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It's Good to be Bad

 So, again it has been an inordinately long time since my last blog post. But I have a good reason this time. I have been busy plotting various nefarious and otherwise evil schemes to "Take over the World". Seriously, I have been scheming day and night in order to get into the proper headspace to write about villainy   There is nothing I like more as an amateur actor, and game master than playing a villain. There is just something so exciting and liberating about being able to "break the rules" and be "above the law". Unfortunately, in most cases I get cast as the the stolid confidant of the lead or as plucky comic relief. So when I have a chance to create a villain for my writing I savor those opportunities. Let's dig into a process you can use to make really nasty, but still multi-dimensional villains. Remember this is " A method" not " The method". Pick and choose what you find useful, as always, and trash or recycle the rest. ...