I spent hour researching brewing in the middle ages and was delighted to discover that the vast majority of it was done by monks, thus invoking images of very drunk monks behind their respectable facade. I'm trying to work it in to my story.
Don't envy you because I've done and nothing more is a pain in the ass. To be honest, the only thing I could do was just keep bashing out what came next until the voice returned and then edited that section once I was back in that frame of mind.
Good luck with getting back on it.
I'm not going to add to the list of villians suggested here as they are an excellent bunch of example, but I was going to add to from my experience of writing my novel.
My big bad is actually dead, killed years ago but her prescence in the people's mind still lingers that it developes a new...
I hate introduction posts, but well, got to learn how to sell myself (in the legitimate sense, not on a street corner sense).
Well, as my user name would imply, I am Michelle and I'm writing my first fantasy novel called The Siren's Call. I'm a full time mum and part time uni student from...