[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"$fEA0NEDOcjYxiM9L9XjDJBCEq15aq8OXcUshwzWwMSVw":3,"$finipGsp3BUn4J0D2Zy7NexYcXHgsM7vEuoN8lpuu6DQ":12},{"author":4,"tags":11},{"author_id":5,"author_name":6,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"bio":9,"short_bio":9,"slug":10,"image_url":9},9073,"Chelsea Quinn Yarbro","C",25,null,"chelsea-quinn-yarbro",[],{"quotes":13,"pagination":77},[14,22,28,34,40,47,53,59,65,71],{"id":15,"quote_text":16,"author_id":5,"source_id":17,"has_image":18,"author":19,"source":20,"quote_tag":21,"commentary":9},2926789,"If they aren’t real enough to surprise me, then they aren’t real enough to go on the page.",6,false,{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":23,"quote_text":24,"author_id":5,"source_id":17,"has_image":18,"author":25,"source":26,"quote_tag":27,"commentary":9},2926779,"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.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":29,"quote_text":30,"author_id":5,"source_id":17,"has_image":18,"author":31,"source":32,"quote_tag":33,"commentary":9},2926770,"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.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":35,"quote_text":36,"author_id":5,"source_id":17,"has_image":18,"author":37,"source":38,"quote_tag":39,"commentary":9},2926759,"Very few editors worry about heresy – their goals are much too commercial, thank goodness.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":41,"quote_text":42,"author_id":5,"source_id":17,"has_image":18,"author":43,"source":44,"quote_tag":45,"commentary":46},2926745,"Love is not for the weak, my heart. You must have courage.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],"**The Backstory**\nThis quote is from Chelsea Quinn Yarbro's novel \"Saint-Germain: The Sandals\" (1983), a historical fantasy that follows the character of Count Saint-Germain through various eras, including ancient Greece and 18th-century Europe. 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