If they aren’t real enough to surprise me, then they aren’t real enough to go on the page. Chelsea Quinn Yarbro Read Quote
Providing a writer isn’t put off by conventions – and some are – attending them can be a nice break from the necessary isolation of writing. Chelsea Quinn Yarbro Read Quote
Very few editors worry about heresy – their goals are much too commercial, thank goodness. Chelsea Quinn Yarbro Read Quote
Storylines are how characters create the plots involved in their stories. Chelsea Quinn Yarbro Read Quote
I outline fairly extensively because I’m usually dealing with real events. I don’t need to give myself as much information as I used to, but I still like to have two pages of outline for every projected 100 pages of manuscript. Chelsea Quinn Yarbro Read Quote
I ride horseback – arthritic knees permitting – or listen to opera. Sometimes I cook. I used to do needlework, but it’s hard on my hands now, so I only do it occasionally, but I like it. And, of course, I read. Chelsea Quinn Yarbro Read Quote
I think it is probably more important to attend specialized conventions for a journeyman writer than any other, but it’s useful at all stages of a career, if for nothing else, to find out how the industry is working at any given time. Chelsea Quinn Yarbro Read Quote
