Books, books, beautiful books… My author copies of How to Succeed as a Supervillain by Following the Evil Overlord List have finally arrived. And they’re mine, all mine I tell you… Although, on reflection, I’d be quite happy to offer a copy or two to any of my friends in return for a small consideration.
The image shows the criminal mastermind contemplating his newly published memoir.
In other news I managed to win this month’s writing competition. Each month the Birthplace Writing Group holds a flash fiction competition a fortnight after out meeting. You can see this month’s competition, including all the entries here: https://sjbmwg.wordpress.com/january-writing-competition/
Author’s comment: Call yourself a criminal mastermind… You can’t even do steepling properly. To see how it should be done here’s an image of the guy who’s making super villains look bad.
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Featured in Lichfield Live:
Hammerwich author Tim Hayes has just published a new novel, How to Succeed as a Supervillain by Following the Evil Overlord List.
The author was inspired to write this book after entering the Novel November challenge where the aim is to write a 50,000-word story within the 30 days of November and decided to self-publish it on Amazon just to prove that it actually was possible to write a novel in such a brief period of time.
The book is written in the form of a memoir and is loosely based on the Evil Overlord List, something which started out on the internet looking at tropes involving Bond villains. It eventually evolved into an all-encompassing list of the daft things villains of all kinds end up doing. It tells the tale of how a downtrodden, mild-mannered man becomes a villain by using the list as a guide to infamy. The story is a wry commentary on the tropes commonly associated with science fiction, fantasy, and crime when viewed through the lens of popular culture. Many elements of the story mirrored real life events which were being featured in the news at the time of writing.
Tim, a retired aquarist and marine aquarium writer, has previously published a non-fiction book, Aquatical Latin, which explored the meaning behind the scientific names of marine fishes commonly kept in the reef aquarium hobby. He is a stalwart of the Birthplace Museum writing group and has written a number of other novels in the urban fantasy genre which are yet to be published.
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Breaking news… I’ve just received my first review on Amazon, and it reads: 4.0 out of 5 stars Great for nerds, Bond lovers and those who enjoy an entertaining read
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