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January 25, 2006
My life as an evil villain
Alesia, practicing her evil laugh
One of my good friends, Beverly Brandt (who knows me far too well, I’m guessing), gave me the book HOW TO BE AN EVIL VILLAIN for Christmas. This is perhaps one of my favorite presents, ever. I mean, how many times have I wished that instead of being a wimpy PC person who gets her feelings hurt by mean people that I could practice world domination and blast people who annoy me with my death ray of annihilation??
Hundreds. Maybe thousands.
So there’s a page to pick evil names, and through some random numbers and much laughter, we discovered that our evil villain names are:
Me: Baron Iron Blade
Navy Guy: Countess (hey, I said random numbers!) Bone Spawn
Science Boy: Lord Slash Blade
Princess: Well, she refused her anointed name of Lady Death Blight and chose Princess Scarlet Happiness (what can I say? She’s not much for conformity, even in evil villainy)
Which makes me wonder this: If you could be an evil villain in just a single situation and use your death ray of annihilation, what situation would it be? For me, I’m thinking it’s a toss-up between the people in the supermarket checkout who go in the express lane with four hundred items and then wait until the total is announced before beginning to rummage for their checkbooks . . . and . . . computer hackers. In fact, Lady Death to Hackers might have to be my new evil villain name.
So tomorrow there’s a 99.99 percent chance that I’m coming home with a new pug puppy (pause for collective awwwwww) to be a buddy for my darling pug, Daisy. The problem with having cute gentle loving dogs is that it cuts into your evil villain image. Navy Guy wanted to name Daisy Razor Fang.
Don’t ask. It’s a guy thing.
Speaking of Daisy, she stars in my new mystery series! I bring this up with a shamelessly awkward transition simply because I’m dying to tell you about the coolest thing, ever. I have a movie trailer for my new book, BLONDES HAVE MORE FELONS!! Turn on the sound on your computer and go here!!
Seriously, isn’t that awesome?
Today is Princess’s 6th birthday (which is IMPOSSIBLE, since she was born YESTERDAY), and she made me promise to mention it. We went to her school at lunchtime and bought ice cream for her entire class, so she is quite the star today. I keep crying like a loon because I don’t have any more babies. Which might, coincidentally, have a lot to do with that new puppy . . .
MWAH HA HA HA HA
Alesia, practicing her evil villain laugh
Posted by Alesia at 2:15 PM | Comments (10)
Comments
Cool trailer. I've seen a few of these, and I think yours is the best, most appropriate one. Did you publisher provide it, or did you have it done yourself? If you don't mind my asking. :G:
Posted by: ZaZa at January 25, 2006 4:20 PM
Thanks, ZaZa! I love it!! My very talented web gurus at Romance Designs designed it for me, with loads of input from me on the images/tone of the book kind of stuff. Also I wrote the copy. My publisher is working to use it in very wonderful ways, so it's definitely a win-win for me!
Alesia, full of birthday cake
Posted by: Alesia Holliday ![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://www.literarychicks.com/nav-commenters.gif)
at January 25, 2006 7:06 PM
Happy Birthday, Princess Scarlet Happiness!
And I want a picture of the new pug puppy ASAP!!!
(Although you do know you're nuts for bringing home a new puppy when you're under deadline, right? Right. Don't say I didn't tell you so.)
Posted by: Whitney at January 25, 2006 7:26 PM
well, the deadline was supposed to be met by now . . . Timing, as tney say, is everything. :)
Posted by: Alesia Holliday at January 25, 2006 7:44 PM
Happy Birthday to Princess and happy homecoming to little Razor Fang!
Posted by: Eileen at January 25, 2006 10:21 PM
Hmm, whom would I blast with my death ray of annihilation??
Possibly the streetmarketers who ambush me every time I venture out into town. Or possibly the telemarketer who keeps calling to ask if I want yet another subscription to his newspaper because it will improve my Dutch skills...
PS. Happy birthday, Princess Scarlet Happiness!
Posted by: Michelle C at January 26, 2006 4:25 AM
Happy Birthday, Princess!!!
And... let's see... my evil death ray of annihilation...
Well, pretty much, it'd have to be clowns.
Posted by: Lani at January 26, 2006 6:04 AM
LOL!
Great trailer, Alesia.
Today, I'd like to kill all the bozos on the road.
Posted by: May at January 26, 2006 9:07 AM
Happy Birthday Princess!
I would use my death ray on people are too stupid to live, like my daughter's previous Spanish teacher who put on his "MySpace" profile that he hates to read, that he's rather watch grass grow! A TEACHER!!!!!!
Posted by: romancechick at January 27, 2006 7:55 AM
Happy birthday, Princess--6 is a great age! Have you lost any teeth yet? So cool, wiggling that first tooth loose... AND a new puppy! (I vote for the name Petunia, since you already have Daisy, and when I was six I had a boxer named Petite Petunia, "Peti" for short. It is a good name!) And I am rambling 'cause I am so tired.... Got any more birthday cake? I could use a good sugar rush about now! Death rays for all the idiot drivers on the road AND clowns (I hate clowns too, Lani!).
Posted by: Sheri at January 28, 2006 12:46 AM
