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Villains & Vigilantes is an action/thriller, romance series! I think it technically counts as a fantasy series, if we're looking at actual pre-established romance sub-categories??? Like, urban fantasy? I'm not sure - Superpowered Romance is not it's own subcategory (yet), but I'm working on it. Mostly, I'm addicted to the idea of being in love with a dangerous person who's so gentle with you/me/the mc, while also being more than willing to destroy whole worlds to keep you/me/the mc happy and healthy.
Opposite genre... that's tricky. Opposite of superpowered would be... contemporary? Like, normal and mundane, everyday life, right? And opposite of action/thriller would be... slice of life? Maybe? And opposite of romance would be... not romance? So, if V&V were suddenly Opposited, it would look something like:
Contemporary (ie, no superpowers)
Slice of life (ie, not action/thriller)
... Not romance? (wtf would qualify as "not romance" genre?)
Oh! So maybe it would be about a community of individuals who navigate various non-romantic relationships, each book focusing on the everyday lives of a single character or two at a time? It sounds fun and cozy, but definitely not my style to write (consistently, anyway)
Let's learn a bit more about your story. Let's learn a bit more about your story is NOT.
Share the genre of your story here. Tell everyone why you picked that genre. What part makes you most excited?
Then take a moment and think about what your story would look like if it was the complete OPPOSITE genre, and share a few thoughts about it!
OMG, so now we're going to talk about Viper. (this corpsefucker right here)
So, the first story I'm writing is (planned to be) a little 40k word novella about Mia (no powers) and Nico (echolocation). Mia has been on the run from Viper for nearly a decade now (our girl is resourceful af!).
Viper is bad news. He's the chief enforcer for the Fayetteville, NC, crime syndicate (no hate, it's just that my husband lived there for a while before we met, so if I have questions about the location, I can ask him) and he's known for his cruel and ruthless tactics. He has no super powers of his own, but will often lead teams of non-sanctioned supers, which is pretty impressive in the underworld.
Mia's parents owed the Fayetteville syndicate big time, and ended up promising Mia to the syndicate to help pay off their debt. Mia caught word of this right before she was "collected" and thus started her life on the run. Viper took this as a personal insult, of course, and has been obsessively hunting for Songbird (his "affectionate" nickname for Mia) ever since. Word is that he'll pay really well for accurate information that will help him track his Songbird down.
Let’s take a moment and talk about the villain in your story! Is it a person? An obstacle that needs to be overcome? A big fat CLOSING SOON sign on the front of your favorite video store?
Villains and Vigilantes, the action/thriller/romance stories where the bad guys get the girl - because yeah, superheroes are nice and all, but at the end of the day don't you want someone willing and able to burn the world to ashes just to see you smile?
Quick! It's commercial break! Advertise your story in four sentences or less!
I’d love acrylic keychains or 1/8 scale figurines of my characters…Blue Moon and Red Sun would look so cool as figurines ^_^ and maybe marketable plushies…
You know what, let’s get some of my moots on this ^w^
@the-golden-comet @wyked-ao3 @estellamiraiauthor
Every big movie comes out with a big line of merchandise. If your story could have ANY piece of merchandise made for it, what would you want it to be?
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I’ll fry it out
We're going to play a little traveling game today. I want you to reblog this post as a means for letting your followers know that your inbox is open.
What are they going to do?
Well, they're going to give you a description of their character and you're going to tell them which of YOUR characters would get along best with them!
This sounds like a lot of fun!
We're going to play a little traveling game today. I want you to reblog this post as a means for letting your followers know that your inbox is open.
What are they going to do?
Well, they're going to give you a description of their character and you're going to tell them which of YOUR characters would get along best with them!