Movie Magic magazine article
When my good friend Heidi Tandy (of FictionAlley) asked me if I’d like to write a magazine article about Order of the Phoenix I paused (only for a moment) and then said, “Sure! What do you need?” (Because I’m crazy that way, I’ll do anything Potterish.)
“An A-Z Encyclopedia.”
“Oh. OK. How long can I make it? haha”
Well, I set to work, focusing on the characters and elements unique to OP and which may be interesting to movie goers who (for shame) haven’t read the book. I pared it down when I was finished to meet the editor’s word limit (cut it about in half, boy do I feel for Jo!) and sent it off to Heidi. She added a bit and submitted it to the editor, and tada! It’s now in print!
You can read the 6 page article in the latest edition of Life Story MOVIE MAGIC magazine now on newsstands. 
(pages 38-43)
P.S. I know there are mistakes in other sections of the magazine, please don’t blame me! I didn’t write those. 
April 8th, 2007 at 1:57 pm
Way to go, Bel~!
April 8th, 2007 at 2:28 pm
cool! congrats! happy easter(or whatever you are celebrating today)!
April 8th, 2007 at 2:38 pm
Bel, are there scans online? That’s really cool.
April 8th, 2007 at 2:46 pm
Thank you all for the kind regards!
Finn, there may be scans in the Leaky Galleries, but I won’t put up scans until after the magazine is no longer available for purchase. I also know that Leaky had posted about someone having scans of the entire magazine but she was asked to take them down.
April 8th, 2007 at 3:03 pm
Bel~ wrote:
>but I won’t put up scans until after the magazine is no longer available for purchase
Good for you, Bel~.
April 8th, 2007 at 4:41 pm
REALLY weird to see the word “Potterish” being used in context lol!
(I’m from Potterish.com)
Congratulations Belinda, it’s really nice when magazines do search for the people who know what they’re writing. (it happened to our webmaster once if I’m not mistaken, in “Revista dos Curiosos”)
Keep up the good work in the Lexicon!
April 8th, 2007 at 5:14 pm
Thank you Eduardo! That means a lot coming from you. I *love* the word Potterish, and I think its a perfect name for your website. Please pass along my compliments to your webmaster for a delightful site and congratulations on the FSA from Jo! Well deserved.
and thanks Bandersnatch, the Lexicon tries always to be respectful, not only of copyrights, but of sensitive and proper use of others’ work… including Jo’s.
April 8th, 2007 at 7:19 pm
Yeah, I’ll be waiting for the scans… (for very obvious geographic reasons, I can’t buy this magazine)
Belinda, I’ll pass the compliments as soon as I can! And your FSA was very well deserved as well!
April 9th, 2007 at 7:25 pm
Woohoo Bel!!!!! Can I have your autograph at the MMM?!
April 9th, 2007 at 10:05 pm
All right, Bel! You go, girl!
I may have to go buy a copy and say, “I know the woman who wrote this!”
April 9th, 2007 at 10:41 pm
Great news Bel, way to go.
April 9th, 2007 at 10:59 pm
Congratulations Bel~! I can’t wait to read this.
April 10th, 2007 at 5:09 am
SQUEEEEEEEEE
Alright, MAJOR pouting here as I can’t rush out and buy a copy… or 2… or 3…
April 10th, 2007 at 8:22 am
Congratulations, Bel~! You rock! Don’t forget to stuff a copy of that magazine into your handbag
April 10th, 2007 at 8:54 am
You rock, Bel! But we all know that, of course! Keep on the great work.
April 10th, 2007 at 9:23 am
Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
*beams broadly*
Way to go!
April 10th, 2007 at 1:33 pm
Congrats, Bel, and Maybe you’ll get the chance to guide more people to the hp-lexicon. Well done!
April 11th, 2007 at 6:24 am
what places is this magazine sold at?plus way to go on the article i bet you did awsome
April 11th, 2007 at 9:36 am
Many people have said they’ve found it in their grocery stores or Borders. I would check anyplace that has a magazine rack. I hope you can find it!
(And thanks to everyone for all your compliments! You’ve made a girl feel very special =)
April 12th, 2007 at 12:56 pm
I picked up a copy of the magazine and thumbed through it the other day and saw a part that mentioned Harry saying that he was going to go back to “Cedriks’ Hollow” at the end of book 6. so I immediately put it down disgusted… If I had known that it also had an article by you I would have bought it… maybe I will go back and pick up a copy
April 12th, 2007 at 5:21 pm
http://podcast.ucsd.edu/ I`m just hiding this till later, till you know where is back up.
April 13th, 2007 at 3:34 pm
HEY ….DOES ANYONE KNOW IF THE BOOK IS SELLING IN THE US… I WAS LOOKING FOR A WEEK AND NO NEWSSTANDS OR STORES HAVE THE MAGAZINE
Keep looking Lilly! It is available, and I hope you find one.
-Bel~
April 13th, 2007 at 3:36 pm
Cool…
April 15th, 2007 at 1:21 pm
Bel! Fantastic! You are so awesome!
April 16th, 2007 at 10:43 am
I found a copy at Borders. Nice article Bel!
May 2nd, 2007 at 3:53 am
i really really really want to get this mag. i saw it 2 weks ago at walmart and have never seen it since. its not oon amazon…what’s this magazine’s website so i can order it back-issue if needed from the publisher themselves?
May 5th, 2007 at 12:20 pm
Oookay… I do hope the magazine will be scanned… Can’t buy it for geographic reasons (here too)… I’m from Finland…so yeaaah
May 14th, 2007 at 1:53 am
My daughter took one look at the cover, and begged me to get a copy.
Of course I did…I always indulge the Wookie.
November 1st, 2007 at 3:47 pm
How do I subscribe to the Movie Magic magazine?
July 5th, 2008 at 12:33 pm
This lexicon is amazing! I love it! Weeee!
August 27th, 2010 at 3:55 am
nice , thx :))