J.K. Rowling to Write New Novel for Adults

Via Scoop.it — Shezcrafti

Ever since Harry Pot­ter ended, rumors have been swirling that J.K. Rowl­ing has been work­ing on a new novel for adults. Today we get con­fir­ma­tion that the rumors are true.

USA Today reports:

The author of mega-selling Harry Pot­ter series has an agree­ment with Lit­tle, Brown in the United States and Britain to pub­lish her first nov­els for grownups. The title, release date and details about the novel, long rumored, were not announced Thurs­day. Her sev­enth and final Pot­ter story came out in 2007.

Via www.usatoday.com

Of the new pub­lish­ing deal, J.K. Rowl­ing says:

“Although I’ve enjoyed writ­ing it every bit as much, my next book will be very dif­fer­ent to the Harry Pot­ter series, which has been pub­lished so bril­liantly by Blooms­bury and my other pub­lish­ers around the world,” Rowl­ing said in a state­ment released by Lit­tle, Brown. “The free­dom to explore new ter­ri­tory is a gift that Harry’s suc­cess has brought me, and with that new ter­ri­tory it seemed a log­i­cal pro­gres­sion to have a new pub­lisher. I am delighted to have a sec­ond pub­lish­ing home in Lit­tle, Brown, and a pub­lish­ing team that will be a great part­ner in this new phase of my writ­ing life.”

We don’t yet know what the the book will be about, or even what genre it belongs to, so it’s anybody’s guess if Rowl­ing will stick to her fan­tasy roots or try some­thing new.  I seem to remem­ber a quote from a few years ago where Rowl­ing said she’d love to write mys­ter­ies one day, so that’s my best guess as to what we can expect.  Her pen­chant for intrigue is a big part of what made the Pot­ter series so great.

I’m sure many fans will be dis­ap­pointed that the big announce­ment isn’t Potter-related  (I’m still hold­ing out hope for a Pot­ter pre­quel about the the  Maraud­ers ).  It’s hard for me to imag­ine what a non-Harry Pot­ter book from J.K. Rowl­ing would be like, espe­cially one that is meant for grownups, but she’s a tal­ented writer and already has enough mass appeal for it to be a suc­cess­ful ven­ture no mat­ter what she writes.

6 Geeky Things I’m Thankful For

Thanks­giv­ing is just two days away. Come Thurs­day I hope to be in a full-fledged turkey and wine-induced coma, sur­rounded by fam­ily and friends, kick­ing off a bliss­ful four days of gam­ing, couch­ing, Net­flix­ing, and left­overs. Gear­ing up for the long week­end has got me think­ing about all the geeky things I’m thank­ful for.

Here’s a look back at 2008 from a grate­ful geek girl:

The Tales of Bee­dle the Bard

I’m thank­ful for The Tales of Bee­dle the Bard , the new children’s fairy tale book and Harry Pot­ter com­pan­ion piece from one of my favorite authors, J. K. Rowl­ing . Since 1997, I along with most of the world have adven­tured along­side Harry in his seven-year bat­tle against You-Know-Who, and like so many other fans, was depressed when the series came to its heart-wrenching con­clu­sion last sum­mer. Look­ing for­ward to the book’s release this Decem­ber 4th, when I and legions of Pot­ter fans can delve once again into a small piece of the wiz­ard­ing world.

The Dark Knight

I’m thank­ful that The Dark Knight was a piv­otal box office phe­nom­e­non, and arguably one of the best super hero movies ever made. I’m thank­ful that Heath Ledger will be remem­bered for one of the most riv­et­ing and bril­liant per­for­mances ever known to big screen vil­lainy. I’m thank­ful that this movie has defined the new stan­dard against which all future super hero movies should be judged, and I’m opti­mistic that Hol­ly­wood will start pay­ing attention.

The New Xbox Expe­ri­ence

I’m thank­ful for the New Xbox Expe­ri­ence , and Microsoft’s part­ner­ship with Net­flix to bring the “Watch It Now” movie ser­vice to the Xbox 360 con­sole free of charge. Net­flix sub­scribers that own an Xbox 360 no longer have to face the inevitable deci­sion to shell out $100 for a Roku Net­flix player, yet another periph­eral that would clut­ter up our home enter­tain­ment sys­tems. I’ve found the high-quality stream­ing ser­vice to work absolutely per­fectly. It’s just too bad about Sony’s sour grapes .

Wii Fit

I’m thank­ful for Nin­tendo and their seem­ingly end­less inno­va­tion when it comes to pro­duc­ing fun and easy to learn yet chal­leng­ing games for the Wii , most notably 2008’s sim­ple but sur­pris­ingly effec­tive title Wii Fit . While Wii Fit cer­tainly doesn’t score any points for breath­tak­ing graph­ics or intense game­play, there is some­thing to be said for any game (or non-game) that moti­vates us lazy gamers to get off the couch and get physical—and have fun doing it.

The Twi­light Saga

I’m thank­ful for Stephe­nie Meyer’s ridicu­lously cheesy Twi­light Saga , whose sopho­moric books man­aged to com­pletely suck me in for a good two weeks of unadul­ter­ated guilty plea­sure read­ing, the per­fect anti­dote to a stress­ful month . I’m also thank­ful that the equally cheesy and unin­ten­tion­ally hilar­i­ous Twi­light movie —which grossed $70 mil­lion on its open­ing week­end, thanks to dreamy Rob Pat­tin­son —made for one of the most enter­tain­ing and mem­o­rable girls’ night outs I’ve had in a long time.

Wrath of the Lich King

I’m thank­ful for Wrath of the Lich King , the lat­est and great­est expan­sion to the sec­ond life I know as World of War­craft, which gave me the excuse to get back in touch with old guildies and good friends (some vir­tual, some real) and fall in love all over again with the sheer awe­some­ness of this game. Bliz­zard has really out­done them­selves with this release. The stun­ning visu­als and beau­ti­ful music score alone were worth the wait. Indeed, things were get­ting pretty bor­ing around Aze­roth until you showed up, Arthas .

Look­ing for­ward to all the geeky things 2009 will bring!