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Podcast: Seed Me – Episode 12

Chapter 12 of Konn Lavery’s horror novel Seed Me. As with previous weeks, a new chapter will be shared on Thursdays. Enjoy the podcast below and share it around:

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Logan and Janet have convinced Jake to help them find a solution to their problem. They’re off to revisit that sketchy blue house. What kind of horrors could be inside? It’s time to find out what these harvesters hide.

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Podcast: Seed Me – Episode 11

Chapter 11 of Konn Lavery’s horror novel Seed Me. As with previous weeks, a new chapter will be shared on Thursdays. Enjoy the podcast below and share it around:

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Logan wakes up after the fatal attack from the Vicky look-alike. The police find him. A doctor tells him he is okay, and may have a cold. A cold . . . No one is listening to Logan. He has to get Janet. They must deal with the seeds themselves and save their own skin before it is too late.

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Crafting A Villain

Crafting a villain is an exciting part of writing a book. Like creating all characters, you develop a relationship with these fictional beings.  Crafting a villain is a tricky one because you want them to impact the reader negatively. Now, if you take it too far, the villain becomes alienated, and they become fake. The villain will be unrelatable. At that point, you’ve got yourself a real corny antagonist. In this blog post, we will look at some inspiration and concepts to think about when creating a convincing villain.

A villain can come in many forms, like another human being. They can be a monster, a group of people, a kingdom, the environment, or even the protagonist themselves. There’s a lot to consider. Ultimately it depends on the premise of your story. Sometimes you aren’t sure who the villain is. You learn who they are while writing the draft. Here they can grow and evolve. The villain – or antagonist – is the opposite of your protagonist and ultimately should serve as an obstacle for your story’s hero.

Know Your Premise – the Skeleton for Crafting a Villain.

If you’re not sure what you’re writing, it’s challenging to think of who – or what – the villain is going to be. There are many forms they can take, so it’s essential to go back to your premise and think about what you’re writing first. Then the villain will reveal themselves. Are there more than one? Or are you focusing on a single antagonist?

Sometimes you come up with a character that is an exciting concept, and you’re unsure where they fit in. The character can live in your head for a while, or you jot it down in your notes, and somewhere down the line, that character will find a home. Other times, because of that villain, the premise is born. If you happen to have an antagonist in mind before your story, let the antagonist help shape the story alongside the protagonist.

Villains Poison the Protagonist’s Inner and Outer Journeys

Now, on the flip side, let’s think about what your protagonist is attempting to achieve. Are they chasing the love of their life? Or are they trying to obtain a secret treasure or save the world? Or perhaps they are dealing with a change in their life – like a divorce. There’s are plenty of obstacles for your protagonist to overcome.

This concept can bleed into making your protagonist the villain too. That’s where the inner journey of the main character is critical to your story. If the villain is an external threat, think about how that villain will become problematic for the protagonist. If they aren’t directly affecting the protagonist’s life, the villain is obsolete in the story.

Make Readers Love the Villain

Here’s the fun part of crafting a villain – make your readers love them. A good villain should be likeable, and in some cases, even relatable. Juggling the relatable and hate ideas is trickier than stating it. Let’s look at some different types of villains and ask ourselves questions about making the reader adore them.

Crafting a Villain – The Types of Evil



A Creature

Creating a likable monster has a far more significant impact on your reader rather than some cliché creature that we’ve all seen before. Monsters tend to have a lot of physical traits about them. Sometimes they have abilities as well that make them a threat. Design the monster. Then, decide how much you are willing to share with the reader. A good monster villain doesn’t always have to shine in the light. You can use the reader’s imagination to fill in the blanks. Let them attempt to unravel what this creature is. Mystery can go a long way when you’re creating a monster.

The Human Element

If your villain is more sophisticated than that, we toss in the human element. No one believes that they are evil. People do horrible things and justify their actions for them. There are countless examples in the real world.

Ask yourself: what kind of life would it take to make someone grow into the shoes of your villain? You might even have to go back to their childhood. Do a character study to understand who they. The study doesn’t have to be in the story, but you must know who your villain is to believable dialogue and actions.

Environmental

Using the elements as a villain gives you some leeway in developing anything sophisticated. You can get quite creative with the environment by making your protagonist struggle. Effort can keep your reader hurrying to the next page. Think of doomsday scenarios or stranded-on-an-island type environments. Environments are how the protagonist attempts to overcome the odds of the harsh nature.

The Hero Gone Bad

We lightly touched on this before. What if your protagonist is the villain? As we talked about before, we want to bring in the human element, but we give further details to the reader. We follow the protagonist’s journey and see first-hand how the character develops into something horrific. The hero-gone-bad is often known as the anti-hero.

The Friend

Another interesting villain concept is a friend. Perhaps the reader has no idea who the villain is. Eventually, a supporting character turns on the hero. Woah! The evil friend acts similarly to the anti-hero concept, except there is heavy tension between these two characters.

Groups

Another exciting type of villain is a group of people, a kingdom, a country, a rival sports team, a religion – literally anything that is an organized entity. Here you can design the group’s motives. Think about the hierarchy of the entity. Is there a single leader? Is it a council? What are their end goals, and how much power do they already have?

Make it a Combo-Fun-Pack Villain

The examples above constrain villains into neat and pretty little categories. Stories don’t have to be like that. Why not include a group where the hero eventually joins them and becomes the villain? Or a creature feature where they are quite intelligent (Frankenstein?) There are endless possibilities when creating a story. It’s why writing is so much fun – we get to push the limits and explore entirely new concepts. Mishmash the villain into something exciting. The villain can be technology, or an alien, an ancient underground group of mole people. Ultimately you want the villain to be believable, so your reader enjoys the story and doesn’t put the book down.

Too Many Combos! Their Power is Unstoppable!

Now, we can’t just ponder how fantastic the villain is or how in-depth they are. You don’t want your antagonist to overpower the protagonist in the story and have readers forget about the main character. You want the protagonist to be the focal point. What are your villain’s weaknesses?

Based on some of the categories above, or a combination of them, what are the opposites of their strengths? A villain’s weakness gives your protagonist hope. It is then up to you to decide when the reader and the protagonist discover this if they ever learn how to overcome this villain.

Go on a Date with your Villain

Crafting a villain is as much work as creating an interesting protagonist. If you don’t care about the villain, neither will your readers. Take the time to get to know your villain. It’s like starting any new relationship. You have to break the ice, get to know them, and eventually know the inner workings. Then you can finish their sentences – because you’re the writer.

Summary on Crafting a Villain

There we have it, some ideas on crafting a villain. There many ways of crafting a villain, and you can do plenty of research into designing a convincing one. Read some psychology essays or biology books. You can have a lot of fun crafting a villain. There are many factors to play with, like their personality, what they look like, their abilities, and their weaknesses.

Hopefully, these ideas spark your creativity and push you in the right direction. Find more writing ideas on the blog under Writing.

If you have something to share, feel free to drop it in the comments. The more we help each other write a story, the better books there will be all around.

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Podcast: Seed Me – Episode 10

Chapter 10 of Konn Lavery’s horror novel Seed Me. As with previous weeks, a new chapter will be shared on Thursdays. Enjoy the podcast below and share it around:

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Logan researches the symptoms he and Janet are experiencing only to find nothing online. His good friend Skip takes him out for a nature walk and a blaze. He still doesn’t buy any of the 420 Draining cases or the weird old man. At least he always has Logan’s back, for they’ll need it. The forest isn’t safe…

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Podcast: Seed Me – Episode 09

Chapter 9 of Konn Lavery’s horror novel Seed Me. As with previous weeks, a new chapter will be shared on Thursdays. Enjoy the podcast below and share it around:

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Logan and Janet wait for the Farmers Market to close to see where this mysterious old man goes. He’s keeping secrets, and they need answers about these seeds. The two have no idea what they are in for.

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Backlogging Saviour

Do you know what is super effective and efficient for writing? Backlogging. Seriously, it has been a major lifesaver for this whole month of November. The life of a contractor rides highs and lows, and I am no exception. There’s that old cliché – when it rains, it pours – which is super accurate when freelancing. The backlogging Saviour can create the illusion of consistency in a writing career.

Welcome to another edition of Unprocessed Thoughts

If you know me personally or have been consistently reading the unprocessed thoughts, you know that I have repeatedly mentioned the contract life’s highs and lows. You can go for weeks on end with hard crunch times and little to no writing completed. Let’s not even talk about marketing or selling because that is entirely off the table when there are too many gigs to take care of.

Of course, after a giant rush, there are the low periods, and you better have some cash saved up for your going to be toast. For example, September and October were not the usual crazy ramp-up leading to winter. Instead, I was blessed with many half days of contract work, which gave me plenty of time to focus on writing, marketing, and the new audiobook podcast.

Deep down in my gut, the freelancer instinct told me that the beautiful half days of work were not going to last. Oh no, I knew for sure. I’m going on 6 ½ years freelancing. The cycle goes through the same patterns. It wasn’t until last year I started to get a better handle on all the chaos.

The Backlogging Saviour

With my supernatural power of foreseeing the future, I spent plenty of time backlogging blog posts and the audiobook podcast in the fall. I also set up some promo advertising for mail-outs scheduled in December – there’s thinking ahead!

Yes, that means all the posts I’ve done in the past four so weeks of been backlogged. This includes the seed me chapters on the podcast, the I Love You short story, and the time management post. It paved the way for me to focus on the contract work. As with all contract work, they tend to fall under the cliché of mutating scopes and additional needs, and tight deadlines. The changes are expected, and anyone who is seasoned in the contract world knows it all too well.

Freelancing Wit

People burn out fast! Freelancing in the design and web world is not exactly easy nor forgiving. You have to continually be learning new trends and new technologies while running a business to be competitive in the ever-changing industry. I’ve seen people come and go in the short time that I’ve been freelancing. It’s crazy, and I can understand why people get out of it.

Yes, being on your toes every day to get projects done, meet deadlines, attend meetings, find new work while you’re doing the work you currently have and doing all the paperwork is a lot to juggle. Then, if you’re off your rocker, you have other ambitions as well – like trying to create some kind of writing career.

NaNoWriMo – Writing into the Dark

The backlogging Saviour has also blessed me with the ability to participate in NaNoWriMo this year. The last time I participated was in 2018 while working on The White Hand, a Rutherford Manor novel. I genuinely do like participating in NaNoWriMo. Unfortunately, I can’t do it every year due to my publishing schedule and the varying amount of contract work I have on the go.

Thankfully, this year was different. For the first time in many books, I made the bold decision to write without an outline. I had a rough premise idea going on from the Octobers short story, Ash, and decided to run with it. As always, I use speech to text technology to spitball the story for the first draft.

Speaking out a story without an outline wasn’t as strange as I thought it was going to be. Most of the short stories I write aren’t outlined and are spitballed on the first draft. I dipped into Dean Wesley Smith’s process described in his book Writing Into the Dark. It’s like pansting but with some extra details.

With NaNoWriMo, I didn’t follow the process strictly. It was about getting those words in. I rushed some parts that need fixing. If I didn’t have so many crazy deadlines with contract work, I would have spent more time going back and cycling, as Dean Wesley Smith puts it, instead of hammering out those words.

That’s okay, as I’ll go back and fix the draft. It is sitting just over 50,000 words now, and about 75% complete the actual story. Ash is an interesting concept that I have been toying around with in my head for 12 years. It’s not just one book. It will probably be a series with a much larger story. But first, I need to finish up that heart manuscript from 2018. It is long overdue and needs real justice. Then who knows what will come in 2021.

Almost done 2020

We’re almost at the finish line for 2020! And as with every year, I am taking holiday time off to let my mind wander, read, and unwind. This is what I am working towards. I am vigorously grinding through the contract work so that I can take this time off. Somehow, I am squeezing in some writing here and there, but I certainly wouldn’t have been able to make it far if I didn’t backlog.

The backlogging Saviour is the true hidden hero when one is so bold to be proactive.

Beer Note: Van Honsebrouck Brewery Ingelminster Kasteel

For this month, I tried a Belgian beer. I think it’s supposed to be a hoppy beer, and it isn’t quite as hoppy as the Canadian ones I have had. Personally, that is a flavour that I prefer, less hoppy. It’s almost like a pale ale and is quite tasty. The Van Honsebrouck Brewery Ingelminster Kasteel sits at 6.5% and is labelled as strong beer. I got one but could certainly have a second.

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Prairie Gothic Anthology – Book Launch!

Come join us for the virtual launch of the Prairie Gothic Anthology! I am pleased to be a part of this Canada prairies anthology focused on Gothic fiction.

When? Monday, November 30, 2020 at 7 PM UTC-07 – 8:30 PM UTC-07

Where? Online

Hosted by Prairie Soul Press

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Featuring the talents of:

P.J. VernonChris CarolanChris MarrsCalvin JimTaija MorganKonn LaveryStacey KondlaRhonda ParrishSarah L. JohnsonRob BoseMike ThornMarty ChanElizabeth WhittonJim Jackson

Help us celebrate the release of the FIRST anthology featuring gothic stories set on the Canadian prairies.Readings! – Games! – Thrills & chills!

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Podcast: Seed Me – Episode 08

Chapter 8 of Konn Lavery’s horror novel Seed Me. As with previous weeks, a new chapter will be shared on Thursdays. Enjoy the podcast below and share it around:

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Logan and Janet decide to confront the old man at the Northern Delights booth. He’s been stalking Logan, and he’s related to his ex’s death. It’s time for some answers.

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I Love You

In a remote town, a terrible curse has plagued the good people. Their home is haunted by a ghost – or something otherworldly – that is killing them off one by one. The government has locked them in with no form of communication, and only one man knows the truth behind the horrors.

I Love You is November’s short story taking you into a paranormal horror where survival is looking slim. Enjoy the story in written form, the artwork, and in audio through the podcast with improv synths.

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“I love you” is supposed to be a phrase you use for those you hold dear to you. Never did anyone think that those three words would become the kiss of death. The funny thing is a lot of people also do not believe in the supernatural. Such naïve simpleton. Some of us do know the truth, like me. I am also relatively efficient in practicing the art. My former wife didn’t believe, for she couldn’t see any proof, like the others. Wouldn’t she be surprised now? Not everything real can be seen with our naked eyes. Our vision can deceive us so easily, especially when we focus on that single human sense. We have so many more! Smell, touch, hearing, and taste are equally important, letting us tune into our world. Then, let’s not forget about the lesser-known sixth sense – extrasensory perception.

Even then, people question how effective it can be. Human beings are limited – true. This is why we must rely on trinkets, rituals, and tuning into the otherworldly to harness powers that we can even fathom. It takes an awful lot of willpower to manifest and control something from the other side. I know this first-hand as I tried to combat The Lover. Others have too. Hell, some of the world’s most capable magic users have attempted to take control of the situation.

I could have learned so much from them if they weren’t now dead. Just like anyone else that has encountered The Lover, she takes them. Everyone in the town can hear the haunting shrills of “I LOVE YOU” before she frees her victim from this world. I’m not sure what she does to them. Maybe she’s trying to harvest souls to fill a void. Or perhaps she merely is eradicating them from the flesh, making them like her. If so, where are the others? We don’t have a solid understanding of what she is – I mean, I have a better idea than most. No one believes a warlock. Her presence has frightened the government, and they have thrown us into a lockdown state where no one can enter or leave our town. We are on our own.

Thankfully, most of us are farmers and can make food to last as long as we need it. Every once in a while, our supply truck drives into town with needed supplies. We have some people who are at the border of the lockdown to negotiate with the military. We don’t have any other choice. A riot would only end with the army shooting us. We aren’t even able to post videos online because they’ve locked out all Internet and cellular connections to our town. They don’t want this going out to the rest of the world. Our best bet for survival is cooperating with the government and avoiding The Lover until they figure out what to do with us.

A portion of me wants to try and reason with her. Of all people in our town, I am the most capable. Then, I hear the shrilling, “I LOVE YOU,” as she takes a new victim, and the fear sinks in. I cringe, knowing that she has outdone the other great mystics. Then I think about what I know. No . . . I can’t. Fear can keep you alive.

I’ve seen her a few times. It’s hard to describe what she looks like. The Lover appears as a sad woman in a nightgown. Her face is deformed. No one would ever know who she is. That poor soul stuck between this world and the next, which is the only way to describe her. She is proof of undead, wandering up and down our crooked, potholed, streets.

The latest sighting I had of The Lover was probably a couple of days ago, just before dusk. Truthfully, I’ve lost track of time, staying inside all the time in this bland house. My ill-fated wife’s blue eyes may have kept me a little too entranced to ever noticed. I remember watching from the window as the church bell rang. Oh, we use the bell to indicate when it is no longer safe to go outside or when someone spots The Lover. Her schedule is reasonably consistent, but on occasion, she has fabricated during the day. I derail, anyways, poor Ivan, our neighbour – my neighbour – was on his way home after picking up supplies. He was running. My neighbour didn’t have a car, and quite frankly, people aren’t willing to share the limited supplies, including vehicles.

Ivan was doing his damn best to be quiet while hurrying down the street. I guess she had already spotted him because I saw her come up from the hill. As she hovered to the top, all light in the sky turned dark, leaving us under blackness – darker than any night!

She was radiant, for she glows blue and white. Those haunting eyeless sockets are something I will never forget, radiating a dark blue flame of anger. The pointy teeth stretch across her elongated mouth, forming a scowl of pain and hate. I’m sure she uses them to feast on the souls once they have passed from this world. It’s my best guess.

My viewpoint was limited, peeking from the curtain. Just like everyone else in their homes, we watched poor Ivan run down the street. He was crying for help. What could we do? Physical objects go right through her, and no one else in this town practices demonology. I’ve dabbled in it, after The Lover, but alas it is not my specialty.

The shrilling words of “I LOVE YOU!” pierced from The Lover’s open mouth. It’s as if the voice projects from her throat, for her jaw does not move. The sound is too much to bear, and many of us cover our ears when she shouts. The Lover continued to scream over and over, “I LOVE YOU! I LOVE YOU!” like a broken record. Ivan wasn’t able to keep up his pace, and The Lover was closing in. I wanted to look away, but I had never seen her take a soul. My poor wife, who didn’t believe my powers, crying, “I love you!” before I cast that fateful spell on her, binding her to the demon.

Ivan tumbled onto the floor, dropping his groceries in the process. Knowing the people of this town, I figured they would scurry around like rats to grab the supplies once Ivan died. The Lover was only half a block away as the mysterious fog she brings with her surrounded the area. Her mouth closed, and she seemed innocent at this point. Just a sad lady who wants closure. Who can blame her? I felt sympathy for her only for a brief moment because, after that, the fog surrounded Ivan. The Lover’s jaws expanded like a snake – three times the size of her skull as her mouth plummeted towards Ivan. His hand extended upward through the fog, begging for mercy, as she dove down onto him. Ivan’s screams erupted as one more, “I LOVE YOU!” boomed throughout the town.

I couldn’t blink, watching the fog swirl around and around. I’d never seen anything like this before. One moment Ivan was there, begging for his life, and the next, he became the fog. I could hear his voice continue to scream for mercy. The voice . . . changed, as if he were underwater, bubbling, muffled, and then nothing. All the smoke pressed inwards to the single point where Ivan and The Lover once were. Then, it dissipated into nothing.

That was it for Ivan. The sky returned to a familiar orange hue as the sun prepared to rest. The disturbing light change happens every time The Lover takes a victim. Already, people were leaving their homes to salvage whatever supplies Ivan left behind, as I expected. Not I, for I remained at the window, watching, and wondering how many more souls The Lover would take before she was satisfied. Then, as always, an overwhelming wave of guilt rushes through me, knowing what I had done. The fear. The anger. I’m sorry.

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Podcast: Seed Me – Episode 07

Chapter 7 of Konn Lavery’s horror novel Seed Me. As with previous weeks, a new chapter will be shared on Thursdays. Enjoy the podcast below and share it around:

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Logan and Janet are digging deeper into the Vicky look-alike scenario and the linkage with the 4-20 cases. They are going to meet Donald Wate at the Remand Visitation Centre, the man who was driving the truck containing the girl’s corpse. What will he have to say?

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