Hi All,

A week or two ago, I posted in an earlier lesson about a new video that was all the rage on Youtube -- a Harry Potter fan parody of Uptown Funk called Dark Lord Funk. That we are nearly 8 YEARS removed from the release of the last HP book, and 4 years from the last movie, says a lot about how the Harry Potter fandom is still going strong.

For your assignment: Fantasize a bit. Put yourself in the position that you have a massive legion of fans...or at least enough that they're congregating online and playing with your world. How do you feel about that? How are you going to respond?

Also, have any of you played around in fandom? Did it help you in establishing your own stories?

Note: When this lesson was originally written, JKR was still giving out her fansite award. She stopped that when she started focusing on her new works.

Susan