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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.

From Carrie Vaughn

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.'

From Carrie Vaughn

I got a crash-course education in urban fantasy. I suddenly had to look up all these other writers I was supposed to be in a genre with. I instantly had to become an expert in this genre I knew almost nothing about.

From Carrie Vaughn

I got into an argument with my original publisher. They wanted me to do 'Kitty' and nothing else. I wanted to do lots of things, not just 'Kitty' books.

From Carrie Vaughn

I wanted to be Carrie Vaughn the awesome writer, not the chick who writes the 'Kitty' books.

From Carrie Vaughn

When aspiring writers ask me about how they should target their writing, I tell them to pay no attention to that kind of thing. It will restrict you. You will end up falling into stereotypes in an effort to tailor your work toward a perceived genre category.

From Carrie Vaughn

I was born on Mather Air Force Base near Sacramento, but we moved around a lot.

From Carrie Vaughn

My parents are both huge science-fiction and fantasy fans - I was fed it.

From Carrie Vaughn

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.

From Carrie Vaughn

I didn't plan to write YA - I had a story that simply wasn't working as a straight-up fantasy novel.

From Carrie Vaughn

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