tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1939271308870333669.post2472910249067956037..comments2024-03-05T22:12:23.918-08:00Comments on Karen Woodward: J.K. Rowling's Next Book, The Casual Vacancy, On Sale Sept 27, 2012Karen Woodwardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05497346859460691324noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1939271308870333669.post-17461292677058298372012-08-05T17:55:42.166-07:002012-08-05T17:55:42.166-07:00I haven't read a casual vacancy so of course I...I haven't read a casual vacancy so of course I don't know, but it seems to me that's a fair question. It doesn't seem, I'm not sure how to put this, 'commercial'. Of course the fact that Rowling has a massive following factors in, how could it not. I don't think it's a bad thing. She's earned her stripes, now she has a blank cheque, basically, to write Karen Woodwardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05497346859460691324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1939271308870333669.post-30155699331190222122012-08-05T10:14:35.528-07:002012-08-05T10:14:35.528-07:00I like JK Rowling, but I wonder if this book would...I like JK Rowling, but I wonder if this book would even get a look from a publisher if not for her name. It's a wild departure from her past stuff and seems very "slice of life." Nothing wrong with that, and there may be an audience for it, but it seems to me to be the kind of book that has to be written by an established author because no newbie could get it past the gate.<br /><RD Meyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15152909771651635284noreply@blogger.com