Another day without new content from J.K. Rowling. We’re now at a point in these twelve days of Christmas where we’ve had more new moments than new articles from Jo; we were ahead in the beginning and yesterday we broke even. However, I’ve chosen to not be irritated by this today. Instead, I’ve chosen to…
The date was May 3rd, 2008. My two closest friends and I were sitting on a hill on campus, brand-new tobacco pipes in hand, like regular Sherlocks. (Side note: this date is the one and only time I’ve used said pipe, though I do still have it.) Reminiscing. Contemplating. Wondering what the future might have in…
I love the Harry Potter fandom. Its fans are just so… creative. In trying to better organize the menus on this website (above), I decided to create (and expand) a fandom section. What better place to start than with the most-viewed Harry Potter fan film currently on YouTube. With close to 1.4 million views (about 300K more than The…
The possibility has become anticipated reality. It had long been rumored that J. K. Rowling was working on another novel. However, perhaps “rumored” is not the correct word to use in this case, as Rowling herself has tweeted several times over the past two years that “pen and paper” were her priorities. Now, when you…
Yesterday, Evanna Lynch, who plays the very eccentric Ravenclaw Luna Lovegood in the Harry Potter films, was sorted on Pottermore. Into Gryffindor. Here’s what she had to say (or tweet, rather) about the matter: Ahhhh umm errrrrr…. Just got sorted. Slight identity crisis. Need to sit down and process this… #pottermore I’m in Gryffindor. #Pottermore…
At 9:41 a.m. CDT, on August 15th, 2011, I received this message from Pottermore, inviting me to “step this way”: The magical world of Pottermore is now just a click away. Your user name is: ErisedAuror53. Before you step into the exciting world of Pottermore, we’d like to welcome you as one of the first…
There were some updates to Pottermore today. The “Log In” button was removed from the Pottermore website. I can only speculate that this means the Pottermore team is working on something, possibly updating their system to get ready to send out the first set of Hogwarts letters. Update: currently, I am only able to access…
I am determined to make this my last post about LeakyCon. After I finish this tonight, I’m going to take a break from the Internet (including all social media and my websites/blogs) for a while. I understand that my posts have been few and far between (but wordy) in the first place, but that’s because…
Edit: This article was scheduled for release on June 30, 2011, at 6:00 a.m. CST, exactly one week after the Pottermore announcement, though it was completed before then. There was an announcement on the Pottermore Twitter account (@pottermore) on June 29, 2011 at 9:18 a.m. CST, which reads as follows: “Coming up tomorrow: the first…
What is even more exciting for me than preparing for my first Harry Potter convention is that I get to spend over a week with my college roommate, Jeff, or as I sometimes call him, Animal, or JKO2. He’s a pretty cool guy. He’s just spent the last three months backpacking across eastern Europe, the…