The archetype of the nurturer brought back to life to save us from the brink of destruction. This is the woman inside of men and women seeing her own power. This is the woman inside each of us seeing her own power. This is not just one woman seeing her own power. And her power grows the more she uses her voice. She is a woman practicing using her voice throughout the entire book.Īnd at pivotal points in the story, she finds her voice and uses it and the curtains part and she sees her own power. It’s uncomfortable for her, and she must learn a new language. And so her journey is to find her voice.Īnd it doesn’t happen to her suddenly.
We paint the world a certain way to invite a hero into it.Īnd my heroine, Hannah, is a woman who is silenced by the tragedies that happen to her.
Now, I’m exaggerating on purpose, because as a storyteller, that’s what we do. If all women spoke in chorus, there would be no war and plenty of green energy to go around. So there are generations of silenced women behind many of us. There was a time when having a voice got you burned at the stake. We are silenced by our governments first and by our families second and by ourselves third. So I wrote this story about ancient Egypt that is really a tale about one thing:Ī woman who is silenced. We would risk our lives and being scorched to be sure the dragon got its medicine and could be well enough to take care of its dragon family.īut yet, our dying world does not reflect that value. We would ride out to heal the sick dragon. We don’t really do that sort of thing very often. So what is the heroine’s journey? I think, as women, it isn’t so much about riding out to slay the dragon. So for my first novel, Written in the Ashes, I wanted to write a story that would illustrate the female hero’s journey, because what we have everywhere in literature is the example of the man’s hero’s journey.Įven Harry Potter, bless him, isn’t Harriet Potter. Gloria Steinem is one of my greatest heroes. I will tell you a something not many people know about me. Hollan Van Zandt! Please help me in welcoming her as she discusses women and feminism in books! (I reviewed Written in the Ashes yesterday, so make sure you check out that post too!) Joining us on the blog today to discuss her new novel Written in the Ashes is author K.
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