Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way. Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina The main protagonist of a lot of this sort of pulp fiction can be somewhat bland. There’s
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The Plot Thickens
The background for the story for my pulp novel is coming together. I’ve decided, rather than trying to create something new, to use a contemporary fantasy background based on the real world, because I’m not
Continue ReadingPromises in the Dark
I finally got around to seeing Brian De Palma’s Black Dahlia this weekend. I’m not a huge fan of De Palma’s work, over all. He’s incredibly skilled at creating compelling scenes and dense, flavorful atmosphere,
Continue ReadingPrime Antagonist Minion
At least part of the final conflict of the story features a contest between the main protagonist and the prime antagonist minion, essentially the bad guy’s chief henchman. The minion starts the story as a
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