THE BIG BAD SCARES UP A NEW 5-STAR REVIEW!

WE LOVE READER REVIEWS!

A Big Bad Thank You to James E. Chesser for leaving a 5 STAR Amazon reader review for The Big Bad: An Anthology of Evil.

"Great collection in horror genre. I really loved all the stories. Authors were better than i expected."

Much appreciated, James.

Bobby

You can find The Big Bad: An Anthology of Evil HERE.
Also available: The Big Bad II HERE.

Read more below.

THE EAGLE SOARS!

Not Actual Cover!

A late night writing session turned into a long one. I wrote a little over 2,300 words on my story for Pulp Obscura’s The New Adventures of The Eagle anthology. I had a really fun idea for the set up and opening and I think it came together quite nicely.

I probably won't get as much writing accomplished tomorrow as I have a lunch meeting to discuss some exciting upcoming projects.

After that the Earth Station One crew is recording on location at Dr. No’s Comics in Marietta, GA. Should be a fun day. It’s all about the bad guys this week. And where better to talk about the ultimate baddies than Dr. No’s Comics and Games in Marietta, GA and we would love to have you join us. We start recording at 2 p.m. Visit Dr. No’s at http://drnos.com/.

And for those that can’t join us in person, we would still love to hear from you. Who are some of your favorite bad guys? Leave us a comment at http://www.esopodcast.com/, at the ESO Facebook Group, email us at esopodcast@gmail.com, or call us at 404-963-9057 with your list. We might just read yours on the show.

It’s all about the bad guys on the next Earth Station One.

Oh, yeah. I also answered some interview questions. The interview should go live on Monday. I'll post links here as soon as I know the details.

Have a great weekend.

Bobby

A Walk on the Dark Side: Writing Believable Villains

Over at his Bad Girls, Good Guys, and Two-Fisted Action Blog, Sean Taylor asked about writing great villains. You can read all of the responses, including a few from Bobby, at http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2012/01/walk-on-dark-side-writing-believable.html.

From the site:

For Christmas this year I got a book called BULLIES, BASTARDS & BITCHES -- HOW TO WRITE THE BAD GUYS OF FICTION by Jessica Page Morrell. It's the first writing book I've read in years, and it was well worth the wait to find a good one. While reading it, it got me thinking (obviously, duh) about the villians and what makes them tick. What sets a good and memorable villain apart from a clearly lackluster one? What is that magic mojo that writer "do" when they write villains that makes them seem so real to the reader?

So, once again, I turned to the writing community and asked. Only this time, I opened it up to other genre writers and not just those in pulp.

Here's what they had to say.

You can red the entire article at http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2012/01/walk-on-dark-side-writing-believable.html