Great Weekend Reading -- action, humor and romance that's fun to read
  • About Weekend Reads
  • Characters, humor and life
  • Books
  • Q&A
  • Contact
  • For Readers
    • Exclusives
    • Free Puzzle
  • About Weekend Reads
  • Characters, humor and life
  • Books
  • Q&A
  • Contact
  • For Readers
    • Exclusives
    • Free Puzzle

Why Andromache is the Subject of My New Novel

10/18/2021

0 Comments

 
Andromache's Story grew from my early fascination with mythology. When I was in middle school, I found a copy of Edith Hamilton’s Mythology in the bookcase at the top of the stairs in my parents’ house. Being a bookworm, once I opened it, I was delighted to delve into a whole new world, all the gods and goddesses, their powers and foibles.

Though I enjoyed the Iliad, I always felt sorry for Andromache, Hector’s wife. The fact that Homer describes her conversation with Hector about her worries gave me the idea that she was more vocal than the usual Trojan woman of her time -- and there was much more to their relationship and her character.

Picture

But the idea for this book lay dormant until about five years ago when I tried voice-dictating the original manuscript. If you have ever used voice dictation, it doesn’t always record your intended words and the result can be confusing but sometimes amusing. And at least it was a start! Once I finished the Scoops and Schemes series, I finally decided it was time to finish this draft.

While working on it, I found myself thinking about things like: how did an ancient city stand a long siege? Why didn’t they give Helen back? Why did they let Hector, their prince and champion, remain outside the gates to fight Achilles alone? How did Achilles die from just an arrow to his heel?

These questions, along with helpful feedback from my husband, daughter, sisters, and writer’s group helped to make this a better story, one that is about love, loss, loyalty, resilience, and misplaced trust.  

I hope you enjoy reading it!

0 Comments

Your comment will be posted after it is approved.


Leave a Reply.

    Nancy MacCreery

    Insights on writing, characters,  humor and other tidbits from the author of the "Scoops and Schemes" series of novels.

    RSS Feed

       Sign up for my newsletter and get a free short story!

    Submit
     ​Join the conversation on  Facebook !
    Nancy's books are available for Kindle, Nook and other e-readers.  Find retailers here.
    ​

    Categories

    All
    Book Recommendations
    Books To Read
    Characters
    Good Review
    Happiness
    Heroes
    Holidays
    Innovation
    Inspiration
    New Book
    Point Of View
    Quotes
    Reading
    Sale
    Words
    Writing

    Archives

    September 2022
    June 2022
    February 2022
    January 2022
    December 2021
    November 2021
    October 2021
    September 2021
    July 2021
    May 2021
    April 2021
    February 2021
    January 2021
    December 2020
    November 2020
    September 2020
    July 2020
    June 2020
    May 2020
    April 2020
    March 2020
    December 2019
    November 2019
    September 2019
    August 2019
    June 2019
    April 2019
    December 2018
    August 2018
    May 2018
    December 2017
    July 2017
    April 2017
    March 2017
    February 2017
    January 2017
    December 2016
    November 2016
    October 2016
    September 2016
    August 2016
    July 2016
    June 2016
    May 2016
    April 2016
    March 2016
    February 2016
    January 2016
    December 2015
    November 2015
    October 2015
    September 2015

Be the first to learn about new books and insights into the stories!  Join our mailing list.

Join

Blog

Books 

Contact us 

Copyright 2022 © Nancy MacCreery

Photos used under Creative Commons from wuestenigel, shixart1985