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Rumors

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Question on Myth of delay in release dates

I heard a lot of rumors as to why the fourth book isn't out yet in the U.S. What is the truth and when will it be out?

The reason it's not out yet is because I haven't finished it. :-) The first book took me five years to write, so I'm speeding up, a lot! But I still can't produce a novel in six months.

(Source: Chat session - 03-02-2000 )

Question on Myth of writing on napkins

Do you still have the napkins that you wrote the first book on?

I'm giggling...where did you read that? I didn't write on napkins; I wrote in notepads. We really need to squash this myth before people ask to see the used tea bags on which I drafted the first book!

(Source: Chat session - 16-10-2000 )

Question on Influence of rumors

There are hundreds of rumours and theories going around about your books! Have you seen these, and do you plan to use any of the ideas found in them?

No, I'm not using any of the ideas. To be honest, I avoid reading most of that stuff. Some of it is funny, some of it is weird, and some is just downright crazy.

(Source: Chat session - 16-10-2000 )

Question on Influence of rumors

What do you think of the guesswork on internet fan sites?

They have such fun with their theories, and it is fun, it is fun. And some of them even get quite close. No-one has ever - I have gone and looked at some of itt and no-one's ever... There is one thing that if anyone guessed I would be really annoyed as it is kind of the heart of it all. And it kind of explains everything and no-one's quite got there but a couple of people have skirted it. So you know, I would be pretty miffed after 13 or 14 years of writing the books if someone just came along and said I think this will happen in book seven. Because it is too late, I couldn't divert now, everything has been building up to it, and I've laid all my clues.

(Source: Newsnight interview, Jeremy Paxton - 19-06-2003 )