Chelsea Quinn Yarbro Quotes

Common folk didn't have last names in the 8th and 9th centuries.
Chelsea Quinn Yarbro

Last, Common, Names

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

Real, Give, Two

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

Hard, Sometimes, Used

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

Time, Important, Nothing

I'm not a good collaborator in general.
Chelsea Quinn Yarbro

If they aren't real enough to surprise me, then they aren't real enough to go on the page.
Chelsea Quinn Yarbro

Real, Enough, Surprise

Isn't that an odd philosophy for a vampire?
Chelsea Quinn Yarbro

Philosophy, Vampire, Odd

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

Nice, Writing, Put

Storylines are how characters create the plots involved in their stories.
Chelsea Quinn Yarbro

Create, Stories, Involved

Very few editors worry about heresy - their goals are much too commercial, thank goodness.
Chelsea Quinn Yarbro

Worry, Few, Goals

When you're a mid-list writer, it pays to write fast.
Chelsea Quinn Yarbro

Write, Writer, Fast

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Writer

Born: September 15, 1942

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