I love celebrity cookbooks. How could I not? I love celebrities, I love food, and I love making fun of the weird things celebrities like to eat, so there’s absolutely no downside. The thing about a celebrity cookbook, though, is that they only work if the celebrity is really great and/or completely eccentric (and/or randomly […]
Everybody loves a protagonist. Our heroes and heroines inspire us to face our fears, to strive for greatness, and to triumph in the face of evil. Which brings us to our point: a good story still needs some evil. There’s no getting around it, really. Besides, the bad guys and girls often provide the most fun! They […]
Authors are just like any other creative professional in that they tend to find something they’re good at, stick with it, and keep going as long as they can. Some authors do spy novels, for example, or romance novels, or horror novels. But then they some of them get restless, or feel the great call […]
What’s the only thing better than a literary hero you can root for like a rabid cheerleader? How about a villain whose imminent demise you yearn for so badly, you actually put it on your Christmas wish list? Though there are many quality antagonists in the history of western literature, there are only a few […]
J.R.R.R. (Jim) Hardison is the author of the humorous fantasy adventure Fish Wielder and, more recently, Demon Freaks, a spoof about the horrors of monsters in the woods and the SATs. Today, he joins us to talk about everyone’s favorite holiday villain, the Krampus—and 11 other baddies who make him look friendlier than St. Nick. […]