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" 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. "
Laurell K. Hamilton
Attention
Meeting
Know
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" I'm not terribly fond of soapboxes. "
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" If people would write exactly what I wanted to read I wouldn't feel so compelled to write myself. "
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People
Wanted
Write
" Readers respond to every genre intensely, if it's a genre that appeals to them. Again, who can say why anyone enjoys horror and dark fantasy? If I can't answer the question for myself, I wouldn't dream of trying to answer it for others. "
Laurell K. Hamilton
Myself
Horror
Dream
" The fey in this country keep to themselves, and are a separate nation, much like the American Indians, but with even more autonomy. "
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Country
American
Nation
" I cannot say how strongly I object to people using other people's writing as research. Research is non-fiction, especially for horror, fantasy, science fiction. Do not take your research from other people's fiction. Just don't. "
Laurell K. Hamilton
Science
Say
Research
" 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. "
Laurell K. Hamilton
Book
Write
Never
" 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. "
Laurell K. Hamilton
Alone
Mystery
Beginning
" You give the reader a sense of a full meal. "
Laurell K. Hamilton
Sense
Meal
Reader
" You either mellow at 30, or your head explodes - take your choice. "
Laurell K. Hamilton
Your
Head
Either
" I've been writing stories since I was 12. 'Writer's Digest' was one of my writing teachers, actually. "
Laurell K. Hamilton
Writing
Teachers
Stories
" Some people just don't seem to understand the concept of fiction. It is fiction; it ain't true, folks. "
Laurell K. Hamilton
People
Understand
True
" I feel that if you are blessed, or lucky enough, to be doing well, you should help others. "
Laurell K. Hamilton
Help
You
Blessed
" Everyone spends their lives trying to balance their world between good and evil. "
Laurell K. Hamilton
Good
Balance
Evil
" I've lost track of the number of people who want to be writers but never actually write anything. Talking about writing, dreaming about writing, can be very fun, but it won't get a book written. You've got to write. "
Laurell K. Hamilton
Fun
Lost
People
" I think like a detective. "
Laurell K. Hamilton
Think
Detective
Like
" Most of the monsters... are based on some sort of mythology. Every culture and even some geographical areas have monsters and mythology that is their own. "
Laurell K. Hamilton
Mythology
Culture
Monsters
" I'm more influenced by my own interests than anyone else's. Writers have to entertain themselves, or they can't entertain anyone else. "
Laurell K. Hamilton
More
Than
Interests
" Like most creative people I don't fit well into boxes. "
Laurell K. Hamilton
Creative
Creative People
People
" You'd think a sociopath assassin wouldn't have a fan following but he does. "
Laurell K. Hamilton
You
Fan
Assassin
" 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
You
Book
Perfection
" 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. "
Laurell K. Hamilton
Want
Character
Need
" 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. "
Laurell K. Hamilton
College
Students
School
" I wasn't like most girls. "
Laurell K. Hamilton
Like
Most
" 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
Successful
Me
Write
" 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. "
Laurell K. Hamilton
City
Yourself
Hide
" I want a kiss to be so believable it gives the reader shivers. "
Laurell K. Hamilton
Reader
Gives
Want
" What happens in Vegas may stay in Vegas, but what happens in New Orleans, goes home with you. "
Laurell K. Hamilton
Stay
Vegas
New
" 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
Me
" 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. "
Laurell K. Hamilton
Own
Voice
Always
" 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
Never
Magic
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