It dawns on me that just about every villain, evildoer or henchman in my Zombie Western books is ugly.
Sigh. I am a traitor to #OscarsSoPretty
This has been difficult. So much time is spent on writing pages that, if I’ve done my job correctly, will be breezed through by the reader. Within the novel, there’s only so much time/space to explain your characters.
Unfortunately, “ugly guy=evil” is something people quickly recognize even though it is totally wrong. But “really handsome guy who had a tortured past and became evil because of X reason” is more than people care to hear about.
Oh I feel awful. I have betrayed the #OscarsSoPretty movement.
Bookshelf Battle 
Bastard. ; P
I’m a sellout. The only good looking villains are the vampires, Blythe and Beatrice so far. And the vampire that betrays them is ugly. Why am I stuck in this cycle of ugly stereotype perpetuation?
shaking head. such a disappointment.
I see why people do it. Take Dapper Dan. He is a throwaway. That whole scene was to explain to the reader the dynamic between Charlie, Jane and Bill. So why make him good looking and then give two page of backstory when you can just say he’s bald and fat and the readers are like “ohhhhh he’s bad.”
I blame the readers because if the bad guy is handsome, then there must be an explanation as to how he went bad. Ugly people? Oh we get it. They’re bad. Bad bad uggos.
ROFL