Loud Thinking October 27, 2013 at 02:49PM
J. K. Rowling, the renowned author of the Harry Potter series of books, began her writing career when she was going through the lowest period of her life. Jobless and divorced, Rowling used to write in cafes, while tending to her baby daughter, who would sleep by her side. She considered herself the “biggest failure I ever knew” but did not let her failure deter her spirit.