Mugglenet’s Burrow Writing Contest

Mugglenet is organising a writing contest which can prove to be very fruitful for the children. Here are the details straight from Mugglenet :
“MuggleNet is teaming up with Random House Publishing to bring you a new, one-off edition of The Burrow. March’s topic will be: “How can magical stories help young people grow spiritually or build character?”Three judges will read your submissions: Robbie Fischer; publicist Meg O’Brien from Random House Children’s Books; and children’s author N. D. Wilson, whose books 100 Cupboards and Dandelion Fire received rave reviews on The Book Trolley.
They’re looking for essays between 500 and 1,000 words with reasonably accurate grammar and spelling. The most successful essays will answer the question of this month’s topic in a clear, thoughtful way. Examples from your personal experience will help. Feel free to discuss the Harry Potter books and/or any other magical books for young readers.Now here’s the exciting part. The top three essays will be published on The Burrow! Plus, Meg from Random House will contact the winning authors to get their mailing address. The winners will receive free copies of Mr. Wilson’s wonderful books. Did you catch that? Random House is giving away six books! So have a go at getting your free copies of 100 Cupboards and Dandelion Fire. Send your essay to Robbie today!The deadline for submitting essays is March 1st, via email to robin.fish@prodigy.net. So, everyone, get writing!

MTV to air exclusive look at Half-Blood Prince

MTV revealed today that they will be airing a special look at Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince during the February 21st episode of MTV’s Spoilers.

While Spoilers will mainly be themed around the upcoming WB film Watchmen, MTV promises first looks at Star Trek, Transformers 2, Land of the Lost, and Half-Blood Prince.

Hey…

Its been a long time since I wrote.

Reaalllly busy…But I am back with a bang…

Sorry everyone!!

I’m really, really very sorry for not writing and neglecting the blog for so many days. But, I was really busy with my studies and then there were exams. So, I wasn’t able to write frequently or write at all. But now I’m back.

Happy Birthday Percy Weasley.

J.K. Rowling has updated her site to wish Percy Weasley a happy birthday for August 22nd. As the late Barty Crouch Sr. would say, have a great day, Weatherby!

Thanks Mugglenet!

You can visit the site from the Blogroll.

Scholastic announces Sorcerer’s Stone readathon

In celebrating the 10th anniversary of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s stone on September 23rd, Scholastic has announced a really cool opportunity for Harry Potter fans to sit in the throne used by JK Rowling at Carnegie Hall.

Starting at 8 AM on September 23rd within the Scholastic Headquarters, fans will sit in that throne and take turns reading from Sorcerer’s Stone until the book is finished! Those participating will receive a commemorative souvenir, and the first 100 people will also get a copy of Sorcerer’s Stone anniversary edition!

The event will also be streamed to the internet so fans from around the world can enjoy this special occasion. Everyone who attends : Have fun!!!

A request…

Recently, I received an E-mail from WordPress asking me approve/delete a comment on the post “Harry Potter realease delayed until July 17th, 2009″. There was nothing bad in the comment except that it had too many links to other sites in it. The person had written that he was promoting something and it was related to Harry Potter. So, I approved it. But please, this is a request that don’t include too many links in your posts. I’d say not more than two. And don’t keep posting links in each and every comment you make.

Also, you can see that there is an Akimset widget on the right-hand side column which displays the number of spam comments blocked. I want that the number it displays should always remain ‘zero (0)’. I hope you understand. I don’t want that a visitor to my blog sees that a huge number of spam comments were made. It lowers the interest of genuine readers.

Still, I’m happy that the person I’m talking about voiced his opinion and that I’m starting to get good response for my newly launched blog.

And yes, I suggest that all of you read the comment and visit the links. The person is promoting Harry Potter “cover-fiction” stories.

[The name of the person has not been disclosed because I don't want to hurt anyone and I request him that if he reads this post, he should not get offended. This post was required to maintain the status of the blog. I'm sorry if it has hurt you.]