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" Travelling is a great time to catch up on my reading. It's hard falling asleep in new places, but a good book always makes it easier. "
Amanda Hocking
Book
Always
Reading
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" My mom has a tape from when I was, like, 2 years old, talking with my grandma, telling her a story that's really elaborate about werewolves and wolves. "
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" People have bad things to say about publishers, but I think they still have services, and I want to see what they are. And if they end up not being any good, I don't have to keep using them. "
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" I think I draw most inspiration from writers like Richelle Mead and filmmakers like John Hughes. They both really understand the experience of being a teenager and how insistent and intense everything feels, but they're also smart, savvy, and fun. "
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" Writing has always felt like a compulsion. Even at high school there'd be times when people would ask me if I wanted to go and hang out and I'd sit home and write instead. "
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" For me to be a billion-dollar author, I need to have people buying my books at Wal-Mart. "
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" I was always depressed growing up. There wasn't a reason for it, I just was. I was sad and morose. I cried a lot, I wrote a lot, and I read a lot; and that was how I dealt with it. "
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" When I was a little kid, before I learned how to write, I would tell stories. "
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" I priced my books at what I would want to spend on an electronic book. "
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" I've always kind of wrote when I wanted to. Once I get the idea in my head and get it outlined out, I usually just sit and write until it's done. "
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Kind
Sit
" I've taken every writing class I've had available. I took classes in high school, and I took English and writing classes in community college, but I dropped out of college. I also attended a local writing workshop two years ago. "
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" I want to be a writer. I do not want to spend 40 hours a week handling e-mails, formatting covers, finding editors, etc. "
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" It feels so weird to be able to just kind of buy things when I want them or need them. "
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