Claire Kells

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?

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

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 ! ebookdaily.com/bargain-kindl…

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

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.

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

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 🌲🌨️🏞️🦌

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.

I'm really thrilled to have made the list for the Sue Grafton Memorial Award. Thank you to @EdgarAwards for recognizing my book. MWA Announces 2023 Edgar Award Nominations mysterywriters.org/mwa-annou…

My favorite TV genre is spy shows. I can't help it. I'm so into The Recruit right now. #Netflix

Revising a project I wrote ten years ago and the biggest difference I see is tons of telling. So it's nice to know I've grown as a writer, at least a little bit. #amwriting #WritingCommunity

Always a nice feeling to finish a draft and send it on its journey! On to the next... #WritingCommmunity #amwriting

You know it's Pub Day when my dad sends me a text at 9 AM: "Listened to the first two chapters of your book on my daily walk. I like the reader." Next week he will send me a text with a number of stars between 1 and 5 and we will never speak of it again.

This week I polished a rom-com screenplay and finished my first draft of Book 3 for my mystery series and now I am not really sure what to do. #amwriting #WritingCommunity

When you look back on a draft you just wrote and think, Yeah, this one got away from me... #amwriting #WritingCommunity

People sometimes ask where I like to write. These days, it's in the back corner of a Subway next to the bathroom where there is spotty internet from Staples. #amwriting #WritingCommunity

DEADLAND: WALKING DEAD meets JURASSIC PARK, with a Musk-like villain reigning over the chaos that inevitably ensues. #A #SFFpit

Trying so hard to finish Book 3. It's so hard to only have 5 hours a week to write. Momentum is important. I'm doing my best. #amwriting #WritingCommunity