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" Men are more particular, and they're not going to grab something with a bodice-ripper cover on it. "
Karin Slaughter
Cover
Something
Going
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" You can take risks with the characters and their development in a standalone novel. "
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" I want to be a better writer. I want to learn and grow, to know how to tell stories in a different and more challenging way. I've learned it doesn't get easier each time. It actually gets harder. "
Karin Slaughter
Know
Grow
Better
" I grew up in a small town in Georgia where nothing bad happened - it was like Mayberry. "
Karin Slaughter
Small Town
Small
Nothing
" When you read a book, you are letting another person distract your thoughts and work your emotions. If they are adept, there's nothing better than turning off and getting lost. "
Karin Slaughter
Better
Book
Lost
" My typical morning involves some time on the treadmill, but obviously I skip that a lot. Mostly, I wake up, check my email, then get to work on the various interviews and questions and phone calls that come with being an author. "
Karin Slaughter
Time
Wake Up
Questions
" Prior to the Civil War, most libraries were either privately owned or housed in universities or churches. "
Karin Slaughter
Churches
Civil War
Either
" Usually, when inspiration strikes late, the light of day reveals that I haven't gotten an idea for a book so much as a psychiatric case study. "
Karin Slaughter
Light
Late
Day
" People forget that writers start off being readers. We all love it when we find a terrific read, and we want to let people know about it. "
Karin Slaughter
Forget
Find
Know
" I grew up having the library as the best place ever. I spent a lot of weekends there as a kid - my parents would drop me off and leave me there all day. I would just sit in the back and read whatever I could find. "
Karin Slaughter
Place
Library
Day
" It's just my goal to deliver the best story I can, and I want to make sure each book is better than the last, and in order to do that, I have to take chances. "
Karin Slaughter
Story
Goal
Book
" Every writer I know got their start in a library somewhere. We read a book, and we thought, 'I want to do that.' "
Karin Slaughter
Thought
Start
Library
" As a Southerner, I love obstacles for my characters. "
Karin Slaughter
Southerner
Obstacles
Love
" I didn't want to spend the next thirty years writing about bad things happening in the same small town - not least of all because people would begin to wonder why anyone still lives there! "
Karin Slaughter
Small
Writing
Wonder
" I read about violent things. I think what I get out of that is entertainment by learning about different things, and reading the genre and getting an understanding of motivations. But at the end of the day, it's still a book, and I can walk away. "
Karin Slaughter
Walk
Reading
Learning
" What I know is the characters in a Southern town. I know the cadence of the language and the voice of Atlanta because I've lived here for so long. And I know the neighborhoods, and I hopefully know the people, and I feel a connection to them. And I also feel like I'm honoring them when I talk about them. "
Karin Slaughter
Long
Know
Language
" I think chalking up human behavior to evil lets us all off the hook too easily. "
Karin Slaughter
Human Behavior
Behavior
Evil
" I don't get hung up a lot on angst. "
Karin Slaughter
Lot
Hung
Up
" Visual storytelling is at once immediate and subversive. "
Karin Slaughter
Subversive
Once
Visual
" Crafting a piece of gripping, narrative true crime that engages the world is not that different from crafting a piece of crime fiction. "
Karin Slaughter
Different
World
True
" We make assumptions: nurses should be nice, teachers should be good. But everyone has a dark side, some darker than others. "
Karin Slaughter
Teachers
Nice
Good
" I always say 'thriller;' if they see you're a woman - and you're a blond woman - people assume you're writing about cats and romances where somebody has died. "
Karin Slaughter
You
Woman
Say
" I'm extremely introverted. I used to think it was shyness, but I got over that, so it must be door No. 2. It's still hard for me to be away from home much, and I have to make sure I get lots of time alone in my room when I'm touring. "
Karin Slaughter
Home
Me
Door
" For many children, the library represents their only access to books, reading, and the Internet outside of their home. If you think about how far behind a child would be without access to these fundamental tools - tools that are vital to successful employment later in life - it's a travesty. "
Karin Slaughter
Home
Reading
Child
" Women know how to scare other women. "
Karin Slaughter
Other
Know
Women
" Denise Mina is probably one of the most gifted writers out there, whether it's mystery or literary or whatever label you want to give it. "
Karin Slaughter
Want
Gifted
You
" I have a few unusual fans, as you can imagine, so I try to protect the privacy of my home life. "
Karin Slaughter
Fans
Home
Privacy
" I could type in a closet and be fine. It's just a matter of cocooning myself. Just me and the story. "
Karin Slaughter
Myself
Fine
Just
" I think that characters who are nice all the time and who you sympathize with can get really boring. "
Karin Slaughter
Who
Nice
Boring
" I think some people are good at being alone, and some people aren't, and as a child, I really liked it. "
Karin Slaughter
Being Alone
Alone
People
" I grew up watching the 'People's Choice Awards.' "
Karin Slaughter
Up
Choice
Awards