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Christina Anne Hawthorne | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 nostr:npub1yy2f70sw4mdqcx6a4ggxt6df46e4cyseyeycxd5sw6jmt0ll60ns6y7vpm Power corrupts. That's a th...
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636ccddf | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @7b682b86 Thank you! That's kind of you to say. 😊

I just finished editing this novel, and am now going to prepare it for querying. Since it's the first in a new series of mine, I'm going to give it a go with traditional publishing. If it doesn't pan out, so be it.
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Alina Leonova | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 nostr:npub1yy2f70sw4mdqcx6a4ggxt6df46e4cyseyeycxd5sw6jmt0ll60ns6y7vpm Ah, that's a great villain ...
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636ccddf | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @d73175df Yes, it’s quite easy to dislike her! She’s also very condescending, adding to the hate (I hope) the reader will fee!
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636ccddf | 1 years ago (raw) | full thread | reply | flag 
 #WordWeavers 7Sep- Why did your villain become a villain?

High Chancellor Braeley doesn't see herself as the villain. She doesn't even see herself as an antagonist.

In her mind, she's a faithful leader following the Gold God's will. Those who question her class's right to rule are the villains.

If she wasn't so obsessed with her own power, things may have turned out differently. But like most people with too much power, she's blinded to her actions. *That* is how she became the villain.