The way I've talked about my research process is that it was like magpies. I was just sort of moving through all these books and when something shiny would pop out I'd be like, Ooh, I love it! and I'd pluck it out. It's fun to figure out how to use those bits you really love - like I'd read about gold shoes with cork heels. Obviously, Margaret would have to wear those shoes.
Back then, when I had that original idea to write about the seventeenth century, the whole thing was set in 1666. I was thinking of Margaret near the… - Danielle Dutton
Back then, when I had that original idea to write about the seventeenth century, the whole thing was set in 1666. I was thinking of Margaret near the…
- Danielle Dutton
I had all these sparkles I'd collected and wanted to work in, but when I originally started writing it and it was originally this novel about all the… - Danielle Dutton
I had all these sparkles I'd collected and wanted to work in, but when I originally started writing it and it was originally this novel about all the…
I sense people expect something to show for ten years. But I do feel like it is dense. Some of my own favorite books are slim, but there's a lot of w… - Danielle Dutton
I sense people expect something to show for ten years. But I do feel like it is dense. Some of my own favorite books are slim, but there's a lot of w…
Margaret Cavendish was one of the people who came up in the course. That was when I started thinking about her as a character for a book, but my idea… - Danielle Dutton
Margaret Cavendish was one of the people who came up in the course. That was when I started thinking about her as a character for a book, but my idea…
It's interesting, editing can be so immersive for me that I've noticed that the authors I edit have a pretty profound effect on how I hear language f… - Danielle Dutton
It's interesting, editing can be so immersive for me that I've noticed that the authors I edit have a pretty profound effect on how I hear language f…
It's all just so fraught when you're writing and then going through the editorial process. It feels like this shape-shifting thing. When it's done, a… - Danielle Dutton
It's all just so fraught when you're writing and then going through the editorial process. It feels like this shape-shifting thing. When it's done, a…
I was trying to focus on Margaret's trajectory as an artist, as a woman and an artist. Hopefully Cavendish experts won't be angry at me for anything … - Danielle Dutton
I was trying to focus on Margaret's trajectory as an artist, as a woman and an artist. Hopefully Cavendish experts won't be angry at me for anything …
I can be a fairly hands-on editor, and when I'm editing someone I feel intensely invested in that writer and her work. I love helping to shape a book… - Danielle Dutton
I can be a fairly hands-on editor, and when I'm editing someone I feel intensely invested in that writer and her work. I love helping to shape a book…
The reason the middle section switches to third person is, well, this is middle age. This is the part in her life where she loses track of something … - Danielle Dutton
The reason the middle section switches to third person is, well, this is middle age. This is the part in her life where she loses track of something …
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