Grand Central really didn’t want me doing anything under my own name but the ‘Kitty’ novels. Carrie Vaughn Read Quote
If you sell yourself short before you even start, you’ll never know how far you could have gone. Ambition is a wonderful thing and has gotten me farther than I ever thought I’d go. Carrie Vaughn Read Quote
Writers can feel pretty powerless in the big corporate world of publishing, but sometimes our greatest power is the ability to say ‘no.’ Carrie Vaughn Read Quote
Have a picture in mind of the kind of career you want, the kind of writer you want to be. This will help you make tough decisions when you reach crossroads – choosing an agent, deciding to accept deals. Carrie Vaughn Read Quote
What’s interesting to me is how many vampire/urban fantasy authors are writing young adult series as well, often set in the same world as their adult books, but focused on a younger audience. Carrie Vaughn Read Quote
Robin McKinley’s ‘The Blue Sword’ was a defining book of my teen years, and I’d love to have more books like that in the world. Carrie Vaughn Read Quote
I didn’t plan to write YA – I had a story that simply wasn’t working as a straight-up fantasy novel. Carrie Vaughn Read Quote
I admit, I’m suspicious of any career planning that involves chasing the next ‘big thing,’ just because it’s so hard to predict what the next big thing is going to be a couple of years – or even six months – out. Carrie Vaughn Read Quote
I had a few really bad years in school, just from not fitting in and being bullied. It was kind of brilliant being a military brat, though, because when you’re in that kind of situation, you just think, ‘I only have to hang on for another year, because then we’ll move. It’ll be fine if I can just get out of here.’ Carrie Vaughn Read Quote
