Category Archives: Thoughts

A Career Built Off One World

Posted on February 2, 2015 by Charles Yallowitz

I don’t know if the number is right, but I think Discworld by Terry Prachett is 45 Books long.  Xanth by Piers Anthony is in the 30’s.  Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan is 15 Books.  Legends of Windemere by … Continue reading →

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Putting People in Your Books

Posted on January 28, 2015 by Charles Yallowitz

This is a popular quote among authors and there seems to be a grand tradition of putting people in a book as ‘revenge’.  Yet there are times where someone is put into a book as an honor.  I tend to … Continue reading →

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So You Wanna Kill a Character?

Posted on January 21, 2015 by Charles Yallowitz

I was going to be serious and some of these suggestions will be in that category.  Yet I find myself in a silly mood, which means we’ll see what happens.  So what are some things to consider when killing off … Continue reading →

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Return of Boromir, We Hardly Knew Ye

Posted on January 19, 2015 by Charles Yallowitz

Way back on January 30th, 2103, I wrote a posted entitled ‘Boromir, We Hardley Knew Ye‘.  This was two months after I started blogging so I got no comments and very few likes on it.  It was about killing characters … Continue reading →

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Truth Behind the Characters

Posted on January 14, 2015 by Charles Yallowitz

While thinking about how much I reveal about myself, I began thinking the same toward my characters.  There’s an odd balance between what they show to the audience and what is kept under the surface.  The trick is to know … Continue reading →

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True Self, Professionalism, and Social Media

Posted on January 12, 2015 by Charles Yallowitz

I’m sure I mentioned it before, but this is the year I try to boost my own professionalism because I want to be taken more seriously.  This has got me thinking about a few things that have kind of steamrolled, … Continue reading →

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Toying with Twitter and Fidgeting with Facebook

Posted on January 9, 2015 by Charles Yallowitz

(Songs have nothing to do with topic.  I just like them.  Also don’t play all 3 at same time.) I’ve been toying around with Twitter and Facebook to see if anything brings in different numbers in terms of sales.  This … Continue reading →

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The Infamous Time Jump

Posted on January 7, 2015 by Charles Yallowitz

Well, I believe I survived my first day without a blog post.  I’m writing this on December 12th 2014, so who knows.  Anyway, I’m going to cover a writing tool that gets used in series and I’m just learning how … Continue reading →

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End of an Era Revisit: Faith in the .99 Cent eBook

Posted on December 26, 2014 by Charles Yallowitz

April 2013 was a really good month for my blog.  Though I have no idea where any of these old pics have gone to.  Maybe I should read these again. I’ve pondered my pricing for a long time.  I did … Continue reading →

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End of an Era Revisit: Conflict: Fancy Way of Saying Good vs. Evil

Posted on December 23, 2014 by Charles Yallowitz

This is from back in April 2013.  Not sure what happened to the original picture though. This topic has been sitting on my ‘thought post’ list for a long time.  I believe I had a genius post for it in … Continue reading →

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