Tag: #greekmythology
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Kendare Blake is the author of the Three Crowns trilogy, Antigoddess series, Anna in Blood, and so much more. Traversing from horror to fantasy, Kendare took the time to answer my questions about her influences, favorite seasons of Buffy and what’s coming next. Enjoy! 1. When did you begin writing? What are some of your…
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The Muses narrated Hercules’s story. Now, they’ll narrate their own “gospel truth.” Living in a quiet seaside village with their overprotective mother, teenaged sisters Calliope, Clio, Melpomene, Terpsichore, and Thalia are talented performers with no audience. If Calli had her way, she’d pursue her dream of writing epic stories in the city of Thebes. But…
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Hera by Jennifer Saint Hera usually gets a bad rap by modern perspectives. A shrew, a horrible mother, a jealous bitch are the most common modifiers. Her husband cheats but she punishes the mistresses instead of Zeus himself. Then again, it’s not like she can go on a one on one attack with the King…
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Take the Lead by Alexis Daria If you enjoy Dancing with the Stars, readers will love Daria’s Dance Off series where long time instructor, Gina has been dying to get a trophy after ten seasons of losing. Unfortunately, she gets paired with reality wildnerness star, Stone whose claim to fame is that he’s tall and…
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Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams Someone said that this was like a modern Bridget Jones Diary but I’d say this was a bit deeper than that. Yes, the titular Queenie does have a bonkers love life and sometimes she doesn’t know how to put the oven on and her personal and business life cna get messy…
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I have actually been in touch with Suzanne Williams, a prolific children’s writer with hits such as Library Lil, Ten Naughty Monkeys, the Fairy Blossoms series for several years now. So it was great to get to a short interview her and her co-writer, Joan Holub (Might Dads/Moms, Little Red Writing) to discuss their careers,…
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Now I won’t deny I love greek myth adaptations, I’ve read Percy Jackson, The Goddess Test, Goddess Girls, Oh My Gods, so on and so forth. They’re epic in its largeness, its weirdness and dysfunction. They’re also human, explaining the origins of Earth and humanity as the Greeks believed they came to be.
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