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" For me the Anita series is built like a mystery series, which means that as much as possible each book stands alone, so you have a mystery to solve from the beginning to the end of the book. "

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" Perfection is an unattainable goal. It isn't going to be perfect. Just get words down on paper, and when you stumble to what you think is the end of the book, you will have hundreds of pages of words that came out of your head. It may not be perfect, but it looks like a book. "

Laurell K. Hamilton

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Book

Perfection

" Nothing wrong with making money or doing what you need to do to sell, but I think it shows when you're writing something to pay the bills and when you're writing something because it's really your version of the world. "

" I think that my vampires in general were influenced by my being allowed to watch the Hammer vampire films. Vampire Circus, also shown as Circus of Fear, was one of those movies. "

" I've been writing stories since I was 12. 'Writer's Digest' was one of my writing teachers, actually. "

" I think like a detective. "

Laurell K. Hamilton

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Detective

" If you're open to it, New Orleans will teach you about yourself, but if you want to hide from who you really are, the city will help you do that, too. "

" You'd think a sociopath assassin wouldn't have a fan following but he does. "

" If people would write exactly what I wanted to read I wouldn't feel so compelled to write myself. "

" I like conventions. I like meeting and greeting. I'm perched on that edge where I'm getting more attention than I quite know what to do with, though. "

" I want a kiss to be so believable it gives the reader shivers. "

" You either mellow at 30, or your head explodes - take your choice. "

" The fey in this country keep to themselves, and are a separate nation, much like the American Indians, but with even more autonomy. "

" I am a very linear thinker, so I write beginning to end. I write hundreds of pages per book that never make it into print. "

" What we prefer to read is sort of like sexual preference, you like what you like. Most of the time you have no clue why. "

Laurell K. Hamilton

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Why

" I'm not terribly fond of soapboxes. "

Laurell K. Hamilton

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Terribly

" I love animals, always have, and it seemed natural to help the ASPCA. Animals have no voice of their own, so we have to be that voice. "

" I guess, what I'm saying is that when I've been this surprised by my own characters and world, all bets are off. "

" What happens in Vegas may stay in Vegas, but what happens in New Orleans, goes home with you. "

" Everyone spends their lives trying to balance their world between good and evil. "

" I went to Marion College for writing and I was kicked out of the writing school. I was asked to leave the writing program because I was corrupting the other students. "

" Two things I do well in books are sex and violence, but I don't want gratuitous sex or violence. The sex and violence are only as graphic as need be. And never included unless it furthers the plot or character development. "

" Here's the secret to finishing that first book. Don't rewrite as you go. "

Laurell K. Hamilton

You

Here

" I feel that if you are blessed, or lucky enough, to be doing well, you should help others. "

" My characters surprise me constantly. My characters are like my friends - I can give them advice, but they don't have to take it. If your characters are real, then they surprise you, just like real people. "

Laurell K. Hamilton

Surprise

Friends

" I started off like everyone else does, slogging but having a compulsion to put words on paper. I didn't write or read horror or fantasy, other than children's fantasy, until I was in my teens. "

" My writing style is very sensual, as in sensory detail. "

" One of my rules is never explain. A writer is a lot like a magician, if you explain how the trick works then a lot of the magic turns mundane. "

Laurell K. Hamilton

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Magic

" You give the reader a sense of a full meal. "

" Now that I'm being very successful, publishers are trying to mainstream me, but I'm unabashedly genre. It's what I like to read, what I like to write. "

Laurell K. Hamilton

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Write

" I wasn't like most girls. "

Laurell K. Hamilton

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