People read stuff over your shoulder when you're in public, and when you write the kind of stuff I do, and people read it over your shoulder, it makes you a little self-conscious. Chelsea Cain consciouskindmake Change image and share on social
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. Chelsea Cain daughterdayforce share on social
I like signing books for a living; I do. But you have no idea the panic that sets in. I am not a very good speller. Put me in a stresser situation, and I lose all capacity to recall how to spell the most simple names. Chelsea Cain bookcapacitygood share on social
I felt like I'd culturally arrived when a character on the HBO show 'True Blood' was reading a hardback of 'Heartsick' at Sookie's kitchen table. Chelsea Cain arrivebloodcharacter Change image and share on social
I read a lot fewer thrillers than I think people assume I do. Chelsea Cain assumefewlot Change image and share on social
I am a control freak, but not when I travel. For some reason when I travel, I am able to surrender more than in my real life. I am able to let go. I think it's why I like it so much. Chelsea Cain controlfreaklife Change image and share on social
People come to Portland, many of them for the quality of life. They love the physical space here. And yet every year, people climbing the mountain get killed by avalanches. Chelsea Cain avalancheclimbkill Change image and share on social
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 cryfitmake Change image and share on social
As a seven-year-old, I remember when Etan Patz disappeared and was immortalized as the first missing-child face on a milk carton. Chelsea Cain cartonchilddisappear Change image and share on social
I'd lived in Portland on and off for a decade before I'd even heard of Vanport. It was this town of 20,000 people that washed away from north Portland. Chelsea Cain 000decadehear Change image and share on social