Anne (Booklady) Molinarolo
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Chelsea Cain:
Ms. Cain, how did you dream up a wonderful character like Gretchen? Not many female Mass Murderers out there. She reminds me of Hannibal Lecter before Harris explained him in HANNIBAL.
Chelsea Cain
I ignored all my research and allowed my imagination to take over. Gretchen is larger than life. She has no self-doubt. She knows what she wants. She's my favorite character to write because she always has a good one-liner ready and she doesn't suffer fools. But I think a lot of her power comes from the fact that she keeps us guessing - we never know quite what she's thinking. Once a character like that is explained (a la Hannibal) it changes everything; they become people. That would be the worst thing I could ever do to Gretchen, to humanize her.
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Bill Baker
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Chelsea Cain:
I heard that the FX deal is over and they passed on a Archie, Gretchen series (dumb asses) :) HBO should pick it up..Don't have to worry about censorship/nudity/language/violence..They have had and still have some of the best shows on there. I read Heartsick when it first came out..and told my wife..This could be turned into a movie..but now with all the other Archie/Gretchen books...TV series is the way to go!! :)
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