Do I detect just a smidgen of envy and sour grapes? In my opinion Rowling deserves every penny she has made from the contents of her mind and imagination and skill and ability to entertain. And who knows how many children in future will have learned to take pleasure from books because of her.

In a day when being good at hitting a ball around on grass or bouncing a ball on a wooden floor or throwing a ball from one end of a field to the other can garner millions of bucks I admire cerebral achievement.