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.

Author Month: The Dreaded Advice

Posted on November 29, 2022 by Charles Yallowitz

We all know about authors giving advice to other authors.  Some tips have been uttered by people so famous that you’d think they are unbreakable laws.  Others get tossed around so much that they’re simply empty or have multiple meanings.  … Continue reading →

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Matilda’s Magical Millinery

Posted on November 28, 2022 by Charles Yallowitz

Welcome to our magical millinery!  We have every type of hat you can imagine.  If it isn’t in stock, we’ll get it to you in a few business days.  Depends on how tired the crafting kobolds are in the back.  … Continue reading →

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How to Use Prologues, Part 10, Recap of Tools

Posted on November 28, 2022 by Charles Yallowitz

Image courtesy of Tumisu via Pixabay Hi SErs! It’s a day of Harmony here at Story Empire 🙂 Today, I’d like to summarise the tools available for … How to Use Prologues, Part 10, Recap of Tools

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It’s Sunday and I’m Tired

Posted on November 27, 2022 by Charles Yallowitz

I wanted to do an animal post.  Just couldn’t choose one off the list.  Then, I kept doing other stuff like paperback formatting, January posts, parenting, sleeping, resting, and this day caught up to me.  So, here are some Sunday … Continue reading →

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Goal Post: Thanksgiving Past and Present

Posted on November 26, 2022 by Charles Yallowitz

The holiday is almost over.  I say almost because we’re doing Thanksgiving today since this is my year with my son.  It’s okay.  As long as family gets together for food.  This has always been an average holiday for me … Continue reading →

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Questions 3: Summoners and the Summoned

Posted on November 25, 2022 by Charles Yallowitz

We’ll see how this goes.  I couldn’t think of another way to end this topic since it’s fairly simple until you get into specific details.  Let’s try to answer questions from both sides of the coin here. How would you … Continue reading →

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Let’s learn from a case study

Posted on November 25, 2022 by Charles Yallowitz

Hi, Gang. Craig with you again today. On occasion, I like to do a case study because authors can learn some things. You should all know by now that I… Let’s learn from a case study

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Happy Thanksgiving Memes

Posted on November 24, 2022 by Charles Yallowitz

The title says it all.  Enjoy these funnies while you either celebrate the holiday or wonder why Americans need a holiday to overeat.  To be fair, we also need this holiday to maintain our traditions of family tensions and mental … Continue reading →

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7 Tips to Using Summoned Characters

Posted on November 23, 2022 by Charles Yallowitz

Summons can fall into two categories.  One is filled with beasts that follow orders and usually appear for a specific, temporary purpose.  They are summoned multiple times as they are needed.  The other category is where you would find characters … Continue reading →

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Happy Thanksgiving!

Posted on November 23, 2022 by Charles Yallowitz

Hello, SE’ers. It’s Jan here today. Because we are on the eve of the Thanksgiving holiday in the U.S., there will be no regular post from me today. … Happy Thanksgiving!

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