| EmmaRiddle | 07-14-2005 08:59 PM |
Arthur Levine talks J.K.Rowling
The Baltimore Sun has a profile on Arthur Levine, the US editor of the Potter novels. He talks about his working relationship with Jo Rowling. Quote:
"We'll have a good laugh about how off-base all the talk is," Levine says. "That takes the sting out of it. She'll say things like, 'I can't talk long because I have to muck out my sixth castle.' Even though she knows the things being said about her aren't true, it still hurts."
"Her process is to work very, very hard for a long time before she sends me the manuscript," he says. "At the point at which she's ready to send it to me, it's pretty polished. She's almost always aware of what she's doing and why. She rarely does anything unconsciously. She's a secure writer, very confident."
| Arthur also emphatically denies claims that ' Order of the Phoenix' was under-edited.
Source: The Leaky Cauldron | 