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. Chelsea Cain awhilebookchoose share on social
I was obsessed with Val McDermid's Tony Hill and Carol Jordan books, delightfully twisted stuff. Chelsea Cain bookcaroldelightfully Change image and share on social
I know that there's a cultural expectation that women be nurturing, delicate flowers. And I am. So delicate. But that doesn't mean I can't write a good, gory murder scene. Chelsea Cain culturaldelicateexpectation Change image and share on social
Often we don't even know what we think ourselves about people in our lives. Chelsea Cain livepeople Change image and share on social
I was a library rat and a bookworm. I read all the time. I walked to school reading books. I read under my desk. Chelsea Cain bookbookwormdesk Change image and share on social
I'm usually too shy to write on planes because I assume that everyone on board is as nosy as I am and will look over my shoulder and read what I'm writing. Chelsea Cain assumeboardnosy Change image and share on social
I used to write travel essays, and I was struck by how the fact of writing about a place would change my relationship with it. I would make completely different choices, do things I wouldn't have normally, because I had to fill this narrative shape. Chelsea Cain changechoicecompletely share on social
My husband and I were excited about having a kid - it was having a baby that had us worried. We had a lot to learn, so like good liberal arts graduates, we signed up for a class. Chelsea Cain artbabyclass Change image and share on social
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'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
