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Ben Leroy hates superman. (Small s.)
He says it more cogently over on his blog post at Dead Guy: "If your protagonist is conveniently shiny and skilled" he's boring.
There's some other good stuff here too. Take a look. Then scuff up your hero, and put him in some genuine hot water, and accessorize him with a sidekick who isn't called "honey."
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Ben Leroy is a rockstar! If I could remember some of the snarky, hilarious things he said to me when we met up in PDX a few months ago, I'd put them here. Just imagine that I did.
I'm a better person for having met Ben. A better friend to authors and readers there is not.
The comments on that post are fairly brilliant too.
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