A&E Biography of JKR

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I just got through watching the A&E Biography of JK Rowling. It was 
really fun to watch, and she revealed a few(very few) details about 
the coming books. 
1) The final chapter that she has already written, which we already 
knew about, is an epilogue!! It tells "what happens to the survivors 
after they leave school." (I don't know if this is news to anyone but 
me, but I knew there'd been recent speculation about whether or not 
there would be an epilogue)She had the chapter in a yellow folder, 
and said she was quite dubious about showing it to anyone, even 
concealed as it was.
2) Sean(from whom Ron borrows characteristics) was interviewed. JKR 
said that like Ron he's "always there when you need him." They also 
talked about Sean's turquoise Ford Anglia, and there exploits in it.
3) JKR said that she had written about seventeen(?) drafts of the 
first chapter of PS before she settled on the current one. She said 
that the others were discarded for revealing to much, and that if 
they were all put together most of the story would be revealed.
4) OoP was said(by an A&E person, not JKR) to be due out this 
spring...this I'll take lightly
5) JKR once again attempted to dispell the rumors about writing PS on 
napkins, about living in an unheated flat, etc. She also talked about 
the unscrupulous paparazzi who doorstepped her and her father.
6) JKR showed some of her drawings of HP characters and scenes. Some 
professors(Snape and Sprout, I think, maybe others), Harry, the 
Weasleys.
7) She spoke of the volumes off material she has written for her own 
reference and enjoyment which will, sadly, never be published.
8) She cleared up the question about the King's Cross in the books 
and the King's Cross in life not being identical. She said she was in 
Manchester when she wrote that chapter, and could not check the 
actual layout. She attempted it from memory, but mistakenly wrote 
about a different station(I can't think of which.)
9) She spoke about the possibility, or lack there of, of fans 
influencing her work. She actually seemed indignant that some fans 
think they could or should, and said that in the end no fan would 
ever influence a single word.
10) She said that death was probably the MOST important theme of the 
series.

She talked about a lot of other things that we've heard about 
before...darkening tone of the books, character's deaths that would 
be hard to (re)write, etc.

Wow, there was so much more, and I can't seem to get it all out right 
now. Sorry if this is all old news. I guess I'll retreat to lurkdom...

Waaaayyyyy to excited,
Molly