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" 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? "
Laurell K. Hamilton
Sex
Shy
Book
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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've been writing stories since I was 12. 'Writer's Digest' was one of my writing teachers, actually. "
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" I'm not terribly fond of soapboxes. "
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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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" You either mellow at 30, or your head explodes - take your choice. "
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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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" If I'd been easily discouraged, I could have been a one-hit wonder. "
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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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" The fey in this country keep to themselves, and are a separate nation, much like the American Indians, but with even more autonomy. "
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" I love animals, always have, and it seemed natural to help the ASPCA. Animals have no voice of their own, so we have to be that voice. "
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" Never argue with your characters; they know themselves better than you do. "
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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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Students
School
" 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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Worry
New
" Everyone spends their lives trying to balance their world between good and evil. "
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Balance
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" I think like a detective. "
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Like
" If people would write exactly what I wanted to read I wouldn't feel so compelled to write myself. "
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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. "
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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 cannot say how strongly I object to people using other people's writing as research. Research is non-fiction, especially for horror, fantasy, science fiction. Do not take your research from other people's fiction. Just don't. "
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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. "
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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 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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" 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 want a kiss to be so believable it gives the reader shivers. "
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" My writing style is very sensual, as in sensory detail. "
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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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" 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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" 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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