JK Rowling says she "sobbed her heart out" as she completed one of the final chapters of the final Harry Poter novel.

She also says she changed the last word in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows at the eleventh hour.

"When I finished one chapter near the end I absolutely howled," she told a BBC television presenter.

She finished the book alone in a hotel room.

"I was sobbing my heart out.

"I downed half a bottle of champagne from the mini bar in one and went home with mascara all over my face. That was really tough."

The Deathly Hallows is the seventh and final book about the schoolboy wizard Harry Potter and his Hogwarts friends.

The plots have taken a darker turn and Rowling has in the past revealed that she would kill off at least two of the main characters.

When asked by whether the word "scar" was still the last word in the book, as has been reported, she said: "Scar? It was for ages, and now it's not.

"Scar is quite near the end, but it's not the last word."

Harry Potter has a lightning bolt scar on his forehead as a result of a failed curse by the wicked wizard Lord Voldemort.

Rowling also revealed that the character Harry Potter was "totally imaginary" and not based on anyone.

She confessed that Harry's red-haired pal Ron Weasley was a lot like her oldest friend Sean though.

More than 325 million copies of the first six books have been sold worldwide, helping to turn Rowling into the first billionaire author.

aaahhhhh!!!!! well i know her sadness will be short lived. once her books are in store she'l be LOLing all the way to the bank.

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Guess the book is coming out soon. Can't wait to see what happens.

I don't thnk Harry will die. I think this is all just designed to boost sales, and it's certainly working.

Retailers such as Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Borders are reporting that more orders have been placed for this book than for any other in history.

Wow!

what's she sobbing about? it's over - she can finally take an indefinite vacation. and with the heaps of money she made from the series, hey, i'd be somewhere in bora bora sipping coconut drinks right about now if i were her

Harry Potter is so good!