Hi everyone

[Susan]

Gulp ... hi there!

I’m Susan. I’ve just finished the umpteenth draft of my novel Bloodguilt. It’s set in Bronze Age Greece and seeks to semi-rehabilitate the legendary Klytaimestra.

I love all kinds of literature, especially historical fiction and the classics. Looking forward to getting to know you all.

 

[Katie-Ellen]

Hello That sounds like my cup of tea, and I must say, I've always thought Klytemnestra had every good reason for doing in that daughter-slaughtering pig of a husband of hers, Agamemnon.

 

[Carol Rose]

Welcome!

 

[Webbwalker]

Hello.

 

[Susan]

Hello That sounds like my cup of tea, and I must say, I've always thought Klytemnestra had every good reason for doing in that daughter-slaughtering pig of a husband of hers, Agamemnon.

She surely did. (And it’s reassuring to know there might actually be a market for my scribbles.)

 

[Robinne Weiss]

Welcome to the Colony Susan!

 

[Barbara]

Welcome to the Colony

 

[AliG]

Welcome to Litopia. Sounds a very interesting premise.

 

[KateESal]

Hiya Susan!

 

[Nikky Lee]

Welcome! And Bronze Age Greece too—sounds fascinating, tell us more! Is it historical fiction?

 

[Richard Wilkes]

Welcome.
I had a Greek friend who, at one time, had a girlfriend called Iphigenia. I always thought it was not the most appropriate name - given what happens to the original. And she was crazy (the modern one) and very unhappy. Don't know if her mother was called Klytaimestra, but her dad was mostly absent during her childhood. Not sure how he ended up...

I recently read a modern version of Antigone - that got quite a bit of press as it centred around a theme of someone being groomed for religious terrorism. Great idea but it didn't quite work for me.

Good luck with your writing

 

[AgentPete]

Welcome, Susan, you're off to a good start

 

[Marc Joan]

Welcome!

 

[Susan]

Welcome! And Bronze Age Greece too—sounds fascinating, tell us more! Is it historical fiction?

Yes, historical fiction. I've tried to set it firmly in the Mycenaean world rather than the usual blend of classical Athens and Greek Dark Age, though I've drawn on both to fill in gaps.

There's a lesser known myth that Klytaimestra had a husband and baby before marrying Agamemnon, who murdered them and married her himself. That's the starting point of my story. She forgoes vengeance in order to protect the children she bears Agamemnon. The question is, can she protect her children from their father and from the repercussions of his family's earlier misdeeds? The present story is tangled up with the crimes of the previous generation.

 

[Paul Whybrow]

Welcome to the Colony, Susan!

 

[Susan]

Welcome.
I had a Greek friend who, at one time, had a girlfriend called Iphigenia. I always thought it was not the most appropriate name - given what happens to the original. And she was crazy (the modern one) and very unhappy. Don't know if her mother was called Klytaimestra, but her dad was mostly absent during her childhood. Not sure how he ended up...

I recently read a modern version of Antigone - that got quite a bit of press as it centred around a theme of someone being groomed for religious terrorism. Great idea but it didn't quite work for me.

Good luck with your writing

What an ominous name! I'm going to be wondering about her parents now ...

Was the modern version called 'Antigone'? I love modern interpretations of Greek plays but also wish someone would perform an authentic version - masks and proper choruses. Would be a bit weird to see men playing women though, so maybe not that.

 

[Emily]

Welcome to the Colony, Susan!

 

[Deleted member 604]

Hello and Welcome

 

[Lex Black]

Welcome to the Colony!

 

[Katie-Ellen]

Yes, historical fiction. I've tried to set it firmly in the Mycenaean world rather than the usual blend of classical Athens and Greek Dark Age, though I've drawn on both to fill in gaps.

There's a lesser known myth that Klytaimestra had a husband and baby before marrying Agamemnon, who murdered them and married her himself. That's the starting point of my story. She forgoes vengeance in order to protect the children she bears Agamemnon. The question is, can she protect her children from their father and from the repercussions of his family's earlier misdeeds? The present story is tangled up with the crimes of the previous generation.

Treece included a bit about that in his novel, Electra. Tantalus? and baby son. To then to have to marry their killer, and have his children, and love them, and to lose one to his ambitions again.... fetch me the axe......

 

[Nikky Lee]

There's a lesser known myth that Klytaimestra had a husband and baby before marrying Agamemnon, who murdered them and married her himself. That's the starting point of my story. She forgoes vengeance in order to protect the children she bears Agamemnon. The question is, can she protect her children from their father and from the repercussions of his family's earlier misdeeds? The present story is tangled up with the crimes of the previous generation.

Oo I do like this sound of this! My Greek myth is somewhat rusty, but you've got me interested

 

[Susan]

Treece included a bit about that in his novel, Electra. Tantalus? and baby son. To then to have to marry their killer, and have his children, and love them, and to lose one to his ambitions again.... fetch me the axe......

You’ve read Treece?!!! I just discovered him last year and gobbled up his Greek novels. Criminal that he’s out of print. I check Amazon obsessively to see if any of his adult books have been released as ebooks. If you enjoy him, Jason is even better than Electra, imo, as good as Mary Renault.

 

[Andrew Okey]

Hi Susan - a particular welcome from me, not least because I can never quite seem to avoid dragging elements of Greek mythology into my otherwise bog-standard writing!

 

[Rich.]

Hi Susan, welcome to the Colony!

 

[Geoff]

Hi Susan and welcome to the colony! I agree with my fellow Litopians, your novel sounds very interesting.

 

[Sea-shore]

Hi Susan, lovely to get to know you and about your writing.