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Amanda Hocking
Age: 40
Born: 1984
Born: July 12
Novelist
Writer
Rochester
Minnesota
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When you dance with the devil, the devil doesn't change. The devil changes you.
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The desperation was coming off you in waves. You were all but begging to dance with me. I am doing you a favor.
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You can't let doubt or fear or guilt eat away at you. You are good and you need to remember that above all else. Love is stronger than hatred, and you are made of love.
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Wendy: Why are you staring at me? Finn: Because you're standing in front of me.
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Who was that?” I whispered, as if the walls could hear me. They were lined with pictures, a few of which I recognized as being painted by master painters. “Rhys.” “Yeah, I know but… is he my brother?” I asked. I had already decided that he was foxy, so I really hoped that he wasn‟t.
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Wendy!” Finn shouted pulling me from my moment with Loki. “What are you doing? You’re married. And not to him.” “Nothing slips by you does it.” Loki asked.
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I need to call Matt and let him know I'm okay, I said. Finn held the passenger door open while I got inside. As soon as he got in the driver's seat, I turned to him. Well? Can I call him? You really want to? Finn asked as he started the car. Yes, of course I do! Why is that so suprising?
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A vampire is branding girls, okay? I ignored his refusal. Something about that just feels wrong to me. I would hope so.
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I was always writing. When I was a little kid, before I learned how to write, I would tell stories. But as soon I as capable, I started writing. I filled notebooks and notebooks until I got my first computer when I was 11. It never really occurred to me that I would do anything else.
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He stepped into my room with one graceful move, as if entering through bedroom windows was nothing out of the ordinary.
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This was good, except that now I had two crazed, burning zombies standing between me and the exit, plus another one that wasn’t on fire. I had not thought this plan through at all.
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You're killing me here! You are far more dangerous than I am!
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I have a screened in porch, and it's nice to curl up with a book outside when it's raining, especially an old battered classic like 'Pride & Prejudice & Zombies.
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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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When you mix dirt with water, the dirt doesn't get clean. The water just gets dirty.
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Tomorrow you will belong to someone else, Finn said. But tonight, you're with me
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I know you’ll be a good Queen, a strong, noble leader, and that’s more than these people deserve,” she said. “But don’t give too much. You need to keep some of yourself for you. And listen to your heart.
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Forever is a really long time, you know? What do you do with forever? The same thing you do when you don't have forever. He smiled wanly. Live.
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How did I look at you? I asked thickly. Like you had to, like I was a magnet you were pulled to. There was no choice, he said. And when you look at Jack, it's because when he's around, why would you want to look at anything else? You love him the way you could never love me.
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Well,I hope you like the ring. He held it out to me, he velvet lid still closed. My mom hates it. I'm sure I'll love it,then, I said, and he laughed.
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