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Volume 3: A blow of destiny, the king appears Chapter 19: Devoting myself to the field that truly belongs to me

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    Rowling introduced "Harry Potter" on her personal website:

    "Harry Potter" came into my head while on a personal journey on a crowded train to London.  ¡òLiterary Museumr />

    I have been writing non-stop since I was 6 years old, but I had never been so excited about an idea until then.  At that time, I was facing the biggest dilemma in my life. I couldn't find a pen to write with, and I was too shy to borrow money from others.

    I don¡¯t have a working pen, but I think that¡¯s a really good idea.  I sat down and started thinking, sketching out all the details within 4 hours (the train was delayed by 4 hours).

    The scrawny, bespectacled, dark-haired boy who had never thought he was a wizard became more real.  If I had been slow to capture the inspiration and put it down on paper, I might have killed it (sometimes I wonder how many of the things I thought about during that trip were forgotten before I actually put pen to paper?)  .

    I began writing "The Mysterious Philosopher's Stone" every evening, although none of the first few pages resembled the final draft.

    As soon as Rowling arrived at her final stop, Clapham Junction, she immediately started writing.

    In 1990, Rowling¡¯s mother passed away from multiple sclerosis after a 10-year illness.  Rowling said: I wrote "Harry Potter" when my mother passed away, but I didn't tell her about the book.

    This huge change had a profound impact on Rowling, and it also affected her writing. She believed that many details of "The Mysterious Philosopher's Stone" were lost at this time, because she still remembered the feeling at that time.

    "The Guardian" mentioned that Rowling once moved to Porto, Portugal's second largest city, and taught English there.

    She taught at night and wrote while listening to Tchaikovsky's "Violin Concerto" during the day.

    She met Portuguese journalist Jorge Arandes in a bar, and they chatted about Jane and Austen. Austen's books were a common interest of both of them.

    1992.  Rowling married Arandis, and by this time they had a child named Jessica Isabel Rowling Arandis.  Rowling had suffered a miscarriage before.

    The two divorced in 1993, ending their marriage of 13 months and one day.  Biographers wrote that Rowling suffered domestic violence at the time, but no one else knows the full details of that marriage.

    In an interview with the Daily Express, George Arandis mentioned that he dragged Rowling out of the house on their last night together.  He beat her on the head. It was still 5 o'clock in the morning.

    In 1993, Rowling and her daughter moved back to Scotland, England, and lived near Rowling's sister's home in Edinburgh. The three chapters of the completed manuscript of "The Mysterious Philosopher's Stone" were packed in the suitcase.

    at this time.  Rowling has been graduating from Exeter University for 7 years, and she calls herself the biggest loser I have ever met.  Her marriage ended in failure, with no job and a baby to feed; but she described the failure as liberating:

    Failure means getting rid of unnecessary things. I will no longer deceive myself. I will simply be true to myself and devote all my energy to completing the only important work.

    If I had been successful elsewhere, I might never have had this determination.  To devote myself to this field that I believe is truly mine.

    I am free again!  Because my biggest fear has come, and I'm still alive, with a lovely daughter, an old typewriter, and great ideas.

    I once fell into a deep valley.  But it became a profound foundation for future rebirth.

    " ¡ª¡ªJ.K. Rowling, "The Advantages of Failure and the Importance of Imagination"

    During that low period, Rowling was diagnosed with clinical depression and attempted suicide.

    The dark feelings experienced during melancholy became the source of inspiration for Rowling to create the creature known as the Dementor.  It is a dark creature in "Harry Potter" that sucks human positive emotions and even souls.

    Rowling receives social assistance from the government.  She describes the economic situation at that time as one that, even in modern Britain, could be described as poor, but not homeless.

    Rowling¡¯s condition worsened when her ex-husband went to England to visit their mother and daughter.  She applied for a protection order from the court, forcing Arandis to return to Portugal alone. That was in 1994.

    While training as a teacher at the University of Edinburgh's Morley School of Education, she completed her first novel and improved her financial situation.

    Rowling wrote in many cafes, including Nicholson's Cafe and Elephant Cafe, taking her sleeping daughter with her wherever she went.

    In an interview with the BBC in 2001, Rowling denied rumors that she wrote in a cafe because her home had no heating: I am not stupid enough to rent an unheated house in Edinburgh in the middle of winter.  My house has heating.

    She said on the American TV program "Biography" that taking her baby for a walk is to make the baby fall asleep.?Method, which is why she chose to write in a coffee shop.

    In 2001, Rowling and anesthesiologist Neil Murray held a private wedding in Alberdeen, Scotland.  Their eldest son, David Gordon, was born in 2003, when Rowling was about to start writing The Betrayal of the Half-Blood Prince, and she had to take a break from writing to take care of the baby.

    Rowling¡¯s youngest daughter, Mackenzie Jane Rowling Murray, was born in 2005 while she was concentrating on writing The Betrayal of the Half-Blood Prince.  Rowling's family currently lives in Edinburgh, England.

    In 2004, Forbes listed Rowling as the first author to become a billionaire through writing and the 1,062nd richest human being in the world.

    Rowling questioned the calculation, saying that while she was wealthy, she was not yet a billionaire.  In addition, in 2008, the "Sunday Times Rich List" ranked Rowling as the 144th richest person in the UK; in 2012, Forbes removed Rowling from the rich list, claiming that due to her large donations (approximately 100 million  ($60 million) and the high tax rate imposed on her by the UK, she is no longer a billionaire.

    In 2013, the Radio 4 program Women's Time named Rowling the 13th most powerful woman in the UK.

    Writing career©¤

    In 1995, Rowling used an old manual typewriter to complete the manuscript of "Harry Potter: The Mysterious Philosopher's Stone".

    Her work was approved by literary agent Christopher Little. After reading three chapters of Rowling's work, Brianne Evans, the business manager of literary agent Christopher Little, decided to recommend the manuscript to Little.

    Previously, Rowling had submitted manuscripts to 12 publishing houses, but they were all rejected.

    Little introduced Rowling¡¯s work to Bloomsbury, a London publishing house, and won the favor of the publisher¡¯s editor, Berry Cunningham, who paid Rowling ¡ê1,500 as royalties.

    "Harry Potter - The Mysterious Philosopher's Stone" was published, perhaps thanks to the publishing owner's 8-year-old daughter Alice Newton; after she read the first chapter, she immediately asked her father for follow-up.

    Although Bloomsbury agreed to publish Rowling's work, Cunningham suggested that Rowling find a full-time job because he did not think Rowling could make money writing children's books.

    However, in 1997, Rowling received an ¡ê8,000 grant from the Scottish Arts Council, which encouraged her to continue writing.

    In 1997, Bloomsbury officially published "Harry Potter - The Mysterious Philosopher's Stone", with an initial print run of 1,000 copies, 500 of which will become library collections.

    These 1,000 books are worth around ¡ê16,000 to ¡ê25,000 today.  Five months after publication, Rowling won her first award: the Nestl¨¦ Smarties Children's Book Award.

    It later won the National Book Award for Best Children's Book of the Year.

    In 1998, the U.S. copyright of "Harry Potter and the Mysterious Philosopher's Stone" was won at an auction for $105,000.

    Rowling said she almost died (of joy) when she heard the news.

    1998. Officially published "Harry Potter - The Mysterious Philosopher's Stone".
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