Tag Archives: villains

Recurring Minor Characters: Why?

People talk a lot about protagonist, antagonist, secondary characters, and sidekicks when it comes to writing.  When writing a series, you can have a big cast of characters that fall into these characters.  You can also have a small group … Continue reading

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What Do You Think About Pre-Existing Character Connections?

I’ll say it now to get it out of the way:  ‘Luke, I am your father! Let us be the standard of this overused tradition!’  Best if you imagine Darth Vader saying that.  Still, the surprise parent thing happens a … Continue reading

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Legends of Windemere: Allure of the Gypsies for the Kindle! Review Quotes!

So ends the month long blog tour of Legends of Windemere: Allure of the Gypsies.  It was an interesting ride at $2.99 with higher royalties with fewer sales.  I didn’t break 1,000 sales like the previous books.  I bounced around … Continue reading

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A Fun Fantasy Series to Break In Your New Kindle

Did you get a Kindle for Christmas? If so then I’m betting you’re chomping at the bit to start filling it with books.  One of the greatest things about owning a Kindle is that it opens the door to many … Continue reading

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Do You Have Hidden Themes in Your Stories?

One of the things I noticed when preparing Allure of the Gypsies for publishing that there was a theme.  It wasn’t intentional.  In fact, I realized each of the main characters had their own theme.  At least so far because … Continue reading

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Introducing the New Guy

A risk of writing a series is that the story and characters can become stale if it goes on for too long.  One of the ways to combat this is the introduction of new characters throughout the series.  This can … Continue reading

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A Villain with a Soft Spot? Is that Legal?

Harley Quinn is a favorite character of mine even though I’m not up on my comics, cartoons, and video games.  I think one of the reasons I like her is that she started in the Batman Animated Series and ‘broke … Continue reading

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Villains Going Hero

It’s rather common for a villain to go hero during a series.  Sabretooth has been a member of the X-Men and X-Factor.  He even teamed up with Wolverine at the end of the Origins: Wolverine movie.  Let’s not forget Darth … Continue reading

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It’s Time for Another ‘Volunteer Post’

I know people are probably getting tired of this since I might have already gathered as many forces as I can.  Doesn’t hurt to keep asking though.  Need this debut to be big since it’ll be a December release and … Continue reading

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Still Wanted: Volunteers for Cover Reveal and Blog Tour

First, I just want to say the funny thing about the above picture is that I found it titled ‘random kid raising her hand’.  Just found that odd. So, I’m still looking for volunteers to help spread the word of … Continue reading

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