For my first reading, Week 2, I've chosen Bible Women. I've been reading the Bible since I was little, so the stories are familiar to me, but I'm interested to see them told as "stories," rather than straight from the Bible. I've always had a particular interest in the women's stories, because these women played vital roles in the life of Christ and his history! Like, Mary... can you imagine going through that? I've also wanted (for a while now), to write a historical fiction novel about Mary, from her perspective.
Other than that, these topics sounded interesting to me:
Alice's Looking Glass: Who isn't fascinated with Alice in Wonderland? I've read that story, but I haven't had the change to read Through the Looking Glass, though I've wanted to. I love how whimsical and ridiculous it all is.
Brer Rabbit I/II: When I was about six, and my family went to Disney World, one of mine and my dad's favorite rides was Splash Mountain. In fact, it's still one of our favorites. This ride is based on the story of Brer rabbit, so I think it'd be fun to learn about the story more in-depth.
Celtic Fairy Tales: Way, way back, my ancestors on my dad's side are Scottish, or Irish, or both; I don't remember exactly. But I've always loved Irish culture and wanted to learn more about it, and I also love fairy tales. I've never really read anything from this genre, so I'm excited!
Grim (Ashliman): I love classic fairy tales and making them into something new (like Once Upon a Time). I know the popular stories, and I have the Brother's Grimm book of Fairy Tales on my shelf, but I want to read some of the lesser-known titles and possibly recreate something from them.
Oh, yes, exactly, Chandler: if you have some big project in mind, like a historical fiction novel about Mary, you can absolutely use this class to sketch that out. Do you know about all the extra-Biblical legends about Mary? It is beautiful stuff, coming mostly from a book called the apocryphal Gospel of James, a book that inspired lots of beautiful artwork in the Middle Ages and Renaissance. You can read more about that here: Mary in later Christian writings. It would be great if you could use the readings in this class and also the class project to explore some interests that might inspire your own writing career later!
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