{"id":42650,"date":"2024-11-04T06:30:15","date_gmt":"2024-11-03T17:30:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/?p=42650"},"modified":"2024-11-03T21:18:34","modified_gmt":"2024-11-03T08:18:34","slug":"3-authors-talk-writing-villains-new-on-supernatural-underground-for-november","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2024\/11\/04\/3-authors-talk-writing-villains-new-on-supernatural-underground-for-november\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Authors Talk Writing Villains: New On Supernatural Underground for November"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>AKA &#8220;Villainy Among Friends&#8221; as I get together with <a href=\"http:\/\/akwilder.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kim Falconer<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pantherista\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Amanda Arista<\/a> to dig a little deeper into this year&#8217;s them of Villains in Fantasy Fiction.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_14505\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14505\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-14505\" src=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/KimFalconer_full-150x144.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"144\" srcset=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/KimFalconer_full-150x144.jpg 150w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/KimFalconer_full-300x289.jpg 300w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/KimFalconer_full.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-14505\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">KimFalconer<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_28246\" style=\"width: 194px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-28246\" class=\" wp-image-28246\" src=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Amanda_Arista-150x112.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"184\" height=\"137\" srcset=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Amanda_Arista-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Amanda_Arista.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 184px) 100vw, 184px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-28246\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Amanda Arista<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For this month&#8217;s instalment we&#8217;re focusing on writing villains and their importance to driving the story forward. After all, there&#8217;s very little for a hero to do, without a suitably villainous antagonist to lock horns with.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_40734\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-40734\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-40734\" src=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Amassia_banner-300x109.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"109\" srcset=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Amassia_banner-300x109.jpg 300w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Amassia_banner-150x55.jpg 150w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Amassia_banner.jpg 440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-40734\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Amassia series<\/p><\/div>\n<p>A whole world may be encompassed in that &#8220;suitably&#8221;, and Kim and Amanda have some great insights into how it works from a creative perspective, with particular reference to their AMASSIA and URBAN PANTHER series respectively. I may talk a little but about the WALL series as well&#8230; \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-39243\" src=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/DiariesofanUrbanPanther_Ebook-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/DiariesofanUrbanPanther_Ebook-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/DiariesofanUrbanPanther_Ebook-100x150.jpg 100w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/DiariesofanUrbanPanther_Ebook-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/DiariesofanUrbanPanther_Ebook-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/DiariesofanUrbanPanther_Ebook.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>So for November 1, I give you:<\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/supernaturalunderground.blogspot.com\/2024\/11\/villainy-among-friends-three-authors.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Villainy Among Friends: Three Authors Talk Writing Villains<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>Just click on the link to get to the goodness. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_41464\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-41464\" class=\"wp-image-41464 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/WALL-Series_UK-300x144.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"144\" srcset=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/WALL-Series_UK-300x144.jpg 300w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/WALL-Series_UK-150x72.jpg 150w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/WALL-Series_UK.jpg 324w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-41464\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Wall Of Night series (UK covers)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AKA &#8220;Villainy Among Friends&#8221; as I get together with Kim Falconer and Amanda Arista to dig a little deeper into this year&#8217;s them of Villains in Fantasy Fiction. &nbsp; For this month&#8217;s instalment we&#8217;re focusing on writing villains and their importance to driving the story forward. 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