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" Some people just don't seem to understand the concept of fiction. It is fiction; it ain't true, folks. "
Laurell K. Hamilton
People
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" 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. "
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" I'm not terribly fond of soapboxes. "
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" By 17, I was submitting to publications and collecting my first rejection slips. "
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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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" My writing style is very sensual, as in sensory detail. "
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" I am not a morning person. "
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" 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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" Never argue with your characters; they know themselves better than you do. "
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" You either mellow at 30, or your head explodes - take your choice. "
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" 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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" 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. "
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" I want a kiss to be so believable it gives the reader shivers. "
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Gives
Want
" When sex is necessary for the plot of a book, or a character development, then I don't shy away from it. Why should I? "
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Shy
Book
" 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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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. "
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Alone
Mystery
Beginning
" 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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Meeting
Know
" You'd think a sociopath assassin wouldn't have a fan following but he does. "
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Fan
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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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" 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. "
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Reality
Be Strong
" 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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Time
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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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" 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. "
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" Like most creative people I don't fit well into boxes. "
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" You give the reader a sense of a full meal. "
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" 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 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. "
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School
" If I'd been easily discouraged, I could have been a one-hit wonder. "
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Wonder
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" 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. "
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" I wasn't like most girls. "
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