http://succeedinevil.com How to Succeed in Evil is not a self-help page for the maladjusted. It it is the story of Edwin Windsor, Evil Efficiency Consultant. He's like Arthur Andersen for Supervillains. Mon, 22 Mar 2010 13:26:30 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en PROMO & FIRST CHAPTER In case you'd like an idea of what you are getting yourself in for. Promo (please play everywhere and often) Prologue: Song FIVE CHAPTER PREVIEW Just enough to get you hooked. Here it is in pdf format. COMPLETE AUDIOBOOK -- two options -- Option #1: The individual audiobook files. Sure, ... http://succeedinevil.com/2010/03/06/all-kinds-of-evil-all-kinds-of-available/ Okay, boys, this is the week we knock over the barn. Uh boss? Why a barn again? Because that’s where the blue bag is, you idiot. Remember: everyone wear suits, so we’ll stand out in a rural setting. Then we’ll meet up right under the big metal grain chute. And there it is, ... http://succeedinevil.com/2010/02/22/how-to-succeed-in-evil-in-a-nutshell/ You think it's frustrating for you? You have no idea how frustrating it is for me not to be able to work on fiction full-time. Sadly, that's just not the way things work at the moment. But writing isn't a sprint, it's a marathon. And if there is anything an ... http://succeedinevil.com/2010/01/24/so-hey-why-havent-you-gotten-any-more-evil/ So I've gotten a number of emails asking about a sequel. And yes, another book is coming. (With that ending, c'mon? There has got be another book.) But here's a brief update on what I've been up to, and what I will be doing before book two. I have completed a ... http://succeedinevil.com/2009/10/29/update-the-end-is-never-the-end-at-least-not-with-this-book/ In which all the loose ends are tied up. http://succeedinevil.com/2009/09/03/htsietn-epilogue/ I have take a pause and realize just how cool you guys really are. For example, check out the comments on Chapter 70. http://succeedinevil.com/2009/07/27/htsietn-chapter-70the-only-sane-thing-to-do/#comments Helpful, critical, smart feedback. And a crapload of encouragement. It's just awesome. http://succeedinevil.com/2009/08/24/you-know-every-once-and-a-while/ It's coming. I've actually reworked the entire last third of the book in preparation for submitting it to publishers, and am now working on a suitable epilog for these audiobook episodes. Thanks for bearing with. http://succeedinevil.com/2009/08/19/whats-going-on-wheres-this-ending/ So I bobbled the ending. Well, that's not completely true. The story has a great half an ending. See the story that really interests me is what would make a reasonable person decide that they need to take over the world? How does someone become an Evil Genius. Not in ... http://succeedinevil.com/2009/08/03/oops-i-forgot-to-kill-the-shark-more-ending-to-come/ It all becomes clear. http://succeedinevil.com/2009/07/27/htsietn-chapter-70the-only-sane-thing-to-do/ Edwin takes action. http://succeedinevil.com/2009/07/27/htsietn-chapter-69negatively-buoyant/ Elegant sadness. http://succeedinevil.com/2009/07/27/chapter-68-edwin-dresses-for-the-funeral/ Edwin turns a corner. http://succeedinevil.com/2009/07/27/htsietn-chapter-67-you-want-evil/ Aren't you afraid of me? http://succeedinevil.com/2009/07/24/htsietn-chapter-66-from-a-higher-place/ Is this the end? http://succeedinevil.com/2009/07/23/htsietn-chapter-65-out-of-business/ Playing by the rules. http://succeedinevil.com/2009/07/22/htsietn-chapter-64-the-last-hole/ Topper can't stand it. http://succeedinevil.com/2009/07/21/htsietn-chapter-63-the-back-nine/ A reversal of fortune. http://succeedinevil.com/2009/07/20/htsietn-chapter-62-the-turn/ Maybe golf just isn't his game? http://succeedinevil.com/2009/07/17/htsietn-chapter-61-the-front-nine/ The fateful day begins http://succeedinevil.com/2009/07/14/htsietn-chapter-60-henchcaddy/ Edwin picks it up? http://succeedinevil.com/2009/07/13/htsietn-chapter-59-excelsior-throws-the-gauntlet/ Director Smiles front and center http://succeedinevil.com/2009/07/10/htsietn-chapter-58-gus-in-the-hospital/ Overcome a strong body through a weak mind. http://succeedinevil.com/2009/07/09/htsietn-chapter-57-get-him-to-pop/ Arguments are opened. http://succeedinevil.com/2009/07/08/htsietn-chapter-56-a-reasonable-disagreement/ So I apologize. I have run out of pre-recorded chapters and have not been able to record any more because my voice is TRASHED due to a summer cold of a particularly nasty variety. I am feeling much better, but still sounding like an alligator gargling gravel and broken glass. ... http://succeedinevil.com/2009/06/25/delay-of-game/ Justice isn't made out in the open air. http://succeedinevil.com/2009/06/22/htsietn-chapter-55-a-tale-of-two-backrooms/ Every good lawyer needs one. http://succeedinevil.com/2009/06/19/htsietn-chapter-54-an-angle/ It's hard to catch up with a guy who can fly. http://succeedinevil.com/2009/06/18/htsietn-chapter-53-serving-a-process/ Topper searches for base motives. http://succeedinevil.com/2009/06/17/htsietn-chapter-52-a-score-to-settle/ It was inevitable. http://succeedinevil.com/2009/06/16/htsietn-chapter-51-the-death-of-culture/ Master of Darkness? http://succeedinevil.com/2009/06/15/htsietn-chapter-50-agnes-vs-mistevio/ Stay with the numbers Lifto. http://succeedinevil.com/2009/05/27/htsietn-chapter-49-mr-the-magnificent/ Victory is hollow after all. http://succeedinevil.com/2009/05/26/htsietn-chapter-48-somewhere-over-kansas/ Dr. Loeb gets his laser. http://succeedinevil.com/2009/05/22/htsietn-chapter-47-a-giant-illusion-in-space/ Why talk to the Puppet? http://succeedinevil.com/2009/05/21/chapter-46-the-man-who-pulls-the-strings/ I just flew in from Cleveland... http://succeedinevil.com/2009/05/20/htsietn-chapter-45-excelsior-speaks/ Edwin sells a scheme. http://succeedinevil.com/2009/05/19/htsietn-chapter-44-the-pitch/ The Cromoglodon is a hit. http://succeedinevil.com/2009/05/18/htsietn-chapter-43-getting-the-best-of-a-bad-bounce/ An innocent seduced? http://succeedinevil.com/2009/05/15/htsie-tn-chapter-42-the-cromoglodon-is-born/ Excelsior is surprised by defeat. http://succeedinevil.com/2009/05/14/htsietn-chapter-41-down-but-not-out/ Edwin figures it out. http://succeedinevil.com/2009/05/13/htsietn-chapter-40-how-to-make-advantage-from-avalanche/ Topper finds more than he bargained for. http://succeedinevil.com/2009/05/12/chapter-39-topper-detects/ Excelsior is called in to deal with Barry. http://succeedinevil.com/2009/05/11/htsietn-chapter-38-calling-forth-nemesis/ Trying to talk Edwin out of a funk. http://succeedinevil.com/2009/05/08/htsietn-chapter-37-topper-gives-a-pep-talk/ Agnes restores order http://succeedinevil.com/2009/05/07/htsietn-chapter-36-a-blackjack-toting-angel/ Barry BASH Architecture. http://succeedinevil.com/2009/05/06/htsietn-chapter-35-barry-bash/ Not a good idea. http://succeedinevil.com/2009/05/05/htsietn-chapter-34-reasoning-with-barry/ Clarence gets a visit from Topper. http://succeedinevil.com/2009/05/04/htsietn-chapter-33-clarence-gets-scared/ Topper's the man for the job. http://succeedinevil.com/2009/05/01/htsietn-chapter-32-enlisting-the-little-savage/ The one thing he's good at. http://succeedinevil.com/2009/04/30/htsietn-chapter-31-barry-bash/ Enter a poor little boy named Barry. http://succeedinevil.com/2009/04/29/htsietn-chapter-30-cotton-candy/ Edwin recovers himself. http://succeedinevil.com/2009/04/28/htsietn-chapter-29-a-new-suit/ The duration of Dr. Loeb's success? http://succeedinevil.com/2009/04/27/htsietn-chapter-28-23-seconds/ Topper wants credit for the win. http://succeedinevil.com/2009/04/25/htsietn-chapter-27-the-rescue/ Everything comes apart at the seams. http://succeedinevil.com/2009/04/24/htsietn-chapter-26-marauding-through-the-night/ Superpowered Man vs Nature http://succeedinevil.com/2009/04/23/htsietn-chapter-25-excelsior-fights-the-hurricane/ How things went horrifyingly wrong. http://succeedinevil.com/2009/04/21/htsietn-chapter-24/ Things go horrifyingly wrong. http://succeedinevil.com/2009/04/20/htsietn-chapter-23-how-did-this-happen/ Edwin twists Eustace http://succeedinevil.com/2009/04/17/htsietn-chapter-22-the-demands-of-dr-loeb/ Topper vs. the locals. http://succeedinevil.com/2009/04/15/htsietn-chapter-21-strip-clubtruck-stop/ Does Edwin regret spurning Iphagenia? http://succeedinevil.com/2009/04/14/htsie-tn-chapter-20-search-your-feelings/ Restraint and perseverance aren't paying off. http://succeedinevil.com/2009/04/13/htsietn-chapter-19-nothing-right-for-agnes/ Why fight for it when you can simply buy it? http://succeedinevil.com/2009/04/10/htsietn-chapter-18-edwin-makes-his-pitch/ The world ain't what it used to be. http://succeedinevil.com/2009/04/09/htsie-tn-chapter-17-using-the-asset/ Edwin does what he does best. http://succeedinevil.com/2009/04/08/chapter-16-just-a-consultant/ Agnes does her job. Topper attempts to swing into action. http://succeedinevil.com/2009/04/07/chapter-15-following-the-protocol/ When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro. http://succeedinevil.com/2009/04/06/chapter-14-empress-josephine/ Can a mere garment encompass all of civilzation? http://succeedinevil.com/2009/04/03/chapter-13-edwin-dresses-for-dinner/ Excelsior tries to take a night off. http://succeedinevil.com/2009/04/02/chapter-12-cindi-with-an-i/ Edwin checks in. http://succeedinevil.com/2009/04/01/chapter-11-calling-home/ Edwin learns far more than he wanted to about Iphagenia Rielly http://succeedinevil.com/2009/03/31/chapter-10-cassette-girl/ Edwin meets the Not-So-Sinister Dr. Loeb's mother, Iphagenia. http://succeedinevil.com/2009/03/30/htsietn-chapter-nine-what-do-you-want-mr-windsor/ The one scheme that can't possibly work. http://succeedinevil.com/2009/03/27/htsietn-chapter-eight-a-giant-laser-in-space/ Gus gives the big guy a pep talk. http://succeedinevil.com/2009/03/25/htsietn-chapter-seven-excelsior-on-the-beach/ Edwin plots, schemes and puts up with Topper. http://succeedinevil.com/2009/03/24/htsietn-chapter-six-theres-money/ Edwin and Topper hit the links. http://succeedinevil.com/2009/03/23/htsie-chapter-five-a-par-four-life/ Enter Agnes, Edwin's formidable secretary. http://succeedinevil.com/2009/03/20/htsietn-chapter-four-a-child-of-faded-empire/ Edwin walks down memory lane. This is not my beautiful house. This is notmy beautiful wife. How did I get here? http://succeedinevil.com/2009/03/19/htsietn-chapter-three-edwin-walking-the-hallway/ Edwin meets the not-so-sinister Dr. Loeb. http://succeedinevil.com/2009/03/18/htsietn-chapter-two-vorld-domination/ We had a couple of technical difficulties today with the site. Inexplicably the feed might have included a pointer to Chapter Two in the post for Chapter One. So you might have skipped a chapter. It's not going to disrupt the logical flow of the story, but if you have missed ... http://succeedinevil.com/2009/03/17/something-weird-with-chapter-one/ Excelsior races to the rescue? http://succeedinevil.com/2009/03/17/htsietn-chapter-one-a-lot-of-words-he-doesnt-know/ I'm going to release a chapter a day until we're all done. Hand on everybody, we're going to for a ride! http://succeedinevil.com/2009/03/16/chapter-release-schedule/ In which a brave pilot fights to save his plane and all on-board. http://succeedinevil.com/2009/03/16/how-to-succeed-in-evil-the-novel-prologue/ March is the new February. No really. Okay, so I missed Feb, but we've got a go live date on the novel of March 16th. And this lovely podcast, with promo, explaining what's been going on with the book and what happens next. http://succeedinevil.com/2009/03/03/evil-novel-announcement/ Inexplicably, 2008 was a very busy year for paying work. I think that makes me one of 3 people in North America who's not experiencing a recession (yet), but it was kind of bad for the other writing. Until now, because that means that I've got a fat cushion of ... http://succeedinevil.com/2009/01/13/still-not-dead-still-writing-away/ ...for I will not desert you. It's a paraphrase from one of my favorite parts of Leaves of Grass, by Walt Whitman. And even though I haven't been podcasting, I have not abandoned well, the faith, let us say. The book proceeds. Such arrogance to attempt such a long work, but ... http://succeedinevil.com/2008/08/27/be-of-good-cheer/ So somebody once said, that authors only really write about themselves. And maybe that's true. Consider Ian Fleming. Fleming had a good war but fought it all from behind his desk in Whitehall. Peter Smithers, a colleague in naval intelligence, said: “Ian constantly longed to be personally engaged ... http://succeedinevil.com/2008/06/04/where-did-edwin-come-from/ So I have a t-shirt somewhere that says "Evo is my God" -- he was giving them out at DragonCon a couple of years ago. He's a magnificent bastard, not self-effacing, but.. Anyway, I think Evo's spot on. I think I'll start doing podcasts of the process. You will NEED ... http://succeedinevil.com/2008/04/26/regular-updates-who-really-cares-about-spoilers/ So the old email box has been flooded in the last week. And everybody is asking the same question. What in the hell is going on? The only thing I find lacking in your work to date is the lack of quantity. I enjoy Edwin, as well as the ... http://succeedinevil.com/2008/04/23/an-evil-update-and-a-question/ So I'm printing the first draft. It's the biggest thing I've ever printed. 200 pages on 8.5 x 11 paper. I even jiggered the margins so it would be smaller. It's a big moment. The thing is a big brawling mess. I'm pretty sure my toner cartridge is going to ... http://succeedinevil.com/2008/01/24/call-it-a-draft-already/ So I just got a nice comment on the last episode of the El Justiador podcast from a guy named Julian. http://succeedinevil.com/2007/09/16/el-justiador-part-5/ I assume he's Australian because his email shows up with a .au ending. And the bit that jumped out at me was > Within a few days I had ... http://succeedinevil.com/2008/01/07/lets-hear-it-for-the-australian/ Edna's tough for a couple of reasons. One, I haven't quite figured out what she should do in the story. I've got her voice pretty well nailed, but I don't know what she has at stake. But then again, what does Moneypenny have at stake in any of the Bond ... http://succeedinevil.com/2007/12/30/the-edna-dilemma/ I have no idea what black, gleeful part of my soul this character came from. But God do I love this bloodthirsty little guy. Here he is talking to Edwin. "If you messed with my head like that, you be lucky if I didn't dress up in a Tooth Fairy ... http://succeedinevil.com/2007/12/21/the-thing-with-topper/ So I've recently had some questions about the comic. And we don't have anymore printed. But, I do have a pdf of the the completed and colored first issue. Call it a Christmas present to the faithful and the early adopters. http://succeedinevil.com/2007/12/13/the-first-issue-of-the-comic-in-pdf/ It seems like it's safe to announce the thing. Kind of like a pregnancy, it's gone on long enough that the doctors are pretty sure it's going to go to term. I've never written a novel before. I was always afraid of it. I though that writing a screenplay was ... http://succeedinevil.com/2007/12/03/so-im-44271-words-into-a-how-to-succeed-in-evil-novel/ So I had this dynamite opportunity that sucked up all my time for the last three months. The way it goes I guess. But 'evil has suffered. Just the way it has to be. The reality is that it's touch and go and tug of war until I can get ... http://succeedinevil.com/2007/09/17/ideas-take-time-farewell-to-jordan/ Edwin confronts the Matador of Justice. http://succeedinevil.com/2007/09/16/el-justiador-part-5/ A reversal of fortune and an unexpected surprise. http://succeedinevil.com/2007/07/21/el-justiador-part-4/ A rollercoaster. There is a lot of interest in 'Evil. Sure people think it should be comic. But some folks think it would make a nice TV show. Still others think it would be a great movie. And who am I to disagree with any of them? Ed Wood on ... http://succeedinevil.com/2007/06/19/whats-been-going-on/ Topper tries to reason with his captors. http://succeedinevil.com/2007/05/30/el-justiador-part-3/ Okay, this is kind of interesting. It's a visual representation of the most frequently occurring words in the text of all the How to Succeed in Evil Episodes. agent ah amazing anything away bad behind business company course cromoglodon de door dr edna edwin enough evil ... http://succeedinevil.com/2007/05/18/tagcloud-for-htsie/