"All this he saw, for one moment breathless and intense, vivid on the morning sky; and still, as he looked, he lived; and still, as he lived, he wondered."
Following the rejection I got to my query letter on Valentine's Day, yesterday I got a much more polite one. Things are progressing fast and I need to move my ass because I'm running out of books to give my Patrons, especially since I endeavour...
Vanth was a female demon in the Etruscan underworld, frequently depicted alongside other manifestations of the same figure (two Vanths are better than one, apparently) or another underworld demon known as Charun (later referred to as Charu). She lacks a direct equivalent in Greek mythology...
"too long for traditional publishing", and on Saint Valentine's day nonetheless! Yeah, this rubbed me the wrong way a little, since I'm perfectly within the boundaries of the word count recommended for my genre and hey, if you like the project we can trim it,...
The third and last (but not least) of the three sirens who challenge Orpheus and die in the Orphic Argonautica, Leukōsía "the white" is connected to the city of Paestum and a local legend tells us how she drove a rock through her heart because...
I received a lovely rejection yesterday, detailing why the agency can't undertake representation of my project and prompting me to submit more works in the future. I know it might be a form and all, but it was a kind form nonetheless. Back to business, this...
I received a very nice rejection, yesterday, detailing why the agency can't undertake representation of my project and prompting me to submit more works in the future. I know it might be a form and all, but it was a nice form nonetheless. Back to business,...
In Roman mythology, Laverna was the goddess of thieves, cheating gamblers and the underworld, and you would gain her favour by pouring wine towards the outside with your left hand, a gesture that's still considered offensive in some parts of Italy. According to Horatius, a pious...
Last week, we took a look at the profile of Parthenŏpe, one of the three sirens in the Argonautica. Today on my Patreon, we focus on one of her sisters, Lígeia, and see which kind of fate befell her after she was defeated by Orpheus...
Late-night rejection! A classic in Gothic fiction even if it doesn't intend to be in that genre, I couldn’t not include this in our collection on Patreon, since I pay homage to its turning point: “the deck is marked by scratches, powerful, heavy scratches three inches...
Another rejection, another batch of pages for my Patrons to read, and this time it's an original translation of two short, magical tales by Grazia Deledda. Grazia Deledda was an Italian novelist, born on September 27, 1871, in Nuoro, Sardinia, and the only Italian woman to...
