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Amanda Hocking Quotes
Amanda Hocking Quotes
Amanda Hocking
American
Writer
Born:
Jul 12
,
1984
Book
Books
Great
People
Want
Writing
Related authors:
Dale Carnegie
Denis Waitley
Dr. Seuss
H. L. Mencken
Napoleon Hill
Ray Bradbury
W. E. B. Du Bois
William Arthur Ward
Writing has always felt like a compulsion. Even at high school there'd be times when people would ask me if I wanted to go and hang out and I'd sit home and write instead.
Amanda Hocking
Home
Me
People
Writing
School
Sit
Out
High
Would
High School
Compulsion
Write
Instead
Like
Felt
Always
Go
Times
Hang
Wanted
Ask
Even
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.
Amanda Hocking
Experience
Smart
Think
Teenager
Everything
Savvy
Draw
John
Insistent
Both
Inspiration
Writers
Feels
Like
Most
Also
Understand
How
Hughes
Intense
Being
Being A Teenager
Really
Fun
Filmmakers
People have bad things to say about publishers, but I think they still have services, and I want to see what they are. And if they end up not being any good, I don't have to keep using them.
Amanda Hocking
Good
People
Bad Things
Think
Say
Bad
See
About
Still
End
Up
Any
Being
Want
Them
Using
Keep
Publishers
Things
Services
I don't really like fairies.
Amanda Hocking
Like
Fairies
Really
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.
Amanda Hocking
Class
Writing
School
College
Community
Every
Took
Local
Out
High
Classes
High School
Had
Taken
Attended
Dropped
Also
Years
Years Ago
Available
Community College
English
Workshop
Two
My mom has a tape from when I was, like, 2 years old, talking with my grandma, telling her a story that's really elaborate about werewolves and wolves.
Amanda Hocking
Mom
Old
Telling
About
Like
Talking
Werewolves
Wolves
Years
Tape
Story
Elaborate
Grandma
Really
Her
I want to be a writer. I do not want to spend 40 hours a week handling e-mails, formatting covers, finding editors, etc.
Amanda Hocking
Spend
Finding
Week
Writer
Hours
Editors
Covers
Handling
Want
Etc
I priced my books at what I would want to spend on an electronic book.
Amanda Hocking
Book
Spend
Books
Would
Want
Electronic
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.'
Amanda Hocking
Book
Pride
Old
Nice
Battered
Classic
Outside
Like
Up
Curl
Screened
Prejudice
Porch
Raining
Zombies
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.
Amanda Hocking
Time
Good
Great
Book
Reading
Easier
Catch
New
Great Time
Makes
Always
Falling
Up
New Places
Places
Asleep
Good Book
Hard
Travelling
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