Claire Kells

Author of GIRL UNDERWATER (Dutton) | VANISHING EDGE (Crooked Lane) | AN UNFORGIVING PLACE (Fall 2022). I love Subway tuna and the smell of chlorine.

[Claire Kells @kathkells]

THE RIVER WILD (1994) is absolutely one of my top 5 movies of all time (not a surprise since I write survival mysteries/thrillers), but RIVER WILD (2023)...what were they trying to do here?

[Claire Kells @kathkells]

@tcurtisfox @DanielleNicki @bettymbeauchamp Thank you for reminding me of the greatest ER episode and possibly greatest TV episode of all time.

[Claire Kells @kathkells]

@StephenKing You come at the King, you best not miss.

[Claire Kells @kathkells]

@TheRealBookSpy Travis Devine. Feeling good about my chances.

[Claire Kells @kathkells]

Fingers crossed that THE DIPLOMAT on #Netflix fills the void that HOMELAND left in my spy genre-loving heart.

[Claire Kells @kathkells]

Just a heads up that the ebook for Vanishing Edge is $1.99 today on Amazon and B&N!
Vanishing Edge: A Novel (A National Parks Mystery Book 1) is featured today on @eBookDaily ! https://t.co/gJx7k7TlHI

[Claire Kells @kathkells]

@RWeberWrites Morning sickness more common with girls according to this study: https://t.co/kQzgA2U0s6.

[Claire Kells @kathkells]

AIR is the best movie I have seen in years, what a delight. The writing, the acting, the directing...I honestly loved every minute of it. #AIRMovie

[Claire Kells @kathkells]

@ParanormalJunk2 Yeah that's definitely me, way too tired to write at night or early morning, I've got a high-pressure day job and three kids who constantly need me, and if I can write a chapter a week, it's a win.

[Claire Kells @kathkells]

@adrianmckinty I feel like that's often true for this genre. I stuck with THE RECRUIT on Netflix because the chemistry there was so strong.

[Claire Kells @kathkells]

It's been a while since I've read a book in a day (including at my 3 y/o's gymnastics class, where he got injured and I didn't even notice), but I was utterly captivated by EVERY SUMMER AFTER by @CarleyFortune.

[Claire Kells @kathkells]

@blakecrouch1 I agree, so many possibilities with this set-up. You should write it!

[Claire Kells @kathkells]

@Jon__Carlson So true.

[Claire Kells @kathkells]

I really thought that revising this old project would take three days, max. Here we are on month three... #amwriting #WritingCommunity

[Claire Kells @kathkells]

@MatthewABasile Historical fiction. Hard to get the dialogue right.

[Claire Kells @kathkells]

@cmattwrite Yeah the internet is great, but it helps to have something tangible!

[Claire Kells @kathkells]

Finished edits on Book 3 in my National Park Mystery series, which means I'm thinking hard about Book 4...first step is to buy a topographical map of my chosen locale. #amwriting 🌲🌨️🏞️🦌

[Claire Kells @kathkells]

@LeilaSalesBooks Some screenwriters do this, but definitely not all. It's generally done to emphasize a place or thing within a block of action. I would never do it as I find that readability is more important than stage direction (the most recent episode of Scriptnotes covered this).

[Claire Kells @kathkells]

@JoshMalerman Craig Mazin is the master.

[Claire Kells @kathkells]

Spent the weekend on vacation with my 5 y/o and thanks to no internet whatsoever, I got to read two fantastic books: The Island by @adrianmckinty and Aurora by David Koepp. Both are about ordinary people doing extraordinary things to survive, ie my favorite genre.