Despite the dramatic finish of the Harry Potter series, J.K. Rowling's successful writing career is not at an end. She will take advantage of the released pressure, but by no means has indicated that she will be abandoning her career as a writer. She has said that she may write under a pseudonym, although the press would discover it "in seconds". Jo has already embarked on writing projects other than Harry Potter. In 2006 in an interview with the Daily Telegraph, she revealed that she has already written a few short stories, and is working on a story, aimed at a younger audience than Harry Potter's, which she describes as a "political fairytale" about a monster. It is unlikely, though, that she will return to writing another book in the Harry Potter series: "I can't say I'll never write another book about that world just because I think, what do I know, in ten years' time I might want to return to it but I think it's unlikely." She has admitted that there are "weak moments" where she has said okay to an eighth book, but these are unlikely and reiterates that Harry would not be the central character. Luckily, though, she has said she is likely to publish a large encyclopedia containing information about Harry Potter and his world not revealed in the books. She has not started writing it, and says she could take more than ten years to complete it: "It's not coming along, and I haven't started writing it. I never said it was the next thing I'd do." "There is no point in doing it unless it is amazing. The last thing I want to do is to rush something out" In July 2007, J.K. Rowling said she is currently writing two books, one for children and one for adults, reminding her of the situation when she was writing Harry Potter as well as another book in the early 1990's , before Harry Potter took over. " The weird thing is that this is exactly the way I started writing Harry. I was writing two things simultaneously for a year before Harry took over. So one will oust the other in due course, and I'll know that's my next thing" she says. None of her future publications are likely to be fantasy, lest she should borrow too much from Harry's world. She has said that "to go and create another fantasy universe would feel wrong". In March 2008, she revealed that her "political fairy story" was almost finished, and that it will "probably be the next thing" she publishes. It is possible that this story has taken over the novel for adults. She also said that she had resumed writing in cafes, reminiscent of what she did 15 years ago, writing the first Potter book. Ultimately, though, we cannot expect too much, too soon, as she says she will take "lots" of time off to spend with her family, and she has noted how much she will enjoy the lack of pressure on her: "... the idea of just wandering off to a cafe with a notebook and writing and seeing where that takes me for awhile is just bliss. Heaven. No pressure."
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