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I don't want to be famous per se, but I want to write books for as long as I can. And I plan on writing a lot.

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Amanda Hocking
Age: 40
Born: 1984
Born: July 12
Novelist
Writer
Rochester
Minnesota
Books
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My only experience with dances was what I had seen on TV, but it really wasn’t that far off. The theme appeared to be “Crepe Paper in the Gymnasium,” and they had mastered it perfectly.
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There was something almost painful about that, the intensity of being so vulnerable and so intimate with him.
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Unfortunately, zombies aren’t very flammable, and it went out instantly.
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His lips brushed against mine. Delicately at first, almost testing to see if this was real.
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What's your angle? I asked, trying to sound more playful than demanding. Isosceles, Jack quipped.
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He kissed me desperately, like a drowning man and I was his oxygen.
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Aurora is right,” Willa said, sounding sad to be agreeing with her.
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You should get married more often, Loki teased. It makes you feisty.
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