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Self-publishing is great, but I don't want to be an icon for it, or anything else.

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Amanda Hocking
Age: 40
Born: 1984
Born: July 12
Novelist
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Rochester
Minnesota
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Aurora is right,” Willa said, sounding sad to be agreeing with her.
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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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Unfortunately, zombies aren’t very flammable, and it went out instantly.
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I think I draw most inspiration from writers like Richelle Mead and filmmakers like John Hughes. They both really understand the experience of being a teenager and how insistent and intense everything feels, but they're also smart, savvy, and fun.
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Being liked for the way you looked is worse than not being liked at all.
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I don't need love or a man to complete me,and someday, you'll find that true for yourself. Suitors will come and go, but you will remain.
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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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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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Right then, it didn't matter what his reasons were. All I knew that I was sick of him breaking my heart.
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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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I decided to go along with it. If he tried to give me the runaround, I would bolt. I didn't have time to waste on vague answers and evasive language. Matt and Rhys were captive, and Rhys couldn't even sit down.
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I don't think I've ever really had a home before, not until I met you.
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I was always depressed growing up. There wasnt a reason for it, I just was. I was sad and morose. I cried a lot, I wrote a lot, and I read a lot and that was how I dealt with it.
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I get that we can't be together. And it's not like I'm so weak-willed that the simple act of saying hello to me will cause me to jump your bones in the hall.
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Travelling is a great time to catch up on my reading. It's hard falling asleep in new places, but a good book always makes it easier.
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For me to be a billion-dollar author, I need to have people buying my books at Wal-Mart.
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When something is important to you, you make sure its safe.
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All the stereotypical ‘dude’ geeky things I like are socially acceptable, and all the stereotypical ‘lady’ geeky things I like are frowned upon….
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When you dance with the devil, the devil doesn't change. The devil changes you.
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When I said it aloud, it sounded terribly creepy, which is why I had said it aloud.
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