HARRY POTTER AUTHOR PREGNANT; WILL DELIVER BABY IN 14 TO 18 MONTHS
Wants to Be Sure Infant Is Up To Her Usual Standards, Rowling Says
Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling announced today that she was pregnant but warned fans not to expect her to give birth for at least another fourteen to eighteen months.
Ms. Rowling defended her unusually long gestation period, calling herself a perfectionist who wanted to be sure that she got the baby right.
Im a perfectionist and I want a bit more of a tweak, the best-selling author said. If I delivered a baby who wasnt up to my usual standards, that wouldnt be doing me or my fans any favors, would it?
Ms. Rowling, whose successive installments in the Potter series have been getting longer, heavier and bulkier, seems to be taking the same approach to child-bearing, telling reporters she expected her new baby to weigh two to three times as much as her first child.
To that end, Ms. Rowling said, I am eating like a bloody pig.
Publishing insiders seemed to agree with Ms. Rowlings assessment, predicting that the authors next child would be huge.
I saw her the other day on Charing Cross Road, and she was literally stuffing her face with toffee, said one British publisher, who spoke on condition of anonymity. I daresay she looked as though she had just swallowed J.R.R. Tolkien whole.
While 18 months is a long gestation period for most mammals, it is not extraordinary for the Asian Elephant, who may take up to 21 months, experts say.
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Wants to Be Sure Infant Is Up To Her Usual Standards, Rowling Says
Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling announced today that she was pregnant but warned fans not to expect her to give birth for at least another fourteen to eighteen months.
Ms. Rowling defended her unusually long gestation period, calling herself a perfectionist who wanted to be sure that she got the baby right.
Im a perfectionist and I want a bit more of a tweak, the best-selling author said. If I delivered a baby who wasnt up to my usual standards, that wouldnt be doing me or my fans any favors, would it?
Ms. Rowling, whose successive installments in the Potter series have been getting longer, heavier and bulkier, seems to be taking the same approach to child-bearing, telling reporters she expected her new baby to weigh two to three times as much as her first child.
To that end, Ms. Rowling said, I am eating like a bloody pig.
Publishing insiders seemed to agree with Ms. Rowlings assessment, predicting that the authors next child would be huge.
I saw her the other day on Charing Cross Road, and she was literally stuffing her face with toffee, said one British publisher, who spoke on condition of anonymity. I daresay she looked as though she had just swallowed J.R.R. Tolkien whole.
While 18 months is a long gestation period for most mammals, it is not extraordinary for the Asian Elephant, who may take up to 21 months, experts say.
**** BOROWITZ AT THE NEW YORKER FESTIVAL ****
Andy Borowitz talks with actor John Turturro this Saturday night at The New Yorker Festival in Manhattan. For information, go to www.newyorker.com
