As a publisher what you are trying to build is a long life for a book, to help it find its readers… — Danielle Dutton Copy Share Image
Back then, when I had that original idea to write about the seventeenth century, the whole thing was set in 1666. I… — Danielle Dutton Copy Share Image
But when I realized it was actually going to be this portrait of the artist, birth to death, I had to then… — Danielle Dutton Copy Share Image
Finding the form was really a very dynamic process. I went through a lot of shifting, trying to get it right. Because… — Danielle Dutton Copy Share Image
I'm not sure running the press has changed how I write (though perhaps it has in ways I can't see), but it… — Danielle Dutton Copy Share Image
I would be researching seventeenth-century garden design or I would be doing something with Pepys, but I just kept using all of… — Danielle Dutton Copy Share Image
I had all these sparkles I'd collected and wanted to work in, but when I originally started writing it and it was… — Danielle Dutton Copy Share Image
I can be a fairly hands-on editor, and when I'm editing someone I feel intensely invested in that writer and her work.… — Danielle Dutton Copy Share Image
So it was this multi-perspective, multi-character book, and it went through all of these different manifestations. I'm not sure there was a… — Danielle Dutton Copy Share Image
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… — Danielle Dutton Copy Share Image
As a publisher what you are trying to build is a long life for a book, to help it find its readers in many… — Danielle Dutton Copy Share Image
Back then, when I had that original idea to write about the seventeenth century, the whole thing was set in 1666. I was thinking… — Danielle Dutton Copy Share Image
I loved reading historical novels when I was young, but I definitely don't think I wrote one. When I read my book through, when… — Danielle Dutton Copy Share Image
I'm not entirely sure what a historical novel absolutely has to be, but you don't want a reader who loves a very traditional historical… — Danielle Dutton Copy Share Image
But when I realized it was actually going to be this portrait of the artist, birth to death, I had to then discover who… — Danielle Dutton Copy Share Image
I was obsessed with the scientific instruments people were building and all the weird experiments they were doing. I did actually wind up working… — Danielle Dutton Copy Share Image
Finding the form was really a very dynamic process. I went through a lot of shifting, trying to get it right. Because the writing… — Danielle Dutton Copy Share Image
I'm not sure running the press has changed how I write (though perhaps it has in ways I can't see), but it has certainly… — Danielle Dutton Copy Share Image
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… — Danielle Dutton Copy Share Image
The reason the middle section switches to third person is, well, this is middle age. This is the part in her life where she… — Danielle Dutton Copy Share Image
Margaret Cavendish was one of the people who came up in the course. That was when I started thinking about her as a character… — Danielle Dutton Copy Share Image
I was sad to see some of them go. Like a magic lantern that would project images on walls and people would travel the… — Danielle Dutton Copy Share Image
