"Now that I'm being very successful, publishers are trying to mainstream me, but I'm unabashedly genre. It's what I like to read, what I like to write"

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Laurell K. Hamilton

#Writing Quotes #Successful Quotes #Trying Quotes

“For those who resist the notion that the mainstream is a genre, we recommend that they browse the shelves of their local bookstore. For if the mainstream is not a genre, then it must necessarily embrace all kinds of writing: romance, adventure, horror, thriller, crime, and, yes, science fiction.”
“I think the ordinary is a very under-exploited aspect of our lives because it is so familiar.”
“The mind which renounces, once and for ever, a futile hope, has its compensation in ever-growing calm.”

Source : George Gissing (2016). “The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft”, p.63, The Floating Press
“Short stories can be rather stark and bare unless you put in the right details. Details make stories human, and the more human a story can be, the better.”
“Mental Management is the process of maximising the probability of having a consistent mental performance, under pressure, on demand”
“Without God, I don't see how folks cope.”
“Sometimes a clearly defined error is the only way to discover the truth”
“How deceitful hope may be, yet she carries us on pleasantly to the end of life.”

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