We did it. Now we are writing, in the groove, on the move. Or, more accurately, hunched into strange positions and forgetting to drink enough water. We look up from our manuscripts like miners emerging after a long shift, curious at the fact that it is still daylight. We are kicking ass, and the feeling is great (though my back hurts.) We put in more than 10 hours today writing and then read-n-critiqued each other's work. Writing is an endurance sport (hey, maybe I DO belong in Boulder!)
Freewoman breathed new life two mythological women who were wronged by some loud powerful guys (Orpheus and Hades) and is giving them a voice and a contemporary story. It's amazing and I was here for the conception. In her wonderful re-vision, Eurydice is a published poet as Orpheus just begins to make music. Persephone is still a girl when the leader of the band Tartarus (does this woman rock mythology or what?) whisks her away from her mother to the underworld of a Van Halen-esque band on tour. It's sexy, compelling, and more than Ovid could have ever imagined. Watch out world!!!
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