'Alcestis' on Scalzi's The Big Idea

The wonderful John Scalzi was kind enough to give Alcestis a place in his Big Idea series, a frequent feature on his blog in which other writers talk about, as he puts it, "what makes their books tick." For my Big Idea piece, I wrote about why I chose the myth of Alcestis and why I think it's important not to limit the seduction-by-deity plot to male/female romantic pairs. (I even got to use my favorite line from one of my favorite high school English teachers to explain this!) I've...