American - Writer | February 19, 1963 -
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.
Laurell K. Hamilton
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I think like a detective.
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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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I'm not terribly fond of soapboxes.
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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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By 17, I was submitting to publications and collecting my first rejection slips.
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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.
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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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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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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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