JK Rowling on Twitter

[babyjellyfish]

twitter.com/guerrero_ramey/status/1567248658004934656

The fallout from this tweet last night was a sight to behold.

Specifically this part:

twitter.com/guerrero_ramey/status/1567255723188305921

Hahahaha! That is marvellous.

She handles things with such grace and style.

For the naive among us, what does she mean, 'receipts please'? I get the gist of the thread but don't understand that?

And yes, completely expect it to be something obvious that's gone over my head!

Hilarious. These people are so thick.

Also good news - a tweet from the Bookseller: "Robert Galbraith’s The Ink Black Heart has made an indelible impression on the UK Official Top 50, soaring into the number one spot in its first week on 50,738 copies sold."

twitter.com/thebookseller/status/1567155226062241793

By the way, don't read the thread if you are planning to read the book because a TRA has attempted to sabotage it by revealing the name of the killer.

This is amazing.

DrivingCadillacsInOurDreams, on twitter, and on other social media, "receipts" are online proof of something that someone has claimed, so in the case of JKR, when she asks for "receipts" relating to the claims against her, she's asking for screenshots, weblinks, etc that are supposed to show her being hateful towards trans people.

I love that s/he is reduced to asking to be directed to the tweet (singular), having previously ranted about transphobic tweets!

Honestly, that woman's faith in humanity must be on the bloody floor.

These idiot people who jump on any old misogynistic bandwagon are legion.

The foot shooting muppetry of them aiming it at one of the worlds bestselling authors, isn't lost on me.

I wonder what the lead in time is of her seeing it on Twitter, and weaving it into chapter 6.

Thank you 🙏

I wonder what the lead in time is of her seeing it on Twitter, and weaving it into chapter 6.

Have you read The Ink Black Heart, @Datun?

It's not so much life imitating art as art completely taking the piss out of what its creator already knew the response to it would be.

Idiots who haven't read the book are criticising it on Twitter for being ableist and transphobic.

It is a book about a cartoon which is criticised by idiots on Twitter for being ableist and transphobic.

I'm increasingly convinced that a lot of the attacks on Rowling are just pure jealousy from (wannabe) writers who can't bear the fact that they will never have anything like her success. They resent her talent, her hard work and her very fortunate timing in a way that they just can't get past. While obviously some are Potter fans who hate that she's a 'heretic,' I think more are people who may or may not have loved Potter but hate that she has had an unprecedented and probably unrepeatable level of success.

This tweeter has recently released a clearly self-published book. And without sarcasm, well done to them for putting the work into writing a book. That takes dedication and hard work in exchange for no guarantee of a reward. However while I don't want to be mean, "Dust of a Moth's Wing" strikes me as a genuinely awful title. And the summary of the book, the type that would traditionally be on the back cover, is all over the place and incoherent. This person is never going to have Rowling's success and instead of looking inward to work out why, and if they can make changes to improve their own writing, they choose to lash out at someone who has the success they want, instead. Perhaps on some level hoping that starting a twitter spat would encourage JKR's former fans to become R. Ramey Guerrero fans instead. But also to punish her for having what they want, as it's Rowlings fault that they aren't her.

I’m gonna have to buy the book aren’t i

i don’t usually buy hardbacks….i read in the bath and nearly drowned reading Troubled Blood 😩

ill buy it though…I’ll just wear armbands

I like the way the receipts argument is countered by ‘dog whistle’ in the comments. A concept that used to have some useful meaning, but which has now been stretched to the point where it can be pressed into service to insist someone is lying about what they’re really saying despite a lack of any other evidence. Seems to be used more in bad faith than anything else these days.

Logical, persuasive, respectful argument that you disagree with? Pah. Just write it off as a dog whistle. Job done.

To JK, since I can't put this on my personal Twitter! didn't realise there was a whole series of books. I'm going to order when I finish my current book and my husband is going to order today (we read differently, think two of hard copy/kindle/audible)

We support you! (My husband is actually really excited that JK has a series out that he didn't know about, not one for modern news!) so already got a reignited fan

All these people. And all the things they are saying. Wonder what would happen if she wrote another Harry Potter book. They would buy that in a heart beat

I'm so jealous of you getting to start the series fresh!

The Cormoran Strike books are completely different to Harry Potter, but I really enjoy them. Hope you and your husband do too!

No I haven't. Is it part of the series? Or is it a one off?

Yep. Didn’t one try it on with Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie too?

Not a great tactic it seems.

@babyjellyfish I don't doubt it. I think if you like a writers style though, you can stick with changes (too many self published with lots of errors or no deep storyline which frustrate me!)

Husband likes a variety of genres and is just a huge JK fan so I think he will get enthralled in these. He loves a good book series.

And helping JK earn a bit more and know she has a dedicated fan base out there, after all she's going through publicly- that's just the icing on the cake!

@Theundertaker I was tempted to read the Twitter thread posted earlier but didn't want a spoiler from the TRA, if I can help it.

I hope it's as good as I'm imagining! I know that feeling of seeing someone enjoy something afresh.

Notice how Ramey backed up into asking for examples of "ugliness" instead of "transphobia" or "hatefulness" but still can't get no satisfaction...

I was tempted to "helpfully" reply that Rowling/Galbraith's latest work does mention a cartoon worm which is deemed transphobic by some characters in the book.

I'm about halfway into "The Ink Black Heart," I think it's the best in the series so far- the way she works social media (including a fair bit about Twitter, nothing about Mumsnet so far, though) into the story, blending it with the "real life" characters, which one is which online persona coming slowly into focus through hints and revelations... One theme she weaves in is an artist being turned on by her fans, even though they are still interested in her work, sound familiar? But so different... And some bits are so funny...
It's driving me a little crazy because I haven't had time to get through it as fast as I'd like to, but I'm dying to see how it's going over on social media, but I don't want to see any spoilers...

He’s asked her if she believes trans women are women, and that’s what it comes down to. If you don’t believe that then you’re “hateful”.