Hercules, huh? I have all kinds of questions about what the character, the image, the art surrounding his story, etc. evoke in you. And I’ll be curious to read what you write.
I am 3/4 of the way through a serialized novel on Substack called “We Stand in the Middle.” It’s about two men with HIV/AIDS and their commitment to restoring and repurposing land that was stolen from the Cherokee in the 1800s. It’s a vision that began some 30 years ago when I minored in Native American studies in college. The characters were brought to life while working on an HIV/AIDS education project for the National Library of Medicine, and the setting (former Cherokee land in NC) was decided for me when I discovered that my ancestors in NC owned some of that Cherokee land. I feel like I was called and well prepared to write this story so will have to agree with the writing teacher who said, “…we do not choose what to write about. What to write about chooses us.”
Hercules, huh? I have all kinds of questions about what the character, the image, the art surrounding his story, etc. evoke in you. And I’ll be curious to read what you write.
I am 3/4 of the way through a serialized novel on Substack called “We Stand in the Middle.” It’s about two men with HIV/AIDS and their commitment to restoring and repurposing land that was stolen from the Cherokee in the 1800s. It’s a vision that began some 30 years ago when I minored in Native American studies in college. The characters were brought to life while working on an HIV/AIDS education project for the National Library of Medicine, and the setting (former Cherokee land in NC) was decided for me when I discovered that my ancestors in NC owned some of that Cherokee land. I feel like I was called and well prepared to write this story so will have to agree with the writing teacher who said, “…we do not choose what to write about. What to write about chooses us.”
If you’re curious, here is the link to the most recent chapter: https://whalesinmybackyard.substack.com/p/we-stand-in-the-middle-22
Thanks for asking. I’ll be on the lookout for Hercules :-)