Cheryl Klein's speech at Harry Potter conference

Cheryl Klein, senior editor at Arthur A. Levine books (Scholastic), recently posted this. It's "A Few Things Writers Can Learn from Harry Potter" and it was her keynote speech at a Chicago Harry Potter conference.

First, how cool of Cheryl to share it with everyone. (She went from fangirl to editor--how awesome is that?!) Second, wow. If I wasn't already inspired by JK Rowling and Harry Potter, I'm that much more impressed now. (Now I have to reread the books...again)

Check out Cheryl's speech to read how she referenced character, plot, theme and show vs. tell. This is a speech to print and read.

Enjoy!

Offical Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince Trailer

So, that's the official Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince trailer. I LOVE it! What do you guys think? It looks veeeerrry creepy and apparently, the young Voldemort is the nephew of the actor who plays adult Voldemort. Cool. Can't wait!