Fallen Heroes: Sixteen Master Villain Archetypes
Tami Cowden wanted to be a writer since she was a teenager.  After 20 some years of thinking how great life would be when she was a writer, it occurred to her that to reach that goal, she’d  actually have to put words down on paper.   So she starting writing, and received the Individual Achievement in Fiction Award from America Mensa, Ltd. for her first short story.  Tami is also one of those obnoxious people who sold on her first try, earning $500 for a 1000 word story.  But don’t hate her – the editor who bought her story quit shortly thereafter, and Tami has never sold to that magazine again.  But she has sold more than 20 other short stories since, and her stories have appeared in three award nominated anthologies, Love Triumphs, Love Mystifies and Love Sizzles.  Her first novel, Cruising for Love, winner of RWA’s Golden Heart, was released by Avalon Books.    Tami is the coauthor of The Complete Writers Guide to Heroes and Heroines: Sixteen Master Archetypes, a guide to characterization for writers. Tami has presented writing programs on characterization, plotting and scene building at more than 100 writing conferences and retreats, as well as online.  A lawyer by day, she is now working on a mystery series about a divorce lawyer who inherits a Las Vegas wedding chapel.