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

Laurell K. Hamilton

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" 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. "

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" I wasn't like most girls. "

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" 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. "

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" Like most creative people I don't fit well into boxes. "

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Creative People

" 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. "

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

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" 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. "

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

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" Some people just don't seem to understand the concept of fiction. It is fiction; it ain't true, folks. "

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" I think like a detective. "

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

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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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" 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. "

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

Laurell K. Hamilton

" 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

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

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" 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. "

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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

" I'm not terribly fond of soapboxes. "

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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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" 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. "

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" 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

" 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. "

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" 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

" I always treated writing as a profession, never as a hobby. If you don't believe in yourself, no one else will. "

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Believe In Yourself

" 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. "

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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. "

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

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" 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. "

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