JK Rowling: my empire crumbless around me!Rowling: Julia Donaldsson taking my bestsseller sspotRowling: KA Applegate sstealing my thunderRowling: the amazing digital circuss trailer topping harry potterRowling: and alwayss that confounded diane duane in the ventss!Diane Duane: free masons run the country!Rowling: [pounding on wall] i know you're in there!!
JK Rowling: drastic timesss call for drasstic meassuressRowling: there's only one way to rekindle interest in harry potterRowling hello childrenRowling: would you like to go on a nice train ride
King: a train ride?!?!King: i love trains!!!King: sign me up!!Barker: whoa whoa whoa hold on there steveBarker: this sounds like a trickKing: [wearing conductor hat] what
Rowling: no trick, jussst a jolly train ride!Barker: where's the train goingRowling: jussstRowling: aroundRowling: you know, nowhere in particular
Barker: so you're telling us this is just a regular ass trainRowling: it'ss harry potter brandedRowling: it'ss exactly like the Hogwartss expressssBarker: right but if i recall, the thing about the Hogwarts express wasBarker: it was just a regular ass train, right?Barker: i mean, steve, you read the booksBarker: am i wrong
King: no, it was just a regular trainBarker: so what's the big deal?King: it went to Hogwarts! directly! no stops!Barker: joanne does this train you're talking about go to HogwartsRowling: whatBarker: does it or does it not go to HogwartsRowling:Rowling: no
King: wait so it doesn't actually take you to Hogwarts?Rowling:Rowling: Hogwartss issn't real sssteveRowling: it's asss fake assss enbies and sspooniesss!
King: you made it up???Rowling: well i mean technically i got the idea from jill murphyJill Murphy: hey did you know that anything can happen on halloween
Rowling: look, i jussst think that certain people should get a nice train rideBarker: oh yeah? which people?Rowling: oh you knowRowling: ssocialisstsss, trade unionissstsss, that sssort of people