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National Walking Day

Posted on April 2, 2025 by Charles Yallowitz

Since I’ve been doing as much walking as I can thanks to Pokemon Go, I thought I’d post about this holiday.  Haven’t been able to walk as much as I wanted during the winter thanks to that polar vortex in … Continue reading →

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What to Know About Interactive Storytelling?

Posted on April 2, 2025 by Charles Yallowitz

Jacqui here at Story Empire with my next 2025 post. My theme this year: Trends, Questions, Concerns among Writers In this monthly post, I’ll discuss … What to Know About Interactive Storytelling?

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How a sampling of international authors approaches marketing: Part 1, Authors Ken Stark and Melisa Quigley weigh in.

Posted on March 31, 2025 by Charles Yallowitz

Greetings to all! Joy York here today. In my last post, I shared my quest to gain some clarity for how to best market to readers. My research proved … How a sampling of international authors approaches marketing: Part 1, … Continue reading →

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The Review Black Market

Posted on March 28, 2025 by Charles Yallowitz

Author– I hear you can provide legit reviews. Dealer– I might be able to help you. A– Well, I’d like one for my newest book. D– When did it release and how long is it? A– Two weeks ago.  It’s … Continue reading →

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Writing Your Character’s Faith

Posted on March 27, 2025 by Charles Yallowitz

Use faith to enrich your story and create compelling characters. Find out how here! Writing Your Character’s Faith

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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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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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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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7 Tips to Using Reality Altering Characters

Posted on March 19, 2025 by Charles Yallowitz

Say you really want to use a character who alters reality.  Yet, you don’t want to lose all tension of the story.  Hard to do when this character can change everything around them if they wish.  What can you do … Continue reading →

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Using Character Occupations to Their Full Advantage – Part 2 of 2

Posted on March 19, 2025 by Charles Yallowitz

Greetings! Liz Gauffreau with you today to continue my discussion of using character occupations to their full advantage in your novel. Click/tap … Using Character Occupations to Their Full Advantage – Part 2 of 2

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