Writing tips are like mini skirts. Sometimes they fit perfectly, sometimes they make you cry, and sometimes you can reuse the material and sew yourself a pillow or something. — Chelsea Cain Copy Share Image
I think of it as the lasagna approach to writing because I'm always adding layers. I'll sometimes do it layer by layer, with dialogue, attribution, action, objects in the scene, setting... It can be sometimes that delineated. — Chelsea Cain Copy Share Image
I read a lot of 'Nancy Drew' books as a kid and considered myself a bit of an amateur detective. — Chelsea Cain Copy Share Image
You won't make a living writing until you learn to write when you don't want to. — Chelsea Cain Copy Share Image
“She'd liked Pearl. Pearl hadn't meant to Tazer Archie. Well, she meant to Tazer him, but how was she supposed to know that her… — Chelsea Cain Copy Share Image
I was born in Iowa City and spent my early childhood on a hippie commune just outside of town. — Chelsea Cain Copy Share Image
I often keep my eyes open for bodies. I do. Ever since I was a kid. I think I read too many 'Nancy Drew'… — Chelsea Cain Copy Share Image
I used to write travel essays, and I was struck by how the fact of writing about a place would change my relationship with… — Chelsea Cain Copy Share Image
“Robbins had opened Gabby up. Her charred skin was peeled back, and her ribs were removed. She was pink inside, like steak that had… — Chelsea Cain Copy Share Image
I am a control freak, but not when I travel. For some reason when I travel, I am able to surrender more than in… — Chelsea Cain Copy Share Image
“But people in masks were always assholes. It was a scientific law. Give someone anonymity and all social niceties break down. The Internet had… — Chelsea Cain Copy Share Image
Every year, I give my dad an advance copy of my latest book. He reads it over the next several nights and says something… — Chelsea Cain Copy Share Image
You know what I hate? I hate people who give me plants. The whole giving someone plants - it's like giving someone a pet.… — Chelsea Cain Copy Share Image
I love to write just about more than anything, but there are times I have to force myself to sit down and work. I… — Chelsea Cain Copy Share Image
