It was heavy to carry around. We editors have to carry manuscripts. I do a lot of homework on the subway, at home at night and on weekends. You look at a manuscript like that and you think it will need cutting. There was very little to cut. It was already very tight. Richard III is so intriguing. We all hate him. He's the sniveling, hunchback murderer. How terrific of Anne to turn that on its head and say this is the Richard I see. This is the Richard I imagine. I like that aspect a lot. |
You work for a book so long, and it's just the two of you. I love when it goes out in the world and people like it. I'm really pleased. Anne has been a dream to work with. She's appreciative, cooperative and very talented. It's really fun and thrilling to work with someone who is talented. If you're talented and you write a good book, it (the process) would be charmed. |