Inspirathursday!

 The Amazing Inspiring Story of the Rise of JK Rowling.  

  Harry Potter is a household name all over the world , the books in the franchise have been sold  worldwide in million copies. Harry Potter was an essential part of most people's childhood and still continues to be relevant in today's world. Harry Potter is a book dear to my heart and should I say I am a potterhead?  JK Rowling is one of the richest authors ,she has earned over 1 billion $ over the career. She received an honor of companionship from the Queen for her services in literature and philanthropy.

    But things haven’t always worked out so well for her. Before publishing her first book, Rowling was living in a small apartment in the U.K. with her daughter, unemployed and broke. She had to rely on state benefits just to keep food on the table. Rowling always wanted to be a writer, according to her , as soon as she knew what writer's were ,she wanted to become one.  She started writing Harry Potter series during a delayed train ride from Manchester to London. Rowling envisioned all of the characters and the story started to take shape. She spent the next five years outlining the plots for each book and wrote down the names and magical powers of every single character. It’s that attention to detail that make the stories so great. 

  Soon after she started writing , she lost her mother to death ,which had a devastating effect on her , she stopped writing for a while.She then took a job teaching English in Portugal where she met her future husband. Her goal was to have the book completed by the time she got back to England. Not only did she not finish the book but her marriage failed and she had to go back to England with a newborn baby and no job.While on welfare and taking care of a small child, she would spend every free moment writing, often in coffee shops with her baby napping beside her. Still, it took her five long years to finish the book. Finally having completed the book, she now needed to get it published. The first 12 publishers that read it turned her down. Finally, Bloomsbury Publishing agreed to buy the rights to Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone for $4,000. The book became an instant hit and caught the attention of many U.S publishers.  She rose from a helpless single mother to a billionaire author ,because she was determined. How cool is that? 

   I hope her story inspires you ,to be persistent and to not relent , it doesn't matter how many agents and publishers reject you, as long as your book is good , you will break out one day . 

 :-D 

BookishSadie.