Potter Away
Okay, so if I ever write a best-selling book, will it get constant fricking news coverage for a straight week? Or is that just a Harry Potter thing?
I think it’s a Harry Potter thing.
I’ve read some pretty good new books. Some of them probably had pretty good sales performances upon release. They didn’t even get press. They didn’t even get a mention.
It must be because Harry Potter is a kids’ book. And kids’ books excite parents because they excite kids to read, which is hard to do. But what about Hank the Cowdog and other great kids books? Okay, so I don’t think there are any more Hank’s coming these days. But for anything… News coverage? Nada.
I think it’s stupid, like most news coverage. Like having Houston news cover a fallen tree as a major story. Like standing in the middle of a hurricane just to show us all how windy it is.
Why help out Harry Potter? Why encourage moms to keep their kids up until 12:01 AM so they can pick up a book at the very first chance possible?
Ugh! Bedtime. Stop thinking.