J.K. Rowling's mysterious tweets: What is she hinting at?
With a series of cryptic updates on Twitter, Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling has prompted frenzied speculation among her fans about her next project.
With a series of cryptic updates on Twitter, Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling has prompted frenzied speculation among her fans about her next project.
Despite being 鈥渧ery busy鈥� at the moment, author J.K. Rowling can鈥檛 keep herself from dropping hints about a riddle she posted on Twitter yesterday that has Harry Potter fans scrambling.
It all started Monday when she tweeted this:
After a fan tweeted 鈥淓verytime聽@jk_rowling tweets I stop what ever I'm doing and analyze it for an hour,鈥� Rowling started to tease: 鈥淪ee, now I'm tempted to post a riddle or an anagram. Must resist temptation... must work鈥︹��
But she couldn鈥檛 help herself.
This, she followed with: 鈥淪omething to ponder while I'm away X.鈥�
Rowling let fans scream and sweat it out for a day 鈥� enough time for grandiose theories to sprout聽on Reddit and the like 鈥� then dropped a hint:
When a fan asked if that was the start of the film, Rowling said she was 鈥淢uch warmer.鈥�
Then she dropped this:
Will those who were speculating about a Harry Potter comeback be disappointed? Apparently not, since fans are ecstatic just to be guessing. Expressions of praise and gratitude 鈥� all聽140 characters or less 鈥撀爌oured forth from Twitter users worldwide.
"@jk_rowling this riddle is seriously your greatest gift since the announcement of Pottermore. THANK-YOU <3," one fan tweeted. "@jk_rowling I want you to tell us but I don't want you to at the same time. I'm almost crying with excitement. You should do this more often."