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.

Being Your Best and Worst Critic

Posted on March 26, 2025 by Charles Yallowitz

I’m really hard on myself.  Think a lot of people can say this about themselves as well.  It’s extra tough to handle the inner critic when it comes to art.  Yet, one has to be their own cheerleader as well.  … Continue reading →

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Teaser Tuesday:

Posted on March 25, 2025 by Charles Yallowitz

(CLICK HERE FOR AMAZON SITE.) Why Can’t a Caster Fix It? Because then it wouldn’t be much of a story, would it? Okay, that isn’t a real answer, but it’s what I have to get out of my system. In … Continue reading →

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Check This Out: The 1896 Leadville Ice Palace

Posted on March 25, 2025 by Charles Yallowitz

With me on the blog today is my good friend, Afton Rorvik, who is here to talk about her nonfiction book, The 1896 Leadville Ice Palace. It was … Check This Out: The 1896 Leadville Ice Palace

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Do Free Books Help These Days?

Posted on March 24, 2025 by Charles Yallowitz

Years ago, I remember giving out free books to people in the hopes of getting a review or the full promise of one.  There were also times authors would swap books to give honest reviews of each other.  Of course, … Continue reading →

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Punctuation Part III: Hyphens, En Dashes and Em Dashes

Posted on March 24, 2025 by Charles Yallowitz

Greetings, Storytellers!  Diana here for Part III of our punctuation review.  So far we’ve covered the colon and its neighbor, the semicolon. Now I … Punctuation Part III: Hyphens, En Dashes and Em Dashes

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Happy National Puppy Day and Cuddly Kitten Day

Posted on March 23, 2025 by Charles Yallowitz

This is a pairing that I could not pass up.  For those who have such pets, enjoy the day with them.  For those of us who don’t, we get the memes.  Oh well.

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Goal Post: Too Many Things Trying to Kill Me

Posted on March 22, 2025 by Charles Yallowitz

Well, I’m writing this on Thursday night even though Friday is a big field trip.  The week has been chaotic enough, so I don’t think I can add anything else.  Let me put it this way: As of the writing … Continue reading →

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Questions 3: Altering Reality

Posted on March 21, 2025 by Charles Yallowitz

Well, this has been a rather niche topic, so let’s jump right into the questions. As an author, how would you use a reality-altering character? As a reader, what do you think of characters who can alter reality? If you … Continue reading →

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Colors – how they can enhance our settings and characters #3 Blue

Posted on March 21, 2025 by Charles Yallowitz

Greetings, SE’ers. It’s Jan again to continue the exploration into different colors and how we can used them in our stories. Let’s take a look at the… Colors – how they can enhance our settings and characters #3 Blue

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Poetry Day: Our Pale Companion

Posted on March 20, 2025 by Charles Yallowitz

(Death . . . Not even subtle about this one.) He is the one We cannot cheat The inevitable fate Of all who breathe Patient for all time He is always with us Living on the fringes Of our lives … Continue reading →

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