/lit/ - Literature

>>18772415
Haven't looked into it yet. I'm going to give traditional publishing a bit more of a chance first. I'm trying to get up to 30 agents queried, and I'll see how they respond. But I suppose it's time to start poking around on Vella, seeing what it's like.

One thing I've wondered about is whether or not you could write an epic about the War in Afghanistan. I've been thinking about this more and more. Something about the nature of that long war, the futility of it all, feels very legitimately "epic" to me. About heroes fighting and questing after glory, not really knowing if the reason they're there is a good reason or not. Serving their nation, serving their gods, seeking after honor, but fearing that all will come to nothing and they'll die without acclaim. Isn't that somewhat like Homer, or the Medieval epics?

Not to mention all the urban legends about Afghanistan, the tales of giants in the caves, ghosts, of spirits, of strange creatures. You could weave a suitably epic tale out of Afghanistan, I think. Something worthy of being told in verse.