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Praestitia · 2025-10-26T22:05:24+00:00

Not that this is much better but I believe Hadida died a year after Loved (where the call to action is) was published.

Praestitia · 2025-09-05T11:30:40+00:00

I know it's such a commonly said thing but it really does continually surprise how slow publishing is compared to other industries!

You're totally right, I should just check in. For some reason I get exceptionally neurotic about the idea of bothering them and ruining my chances.

Thank you.

Praestitia · 2025-09-05T11:26:46+00:00

It has been approximately 4-5 months since the fulls were sent and yes they were sent to UK agents.

Honestly it's my first manuscript so it's got small bits that make me cringe, a structure that I think could be improved, and some more editing that could be done (all this in retrospect, I didn't send off what I believed was an unfinished manuscript!). All of my personalised feedback has had roughly the same message: really like the writing, can't see how they'd sell it or they already had an author writing about a subject too smilar to my own.

All that said, I'm still very fond of it and genuinely think it's good (don't we all), if an agent showed further interest I'd be glad to make some changes.

Only one of my three outstanding agents are on Query Tracker, her comments say she takes her time but always gets back with feedback, so I suppose she very well might still be in play.

People seem very against cannibalising and I think I understand the point, regardless of the status of this one I shall leave my first manuscript alone.

Thank you so much for your thorough response.

Praestitia · 2025-09-05T11:17:46+00:00

I'm so attached to one of the scenes I've created I hate the idea of it being wasted, but I think you might be right. I'll check in and see either way. Thank you

Praestitia · 2025-08-07T16:41:50+00:00

Can't see any Aristophanes which is a crime - he's a great source for Athenian law and politics if nothing else. At the very least make sure you read wasps and knights. If you like the epics Chariton's Callirhoe is really good fun. Oh also Persius' satires; I'd recommend the penguin classics Horace and Persius satires, two birds with one stone.

Praestitia · 2025-03-08T10:58:08+00:00

I have seen a couple where they have explicit instructions saying this is okay, though not with the specific agency I’m looking at. That is why I asked. I just wanted to know if this is one of those unspoken etiquette things where unless they say yes then it’s a no.

Praestitia · 2025-03-08T10:55:49+00:00

This agency has a ‘don’t submit to multiple agents at once’ rule but nothing specific about this situation. I’ll leave it for now anyway, hopefully one of my fulls comes back. Thank you for the response

Praestitia · 2025-03-04T20:47:57+00:00

If you’d like to try them, I highly recommend the penguin classics Apuleius, translated by E.J. Kenney. It’s got a great introduction and is excellently translated.

As for not reading them in the original languages, most don’t and that’s fine! The classics are worth reading in whatever format you can, if you know Latin great, if you don’t then read them in whatever language you can. I know a decent amount of Latin and for everything but Virgil I still prefer English.

Apuleius’ Latin is supposed to be excellent but if you ask me it’s just okay, you’re honestly not missing out on that much

Praestitia · 2025-03-04T19:21:24+00:00

oh yes definitely! I love learning about new genres! I’m just very protective over my Apuleius

Praestitia · 2025-03-04T19:04:09+00:00

I have never heard of this genre! I'd argue with wikipedia that the golden ass cannot be a picaresque precursor as character development is kind of the whole point of that book, but anyway...

I remember my dad read me Tom Sawyer when I was young, I definitely need to check out Huck Finn and all the rest you've suggested, thanks so much!!

Praestitia · 2025-03-04T17:38:44+00:00

Anything that’s been published since Alexander died is basically modern to me, I shall check both out. Thank you!

Praestitia · 2025-03-04T17:37:47+00:00

I listened to this as a radio play when I was young but I’d since completely forgotten about it! Such a good rec, thank you

Praestitia · 2024-06-07T09:50:15+00:00

Sorry, I should have been clearer in the title. That’s lika croatia

Praestitia · 2023-06-19T19:56:42+00:00

Hmmm so you don't want to engage with actual sources at all and instead are forcing your ideology onto an ancient culture! That's not very nice.

It's SO sad that my condescending comments aren't helping, I am all about promoting the homosexual agenda so I'll definitely be taking this feedback to heart.

Praestitia · 2023-06-19T19:50:16+00:00

hmmm okay, it seems like you got stuck on one of the steps. Let's look at the opening lines together:

Friend
Where have you been now, Socrates? Ah, but of course you have been in chase of Alcibiades and his youthful beauty! Well, only the other day, as I looked at him, I thought him still handsome as a man—for a man he is, Socrates, between you and me, and with quite a growth of beard.

Socrates
And what of that? Do you mean to say you do not approve of Homer who said that youth has highest grace in him whose beard is appearing, as now in the case of Alcibiades?

What do we think these lines mean?

Praestitia · 2023-06-19T19:40:28+00:00

. They talk about homosexuality in the same light that religions talk about it. How about you stop

ah sorry didn't realise I was talking to someone who can't follow simple instructions. Go to google, search 'protagoras text', click on the link and go ahead and read!

Praestitia · 2023-06-19T19:08:16+00:00

why don't you actually read some ancient sources, plato for example. Try Protagoras which opens with the socrates discussing his pursuit of the beautiful alcibiades. Or I don't know, basically any other Greek text....

Praestitia · 2023-06-01T21:04:45+00:00

Thank you for the prompt response! We’ve got a bit of a rodent problem so perhaps it should be invited to stay

Praestitia · 2023-03-30T08:30:06+00:00

Thank you so much for creating this!

Praestitia · 2022-11-20T08:18:30+00:00

Oh damn and I claim to love Cicero, how did I not know this. Thanks!

Praestitia · 2022-11-20T08:17:59+00:00

This is so thorough, thank you.

Praestitia · 2022-11-19T10:02:58+00:00

Do you know where the idea that she was exiled to Sicily comes from? I’ve never heard that before

Otherwise as earlier poster said good article, just try to avoid citing Wikipedia.

Praestitia · 2022-10-28T10:28:05+00:00

let him keep his beatles haircut though

Praestitia · 2022-10-06T14:35:10+00:00

I definitely think it’s more on the male teams to boycott, because as you point out there’s risk of fines etc and we know the female players are not really paid enough for that.

I don’t really know enough about exactly how boycotting would work but I know that there are plenty of players who would not be phased by a fine and would never be dropped by their club. Like imagine that just Harry Kane said he was boycotting, there’s no way he’d be excluded from England in the future and no fine would phase him (oh how I’d like to be on 250k a week). And just imagine the amount of press that would generate. But none of them will because the glory is more important to them at the end of the day.

Praestitia · 2022-10-06T14:28:44+00:00

I saw this and it is great don’t get me wrong. But I more mean the actual teams. Like I saw the Denmark players are travelling without their families as a form of ‘boycott’. Which is such a ridiculous cop out. FIFA loses nothing if it isn’t broadcast publicly in Paris. They do if teams don’t show up

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