Rowling in USA Today: More extra info

[krista7]

No: HPFGUIDX 173100

There's an interesting article in USA Today:
http://www.usatoday.com/life/books/news/2007-07-25-jk-rowling_N.htm


Highlights: 

She's working on a kid's book and an adult book. No word on content.

She seems to be burned out on fantasy right now.

In re: what happens to the characters next--

Harry and Ron are Aurors. They have "revolutionized" the Ministry.

Hermione works in the Dept. of Magical Law Enforcement, despite 
her dig at lawyers in DH. She has also changed her department. 

JKR said it is not the same Ministry as the ones the kids 
were fighting--they've changed it from within. "They are building
a new world." 

Luna, btw, became some kind of naturalist, traveling the world.
JKR does not rule out a pairing with Neville, but she didn't 
want to do that in the books--it would be too neat a finish,
with everybody paired up.

Tonks and Lupin's deaths were not in the original outline. 
Arthur Weasley, as noted, would have died in Book 5 by her 
original draft. 

JKR has notes on all the kids of the Weasleys and included
the list in the original version of the epilogue. She felt it
was too much, however, and pruned it. The epilogue is deliberately
vague at points--she wanted it to be slightly vague, so you could 
imagine whom you wanted at the station with our kids.

Krista