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I try not to worry about rewriting books that worked well the first time. I'm too busy writing new books to worry about things that are already in print

Laurell K. Hamilton

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Laurell K. Hamilton
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: February 19
Novelist
Writer
Heber Springs
Arkansas
Laurell Kaye Hamilton
Writing
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Trying
Books
Things
Literature
Time
Wells
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Firsts
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Busy
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