Super Secret List

Okay ladies and gentleman. You found it. The Super Secret List… or else, not so secret since it’s on a public blog post, but, you know, we’ll work with it. It’s a special list, one I think might make many of you, my amazing, wonderful readers, very happy.

It’s the list of upcoming Safe Novels. And characters they feature.

Wait…what? Did she just say that? I know what you’re thinking… “OMG, what? Yes!” This is what you’ve been dying to know since you read the last one. Who is next? Which characters are next? You silently plead that your favorite is on the list. I can, however, honestly inform you that we’re about to have a change up. You thought Cole and his team were the only people to talk about? You thought they were the only characters worth knowing?

Well, of course not, and of course you hope for more than just Cole’s team. That’s why we have Ace. That’s why we have Ace Executive Protection Services. We have many teams. We have many bodyguards. We have more books!

Calm down, calm down, you want the list, that’s why you’re here. Let’s wait no longer. Currently, I do have a list of which characters are next, and some of those have a title to their novels. Here it goes, our super secret list:

 

Safe (Adrian and Mia)

Run (Chet and Eve)

Obsessed (Ro and Tori)

Reckless (Dakota and Raina)

Savage (Ace and Moira)

Unbroken (Bash and Ash)

Super Secret UntitledĀ Safe NovelĀ (Nikolai and Cevanna)

Super Secret Untitled Safe Novel (Charlotte/Charlie)

Super Secret Untitled Safe Novel (Chain)

Wow, what a list right? Allow me to introduce you to some disclaimers as well. Disclaimer #1: List is subject to change at the whim of the lovely author (me). Disclaimer #2: No release date has been set for any of the above novels.

Hope you enjoy this list. Tell your friends but remember, SHHHH! It’s a secret!

Much Love,

C.M.

 

Villains

There are few things I love more than a good villain. You know the kind, the one that gets under your skin, the one that makes you worry about what he’s going to do next, even that one villain who makes you giggle and want to follow him instead of the hero (Loki anyone?).

I try to include all types of villains throughout my writing. There’s so much to work with, but one important thing about a villain, they have to have a reason. If your villain has no rhyme or reason for what he’s doing, there’s not much point to the story is there? The hero might be trying to stop him, sure, but why?

When writing a villain, there are plenty of paths to choose. Did the hero somehow wrong him? Perhaps in the past? Perhaps it was the beginning of the book when he accidentally broke the to-be villain’s favorite magic wand.

There has to be goals, end games, plot lines to look forward to.

Is your villain unpredictable, is s/he psychotic? Does he simply want power? Was s/he dropped on his or her pretty little head one time too many?

Many villains are brought into light by their craving for power. They want to rule, they want to be the best, they want what they’ve never had before. Other villains exist because they always had power. They’ve never been told they couldn’t have something so they take whatever they want, they fear no consequences.

One of the best pieces of advice I’ve ever heard when it came to writing villains, however, was that almost every villain sees himself as the hero. He’s the one in the right. The hero is standing in his way, stopping him, preventing his ultimate dreams and goals. The hero is in the wrong from his point of view. For this reason, it is very hard to change his mind or make him see otherwise, though many hero’s try to reason their way through it before they ultimately have to fight.

The freedom with writing is that you can create whatever you want. These are all just some pointers to keep in mind when writing your own villains. Why does he want the hero out of the picture or dead? Why is he fighting against the hero?

Happy writing!