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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.

Superhuman Learning Methods

Posted on January 21, 2026 by Charles Yallowitz

The anime above is what made me think of this topic.  Specifically, a scene where the main character (guy) starts accidentally absorbing knowledge.  Not going to get into the plot, but he gains the ability to rapidly grow in powers, … Continue reading →

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Heroes of Windemere Profiles: Sari

Posted on January 20, 2026 by Charles Yallowitz

(Always interesting revisiting this character.  She went through a lot and I never got the sense she found true closure.) Hair– Blue Eyes– Green Race– Human gypsy Hometown– None due to gypsy clans being nomadic Career– Gypsy/Thief/Party Thrower Weapon(s) of … Continue reading →

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Skill and Knowledge Absorbers

Posted on January 19, 2026 by Charles Yallowitz

While Rogue of the X-Men wasn’t the character who triggered this idea, I think she’s a good example.  Although, she steals from other people while I’m thinking of characters who simply learn at a superhuman speed.  I’ll go into specific … Continue reading →

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Happy Winnie the Pooh Day!

Posted on January 18, 2026 by Charles Yallowitz

Today is National Winnie the Pooh Day because it’s also A.A. Milne’s birthday.  I was thinking of what to post for it since I remember watching the Disney movie of Pooh Bear a lot as a kid.  I even had … Continue reading →

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Goal Post: Chaos and Phone Outages

Posted on January 17, 2026 by Charles Yallowitz

Not a single day went smoothly this week.  If this was a rollercoaster, it would be nothing more than spinning with random parts where the cart has to jump a ramp.  Pettiness, high emotions, health stuff, and the Verizon outage … Continue reading →

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#3 of 2025: The Strangest Octopi

Posted on January 16, 2026 by Charles Yallowitz

(Animal posts seem to be winning.  Originally posted on January 26, 2025.) Title says it all.  I got curious about octopi and wondered what the weirdest species are, which was mostly off looks.  Enjoy.

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Poetry Day: Telling With No Scheme

Posted on January 15, 2026 by Charles Yallowitz

(Anyone ever try to go so far off the norms that they get stuck?) I wish to tell a story For all the world to hear Using neither prose Or poem form I do not want a dialog Or meters … Continue reading →

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Secondary Powers With Flight

Posted on January 14, 2026 by Charles Yallowitz

One of the interesting things with the flight ability is that one can say it comes with a bunch of secondary powers.  It usually isn’t mentioned or gets explained by having the flight come from a special source.  For this … Continue reading →

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Heroes of Windemere Profile: Nyx

Posted on January 13, 2026 by Charles Yallowitz

(Cover is still one of my favorites.) Hair– Black Eyes– Violet Race– Half-elf/Channeler Hometown– Gaia; Birth town unknown Career– Caster Weapon(s) of Choice– Magic Debut Book– Legends of Windemere: Prodigy of Rainbow Tower Casters require years of training to master the … Continue reading →

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Types of Flying

Posted on January 12, 2026 by Charles Yallowitz

Flight is an interesting power.  It can be done in multiple ways, which I wanted to list as best I could.  The challenge is that I kept thinking of other methods of flight as I came up with the idea.  … Continue reading →

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