J.K. thanks her fans at Potter's end

J.K. thanks her fans at Potter's end
Today on her official web site, Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling updated her diary after a four-month absense, and she talked about what she's been doing since the final book came out.

"People keep saying to me, 'I expect things have calmed down now you've finished?' to which my answer some days is a fairly humourless laugh. I have been exceptionally busy since July, what with the US/Canadian tour, Beedle the Bard, assorted charitable commitments, a massive post-publication mountain of correspondence, plus those three children I insisted on bringing into the world."

J.K said the US/Canadian tour was her favourite ever, and thanked the fans, saying, "If anybody reading this was in the audience for any of those events, thank you, because they were only as wonderful as they were because of the brilliant questions and the overwhelming warmth of those present."



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She also remembered the day of the final book's release. "The launch of 'Hallows' at the National History Museum in London was also my favourite of all time, and to all those who queued so long and patiently, you were incredible, and I loved meeting every single one of you."

"'Deathly Hallows' remains my favourite book of the series. I hope that, even if it is not yours, you understood, at least, that this was where the story was always leading; it was the ending I had planned for seventeen years, and there was more satisfaction than you can probably imagine in finally sharing it with my readers."

Does she miss Harry as much as her fans? J.K. said, "As for mourning Harry -- and I doubt I will be believed when I say this -- nobody can have felt the end as deeply as I did. The writing of Harry Potter has been inextricably linked with my life for seventeen years, and saying goodbye has been just as tough as I always knew it would be. So I want to say a huge thank you to everyone who has written to me since publication, saying such wonderful things about what the books meant to them, because your words meant the world to me at this very bittersweet time."


Published December 7, 2007