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10-07-2004, 07:59 PM
| | |  JK once got fired from a job for using the computer to write creative stories
MSN Careers has an article written by Laura Morsch using J.K.Rowling as an example of how getting fired from a job isn't the end of the world. Joanne Kathleen (a.k.a. J.K.) Rowling Quote:
The author of the mega-popular Harry Potter books was canned from a secretarial job after she got caught using the company computer to write creative stories. She used her severance pay to write Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, using grant money to finish it after she ran out of cash. The Harry Potter series became a global craze and Rowling became a billionaire.
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10-07-2004, 08:00 PM
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|  sporksSUBSkrewt
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Well, jobs come and go but good stories stay around forever!
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10-07-2004, 08:06 PM
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| | Dragon
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Oh well I don't think she is crying over that right now....
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10-07-2004, 08:10 PM
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| | Banshee
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lol me neither and i bet her EX boss isnt to pleased he fired JK Rowling!
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10-07-2004, 08:18 PM
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| | Lethifold
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hehe. that's kind of amusing..
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10-07-2004, 09:30 PM
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| | Jobberknoll
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I bet J.Ks laughing now and her old boss is crying but when you think of it, if he hadnt fired her do you think that she still might be working there. She might have not even published any books. So maybe we should all go give him a pat on the back and a punch in the face at the same time. | |
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10-07-2004, 10:09 PM
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| | Puffskein
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Yay...there's hope for me yet. I didn't exactly get fired but my job is no longer a safe place so now I must hit the pavement come Monday morning. This article about Jo makes me feel a bit better about it.
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10-07-2004, 10:16 PM
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| Waffling Chizpurfle
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Well, that helped create harry potter....
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10-07-2004, 10:26 PM
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| | Hippocampus
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There's is nothing like showing your ex-boss how much better you are than them. I can't wait for the day when I get to do that.
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10-07-2004, 10:55 PM
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| | Crup
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I bet that's one story the boss likes to keep underwraps. lol.
I wonder what my boss will say when she discovers me using the internet to check posts on SS....
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10-07-2004, 11:43 PM
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| | Puffskein
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Lol, go JK! Hehe, nice to know that even former secretaries can become billionaires (even though this is not quite a regular occurance lol)
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10-08-2004, 01:32 AM
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| | Kneazle
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haha if they only knew she was going to be one of the richest women in the world on account of her writing.
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10-08-2004, 02:07 AM
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lol...got a similar story like hers..though I wasn't using the pc for writing stories, I used it a lot to be on snitchseeker...lol...didn't get fired, though..just got a warning...well, I don't think it bothers her a bit now...look where she is right now!  | |
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10-08-2004, 11:32 AM
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| | Gnome
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lol. now she's a billionaire
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10-08-2004, 01:16 PM
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lol
well.. i think.. that i'm glad she kept writing creative stories 
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10-08-2004, 01:31 PM
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haha, nothing in life is as depressing as it seems to be. All these are examples of how to get on with our lives and i'm glad Jo has also proven an example | |
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10-08-2004, 01:41 PM
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| | Puffskein
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I'm sorry she got fired but yeah for the harry potter series and when is the next book coming out. I want it now. Do you think if we fire her again the half blood prince will come out any sooner j.k.
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10-08-2004, 05:44 PM
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| | Nogtail
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Well, jobs come and go but good stories stay around forever!
Yeah, I agree!
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10-08-2004, 07:41 PM
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Kinda ironic lol
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10-08-2004, 08:42 PM
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| | Skrewt
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yeah i know...lol its pretty ironic.
and now JKR's a billionaire!
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10-08-2004, 08:54 PM
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| | Hippocampus
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haha! that person who fired her is probably now trying to sell that computer saying JKR wrote Harry Potter on it :p
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10-09-2004, 12:13 AM
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| | Bicorn
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well i bet they're regretting their decision now!! wonder if theyre cherishing her comp, like "jo's fingers touched these keys..."
is this one of those ironic situations? have a difficulty identifying those but this kinda seems like one. she's prolly rich enough to buy that company that she worked for lol
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10-09-2004, 12:39 AM
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| | Plimpy
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That just screams irony!! Go get 'em JK!
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10-09-2004, 03:12 PM
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| | Bicorn
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EH dont know what to say its quite sad but bet her ex boss best please he fired j.k
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10-10-2004, 06:35 PM
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| | Bowtruckle
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hahahaha
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