Chelsea Cain
Chelsea Cain
Chelsea Snow Cainis an American novelist and columnist...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth5 February 1972
CountryUnited States of America
blue boss easier home office work
Somehow, having an office that I had to go to made me want to work from home, which is easier to do if you don't have a boss waiting for you at the office, even a very blue office.
assume grad iowa people program school workshop
When I say that I went to grad school in Iowa City, people often assume that I went to the famed writers' workshop MFA program at the University of Iowa. I didn't. I got a master's in journalism.
force husband love nicest outside sit treat watch work
I love to write just about more than anything, but there are times I have to force myself to sit down and work. I want to play with my daughter or watch a movie with my husband or go outside on the nicest day of the year. But if writing is going to be your job, you have to treat it like a job.
books chose found projects scale work written
I've written books for awhile, but always on a pretty small scale and always pretty self-indulgent. I chose projects that I thought would be really fun to work on and found friends to work on them with me, and it was all about the process.
adding layer objects
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.
characters sort writers
Don't let your characters tell you what to do. They can be pushy. Some writers say that they create characters and then just sort of follow them around through the narrative. I think that these writers are out of their minds.
people
Often we don't even know what we think ourselves about people in our lives.
violent
Of the paperbacks that you see at the airport, I am the most violent woman writer.
covered unless
No matter what fabulous place I visit, I don't feel like I'm on vacation unless I'm dehydrated and covered with sunscreen.
piece truth
Memory is a fiction we tell ourselves: just a piece of the truth.
blame daughter guess pregnant
I was pregnant with my daughter when I started writing my first thriller, so I guess you could blame hormones.
carol jordan obsessed tony val
I was obsessed with Val McDermid's Tony Hill and Carol Jordan books, delightfully twisted stuff.
commune early hippie iowa outside spent
I was born in Iowa City and spent my early childhood on a hippie commune just outside of town.
amateur bit considered
I read a lot of 'Nancy Drew' books as a kid and considered myself a bit of an amateur detective.