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Artemis Pines for Apollo

a poem, links for February Write with Me AND A ONE HOUR Q&A WITH FLB 2/17 as well as 12 Questions video class! Plus one free year of LIT ANGELS!

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Francesca Lia Block
Feb 01, 2026
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Dear Subscribers

I hope you are doing okay in these troubled times.

This month, to foster community and creative support, I’ve reinstated the one hour Q&A on 2/17 7-8 pm. Please see below after February Write with Me link! Also, if you are a new paid subscriber remind me to send you a free year of LIT ANGELS if you subscribe by 2/15/26!

The poem below is a bit of an escape, a take on Artemis and Apollo. Yes, they were twins, but was something more going on there? Was it part of the reason she shunned men and attacked Actaeon so viciously? The twins were Greek gods after all! And, if you’ve read House of Hearts, you may see a correlation between Artemis and Apollo and Isis and Osiris as well.

Find out more below.

Sending love,

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