I love the idea that an efficiency expert for evil supervillains takes over. It’s like the rise of a mob boss in a world of narcissistic, incompetent superheroes. Kinda of like Scarface meets the Tick. Funny, intelligent and well-produced. This book is a joy.
Ted Curran, on the iTunes Music Store
This story is a brilliant critique of modern business practices and corporate culture. In this wicked comedy Patrick E. McLean illustrates how the supervillains of yesteryear pale in comparison to the ruthlessness of Edwin, his evil consultant. Edwin’s character is a purer and more calculating breed than his employers.
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How to Succeed in Evil on Kindle
Yup, it finally happened. I’m very excited that the whole book can be yours for mere pittance. 99 cents. Why, for less than the price of a cup of coffee you can have, all the antics of Topper. All the sinister brilliance of Edwin. All the prim and proper efficiency of Agnes (or, if you’ve…
The Babies Come From Storks Explanation.
It’s another excerpt from the upcoming How to Succeed in Evil e-book. I spend enough time editing this thing and I might convince myself I don’t completely suck. There are those who think that the business of the law is conducted in the open air of the courtroom. That every discussion and decision is held…
Should I Write a Book About these Gods?
From How To Succeed in Evil: He is praying, to whatever committee of dark gods bureaucrats pray to in their secret, inefficient hearts, that Gus will pull through.
Cracking Myself Up, Part II
You certainly don’t have to turn a sentence like this to tell a good story. In fact, I think my urges to do things like this have made it harder for me to learn how to plot. The crafting of lines get in the way of the action. But still, I just giggled again. He…
Cracking Myself Up
Finally knuckling down and preparing How to Succeed in Evil for it’s Kindle edition. Which is very interesting because I don’t remember the writing much at all. Sure, I remember the story and the characters and what happened, but the sentence to sentence minutiae of how I got from point A to point B… no…
An Open Letter to Terry Pratchett (11 reasons to allow Americans into your contest)
So Sir Terry Pratchett is having a contest for unpublished novels, but you can’t enter if you live in the U.S. This sucks. Especially for me. Because How to Succeed in Evil is an unpublished satire/parody that uses the superhero genre in a similar way that Sir Terry uses the genre of fantasy. He doesn’t…
How to Succeed in Evil in a nutshell.
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, “Why a…
I AM CORRUPTING YOUTH!
Some fine folks that I don’t know posted this video to YouTube of their adorable child. In the comments, they mentioned that the audio in the background was Patrick E. McLean’s “How to Succeed in Evil.” I’m not sure how to feel about my voice screaming obscenities and hilarities at a child, so I will default to AWESOME!…
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