羅琳在官網留下了一封信給所有的書迷: DECEMBER 25th That tired old welcome page was starting to bug me, so I thought I'd give you something new for Christmas. I've tried keeping a diary many times in the past and never got much further than January 15th, but I've been feeling the need for a place to put everyday updates that don't qualify as real 'news'. As ever, if there is a quiet spell you should not take it as a sign that I've given up diary writing, but rather that I am working hard on something a little more eagerly anticipated... For 2006 will be the year when I write the final book in the Harry Potter series. I contemplate the task with mingled feelings of excitement and dread, because I can't wait to get started, to tell the final part of the story and, at last, to answer all the questions (will I ever answer all of the questions? Let's aim for most of the questions); and yet it will all be over at last and I can't quite imagine life without Harry. However (clears throat in stern British manner) this is no time to get maudlin. I have been fine-tuning the fine-tuned plan of seven during the past few weeks so that I can really set to work in January. Reading through the plan is like contemplating the map of an unknown country in which I will soon find myself. Sometimes, even at this stage, you can see trouble looming; nearly all of the six published books have had Chapters of Doom. The quintessential, never, I hope, to be beaten Chapter That Nearly Broke My Will To Go On was chapter nine, 'Goblet of Fire' (appropriately enough, 'The Dark Mark'.) As for this website, I've got plans...you'll find out what they are in due course (constant vigilance, my friends). In the meantime, happy holidays to everyone, and if Father Christmas has already squeezed down your chimney, I hope he left something good 大概翻譯一下: 12月25日 因為已經對官網一直都沒變的首頁感到厭倦了, 所以我決定寫些新東西在聖誕節給你們. 我每一年都嘗試著要開始寫日記, 但都撐不過1月15日.不過我覺得有需要找個地方每日更新一些東西. 如果我沒有時常新增東西就是因為我正在努力另外一些值得期待的事..... 2006年將是我撰寫最後一本哈利波特系列的一年, 我的心情參雜著興奮和難過, 因為我很期待可以開始撰寫最後一段故事也終於可以回答所有的問題 (也許不是全部但至少可以是大部分的問題), 但是結束了之後我無法想像沒有了哈利的生活. 不過(用英式禮儀清了清喉嚨),現在還不用感到傷心. 在過去幾個禮拜我已經完整的整理好第7集該有的素材和計畫, 可以在1月開始動筆了. 在我讀著我過去所準備好的素材時,就像是要前往一個我未知的國度尋找自我一樣. 有時候,可以說是隨時,都會有困擾的瓶頸情形發生. 在目前已發行的6本書中每一本都有一個章節特別難寫. 目前為止最讓我感到挫折且差點寫不下去的是"火杯的考驗"中的第9章. 對於這個網站我也有計畫,你們將會在未來發現的(大家要提高警覺). 在這期間,祝大家假期愉快! 如果聖誕老人已經擠進去了你家的煙囪,希望他留了一些好東西. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 另外官方網站也在Rumors和FAQ poll都有新增 http://www.jkrowling.com/ --

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