It's been one of those weeks. If you're an author and a blogger that means you really got caught up in the personal drama of life and got no writing accomplished. This is my normal day to post on The Roses and as I'm heading out the door for some doctor appointments, I remembered. If you haven't read this post before, then yay, it's new for you. If you have, I'm sorry. This post was previously posted on my blog Discover Yourself.
Everyone
loves a hero! He's willing to put himself in the line of danger; he'll do
anything to keep his lady safe and always knows the perfect thing to say.
But
let’s not overlook the villain. Personally, I love the bad guy…or woman.
Without the villain, the hero doesn’t look nearly as good. Without the villain,
you wouldn’t have someone to hate and route against.
The
reason I love villains is because they’re so much fun to write. They can be
ugly or gorgeous, short or tall, male or female, educated or ignorant, young or
old. I’ve used just about all the varieties.
In my first
contemporary romance,
My
romantic suspense Love and Murder Series, is rich with an assortment of
villains. Book one in the series has a host of nasty characters; money grubbing
step aunt, idiot
step cousin, jealous woman, deceitful historical museum
curator, and the elderly but handsome and wicked professor. One of these
characters is the truly evil villain…love does drive some people to craziness.
 |
| Book One |
 |
| Book Two |
Book
two in the Love and Murder Series, Southwest of Love and Murder, has a villain
that is both stupid and cunning at the same time. You won’t wonder for long who
the villain is, but you will be biting nails on who he’s offing next. I will
say, he uses colorful language and his bizarre thought process is intriguing.
Love gone crazy in a wicked way.
A
Legacy of Love and Murder, book three, will release worldwide on March 30,
2016. I think I’ve upped the ante on villainous antics with these badies. I
certainly do not want to give away the villain right now. As with most of my
books, because they’re suspense not mystery, you won’t be hung up too long on
who the villain is. But let’s keep the secret until you read. I will shoot out
a couple of words: sexy, neo-Nazi, and pure wickedness.
 |
| Book Three |
Ah,
villains…you gotta love them!
Find all of Brenda's books and her villains here: Brenda's Amazon Page
Find all of Brenda's books and her villains here: Brenda's Amazon Page
10 comments:
Villains are sometimes the most fun to write. I had an anti hero in my first series for The Wild Rose Press. Definitely a man my hero and heroine loved to hate.
I love writing villains. And writing in their POV adds a deeper dimension that can be really creepy. But I generally try to keep just who the bad guy is a secret until the end. Not always easy since you have to keep a group of potentials in play throughout the book. Sounds like you've written some real gems, Brenda!
First things first...I hope the doctor's appointment went well. This is our week for doctor visits, too. They're so time consuming. I enjoy a well-written villain. I can't always do it. Mine are simply whackos.
Hope your visit to the Doc went well, Brenda. Good points about villains. In the novel I'm writing now, I'm trying to keep the guy hazy so even I am surprised about what kind of a fellow he is. I do love being a pantser, because I (like the reader) don't see 'it' coming :-)"
Doc visits went okay. Keeping the villain hidden is hard, I assume. Although I haven't actually tried that. I get a kick out of being in the bad guys head. Thanks, all!
I love villains--reading and writing them. Fun post, Brenda! Glad your visits with the doc went okay.
Villains can be scary or appealing. I like the ones who get their come-uppance. Glad the doctor visit went okay.
Thanks, Leah and Diane.
I think that instead of some more shameless self-advertising disguised as comment I'll focus on the quintessential:
What really counts is that YOU have found the way which works for you! Congratulations.
Among my personal wisdom is the conviction that saints and monsters, both, are too far-gone from normalcy to allow normal people to cope with. We all can at least imagine heroic moments or a villainous streak. But most of us would suffer and die from attempting to live-up to such 24/7...
Thanks for weighing in, Andre. I hadn't thought about the scope of true saints and monsters. So different but so removed from normal. You have a point!
Post a Comment