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# 1 I n t e r n at I o n a l B e s t s e l l e r “ SIMON KERNICK writes great plots, great characters, great action.” —Lee ChiLd Available in paperback and ebook Available as an ebook Available as an ebook “Simon Kernick writes with his foot pressed hard on the pedal. hang on tight!” —harLan Coben “Kernick is no longer a writer to watch; he’s an author to be reckoned with.” —MarK biLLinghaM ATRIA INTERNATIONAL BOOKS OF MYSTERY YOUR PASSPORT TO A WORLD OF MURDER AND MAYHEM P r o u d ly Published by Facebook.com/AtriaBooks Twitter.com/AtriaBooks AtriaInternationalMysteries.com PICK UP OR DOWNLOAD YOUR COPIES TODAY
C r e d i t s John Raab President & Chairman Shannon Raab Creative Director Romaine Reeves CFO Starr Gardinier Reina Executive Editor Jim Thomsen Copy Editor Contributors Donald Allen Kirch Mark P. Sadler Susan Santangelo DJ Weaver CK Webb Kiki Howell Kaye George Weldon Burge Ashley Wintters Scott Pearson D.P. Lyle M.D. Claudia Mosley Christopher Nadeau Kathleen Heady Stephen Brayton Brian Blocker Andrew MacRae Val Conrad Laura Alden Melissa Dalton Elliott Capon J.M. LeDuc Holly Price Kari Wainwright David Ingram Jodi Hanson Amy Lignor Susan May J.S. McCormick Kestrel T. Andersen Cassandra McNeil Jenny Hilborne Tanya Contois Sharon Salonen Anthony J. Franze Jeanine Elizalde Kristin Centorcelli Jerry Zavada Ray Palen S.L. Menear Drake Morgan Sherri Nemick Customer Service and Subscriptions: For 24/7 service, please use our website, www.suspensemagazine.com or write to: SUSPENSE MAGAZINE at 26500 Agoura Road, #102-474 Calabasas, CA 91302 Suspense Magazine does not share our magazine subscriber list to third-party companies. Rates: $24.00 (Electronic Subscription) per year. All foreign subscriptions must be payable in U.S. funds. SuspenseMagazine.com What makes a great villain When authors write a series, the focus is generally on the heroes—their family and lives, and the people that touch them every day. But what about the villain That character usually changes from book to book since the hero saves the day and in the end the villain is generally killed off. The readers rarely get to know the villain since their life is so short, but that doesn’t mean the author can simply write about a really bad person that does bad things and then loses in the end. Why Because the number-one rule that every author should follow is to never write a character that is forgettable. The most famous villains get that status because of the depth of character the author was able to create. While it’s difficult for an author to get that in-depth with a certain character in one book, it can be done. When you start thinking of your fictional world and the characters that will live in it, pay close attention to the characters that you know will only be around for one book. You have time to build characters that will continue on from book to book and bring them along with the reader. Let’s take a series, more than three books that are not tied together. When you first introduce the hero and the characters that will interact with them throughout the series, you can slowly bring them along through all three books, talking about their past, present, and future. Creating a villain in each book and having depth to them will bring the reader back to book two and book three and so on. Thrillers—particularly military and political ones—constitute one genre that seem to have the same exact hero or cast of heroes facing new challenges each time. In some of these books, the villain is simply a character that is placed in the pages to give the heroes some sort of challenge, and never really touch the reader with any emotion. Even though “The Joker” has been around for a very long time, Heath Ledger created a version of that character that is seen as one of the best film villains ever. Within the pages of a book, given that it takes a lot longer than two hours to read, the author should have no excuse not to create a formidable foe for the hero to encounter. This basic rule of character development is what separates the good authors from the great ones. This rule also works with secondary characters, which fill the world of a book up into much more than just words on a page. The reader will not only be entertained but have an experience that will keep them coming back to see what you have in store for them next. John Raab CEO/Publisher Suspense Magazine ■ From the Editor Photo Credit: Model: http://l6visyda.deviantart.com, Photographer: http://iardacil-stock.deviantart.com “Reviews within this magazine are the opinions of the individual reviewers and are provided solely to provide readers assistance in determining another's thoughts on the book under discussion and shall not be interpreted as professional advice or the opinion of any other than the individual reviewer. The following reviewers who may appear in this magazine are also individual clients of Suspense Publishing, an imprint of Suspense Magazine: Mark P. Sadler, Starr Gardinier Reina, Ashley Dawn (Wintters), DJ Weaver, CK Webb, Elliott Capon, J.M. LeDuc, S.L. Menear, and Amy Lignor.” 1
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