I mean...I was originally considering majoring in Medieval Studies. The main reason I bailed is that I HATE THEOLOGY and it's impossible, as you know, Telophase-Bob, to understand medieval Europe without a thorough grounding in CHRISTIANITY. I would adore a chance to play in those stomping-grounds!
It actually pisses me off that if you're in a minority you get put in the Minority Box! I loved the Iliad and the Odyssey, and I think people were thrown when I wrote "Variations on an Apple," which is a space opera retelling of the Temptation of Paris/selections from the Iliad, because it was "out of my lane" - but the truth is that I teethed on classical mythology, and as an American writer who grew up on Western literature, it is IMPOSSIBLE to escape that as part of my literary DNA!
no subject
It actually pisses me off that if you're in a minority you get put in the Minority Box! I loved the Iliad and the Odyssey, and I think people were thrown when I wrote "Variations on an Apple," which is a space opera retelling of the Temptation of Paris/selections from the Iliad, because it was "out of my lane" - but the truth is that I teethed on classical mythology, and as an American writer who grew up on Western literature, it is IMPOSSIBLE to escape that as part of my literary DNA!