#best selling authors

[realinspirations]

J.K. Rowling: From Struggling Single Mother to Literary Icon

 J.K. Rowling, born Joanne Rowling on July 31, 1965, is a British novelist, philanthropist, screenwriter, and manufacturer. She is first-rate recognized for writing the Harry Potter series, which has emerge as a global phenomenon, fascinating readers of every age. Her books have sold over 500 million copies worldwide, been translated into over eighty languages, and adapted right into a a success movie series. 

The struggles of J.K. Rowling before Harry Potter

Rowling's adventure to literary stardom turned into some distance from ordinary. She confronted private struggles, including poverty and despair, even as writing the first Harry Potter e-book. Rejected through twelve publishing homes, she persevered, and the e-book changed into in the end ordinary by way of Bloomsbury in 1997. The rest, as they are saying, is history.   

The Magic of Harry Potter

The Harry Potter collection, a captivating mixture of fantasy, journey, and coming-of-age themes, has resonated with readers worldwide. The collection follows the life of Harry Potter, an orphaned boy who discovers he is a wizard and attends Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.   

Rowling's masterful storytelling, wealthy international-building, and noteworthy characters have made the series a undying conventional. The collection explores normal issues such as true as opposed to evil, friendship, love, loss, and the significance of status up for what is right.   

Beyond Harry Potter

Rowling's literary contributions increase past the Harry Potter collection. She has written numerous different novels, including the Cormoran Strike detective collection below the pseudonym Robert Galbraith. She has additionally ventured into screenwriting, co-writing the screenplay for the Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them film collection.   

Philanthropy and Activism

Rowling is a outstanding philanthropist and activist. She has donated thousands and thousands of dollars to diverse charities, consisting of the ones centered on multiple sclerosis research, poverty relief, and kid's literacy. She is also a vocal suggest for girls's rights, LGBTQ+ rights, and different social justice reasons.   

A Legacy of Inspiration

J.K. Rowling's impact on the arena is plain. She has inspired limitless readers, young and old, to include the electricity of creativeness and storytelling. Her Harry Potter collection has sparked a global studying revolution, encouraging a love of books and a passion for learning.

[oncymuse]

Başkalarının sevgisini kendi Derdin yapma, çünkü insanların kalbi hep değişir, döner dönmez.

Don't make others' love your sorrow, for people's hearts are always changing, flipping and turning.

@oncymuse

[trishsugar1]

Author of Saints of Swallow Hill, Donna Everhart

Donna Everhart is a USA Today bestselling author known for vividly evoking the complexities of the heart and a gritty fascination of the American South in her acclaimed novels. She received the prestigious SELA Outstanding Southeastern Author Award from the Southeastern Library Association, among many others.  Born and raised in Raleigh, she has stayed close to her hometown for much of her life…

[sisaloofafump]

Batshapes

Bonus:

[jesncin]

Characters who know both Clark Kent and Superman, especially Lois, are classically given grief for not figuring out that Clark is just Superman wearing glasses. Have any of them ever used the 'celebrity look alike' defence? That people with no genetic relationship whatsoever looking a whole lot alike or even exactly alike is a thing that happens as a matter of coincidence.

I can't speak for canon so I don't know if anyone's used the "celebrity look alike" defense exactly. I don't personally agree with takes where people like Lois are devastated that they didn't realize it's just "Superman plus glasses" and how obvious it was. Maybe it's because I look exactly like another person, and have been mistaken for tons of other people but. It's way more common than people give it credit for.

A friend of mine put it really well when paraphrasing an old tumblr post: If you worked at a grocery store with a guy who looks exactly like Barack Obama down to the detail- you wouldn't think that's actually the 44th president of the US (moonlighting as a grocery store employee for some reason?). You'd think "dang that guy looks like the president. How about that!" especially when the guy acts nothing like the president. Context is key.

I think it also speaks to Clark's ability to code switch into being a regular mild-mannered guy on the job. Would Lois be shocked to learn that Superman is Clark Kent? Yeah, ideally she should be (I hate you forever MAWS)! Should she be devastated that she didn't realize he just put on glasses? Nah. Because it's not just the glasses.

[tributary]

i think as a kid i wanted to be some sort of indiana jones but medical rather than archaeologically-inclined. not a doctor so much as an adventure epidemiologist

[thepersonalwords]

There is no shortcut for hard work that leads to effectiveness. You must stay disciplined because most of the work is behind the scenes.

Germany Kent

[peanuts-fan]

[greenerteacups]

Thanks for your answer about Remus & Tonks!

I read both posts attentively, and yeah, I agree with pretty much everything. That plot point always baffled me, I always wondered why JKR went there. Was it a way to thwart the fandom, which was already start to annoy her at the time? IDK. I'm not judging the relationship (in Canon), I'm neither pro nor con, it's just that it always mystified me. But I like your take about Tonks being a v. realistic 23 y-o, a lot!

Anyway, thanks again for taking the time to answer. Have a lovely day! :3

Of course! You have a lovely one, too.

If we're talking about Doylist interpretations of the story — i.e. why the Author as a person whose to do something, as opposed to what's going on purely inside the text — I don't have the history to remember if Wolfstar was big enough at the time for JKR to notice or want to respond to it. Sirius dies in Book 5, which seems like enough to sink the ship in any case. My theory is that she decided during the outlining process of Book 5 that she wanted the series to end with Harry being the guardian of a child whose situation paralleled his — a war orphan whose parents were killed fighting Voldemort — to demonstrate that the story had come full-circle.

At that point, I think she looked at the characters she'd sketched out for Book 5 and decided Lupin would be the best candidate, since he would be the only person likely to name a seventeen-year-old Harry as godfather (my read of that scene is Lupin's deep in the textbook Marauder project-my-relationship-with-James-onto-Harry coping mechanism, which is why he's so shocked when the Literal Neglected Child rips him a new one for attempting to neglect his newborn child). At that point, Rowling needs to find Lupin a wife, and Tonks is one of the few female characters who's (a) unattached and (b) potentially of the age to be considering marriage and children. So she spends the next two books setting up the marriage, childbirth, and eventual martyrdom at the Battle of Hogwarts.

Like you, I don't take this as a point in favor or against their relationship; I think that most dynamics can be interesting if done well, and there was a lot to explore in Tonks and Remus. But the later books got really fucking crowded, and you see the toll in plot lines like this, where the scenes they have together just aren't enough to establish two people who are falling in love.

[hopecomesbacktolife]

not me reading this definitely m/f romance novel but reading heavily into every interaction between the main character and her best friend…

[oncymuse]

Oh, fairest love, with shores so far away

My heart doth ache, in longing's disarray

The waves crash strong, upon the sandy bay

Yet, I remain, lovesick, night and day

Oh, distant shore, where love doth reside

My heart beats for thee, my soul's inside

In every wave, I hear thy gentle tide

Longing to reunite, side by side

The moon above, a silver glow

Illuminates paths, where love doth grow

The stars align, in celestial show

Guiding me to thee, through the waves' dark flow

Oh, distant shore, where love doth reside

My heart beats for thee, my soul's inside

In every wave, I hear thy gentle tide

Longing to reunite, side by side

By:@oncymuse

[trishsugar1]

Book Review * Saints of Swallow Hill by Donna Everhart

5 out of 5 stars     ~~ Book Review  Donna Everhart knows how to capture the heart and mind of her reader from (practically) the first page.  Del and Rae Lynn couldn’t be two more different personalities, but the reader quickly empathizes or feels some affection (in the case of Dell) early on.  While Donna has her own unique voice she did remind me, at times, of a blended flavor reminiscent of…

[edgeray]

hi guys im not dead, its just taking me forever. im not even going to make a deadline bc i prolly won't reach it anyways but trust im working 😭 might not do this again, or at the very least start way earlier bc wtf. why is it so intimidating to write this quality now. i can write 1-3k words in one day but im writing like 500 words per day because im being nitpicky with the words???? why do i have to describe things 🥹 why is my writing style like this.... anyways not giving up on this because I'm too far deep but know im very sorry for taking so long 😭i swear the smut will be hot af and if not, sue me.

me wanting to show everyone this banger scene that i wrote vs not doing that bc spoilers are lame vs craving validation because it's been 2 weeks since i've posted

[quotelr]

Don't let your past dictate your future,

Chris Mentillo, A True Tale of Horror

[wewritewords]

Can we just appreciate Colleen Hoover for a moment because she is such an inspiration for many writers, so many got back into writing just because they didn't wanna get out done by her bad writing.

[litallday]

“Kissing someone—someone you want to kiss, I mean—is like living inside the best song you ever heard. It’s the same feeling.”

— The God of the Woods: A Novel by Liz Moore