Tears shed over Potter-article

hey ervy1 i found this article, sorry if itz been posted b4.....

LONDON (Reuters) - Best-selling author J.K. Rowling revealed how she broke down in tears during the completion of her final book in the Harry Potter series.

She also tells interviewer Jonathan Ross how she changed the last word in "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" at the eleventh hour.

"When I finished one chapter near the end I absolutely howled," she told the BBC television presenter.

She finished the book alone in a hotel room.

"I was sobbing my heart out -- I downed half a bottle of champagne from the mini bar in one and went home with mascara all over my face. That was really tough."

The Deathly Hallows is the seventh and final book about the schoolboy wizard Harry Potter and his Hogwarts friends.

The plots have taken a darker turn and Rowling has in the past revealed that she would kill off at least two of the main characters.

When asked by the chat show host whether the word "scar" was still the last word in the book, as had been reported, she said: "Scar? It was for ages, and now it's not.

"Scar is quite near the end, but it's not the last word."

Harry Potter has a lightning bolt scar on his forehead as a result of a failed curse by the wicked wizard Lord Voldemort.

Rowling also revealed that the character Harry Potter was "totally imaginary" and not based on anyone.

His red-haired pal Ron Weasley was a lot like her oldest friend Sean though, she confessed.

More than 325 million copies of the first six books have been sold worldwide, helping to turn Rowling into the first dollar-billionaire author.

An all-British cast seemed to be a point of pride for her as she admitted it had been a "hell of an achievement."

Stars who have appeared in the five films, including the latest "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix," include Maggie Smith, Robbie Coltrane, Julie Walters, Richard Harris, Imelda Staunton, Alan Rickman and Ralph Fiennes.

The film had its premiere in London this week.

The Deathly Hallows appears on the bookshelves on July 21, but 1.6 million copies have been pre-ordered online.

this pic. is of jk rowling at the london premiere of the new movie harry potter and the order of the phoenix

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i'll be myself being extremely sad as there will be no more of my beloved books

am really sad dat dis is d lst of HP...n i cant c d pic

😭2 more weeks 2 go and

that's it of HP

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What if the 2 main character's are Ron and Hermione 😭 😭 😭 Okay priya, let's think good now...I am soooo sad that this is going to be the last book 😭

awww... i sooooo wud not wanna b in JKR's shoes now 😭

but hey! fanfiction is there naa!! 😃 tho not as good as JKR but so what thr r some really good talented writers out there 👏

Oh Gosh, it would be heart wrenching for the readers as well, but it must have been hardest for to end it, as an author, someone who lived through the magical world, for years together now...and now to end it ... must have been heart wrenching....!!!

Oh wow... 'scar' isn't the last word anymore?? I feel like crying now, it mustve been so heartwrenching and terrible for JKR to write the last book, uff 😭 thanks for the article!

😭 😭 😭 i dont know who she has killed now..i m sooo scared!! 😭

😭 😭 How...how sad!!

This makes me want to cry!! 😭