Laurell K. Hamilton

I am not a morning person. ↗

— Laurell K. Hamilton

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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. ↗

— Laurell K. Hamilton

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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. ↗

— Laurell K. Hamilton

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Here's the secret to finishing that first book. Don't rewrite as you go. ↗

— Laurell K. Hamilton

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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. ↗

— Laurell K. Hamilton

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By 17, I was submitting to publications and collecting my first rejection slips. ↗

— Laurell K. Hamilton

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If I'd been easily discouraged, I could have been a one-hit wonder. ↗

— Laurell K. Hamilton

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

— Laurell K. Hamilton

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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. ↗

— Laurell K. Hamilton

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

— Laurell K. Hamilton

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