Herc-o-meter: Revisions!

[cathschaffstump]

Well, I’ve revised the first two scenes, and I’ll work on the rough of the Diana/Hercules zoo scene tonight.

Here’s our current word count:

31,560 / 75,000 (41.0%)

The Lernean hydrea did have 9 heads. Mochi Monkey and Yvonne both had the right answer.

Next question: what did Iolaus and Hercules do with the immortal head?

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I thought you might enjoy reading part of the first scene of the story.

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“It had nine heads,” said Nonna Sofia. “If you cut off one of the heads, two would grow back, and one head was immortal.”

Tony stopped wrapping the noodles around his fork. Nonna Sofia’s homemade spaghetti had the right amount of bite. Tony’s nose savored the fragrant tomato sauce. His fork clanked a clam shell as he moved it, and his attention refocused on dinner. Surgically precise, Tony plucked one end of the shell up and licked the tangy sauce off. Nonna offered him crusty bread drizzled in whole garlic lumps and butter. While his parents were in Europe, he was going to get fat this year. Fatter, George would say.

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[cathschaffstump.livejournal.com]

Yeah. Me too.

:)

Catherine