JKR has a beau????????

[Jennifer Piersol]

Neil asked about JKR's beau named (possibly?) Neil...

Yes, that's what his name is.  In fact, for a split second, when I 
read about him, I thought... "OUR Neil????"  Notice, I said *split 
second*.  

Other split second thoughts that occurred to me after reading about 
Neil the boyfriend:

"I wonder if he gets to read ahead..."
"Hey... maybe he's just dating her to read ahead!"
"That jerk."
"I hope he's not going to copy the next book, submit it to papers, 
then dump her."
"What a big jerk."
"What if he distracts her from writing?"
"Oh no.  What if they get married, start travelling, and she decides 
she doesn't have time for Harry Potter any more?"
"That *$@#&^% JERK!!"

;)

Jen (who is sincerely hoping that he's 10x better than her ex, and 
that he's cheering from the sidelines: "Come on, just finish the 
chapter and then you can go to bed." )