![]() ![]() ![]() So many books and authors have inspired and sustained me over the years, it's impossible to pick just one. It has been an amazing, humbling experience to connect with readers, both those who love these ancient stories, and those who are coming to them for the first time. Although I've been writing since I was young, I rarely shared it with anyone other than close family or friends. The biggest change is having my writing be public for the first time. What has changed for you since it was first published? Ten years in all, from when I first sat down at the computer to when I finished the final draft for the publisher. Getting to spend so many years with characters and stories that I loved. Once I understood that Patroclus saw the world more like Sappho and Catullus than Homer, things began to flow. Ancient lyric poetry is the poetry of the personal: of love and friendship, beauty and pleasure. I originally started off by writing very much in epic mode, but realised about halfway through the process that though the story was epic, Patroclus's vision of the world was essentially lyric. ![]()
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