Writing is one of the toughest jobs in the world. A writer knows and knows really well that the good writer is a myth because there is no writer who has not faced rejections and returned and unreturned copies with thanks and sometimes no thanks as well. There are many great writers who have made it bookstores and their books are sold in the market and read by thousands of the people. Many people always wonder on the finest qualities which must be present in great writers. If you want to know what it is that which puts one writer above the others then you have to know J.K. Rowling. The road to glory is not easy. It is traveled by thousands but few survive the tough journey. This short case study explores JK Rowling’s Journey from nowhere to the galleries of fame and wealth.
JK Rowling was born in 1965. She lived the life like any other person in the world. Her first marriage took her to Portugal. Some years later, she returned to England with a daughter and a broke marriage. Her life in England was not the same as she had earlier. This time, she required money to support her daughter. The little financial support came from financial aids from government. She started living in a small house and began to write first of her books.
It is not very difficult to imagine her days in England back in 1995 or so. She faced a troubled present, painful past and uncertain future. When the life pains too much and the pain grows beyond the bearable limits, the fire starts its first journey to the soul. It does not burn the person, it burns the old person and the new self emerges. Her painful and very difficult days forced her to do something and it became her ultimate resolution that she has to rise from here and make her life comfortable again. She took writing as a choice to make difference to her world.
A writer has the same mix and plays of luck as anyone else. Being writer is no guarantee that you will be celebrated all over the world. It requires more than being just a writer who writes the words. If things go in your favor, agents pick up your drafts and if things do not work for you, you may be forced to search for day jobs. JK Rowling got her first book published after the rejection from12 publishers. It took nearly one year for the book to get accepted for publishing. First book Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone changed everything for her. The effect of this book on publishing industry was noteworthy. Readers returned to book stores to buy her books and it helped the publishing house to gain the loosing ground in the industry.
Her books have been translated in 65 languages and are the most selling books of publishing history. Her books have set many records.
She created a world of her own and created the characters taking inspiration and ideas from her own childhood. Her books are reflection of her early life. She has created the negative characters based upon her fears and her early problems. For example, the dementors are the characters who live in dark places and take away the good qualities from your life. It represents the sadness of the world and how it affects us. Largely, her books present many sequences from her experiences.
Her quest to show the good qualities of humans has been a prevailing theme and the school of magic provides perfect ground to show everything which is or is not expected from the human forms. Harry Potter is still a child and he thinks like a child and knows the plans and games around him. Harry Potter also wishes to see his dead parents. This thought comes from the loss of parents of JK Rowling. Everything, she has written in Harry Potter books, comes either from her childhood or from her struggling days.
Her story is one of the finest tales of from rags to riches stories. Harry Potter is one of the most celebrated brands in the world. Her books and film adaptations have made her wealthy and she appears in the list of richest persons in the world. She changed her life just in 5 years. It required courage and determination to change her life for ever.
After being so much successful, how she feels now. According to reports, she has ended her series of Harry Potter books. She still writes for the kids. She still feels insecure about many things. And she feels sad when media invades her privacy. She is very humble and down-to-earth person. I do not know if someone writes to her, she responds or not. She gets invited to the management schools from all over the world. She is also associated with many charitable organizations. And the most notable is Anti-Poverty fund. Her organization helps the one-parent families. She knows the pains and sadness which comes from fighting the odds when you do not have money to meet ends.
What should she write next? She must create a political hero in her next books. The world needs a political hero at least in the books. She has means and power to create one. She must not stop writing because a writer must show to the world that you can keep making difference to your world and for those who are around you. She is an inspiration to many writers who have talent and need motivation to succeed. Her story of struggle and success explains that you can fight against the challenges and odds. And it just you who can win if you do not quit.
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This is my style and it is as it is and as I feel it should be. I am not assisted by the editors who can make it suitable to be accepted in literary circles. Critics are free to throw it. This is not meant to be a piece of literature. It is meant to be read by the people who understand the conversational style of writing. More over, it is like two persons exchanging ideas with each other. I do not owe anything to the critics. My loyalties are with my readers. Swati S.
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As I write to this post on International women’s day, the Indian government tries to obtain reservation for the women in parliament. For now, there is no certainty that it would be passed.
Modern woman lives in the cities of the world and has equal rights. Developed nations have better life for the women but the poor countries and the other parts of the world still have the old outlook towards the women.
In equal community, woman must feel respected and cared. Almost all the governments all over the world have several policies, laws and acts to prevent crimes against women. The basic mind-set change is required and if that changes the true equality would emerge where women no longer would feel insecure.
The key to happiness for a women is to control her life completely. Take control of your life in your hands. The financial dependencies must be reduced and the women must try to have the financial freedom. The financial freedom is the key to many good things which lead to happiness.
Amid the controversies among climate scientists and experts, the green theme is picking up its momentum. Experts are not unanimous on the global warming issues. Some say it is not real while others say its here and showing us its effects.
Green homes may sound good for saving energy and the bills of electricity. What if global warming is not true. Weather data of 2009-2010 points to some interesting facts and some experts are saying the global cooling has started now and it will remain till 2030. What ever is the truth.
Generally, green prefab homes are focusing on making homes more energy efficient but still you need electricity to power your home and a electric generating company has to run its business. Solar homes may present good options for making your home little bit free from the bills. But the solar technology is still costly and many argue that savings are not appropriate to replace the mainstream electricity.
Many companies are marketing their green modular homes in the market and telling the customers that these homes are perfectly green. I think little more scrutiny is needed for these homes. The optimum level of power consumption is the prime case and reasons why someone would buy these costly homes.
Energy efficient homes are good for the people but look at this, all electricity generating companies do have expansion plans and want to sell more electricity to the people. The customers like us, need homes which have good ROI in terms of the savings vs cost of such homes.
Green home plans must include the energy efficient gadgets as well. You need the star rated gadgets which are saving more power. You also need regulators who will see that new gadgets are really green and have the mechanism which would work with less power compared to the other products.
Green building must fulfill its obligations to qualify for the real savings. What about this. We need an authority which can audit the green buildings annually. And someone we need who can certify these green buildings for the parameters.
It is good to see that mainstream companies such as Nokia and others are making the products which are green products and have good options to save the powers as well.
The climate reports may not be true but the green products surely will make this world a better place. The green cars at Geneva Auto Show are pulling crowd and still world needs to see the perfect green car.
Green themes are good for everyone. Let there be something official about it.
Geneva Auto Show 2010 has begun from March 4th. Geneva Auto Show 2010 dates are from 4th March to 14th March.
All big companies are presenting their best cars for the next years. It is easy to understand the trends for next few years. Here are some highlights of the show so far as just two days have gone.
Ferrari presented HY-KERS vettura
Ashton Martin displayed its Aston Martin Cygnet Concept car.
Mini Countryman show cased on second day of the show.
Luxurious Lexus CT 200h came to stun the people.
BMW has presented new series.
There are many more new cars to come to this show. Each day is different at this auto show. The best modes of the cars along with best models standing besides. You can think of it as a best place to see the technology being advanced by leaps and bounds.
Companies are working hard to lure the customers to their fold. As the show goes on, several companies are recalling their cars from the market. Toyota admitted the lower quality for the sake of volume to be sold in the market.
More new announcements are to be made. This year auto makers are focusing on green cars which are fuel efficient with lower emissions. You can visit the show this year. It draws the people from all over the world.
Tata Motors India, unveiled the electric version of its low cost car. Tata Nano Electric car has been displayed in Geneva Auto Show 2010. The new car will make its customers to spend less on fuel. The green Tata Nano Electric car is supposed to take market by storm. The car is the cheapest one available in the market.
However, the electric version may take 3 years to come to market. Its first draft is ready and as it happens always that companies come to auto show to showcase their future cars. Some of the concept cars are just made to show. The concept cars do have market but it is limited because no company wants to invest in to the shaky markets.
Tata Nano general version expected to arrive in Europe this year. Many customers want to buy this car because of its lowest cost.
However, Tata Nano’s production is still limited and company had several new plants to open this year. The car and auto industry looks at this car because it is near impossible project if we go by the cost to manufacture a car.
There are many car makers who are experimenting to bring the new and more cheaper cars in the market. Three year is long time and if a new cheaper car comes in the market. The market can be overhauled for good. Tata Nano Electric Car will take 3 years to release according to the company officials.
In Australia fish rained in the town Lajamanu. These fish were large sized and around 650 families witnessed this event. The breed of fish that rained is not found in the city. There is no river nearby the area that received the fish rains. Same town had the fish rain in 1980. There is no scientific explanation behind this event. It is not certain, how fish reach in the sky and travel 100’s of the miles.
There are 600 such events recorded in the history. Even the frogs are reported to be caught in the rains and have found to be at different places. Many of such events have been reported in the areas which are affected by twisters, typhoons and strong winds.
The fish may be distributed with natural such methods from one place to another and it it rains hard, then the new species can find the new homes.
It is not only strange but also interesting for the weathermen to establish the rules which carry the large animals from one place to another in the rains.
Fish Rain in Australia is an example which was recorded by the media and there are some videos available on several sites which can be viewed.
Tips for Designing and Decorating home
Home is a place to live, to rest, to enjoy and everybody has a special bond with his home. Home is not only an area surrounded with four walls and a roof. Everybody wants his home to look best in the world.
Decorating home is an art but there is no need to get mastered in it. Anybody can get it done by himself according to his taste and his needs. All we have to do is to design our home, to get it furnished and decorated not only by our requirements and taste but also by our dreams and desires.
Designing a home can be done by our own imagination or we can also get help from some professionals. Either it’s a big bunglow or a very small flat, perfect designing and proper utilization of the space makes it a spacious, beautiful and perfect place to live in.
Interiors of any home reflect the taste and personality of the people who live in it. Properly done interiors can convert a house to a home. We can get readymade furniture pieces from the market or get these done according to our own needs and area of the rooms. Sensibly used furniture makes a home spacious and luxurious place. Furnishings should also be done keeping in mind the style of the flooring, the wall finishing, the color schemes and the furniture.
When we are done with the designing, flooring, wall finishes, furniture and the furnishing, now it’s the time to make our home look more beautiful by decorating it. We can use curtains and blinds for windows according to the color scheme of the rooms. We can use rugs and carpets to make the room look more vibrant and beautiful. We can use wall paintings, small and big art pieces, flowers and many more things to make our house look beautiful. Even a small piece of an art work can give a different look to our house. There are so many options available in the market to choose from. There is always something for everybody to fit in his budget. We can even use our own sketch works, art work and drawings and paintings done by our children. A sensibly, beautifully, artistically designed and decorated house can make it a beautiful place to live in.
Tips for Designing and Decorating beautiful homes. Few intelligent ideas can bring natural and best looks to your home.
Home is a place to live, to rest, to enjoy and everybody has a special bond with his home. Home is not only an area surrounded with four walls and a roof. Everybody wants his home to look best in the world.
Decorating home is an art but there is no need to get mastered in it. Anybody can get it done by himself according to his taste and his needs. All we have to do is to design our home, to get it furnished and decorated not only by our requirements and taste but also by our dreams and desires.
Designing a home can be done by our own imagination or we can also get help from some professionals. Either it’s a big bunglow or a very small flat, perfect designing and proper utilization of the space makes it a spacious, beautiful and perfect place to live in.
Interiors of any home reflect the taste and personality of the people who live in it. Properly done interiors can convert a house to a home. We can get readymade furniture pieces from the market or get these done according to our own needs and area of the rooms. Sensibly used furniture makes a home spacious and luxurious place. Furnishings should also be done keeping in mind the style of the flooring, the wall finishing, the color schemes and the furniture.
When we are done with the designing, flooring, wall finishes, furniture and the furnishing, now it’s the time to make our home look more beautiful by decorating it. We can use curtains and blinds for windows according to the color scheme of the rooms. We can use rugs and carpets to make the room look more vibrant and beautiful. We can use wall paintings, small and big art pieces, flowers and many more things to make our house look beautiful. Even a small piece of an art work can give a different look to our house. There are so many options available in the market to choose from. There is always something for everybody to fit in his budget. We can even use our own sketch works, art work and drawings and paintings done by our children. A sensibly, beautifully, artistically designed and decorated house can make it a beautiful place to live in.
2010 Trends for travel industry can be plotted now based upon the data available for 2009.
Domestic Travel in US
It will increase by close to 30% or so. Economic conditions are improving. More families will opt for in-land travel.
International Travel for US travelers
Expected growth is more than 20%. More american travelers will go international destinations as companies are looking good and many of those companies have lifted the cap on international travel. Holiday Makers from US, will choose islands or European destinations over the normal routine places in the world.
UK Domestic Travel
European economy is considered to be tough. The domestic travelers are expected to grow by 10% or so. Because 2009 was not bad for UK travel industry. Over the figures of last year 10% growth sounds logical.
International Travel from UK
Many countries have still travel advisories issues to international travelers. Travelers from UK are expected to choose Australia as their first choice to spend holidays. There are many reasons behind this trend. Expected increase around 25%.
Asian Destinations
Asian destinations are going to see decrease of 10-15 for the travelers coming from UK and US. Asian places are considered to have some risk factors with them. Earlier places like Sri-Lanka and other small islands were favorite for many but now the situation has change due to warnings.
Destinations in Europe
European destinations have been in demand for many years and this year will be exciting for the tour operators in UK. Many families, corporate clients, holiday makers and other people are going to demand quality services.
These are some of the figures available for now. Will update more as the data arrives in sight.
Baba Vanga was a Bulgarian blind woman who has predicted many events of 2010. There are many versions floating over internet and most notable is from Pravda news agency. Pravda is supposed to be content mill feeding Russian thoughts.
Baba Vanga predicted that WW III will take place sometime in 2010. A saint or fortune teller may say one thing while other read as second thing. It is very difficult to point to the facts which would or are leading any such events. Vanga did not write anything herself. She had strings of TV appearances and often appearing with government officials.
Back to her claims that World War Third or WW III would break in 2010, does not hold much of logic. There are no events on the horizon which would point that anything such is going to happen.
There are other doomsday theories which are pointing to 2012. Which one is true, the one for 2010 or 2012. Nobody can say for sure.
Each year many such theories come to light and fade away as those are proven wrong. We are living in the modern times when everything can be explained logically. Baba Vanga may have said something which is being read differently by the people. It may be the just the efforts to create sensational news.
iTokk has made important announcement as it is entering into mobile advertisement sector with new offer. Advertisement would be served to the users through its own network. The press release points to the fact that already 2011 advertisers have signed up for the services.
Mobile networks are the newest mediums to serve the ads to users. Generally people get the ads in the form of SMS and MMS these days. The value proposition is that user’s mobiles are fully capable of displaying colorful ads. Almost every third user has the phones which are internet enabled. The framework needs to make itself fully capable of delivering the content to phone users without charging them for data usages. In any case if a company pushes unsolicited content to any user, the data carrier charges must be compensated either by the offering company or by its clients.
Your phone would become a device like Fax machine which can be used by anyone to send and push the content to your device. Like decades before and even now, thousands of the people get advertisements delivered to them over the fax. The same way, mobile network operators and carriers are going to use the facilities of modern times.
According to iTokk, users will be able to opt-in and opt-out for advertisements which are going to be delivered to them.