Author Archives: Charles Yallowitz

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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.

Monster Month: Olitiau

Posted on October 11, 2023 by Charles Yallowitz

I’m almost tempted to put this under ‘Animal Posts’ because it’s really a giant bat.  This creature is found in Cameroon and is associated with the Kongamato, which is a pterodactyl cryptid.  Only because they both fly and tend to … Continue reading →

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Bad Moon Rising with Teri Polen

Posted on October 11, 2023 by Charles Yallowitz

Today I am at Teri Polen’s place, participating in her Bad Moon Rising feature.  This feature is an annual event bringing together authors for the … Bad Moon Rising with Teri Polen

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Beating the Snallygaster: Pantsing, Endings, and Working with Your Muse #writers

Posted on October 11, 2023 by Charles Yallowitz

Hi, SEers! Thank you for joining me for another Mae Day on Story Empire. If you’ve been a follower of the blog for several years, you might recall me… Beating the Snallygaster: Pantsing, Endings, and Working with Your Muse #writers

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Revisiting Origins: Mab the Dark Mistress

Posted on October 10, 2023 by Charles Yallowitz

Mab is the only character from War of Nytefall who has already been introduced to readers.  She appeared in Legends of Windemere: The Mercenary Prince and kind of helped Delvin.  This showed an older, more mature, not as friendly version of this … Continue reading →

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Monster Month: Zilant

Posted on October 9, 2023 by Charles Yallowitz

As you can tell from the picture, this is some kind of dragon.  It has been the symbol of Kazan, Russia since the 1730, so it has a solid reputation.  Although, it has changed over the years from what I’ve … Continue reading →

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Metaphysical Elements in fiction writing – #meditation

Posted on October 9, 2023 by Charles Yallowitz

Hello, SE’ers! It’s Jan again to discuss another metaphysical element we can include in many different ways in our fiction stories. You may … Metaphysical Elements in fiction writing – #meditation

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The Fabulous Foxes of Earth Part 2

Posted on October 8, 2023 by Charles Yallowitz

Welcome back for Part 2 of the fox posts.  I realized after last week that this isn’t really Halloween or scary themed like one would expect.  Maybe I should have gone for creepier animals.  Well, I’ll have the last 2 … Continue reading →

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Goal Post: Stressed and Tired

Posted on October 7, 2023 by Charles Yallowitz

I was tempted to skip doing a goal post for the first time since I began them.  Then, I realized that I had nothing else to talk about. This was just an exhausting, rough week that has life me incredibly … Continue reading →

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Monster Month: Skolopendra

Posted on October 6, 2023 by Charles Yallowitz

This was a headache to research because ‘Scolopendra’ is the family of large tropical centipedes.  Considering this creature is a sea monster, you can imagine how tough it was to find a semi-decent picture.  Everything was centipedes until I added … Continue reading →

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Nanowrimo – Redefining a Win

Posted on October 6, 2023 by Charles Yallowitz

Greetings Storytellers. Diana here. With NaNoWriMo looming in the future, I’m taking a short intermission from my “tightening your prose” series to … Nanowrimo – Redefining a Win

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