumbledore three years ago and turned it down” rumors (and hallelujah to that). Thanks Larissa for the link. Quotage: I was in Vienna, …read more!

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The eBay auction of original CoS art has been closed at $20,099 – less than half the reserve of $48,000 (in U.S. dollars). Since the reserve was not met, the seller is not under obligation to accept the bid. Now where were these bidders on December 12?

As you can tell from the link below, something odd went on with our link to pictures of Dan in Beijing – Blogger won’t let us fix it, so here it is again.

This was the very first interview I did after the auction, and you can probably tell from the quotes how wound up I still was – but I still think this is a great piece and thank the writer, Vicky Hallett, and the editor (and ubercool person) Holly Morris for doing it. I can’t tell …read more!

Otherwise known as “The Lunatic Files” – here we are, at 7am, outside the TODAY show and the CBS Early Show. Thanks VERY much to Lauren for these pics (she’s the one in the Ravenclaw scarf). Note that we’re all wearing about 87 layers of clothing – I personally have on my heaviest sweater AND …read more!

Okay. I have no idea how many donors we have right now, but I DO know we hit our goal of 1500 when the mail arrived today, bearing over 80 letters’ worth of donations. Please note that the deadline for check donations has lapsed – money we receive in check form will still be put …read more!

I’ve been HORRIBLY remiss not adding two wonderful thank-yous, so they’re getting mentioned right here. Sylvan Lane Shoppe has not only put us on their site, but is daring other sites to match their donations. And Mr. Gary Elfe is the terrific man who I spoke to very early on during all of this who …read more!