Small and tidy HP miniwank
Honestly? This is barely a wank. A wanklet. If not for the outraged cries of the devoted Harry Potter fans, this would have been just a series of amusing articles in the media.

The Time Magazine interviews JK Rowling and manages to make a number of inaccurate statements about the fantasy genre and fantasy writers.

BBC comments on Terry Pratchett's rather sarcastic letter to the Sunday Times that pokes fun at inaccurate reporting and, rather cheekily, at JKR Herself.

Little wank so far, until we get to the comments on Leaky Cauldron. Apparently Pratchett is just jealous of JKR's fame and fortune!

Thank you, Neil Gaiman, for putting things in perspective again.

Edit: And the same sad song over at MuggleNet. Also, thanks to also_not_a_pipe, a link to the wank from the other side.

Revenge of the edit: From the blog of diane_duane comes Pterry's response. [Insert some rather OT Rihannsu-flavoured squee, because, well, Diane Duane.]