New Poll and Info

Posted on March 9, 2015 by Charles Yallowitz

A few things here:

One is that I’m doing another poll for the character name because people threw a few more names into the ring after the fact.  Some of them sound good, so I’m pitting them against yesterday’s winner.  Seems only fair and I’m really hoping to start writing the first story in April or at least do a preliminary event list.

Speaking of April . . . I have no idea.  This is in regards to a few people asking when the next book is coming out.  I’ve said March/April, but always add a ‘hopefully’ in there because I still need to finish editing and get the cover art.  Let’s be honest here.  If you’ve been following me long enough to see a book debut then you know I’m cursed with delays and avoid definite release dates until I have most of what I need.  This makes hyping a big problem.  So if anybody has a tip on how to hype a book without a release date then I’m all ears.

So I’ll get the next Legends of Windemere book out as soon as I can and give a week of Hype.  I might try doing more after the release though.  This brings me to a final question:

When would be the best time to do a Twubs chat?

This is a live chat on Twitter that allows people to interact with me.  I did it once as all of my characters, which got a person or two.  Then I tried again as myself and got a few more.  I’m thinking of doing a few of these to cover as many time zones/schedules as I can, but I’m hoping to get an idea of best times.  Not sure of any other method to do interaction like this beyond a webcam one, but that involves my face being seen.

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About Charles Yallowitz

Charles E. Yallowitz was born, raised, and educated in New York. Then he spent a few years in Florida, realized his fear of alligators, and moved back to the Empire State. When he isn't working hard on his epic fantasy stories, Charles can be found cooking or going on whatever adventure his son has planned for the day. 'Legends of Windemere' is his first series, but it certainly won't be his last.
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21 Responses to New Poll and Info

  1. Sue Vincent's avatar Sue Vincent says:
    March 9, 2015 at 11:35 am

    Nothing wrong with the face, Charles… though webcams are not he most flatterng option 🙂

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  2. John T. M. Herres's avatar barbarianwriter says:
    March 9, 2015 at 11:42 am

    Were the poll left up to me… wait, I just left my choice, and it said the name I chose had 100% of one votes. I guess it may be up to me, after all. (smile, wink, nudge)

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  3. L. Marie's avatar L. Marie says:
    March 9, 2015 at 12:04 pm

    You have a new author photo! That’s cool!
    The name I chose is still the top choice. Yay!

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  4. John W. Howell's avatar John W. Howell says:
    March 9, 2015 at 9:09 pm

    For me 5:00 CDT works for a Twibs. I broke down and voted for Brooks..

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  5. authorleighmichaels's avatar authorleighmichaels says:
    March 10, 2015 at 4:41 pm

    As far as the release, the best thing I’ve come up with for myself (having similar issues as you) is to completely finish the book and then set the release date out far enough to give yourself time for some hype. It’s a tough pill for ME to swallow because as soon as I have something ready, I want it out there. But it seems to be the safest way to get the excitement up and give you time to get some pre-sales, if you do that.

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