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Carol Strickland
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Literary agents! I’m seeking representation for A Fuller Life, my novel set in 1850 Concord, Massachusetts. The protagonist is pioneering feminist writer Margaret Fuller and her literary friends Emerson, Thoreau, Hawthorne, Melville, and Whitman. They’re now stars of the Golden Age of American lit, while Fuller (more brilliant than them) is mostly forgotten.
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“I’ll know my lord when I see him,” Theodora smiled broadly. “And I’ll tell him, ‘You haven’t seen anything yet’.”
― The Eagle and the Swan
― The Eagle and the Swan
“The former burlesque queen waited for the man who’d make her his true queen.”
― The Eagle and the Swan
― The Eagle and the Swan
“Doubtless Princess Juliana intended for me to overhear her comment on seeing Theodora in wedding regalia. “She’s like wisteria: beautiful in a vulgarly decorative way, cloyingly scented and an unstoppable climber.” Her eyes met mine and she made a motion as if scribbling in the air, daring me to write down her words.”
― The Eagle and the Swan
― The Eagle and the Swan
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has 3 boards with images of art and maps to show the scene of my novel The Eagle and the Swan: (1) Leda and the swan page has art related to this myth (and the infamous dance Theodora was known for), (2) Empress Theodora board shows the heroine, (3) Constantinople board has scenes from the late Roman Empire in the capital of Byzantium, c. 6th century