Category Archives: Questions 3

Questions 3: Basic Skills of Characters

Posted on November 22, 2024 by Charles Yallowitz

Since basic skills can change from person to person, I figure I’ll open the floor.  Got my hands full today as well.  Keep in mind that I’m talking about the skills authors and readers don’t think about.  We take them … Continue reading →

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Questions 3: What If You Can’t Publish?

Posted on November 8, 2024 by Charles Yallowitz

Let me clarify.  It isn’t if you don’t want to publish.  These questions deal with situations where you aren’t able to publish.  Maybe you can’t afford cover art or lack the time to properly edit.  Maybe you don’t have the … Continue reading →

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Questions 3: When Events Happen at the Same Time

Posted on September 13, 2024 by Charles Yallowitz

I was going to make this a long post about the topic, but I think I’m going to open the floor to other authors. Similar to jumping timelines, a story can have events going on at the same time, but … Continue reading →

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Questions 3 and Looking Back at ‘Do I Need to Use a Dragon?’

Posted on August 27, 2024 by Charles Yallowitz

This book has been out for a little over a year.  So, I don’t think this is going to be much of a looking back.  Making the situation even more difficult, this book plagued me for a while due to … Continue reading →

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Questions 3 and Looking Back at War of Nytefall: Eulogy

Posted on August 20, 2024 by Charles Yallowitz

The finale of War of Nytefall wasn’t an easy story to write.  Having to juggle the aftermath of the previous volume, I put myself into a rather difficult corner.  Can’t even do a synopsis without spoilers.  I’ll just touch on the … Continue reading →

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Questions 3 and Looking Back at War of Nytefall: Anarchy

Posted on August 13, 2024 by Charles Yallowitz

Here we have the penultimate volume of War of Nytefall.  You can tell from the title that things are going to go wrong.  The overall story ending up becoming more complicated than I originally planned too.  Lost took a more central … Continue reading →

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Questions 3 and Looking Back at War of Nytefall: Savagery

Posted on August 6, 2024 by Charles Yallowitz

There were two versions of Savagery when I was outlining.  One had the big villain showing up once per book before it being 18-19 chapters of brutal battling.  The other was what I used instead, which turned into a deviation from Clyde’s … Continue reading →

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Questions 3 and Looking Back at War of Nytefall: Ravenous

Posted on July 30, 2024 by Charles Yallowitz

This became a fun book to write.  Ravenous was originally just a mid-series adventure that wasn’t going to have a lot of impact.  Just a fun tale while Clyde and his forces handle their grief.  Not sure why I made it that … Continue reading →

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Questions 3 and Looking Back at War of Nytefall: Eradication

Posted on July 23, 2024 by Charles Yallowitz

Eradication is probably the hardest book to really go into details about.  It isn’t that it’s complicated or confusing.  The crazy plans of various villains in War of Nytefall are in every other volume.  This one is actually fairly straightforward.  So, we’ll … Continue reading →

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Questions 3 and Looking Back at War of Nytefall: Rivalry

Posted on July 16, 2024 by Charles Yallowitz

This the book where things got tricky with the series.  War of Nytefall: Rivalry was going to be a big turning point in the relationship between Clyde and Mab.  It would set up for some darker elements later on.  That still happened, … Continue reading →

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