This is for my fellow Harry Potter/JK Rowling fans. (I know who you are). I just finished watching the "A Year in the Life of JK Rowling" on TV tonight and thought I'd post up a couple other items of interest. Jo wrote an 800 word Harry Potter prequel and it was up for auction in June, which sold for $25,000 lbs and all proceeds are for charity. You can read it here, as well as many other short stories from well known authors. (You need to click on "Read our Authors Stories", then on JK Rowlings name). When this story card went up on the internet, it received approx 70,000 hits in the first 20 hours. The card is written in her handwriting, so its a little tricky in parts....but its good! The characters are James & Sirius, 3 years before Harry was born.

The other REALLY good link to give you is here, where JK Rowling is giving the Harvard University commencement address last month. Jo gives such an inspiring speech about the fringe benefits of failure and the power of imagination. I hold a soft spot for Jo as she started writing when she was a single mum, living alone in London. The applause at the end is very moving........