It’s the Evil Mastermind’s birthday. Please join us in sending birthday wishes his way (because if he’s in a good mood, we get more gruel). In fact, if you can send those wishes on the backs of fifty dollar bills, that’d be even better.
Last October, our Evil Mastermind single-handedly launched Indies Unlimited, and within six months it became a multi-national, multi-author, nuclear-powered death-star of a blog, and a finalist in the Independent Book Blogger Awards. Not too shabby, eh?
Unlike other evil conglomerates, we pulled strings and got our Evil Mastermind what he wanted for his birthday…
So, have another scoop of gruel and a glass of Kool-Aid, and All Hail the Evil Mastermind!
Birthday greetings from a lowly minion!
Thanks Meeks. 🙂
I bow to my leader, otherwise it would be the death ray. Happy Birthday!
Thank you Jim. The death ray is in the shop. I could use the incontinence ray, I suppose. 🙂
Happy Birthday, Mr. Mastermind! Or may I call you 'Evil?'
Thanks Barry. I find people confuse me with that Knievel fellow when you do that. It's probably the jumpsuit. Or the scars.
Happy birthday! We tried to get one of the sharks to jump out of a cake, but we had a bit of a problem and…uh…we,, we're already designing tattoos for Dan's prosthetic arm…
Thanks Laurie. Don't worry about Dan. We can just activate one of the clones.
Happy Birthday, Herr Evil Mastermind. I hope it is filled with many wonderfully evil things.
Thank you #1. 🙂
Salutations to the Evil Mastermind and congratulations on the successful completion of your 21st revolution around the sun! Again. Er…
LOL. Thanks Chris.
Happy Birthday EM. Please remind me what's like to be 35. 😉
Thanks Cathy. I won't be 35 again for some time yet, but I'll do my best to remember.
Happy birthday, Mr. Mastermind!
Thank you Brian. 🙂
A most happy birthday to you, Mr. Hise – sir, yes, sir. Make sure that when the gang sings you Happy Birthday that they don't start to high on the register…you'll regret it near the middle of the song 😉
Thank you EM for creating this wonderful haven of excellent Indie types and for bringing together under one roof, the authors and people I admire the most in my writing world. I'm not going to name names (James, Mader, Antrobus & Rush), I'll just say that it's a coup to have such distinguished scribes all in one spot. 🙂
Have a great day Stephen!
Thanks Jo-Anne. You rock. 🙂
Happy Birthday Stephen! Thank you for this wonderful site and providing us all with such great information on a daily basis. Enjoy your special day! 🙂
Thanks Renee. I appreciate your support. 🙂
♫ Happy Birthday Evil Mastermind ♫
I can't sing either.
Thanks Big Al. The singing you can always fake. The celebratory knife-throwing is another deal altogether.
Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday dear Stephen, Happy Birthday to you; and many more.
K, that's all the singing you'll get out of me 🙂
Seriously, wishing you a most powerful, wonderful day.
Thank you
Beautifully rendered, Jac. Thanks a lot.
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Happy, er, 21st Birthday, Oh Evil Mastermind! May you enjoy many more years of ruling the Indie Universe and beyond!
I sure hope no one thinks I'm 21. That'd be some hard livin' right there. Thanks Devon.
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Happy Birthday, good sir!
Thanks R.J. 🙂
Happy Birthday. 🙂
MADER!!!
Happy birthday, oh Evil One! And thanks for creating this place.
Thanks Lynne and thanks also for your great guest posts.
Happy birthday, my Lord.
I'll bet you sweet-talk all the evil masterminds that way. 🙂
Happy Birthday! Hope you have a wonderful day!
Thank you Rebekah.
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Happy birthday. The extra gruel was … um … um … generous.
There's nothing like gratitude – not around this joint, anyway. LOL Thanks Yvonne.
This morning is the 3rd, and so I must wish the Evil Mastermind a belated Happy Birthday. Sorry I had to miss the ice cream and cake.
Thanks Phillip. 🙂
Happy Birthday Stephen! I'm sorry it's belated, but the wishes are sincere. Thank you from one of your followers for all that you have done.
Aron Joice
Thanks very much Aron. 🙂
Happy Birthday oh evil one!
Thanks Jaq. 🙂
Happy Birthday Stephen. I just finished your novel "Upgrade." You were at the top of my priority list until I finished it. It was a great read.
May you have many more birthdays and novels.
Dick
Thanks Dick. I'm glad you enjoyed Upgrade. 🙂