Goodreads asked Stephen T. Brophy:

Where did you get the idea for your most recent book?

Stephen T. Brophy I had the idea for "The Villain's Sidekick" when I was in the midst of writing a much more epic novel in the same genre and I got bogged down in the climax. I decided I wanted to dash off something quick and dirty and had an idea for a short story about the mundane life of a supervillain's henchman with a crummy apartment and a diabetic cat. Almost as soon as I started writing, it quickly ballooned into a story about a professional bad guy who was also something of a deadbeat dad trying to reconnect with his adoring young daughter. His arc of needing to prove himself to be better than he had been emerged from that, and the next thing I knew, three weeks later, I had the first draft of a novella that I was actually pretty pleased with. After a little beta reading from some trusted advisors and a few minor tweaks based on their suggestions, I decided to take the plunge and throw it up on Amazon and see if anyone bit. So far, so good.

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