patrick e. mclean

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El Justiador Part III

Topper tries to reason with his captors.

TagCloud for HtSiE

Okay, this is kind of interesting. It’s a visual representation of the most frequently occurring words in the text of all the How to Succeed in Evil Episodes.

agent ah amazing anything away bad behind business company course cromoglodon de door dr edna edwin enough evil going golf gonna head hey himself insurance [...]

Scott of the Antarctic

I go looking for an analogy and discover a very moving story.

How to Succeed in Evil – El Justiador Part II

The inexplicable march of El Justiador marches on.

The Music of Evil

So I keep getting questions about the music in How to Succeed in Evil. And to my surprise, people keep asking about what I call the main theme. I friend of mine turned me on to Reason and I played around with it until I had something I liked. When I started ‘Evil the podsafe [...]

El Justiador Part II

The inexplicable march of El Justiador marches on.

How to Succeed in Evil – El Justiador Part I

This is qualifies as prequel territory. As the characters have been evolving (and as I’ve been developing ‘Evil for television) I have discovered that the sweet spot of the story is Edwin as a consultant. There’s just no end of fun to be had pitting him against inane villian after inane villian.
So with that, enjoy [...]

El Justiador Part I

This is qualifies as prequel territory. As the characters have been evolving (and as I’ve been developing ‘Evil for television) I have discovered that the sweet spot of the story is Edwin as a consultant. There’s just no end of fun to be had pitting him against inane villian after inane villian.
So with that, enjoy [...]

The Death of Edwin 2.0

After much soul searching, I found I was changing my character for external reasons, rather than for the demands of the story. And I also discovered that, in doing so, I run the risk of destroying what made the the character and the story work in the first place — Edwin’s unique Edwin-ness.

NPR Entry

Well, I submitted the St. Patrick’s Day excerpt. Many of you made compelling cases for other excerpts but I felt that St. Pat’s was the strongest match with the 1st round requirements.
Thanks for all your feedback. It means more than you know to have your support. Trying to break through is lonely, demoralizing work. [...]

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