No, this isn’t an upcoming title, though I wish it were (yes, I’m a Harry Potter fan). I just thought I’d mention how HP is connected to what we all do every day.
Ms. Rowling had a burning desire to write. She worked other jobs while she wrote, but her passion was always to get Harry on the page. In fact, she was even on public assistance during the writing of the first book, trying to write and keep a roof over the head of herself and her daughter, as a single parent. She did whatever it took to get that book done, and then presented it to several publishers before she got one to publish it.
Side note: can you imagine how much those who turned her down must be kicking themselves?!
Anyway, fast-forward to today and Ms. Rowling is now one of the wealthiest women in the world. She is worth, reportedly, over a billion dollars, and definitely more than Queen Elizabeth II.
None of this would have happened if she were not true to her own vision. She “saw” Harry and his story and she had to write it. She had to write it for herself, and she hoped that others would want to share in it after the fact. She did what it took to enable her to be true to that vision.
And it paid off. Boy howdy did it.
Oh, and none of this would have happened if she sold all the rights to her book(s) either. Remember that next time a client “demands” copyright.