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Cover Art by Jason Pedersen

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To make a champion fall, one must wound their very soul.

Nyx is leading the charge to rescue Delvin and Sari, who have gone missing in the southern jungles of Windemere. Battling through the local predators, the champions are surprised when they reunite in the Feykin city of Rhundar. Instead of captives, the missing heroes have become the city’s rulers and are on the verge of starting a war with those that want to exterminate their new followers. Even with such a noble cause, Delvin and Sari have changed into brutal warlords that may kill each other and their friends long before they step onto the battlefield.

Have Delvin and Sari really changed for the worst or is there a greater threat pulling the champions’ strings?

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Excerpt: Broken Bonds

Sari draws two daggers and sprints at Luke, slashing at his sabers in an attempt to cut his hands as he unsheathes his weapons. Instead, the forest tracker unclips the scabbards from his belt and spreads his arms to avoid the gypsy’s attack. The swords still sheathed, he does his best to deflect his former friend’s strikes while harmlessly smacking her in the sides. When a dagger slices his arm, Luke kicks out to knock Sari back. A hint of a grin on her face causes him to slow his attack, his foot aching as it bounces off her immovable body. Knowing he has to trick her, the half-elf runs backwards to get the gypsy to charge. Before she falls behind, the warrior lets her gradually catch up while remaining out of slashing range. Once Luke reaches the riverbank, he lunges forward and aims a swing at the sprinting woman’s knee. Forced to decide between taking a blow that would surely break bone or risk a similar injury by turning her power on while running, Sari tries to twist out of the way. She lands on her back at the forest tracker’s feet and curses when he pins her arms by jamming his sabers against her wrists.

Before Luke can tell the gypsy to stop struggling, an arm of water bursts from the river and bats him away. Phelan leaps out of the rapids and sprints at the prone warrior, his daggers lengthened by keenly edged liquid. The weapons sink into the muddy earth when their target rolls away, the ringing of drawn steel revealing that the champion is no longer restraining himself. With a flurry of stabs and slashes, the half-elf drives his new opponent back and whittles away at the watery daggers. Trying not to kill the Feykin, Luke delivers an echoing hilt punch to Phelan’s head every time the other warrior attempts a counterattack. Faced with the full speed and skill of the agile forest tracker, the outclassed hunter has various watery weapons fly out of the river. None of them hit the champion, who remains close enough to continue his barrage of muscle-rattling strikes.

Ducking to the side, Luke slashes at the other man’s exposed flank in what he hopes will be a crippling, but non-lethal, blow. The saber clangs off a patch of icy armor and a freezing tremor makes the half-elf’s arm go numb. A searing pain erupts from his lower back and he whirls around, the motion preventing Sari’s dagger from doing more than a long cut across his side. His first saber swings an inch over her head, but his second weapon leaves a gash up the middle of her chin. Enraged by the pain, the gypsy moves out of Luke’s reach and summons a massive hammer of water. She freezes the forest tracker’s feet to the ground before he can move, which allows the large weapon to connect. It repeatedly comes down on the warrior, breaking several ribs and one of his arms. Sheathing his sabers and remaining on the ground, the half-elf draws the stiletto and hurls it into Sari’s thigh. A look of shock is on her face and she stares at Luke’s battered form as if seeing such injuries for the first time.

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Author PhotoAbout the Author:

Charles Yallowitz was born and raised on Long Island, NY, but he has spent most of his life wandering his own imagination in a blissful haze. Occasionally, he would return from this world for the necessities such as food, showers, and Saturday morning cartoons. One day he returned from his imagination and decided he would share his stories with the world. After his wife decided that she was tired of hearing the same stories repeatedly, she convinced him that it would make more sense to follow his dream of being a fantasy author. So, locked within the house under orders to shut up and get to work, Charles brings you Legends of Windemere. He looks forward to sharing all of his stories with you, and his wife is happy he finally has someone else to play with.

Blog: www.legendsofwindemere.com
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Acts Beyond Redemption, on Lisa Burton Radio

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It’s time for another edition of Lisa Burton Radio. I’m your host, Lisa the robot girl and with me in the studio today is Sheila Harrington. We’ve had a lot of difficult interviews on this show, from dark lords to serial killers, but Sheila is an assassin. A darned good one too, if her bio is to be believed. “Welcome to the show, Sheila.”

“Good morning, Lisa. Before we begin, I need to move my chair. I never sit with my back to a window. It could prove to be unhealthy.”

“Oh, I see, I think we can arrange that. Is that more to your liking?”

“Yes, and thanks.”

“I don’t know many little girls who grow up wanting to be an assassin. How does life lead you to that choice?”

“That wasn’t my life goal as a little girl, I simply wanted to survive my life long enough to…

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New Book Release in the Sgt. Windflower Mystery Series: A Long Ways from Home…

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Emotional Beats Launch

Exciting news! My latest book, Emotional Beats: How to Easily Convert your Writing into Palpable Feelings, is finally available on Amazon. You may remember the book from my poll back when I was cho…

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LEGENDS OF WINDMERE: CHARMS OF THE FEYKIN!

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Breaking the Heroic Spirit

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Going hand in hand with forgiveness, Charms of the Feykin touches on the breaking of a hero’s spirit.  Betrayal, loss, helplessness, mistakes, and the whole buffet can build up to make even the most honorable champion snap.  This can be countered or minimized by a strong bond between heroes, but there will still be some damage.  Physical wounds can heal, but the mental and spiritual ones can linger forever.  Even in reality, I’m left to wonder how you recover from such a blow.

Something that I’ve thought about in regards to heroes is that they are more emotionally fragile than villains.  We always point out how the bad guys are harboring insecurities, which are kept behind arrogance and cruelty.  Yet, the good guys have a similar issue that leaves them more vulnerable.  If something happens or they stray from their path then they are wracked with guilt.  This goes back to the forgiveness aspect because they need that to recover their heroic spirit.  One of the most common fates for a hero is falling from grace and failing.  We, as a species, love to see the good guys fall, but not always rise back to their glory.  Heck, mythology is filled with heroes dying at the end of their journey.

The key to a hero’s recovery, at least to me, is giving them hope.  This could be the promise of a better future regardless of their damage or that they can find redemption.  This is where those close bonds can come in useful.  For a character that has been isolated, there might not be much to help them recover.  They would have to find the strength to carry on and heal within themselves, which can lead to more harm or a false recovery.  Imagine a hero who has caused the destruction of a town by accident.  They are doubting their methods and role as a hero, but get themselves to believe that it was for the greater good in defeating evil.  This means you now have a hero who may do worse because the ends now justify whatever means.  Hope from outside sources can undo this fragility of heroism and bring one back from the edge.

I can only think of one big tip if you’re going to be breaking one of your heroes. Make sure the mistake or whatever causes the breakage is logical.  If a hero is doing something unheroic then you need to explain why prior to the event.  Establish that the action is either a trick, an accident, or done on purpose in response to something.  Maybe this is the final act of a hero pushed to his limits and he’s had it with letting his enemies live.  That does reduce the guilt in a way, but it can start him toward being a villain or quitting out of bitterness.  I will admit that part of this depends on the readers accepting the reason for the event.  That’s always the sticking point.

So, can you think of a time when a hero was broken?  (Why do I think Star Wars and Lord of the Rings will be mentioned a few times?)

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20 Questions with Robbie Cox

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Today’s edition of 20 Questions is with author and blogger Robbie Cox. I have had the pleasure of attending three book signing events with Robbie over the past few years. He is an interesting guy and a prolific writer.

I have enjoyed getting to know him and hope that you do as well through this installment of 20 Questions.


dsc02976aQ1) When did you first realize you wanted to be a writer?

Middle school. I started writing as a way to not have to listen to my teachers lecture. They thought I was the studious one, taking notes, and the entire time I was killing off elves and dwarves. It was a fun escape.

Q2) How long does it typically take you to write a book?

Depends on Life. Just as I get in a flow of a book, Life likes to pop up and say, let’s toss in some time…

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The Picture Says It All . . . Kinda

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So . . . the plan was to write all day and that got undone by 11:30.  I bit into a piece of matzah since it was there and one of my teeth cracked in half.  The rest of the day was spent at the dentist where I got fitted with a temp crown and am now waiting for a permanent one.  My mouth is itchy and I’m hungry because that traitorous matzah was lunch.  Not a good day . . .

WHICH GETS BETTER!

While doing an x-ray for the broken tooth, they found that one of my remaining wisdom teeth has a cavity in the side.  They both have to go.  No idea if insurance will cover that, so I’ll have to find out in 2 weeks when I go in for the crown.

AND IT GETS BETTER AGAIN!

The tooth next to the bad wisdom tooth (doesn’t seem like that wise of a body part) has gotten a cavity.  Looks like it was born from the other one.  Gone to the root, which means the always enjoyable ROOT CANAL.  Again, insurance is a mystery here.  Going to have to find out another day.

So, this is a big crimp in the ‘finish Legends of Windemere before 2017′ plan.  Doesn’t do wonders for my hopeful release of Charms of the Feykin.  I’m kind of out of it and really need to get some food.  On the plus side, I wasn’t much of a gum chewer to begin with.  Skittles, Starburst, and Laffy Taffy will be missed.

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Teaser Tuesday: The Belraphi Hunt (Possible Spoilers)

This excerpt from Charms of the Feykin is part of a hunt that a few of the heroes are going on.  I’ll put up part of the other hunt that the other champions are on next week if I can get a good enough clip without spoilers.  There is a slight spoiler in here that I couldn’t get rid of without creating some confusion.  Hopefully, the scene still works and this hint only raises further questions.

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How to Write a Review

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Someone suggested to me recently that I should write a blog post about book reviews. It’s a great idea and I’m glad the person suggested it, because I’m always gently nudging (read: badgering, pestering) people to leave online reviews of my books and any other books they read.

Here’s why: especially on Amazon, the algorithm used to determine which books to promote is heavily based on the number of reviews a book has. In other words, the more reviews a book has, the more likely readers are to see it promoted by Amazon say, under “Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought…” or “Products Related To This Item…”

The reviews don’t have to be good, they just have to be there. Quantity over quality, if you will.

Quantity over quality is not generally a good thing, but it is a good thing for people who are hesitant to leave reviews…

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