Rachel Kadish discusses the first pages of her latest novel, The Weight of Ink, how she followed the voice in her first lines to discover her story, the care she took in introducing the reader to a 17th-century voice and point of view (hint: she did it in small pieces), and the importance of “scaffolding” in your early pages and letting that scaffolding go as you revise to find the heart of your beginning and your book.
This was a great interview and The Weight of Ink was one of my all time favorite books! I have recommended it to everyone I know.
Yes, the book is also a HUGE accomplishment for her as a writer. She's hard at work on another one!