“I told her she wouldn’t make any money at children’s books, and she should get a day job.”
-- Publisher Barry Cunningham on telling author J.K. Rowling she shouldn’t be relying on Harry Potter to build a future for her and her daughter. –
[Today, Rowling has a personal fortune roughly TWICE that of the Queen of England....]
Of other literary significance: On this day in 1817, Jane Austen died, at the age of forty-one. She had been increasingly ill over the previous year and a half, probably from a hormonal disorder like Addison's Disease.
Have a great Monday!
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