Definition of a minority

I believe that I may be the only literate (or semi-literate) in the world not planning to stay up to midnight tonight to achieve possession of the latest Potterism. I've read two of its ancestors and don't understand the craze -- fair to middlin' prose and plotline and characters, nothing special. But then, that's my excuse for my absence from the best-seller lists.

I hope the publishing industry still has some paper left when Ace goes to print DRAGON'S EYE....

Speaking of writing, I worked my way through Chapter 2 this morning, reworking to add setting and backstory to what _had_ been the penultimate chapter of WINTER OAK. In the process, I've decided that the menhir is probably a hexagonal basalt pillar, like the Giant's Causeway. Much mojo resides in such things.

And the LJ spellcheck has never heard of "menhir." What rock has _it_ been hiding under?

Another step

The UPS man came by and left two copies of DRAGON'S EYE, in bound proof form. That implies that copies have gone out to advance readers for review purposes, and also implies that Miz Rowling hadn't used up all the paper in the world as of a few days ago....