Monday, January 1, 2024

Happy New Year: Ushering In 2024

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And here we are -- 1 January 2024, with a whole year of possibility stretching before us.
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Southern hemisphere daybreak
If best wishes can make it so, then you have all of mine for hoping that 2024 will bring positives in abundance.

In terms of what I've planned for the first of every month, over the past few years I've covered:

  • Romance (2019)
  • Worldbuilding (2020)
  • Magic Systems (2021)
  • Heroes (2022)
  • The Band of Brothers (2023) 

So-o, I'm thinking 2024 just might have to be the Year of the Villain -- in Fantasy fiction, of course, that being the unifying strand for each of the (above) themes.

Sauron: The Lord of the Rings

.Not anti-heroes or lovable rogues, straight-out villains is where I'm heading. 

Voldemort: Harry Potter

 Every protagonist needs an antagonist, after all, and Fantasy has plenty on offer, from Sauron to Voldemort, Littlefinger to Mrs Coulter. 

Littlefinger: Game of Thrones

 .I'm looking forward to checking at least twelve of them out in more detail. :-)

Mrs Coulter: The Golden Compass

 .In the meantime, Happy New Year!

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About the Author

Helen Lowe is an award-winning novelist, poet, and lover of story. With four books published to date, she is currently completing the final installment in The Wall Of Night series.

Helen posts regularly on her “…on Anything, Really” blog, monthly on the Supernatural Underground, and tweets @helenl0we.

2 comments:

Kim Falconer said...

Happy New Year to the Sup!

Helen, I am so looking forward to this series!
Yay!

:)

Helen Lowe said...

Thanks, Kim! I definitely aim to have some fun with this. :)