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[toujours_nigel]

This is an open forum for fan-work and meta-work about Mary Renault's Ancient Greece novels. Membership is open, ditto posting access, though mods reserve the right to delete spam. Posting guidelines can be found here.

We're going to try and have a chapter-by-chapter discussion of the Theseus duology starting in March with The King Must Die, if there's enough interest. A sign-up post should be up soon and will be linked here.

For all your Moderns needs, please go to renaultx, which is a general Renault community slanting heavily towards her contemporary novels, and which evolved out of a Renault Exchange (hence the name) that'll happen again soon, this time including Ancients alongside last year's Moderns. We'll link when sign-ups start.

All relevant prompts from the Yuletide Prompts File (of doooooom) have been posted here.

We're running a Drabble/Drawble Comment Fest: prompt, write, sketch!

renaultx starts a CbC of Mask of Apollo on 16th January. Their schedule and sign-ups post is here.

Comments

Joining Ye Olde Renault on Dreamworks

[selket531]

I'd like to join the historical MR group on dreamworks. How do I do so? Many thanks. Lysis

Re: Joining Ye Olde Renault on Dreamworks

[toujours_nigel]

Hey, if you scroll up, you should see a join button right under the community-name. Conversely, I've just sent you an invite. *g*

Re: Joining Ye Olde Renault on Dreamworks

[selket531]

Many thanks, I greatly appreciate it. I have a question. I would like to post a story I have been working on. It's about Bagoas, something along the lines of Persian Boy, but hesitate because of issues with people re posting about Bagoas. I have been posting to FF, but am looking for a more intelligent audience for my work. The story is currently about 78,000 words, 46 chapters. Is this suitable for your site? It is called UnHeralded Strength.

Thank you, Lysis

King Must Die.

[selket531]

I love The King Must Die! I just finished it. Oh, well, I'll read it again.

Re: King Must Die.

[toujours_nigel]

Oh, good. You can help us with the CbC! *g*

Re: Joining Ye Olde Renault on Dreamworks

[toujours_nigel]

We would love to have you post it.

If a particular chapter, or the work at large, needs content notes, just be sure to put those up. Otherwise no issues whatsoever. Matter of fact my face is now stretched out from the smiles it's wearing just at the thought of a 78,000 Bagoas story. *g*

[floatingleaf]

I would be VERY interested in a chapter-by-chapter discussion of the Theseus novels! I was just thinking of re-reading those books again, since I loved them SO much... *happy sigh*

[toujours_nigel]

That is extremely good to hear!

TKMD

[penina_45]

I just read this thread. Has the CBC begun? Where can I find it? It was my first Renault and still a great favorite. I would like to go over it again.