patrick e. mclean

copywriter • author • raconteur

The Edna dilemma

Edna’s tough for a couple of reasons. One, I haven’t quite figured out what she should do in the story. I’ve got her voice pretty well nailed, but I don’t know what she has at stake. But then again, what does Moneypenny have at stake in any of the Bond novels.
The real dilemma with Edna [...]

The Thing with Topper.

I have no idea what black, gleeful part of my soul this character came from. But God do I love this bloodthirsty little guy. Here he is talking to Edwin.
“If you messed with my head like that, you be lucky if I didn’t dress up in a Tooth Fairy costume and pipe bomb your house.”
What [...]

The First Issue of the Comic in PDF

So I’ve recently had some questions about the comic. And we don’t have anymore printed. But, I do have a pdf of the the completed and colored first issue. Call it a Christmas present to the faithful and the early adopters.

So, I'm 44,271 words into a "How to Succeed in Evil Novel"

It seems like it’s safe to announce the thing. Kind of like a pregnancy, it’s gone on long enough that the doctors are pretty sure it’s going to go to term.
I’ve never written a novel before. I was always afraid of it. I though that writing a screenplay was easier. And I can not emphasize [...]

Dried Cherries

Love is weird.

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