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" I want a kiss to be so believable it gives the reader shivers. "
Laurell K. Hamilton
Reader
Gives
Want
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" 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
" 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
" 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
Like
" Here's the secret to finishing that first book. Don't rewrite as you go. "
Laurell K. Hamilton
Go
You
Here
" 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
" 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
" Like most creative people I don't fit well into boxes. "
Laurell K. Hamilton
Creative
Creative People
People
" 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
" What happens in Vegas may stay in Vegas, but what happens in New Orleans, goes home with you. "
Laurell K. Hamilton
Stay
Vegas
New
" 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
" If I'd been easily discouraged, I could have been a one-hit wonder. "
Laurell K. Hamilton
Wonder
Been
Discouraged
" I'm not terribly fond of soapboxes. "
Laurell K. Hamilton
Fond
Terribly
" You give the reader a sense of a full meal. "
Laurell K. Hamilton
Sense
Meal
Reader
" 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
" 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
Most
Like
Why
" I guess, what I'm saying is that when I've been this surprised by my own characters and world, all bets are off. "
Laurell K. Hamilton
Been
Saying
World
" I always treated writing as a profession, never as a hobby. If you don't believe in yourself, no one else will. "
Laurell K. Hamilton
Writing
Believe In Yourself
Yourself
" It was just you had to be strong, and if you weren't strong you're a victim and you're not going to make it. That was the reality when I was growing up. "
Laurell K. Hamilton
Strong
Reality
Be Strong
" 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
" My writing style is very sensual, as in sensory detail. "
Laurell K. Hamilton
Sensual
Style
Writing
" I try not to worry about rewriting books that worked well the first time. I'm too busy writing new books to worry about things that are already in print. "
Laurell K. Hamilton
Time
Worry
New
" I am not a morning person. "
Laurell K. Hamilton
Person
Morning
I Am
" Never argue with your characters; they know themselves better than you do. "
Laurell K. Hamilton
Argue
Your
You
" You'd think a sociopath assassin wouldn't have a fan following but he does. "
Laurell K. Hamilton
You
Fan
Assassin
" I wasn't like most girls. "
Laurell K. Hamilton
Like
Most
" 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
" 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
" By 17, I was submitting to publications and collecting my first rejection slips. "
Laurell K. Hamilton
Rejection
Collecting
First
" 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. "
Laurell K. Hamilton
Paper
Horror
Words