Rachel Alexander's Blog, page 300
January 9, 2019
WAIT! A weekly preview as in we get updates each week?
As in, every week at midnight Pacific Time, on Wednesday night, just as I did with Receiver of Many and Destroyer of Light. Until publishing more installments would reveal too much.
Links here, and text on AO3, FictionPress, Wattpad, and FanFiction. And Literotica readers will get to read whole book chapters once the installments have posted on the other sites.
So for the record, the first installment, a newly edited and revamped Prologue for The Good Counselor,
debuts TOMORROW NIGHT.
See you then ;)
princecharmingtobe:
bemusedlybespectacled:
I realize this is a...
I realize this is a cast iron gate but I’m choosing to believe it’s a magic protection ritual
It IS a magic protection ritual, and it summons an iron gate to protect you from intruders.
January 8, 2019
I wasn’t so much thinking about people of color in simply speaking roles and a few character arcs.I...
I wasn’t so much thinking about people of color in simply speaking roles and a few character arcs.
I was thinking named characters. Like fan favorites. Because honestly, fuck simple speaking roles.
Let’s see now… just for starters…
APHRODITExenoi-doing-bs:If Receiver of Many by Rachel Alexander becomes adapted to a movie, we want it to...
If Receiver of Many by Rachel Alexander becomes adapted to a movie, we want it to have Greek representation above all! And we want more than one Greek token character - that’s how close the American movie industry has come to bringing Greeks into the set of Greek mythology movies. We are tired of being pushed aside while Americans profit from our myths (myths which are often told inaccurately). And no more of telling Greeks actors they don’t look “Greek enough” for the set. @therkalexander consider this a proposal for the cast of RoM. The Greek community is here, it’s watching what’s happening with adaptations of Greek mythology and it’s angry. Please be mindful of that. You have an important chance to make a difference. Good luck with your books and movies!
Believe me when I tell you I hear everything you’re saying.
I only used translations by Greek translators (primarily Athanassakis), when it came to adding in Greek language, I consulted primarily with someone who is Greek and living in Greece, and when I delved into the religion I read the works of and consulted with actual Hellenic polytheists.
My drive to make Receiver of Many as authentic as possible was foremost in my mind (except for purposeful seasonal and climatic discrepancies which were geared for an anglophone audience).
Though I am always lobbying for creative control in this, I can only do so much as I’m not personally a casting director.
I and my producer are more than open to suggestions for actors to play the roles in my books.
The best way to be heard is to tweet @summerhelene and let her know who and what you want to see when Receiver of Many comes to the screen.
EDIT: BUT ONE MORE THINGThere will be people of color in any work I participate in. Period, paragraph. I am not going to work with a lily white cast, and neither will my books.
therkalexander:
“Leuce?” Persephone stared up at the branches. “I’ve come to return your...
“Leuce?” Persephone stared up at the branches. “I’ve come to return your daughter.”
Persephone, The Good Counselor
January 7, 2019
“Leuce?” Persephone stared up at the branches. “I’ve come to return your daughter.”Persephone, The...
“Leuce?” Persephone stared up at the branches. “I’ve come to return your daughter.”
Persephone, The Good Counselor
therkalexander:
So… who’s ready for WednesdayAnd the start of a weekly preview of The Good...
So… who’s ready for WednesdayAnd the start of a weekly preview of The Good Counselor?(show of hands)
