tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24472509334188870322024-03-09T21:47:29.142-05:00Helen loves Theseus<center>"And so Theseus rightly felt love’s flame, for he was acquaint with all your charms, and you seemed fit spoil for the great hero to steal away, [...] <br>His stealing you away, I commend; my marvel is that he ever gave you back."<br>
(Ovid, Heroides)</center>Amalia Carosellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14773300517541711571noreply@blogger.comBlogger151125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447250933418887032.post-30719954731904021822023-07-13T13:16:00.001-04:002023-07-13T13:19:50.872-04:00A BROKEN HORSE: A Story of Helen's Suitors and the Trojan WarEpisode ONE of my serialized podcast retelling of A BROKEN HORSE is now available to listen to for FREE--and if you like what you hear, there are SIX MORE episodes over on patreon you can binge for as little as a dollar a month! Go grab that Bronze Age Mythic Retelling goodness!This audio format of A BROKEN HORSE would not have been possible without the help of Libbie Hawker/Grant who acted Amalia Carosellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14773300517541711571noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447250933418887032.post-8532483087404859302023-05-27T14:48:00.000-04:002023-05-27T14:48:04.292-04:00King of the Lapiths: A Helen of Sparta Side-StoryIt's a big year!Not only did you get Aethra's novella, THE LION OF TROEZEN, but I have another short story that is releasing to Patrons now--King of the Lapiths, which takes place during the events of HELEN OF SPARTA.You all know I have a certain fondness for Pirithous by now, and his son Polypoetes is one of my absolute favorite characters. But we don't get a lot of background on Polypoetes Amalia Carosellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14773300517541711571noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447250933418887032.post-74190281584137169242023-03-04T11:37:00.003-05:002023-03-04T11:37:38.412-05:00On Writing Women in the Bronze AgeI am not going to try to tell you that the Bronze Age Aegean was some kind of egalitarian utopia. Far from it! We can see that men had significant authority in the names that were recorded, noting who was transacting with the king in those Linear B tablets that provide us with the bulk of contextual archeological knowledge of the period in which I've grounded my stories. And we see it too, Amalia Carosellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14773300517541711571noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447250933418887032.post-23540671203883862622023-01-08T16:09:00.005-05:002023-01-27T09:54:47.326-05:00The Lion of TroezenI am EXTREMELY excited/terrified/hyped/anxious to announce my next Bronze Age Greece Mythic Retelling--a novelette about Aethra and Poseidon and the conception of Theseus, titled THE LION OF TROEZEN, and beginning on January 19th, Patreon Patrons will get to start reading it in all its juicy, spicy, highest heat glory! For a very long time, I've wanted to write a story about Aethra. I've Amalia Carosellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14773300517541711571noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447250933418887032.post-64017582908629386172022-10-18T11:03:00.002-04:002022-10-18T12:04:01.313-04:00Polypoetes and the Trojan War“You ask me why, if she did not want this war, she has not given herself up to Menelaus since,” Polypoetes said, “but perhaps the question you should ask instead is why has Menelaus not given up Helen? Why, knowing where it might lead, did he insist upon marrying her to begin with? When she had made it clear she did not want him or the future that would follow. When she went so far as to arrange Amalia Carosellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14773300517541711571noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447250933418887032.post-55854095697466829532022-10-12T17:41:00.000-04:002022-10-12T17:41:14.402-04:00Aethra, Poseidon, and the Myth of Caeneus.I am absolutely fascinated beyond all reason by Aethra's relationship to Poseidon and how that relationship influences and alters the course of her life. (If you subscribe to the Amaliad, this probably isn't news to you.)“My Lord, how might Troezen serve you?”“If I had come for Troezen’s service, I would have called to your father, the king,” Poseidon said, a ripple of laughter beneath his words.Amalia Carosellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14773300517541711571noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447250933418887032.post-24777317565438759272022-06-13T10:34:00.005-04:002022-06-13T10:34:56.738-04:00Misogyny in the Myths (and Theseus)Seven Years Ago on Facebook, I asked this question, and I feel like it summarizes my entire BRAND as Amalia Carosella:"How much misogyny do we read back into the myths because we're expecting it to be there, or even assuming that it is the only possible interpretation? For Classical Athens, yes, there certainly was a good bit of it -- but these stories predate Classical Athens. Is it possible theAmalia Carosellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14773300517541711571noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447250933418887032.post-81028846494303166032022-03-10T08:00:00.001-05:002022-03-10T08:00:00.169-05:00Everyone Hates Theseus (Except Me)I joke a lot about how I am the only person left who doesn't hate Theseus but--fam, it is WILD to me, every time I slam up against that wall again. So this is your warning: I am UNAPOLOGETICALLY biased toward Theseus, and this post is just one gut-driven facet of my defense!Gustave Moreau, Athenians Being Delivered to the Minotaur, Public domain, via Wikimedia CommonsHeracles had a choice, Amalia Carosellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14773300517541711571noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447250933418887032.post-82315968234817198372022-01-24T17:03:00.005-05:002023-01-08T15:17:28.694-05:00Bronze Age Greece Hist Fic Reading OrderIt occurred to me this past weekend that you all might benefit from a reading order reference for the books all set in the shared world of HELEN OF SPARTA, in Bronze Age Greece, so I'm here to make it happen today!These books, so far, except for SON OF ZEUS, all take place between the conception of Theseus and Odysseus's return home to Ithaca. That... probably will change, because I'm working on Amalia Carosellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14773300517541711571noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447250933418887032.post-61178188619806186932021-03-11T13:06:00.005-05:002021-03-12T10:16:33.686-05:00Son of Zeus: The Modern Adventures of PirithousIt's been pretty quiet over here because--well, social media and also pandemic plague times, and my Amalia Carosella stuff got a little lost in the excitement of launching a third entire pen name last year, Amalia Theresa, for sexy romcom style contemporary romances. But it's 2021 now, and for you, that means: MORE PIRITHOUS!GoodreadsIf you've been following me on social media, you Amalia Carosellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14773300517541711571noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447250933418887032.post-26681814256657684132019-08-20T10:29:00.002-04:002019-08-20T10:29:54.840-04:00The Judgment of Paris and Imposition by the Gods After I published last night's blog post about consent as it relates to rape, and the divine, I started thinking about Paris and his Judgment. When those three goddesses appeared before him and told him it was his job to pick one--it wasn't like he could refuse the task. Not without risking offending them, and there was no way that FULFILLING the task didn't risk offense of at least two of Amalia Carosellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14773300517541711571noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447250933418887032.post-13890694802800303852019-08-19T23:27:00.001-04:002022-04-09T10:28:13.547-04:00Can We Ever Give True Consent to a God?In response to an article/essay that made the rounds a while back (Rape, Lost in Translation), I found myself thinking, again, about the relationship between mortals and the divine.
I should be clear: I spend a LOT of time thinking about the relationships between mortals and the divine. A LOT. How does a relationship with a god change us, whether that relationship is sexual or otherwise? And Amalia Carosellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14773300517541711571noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447250933418887032.post-75469871201817460952018-11-13T14:14:00.000-05:002018-11-13T14:18:16.805-05:00Mythmaking in Arthurian Legend (A Guest Post by Nicole Evelina)<!--[if gte mso 9]>
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Amalia Carosellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14773300517541711571noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447250933418887032.post-20888929330976839952018-10-18T07:00:00.000-04:002018-10-18T07:00:06.349-04:00Confessions from Daughter of a Thousand YearsI chickened out.
I pulled my punches.
I was afraid, and I let my fear take the wheel.
One of the criticisms DAUGHTER seems to receive goes something like this: If Emma had a true and authentic spiritual experience, she wouldn't doubt her faith.
As a heathen who has definitely had profound and entirely authentic spiritual experiences and also still doubted her faith, let me tell you, FIRST of Amalia Carosellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14773300517541711571noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447250933418887032.post-39417533789523104292018-08-30T09:30:00.001-04:002022-08-30T11:10:37.444-04:00Paris, Polypoetes, and the Trojan War I Swore I'd Never Write
Urteil des Paris By Eduard Lebiedzki (1862-1915) (Dorotheum) [PD], via Wikimedia Commons
I should have known better than to say I would never write the Trojan War. I knew I had no intention of doing it as part of Helen's story, for sure, and maybe I should have qualified my statement then--but I genuinely didn't think that five years later I'd be back in this place, desperate to continue Amalia Carosellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14773300517541711571noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447250933418887032.post-89489985827209514832018-08-09T17:55:00.001-04:002018-08-09T17:55:43.528-04:00Helen of Sparta Summer Sale!
For the month of August, grab Helen of Sparta for just 1.99!
Don't forget to follow it up with By Helen's Hand, and/or prequel it up with Ariadne and the Beast and Tamer of Horses! If you recently read and loved Circe by Madeline Miller (I sure did!)--Helen should absolutely be on your TBR, too!
Things have been a little bit all over the place for me this summer, between family adventures Amalia Carosellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14773300517541711571noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447250933418887032.post-54107107072823336582018-05-15T15:23:00.000-04:002018-05-15T15:23:11.658-04:00Ariadne and the Beast, Plus New Newsletter Subscriber Exclusive!So I have some excitement to share after all!
Those of you who follow me on twitter and facebook or are keeping up with my Newsletter probably already saw, but I've got a short story release for you later this month: ARIADNE AND THE BEAST!
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Previously only available to AMALIAD subscribers as an exclusive, my short story Ariadne and the Beast, the story of Ariadne, Theseus, andAmalia Carosellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14773300517541711571noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447250933418887032.post-34709326893437807182018-02-14T16:56:00.000-05:002018-02-14T16:56:13.980-05:00A Quick UpdateHi, I'm still here.
Yes, one day, I DO still want to write an Antiope and Theseus book. (And a book about Aethra. And a Heracles adventure. And more Polypoetes. And and and!)
No, I'm not writing it right now. (Sadface! Extreme Sadface!)
If you aren't subscribed to The Amaliad to stay up to date on my authorial adventures, you definitely should be! I always include any current sales in my Amalia Carosellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14773300517541711571noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447250933418887032.post-60442076894787620532017-10-19T12:43:00.000-04:002017-10-19T12:43:45.210-04:00The Siren's Song
I have to admit to a little trepidation when I came on board this latest H-Team adventure -- retelling The Odyssey without gods or magic?! The period might have been my wheelhouse, but that particular approach most definitely was not my usual style. Add to that the very careful dance of making sure that my contribution to this collaboration wasn't an inadvertent sequel to By Helen's Hand, and IAmalia Carosellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14773300517541711571noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447250933418887032.post-63391600885097501962017-10-11T12:04:00.000-04:002018-08-09T17:30:46.727-04:00Musing on: Penelope's SuitorsAs part of my research for A SEA OF SORROW, of course I found myself rereading The Odyssey -- and I couldn't help but wonder, as I read:
Who *are* these men?
Slaughter of the Suitors via Wiki Commons (public domain)
We know some of their names, of course, and even who their fathers are. We know that they seem to have some pretty poor manners, and as guests and suitors they have overstayed Amalia Carosellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14773300517541711571noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447250933418887032.post-32257678669072620092017-09-05T12:02:00.002-04:002017-09-05T12:02:49.887-04:00Pre-Order A SEA OF SORROW, a new H-Team Adventure! With a story by me!Coming October 17th, but available to pre-order NOW from Amazon, Kobo, ibooks, and B&N, (including Amazon UK), I've joined the H-Team as we set sail on our next adventure, tackling The Odyssey in our latest collaborative novel!
Odysseus, infamous trickster of Troy, vaunted hero of the Greeks, left behind a wake of chaos and despair during his decade long journey home to Ithaca. Lovers Amalia Carosellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14773300517541711571noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447250933418887032.post-1433094980526097992017-04-05T13:00:00.000-04:002017-04-05T13:00:10.951-04:00Daughter of a Thousand Years audiobook giveaway!
Available NOW on Amazon!
Offda. It's been a while.
I'm currently in draft mode -- working on three different writing projects simultaneously (LOL GOOD JOB BRAIN), plus some graphic design things that needed to get done (bookmarks for TAMER and DAUGHTER and BHH are coming with me to HNS Portland in June!) so I've been a littttttle bit more scatterbrained about social media-ing than usual.
ButAmalia Carosellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14773300517541711571noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447250933418887032.post-44267330482124369592017-03-01T18:06:00.000-05:002017-03-07T23:26:04.645-05:00The DAUGHTER OF A THOUSAND YEARS Twitter Thread MasterpostI've been posting a LOT about DAUGHTER OF A THOUSAND YEARS on twitter these last couple of days, and I know not everyone follows me over yonder to pick up what I'm putting down, so I thought it might be helpful to include some of those threads here for people to reference -- storify slideshows for everyone!
First, an important PSA thread:
[View the story "Representation of Contemporary Amalia Carosellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14773300517541711571noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447250933418887032.post-66109852765998674112017-02-22T15:45:00.000-05:002017-02-22T15:45:47.500-05:00Daughter of a Thousand Years In the Wilds!DAUGHTER OF A THOUSAND YEARS released yesterday! It's been a wild ride, start to finish, but I'm so happy to have the opportunity to share Emma and Freydis's stories, present and past, with the world!
Today is the obligatory earliest blogtour reviews round-up post, in the hopes that hearing the great things people are saying about DAUGHTER will persuade any of you who may be on the fence about Amalia Carosellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14773300517541711571noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447250933418887032.post-38490671235347490672017-02-14T18:51:00.000-05:002017-02-14T18:51:04.972-05:00Musing on Hel (And the Norse Afterlife)
Ahhhhhhhhhh! Just ONE WEEK until Daughter of a Thousand Years releases! On that note, another Norse post! It is maybe possibly semi Valentine's Day thematic? Kind of? You can decide for yourself, I suppose -- but here are my thoughts on Hel and the Norse Afterlife. (Also I totally especially recommend reading the footnotes on this one.)
Hermod before Hela (via Wiki commons, PD)
One of the Amalia Carosellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14773300517541711571noreply@blogger.com2