Fictional Characters

Posted on August 19, 2016 by Charles Yallowitz

A unique call for authors. Need a promo?

coldhandboyack's avatarEntertaining Stories

Hi gang,

Lisa Burton here. I’m Craig’s personal assistant, and the spokesmodel for his writing career. If you’re into labels, I’m also a robot.

Craig went camping this weekend, and doesn’t know whether he can find an Internet connection or not. I expect him to post some photos if he gets a signal. He told me to post something, just in case. I think he’s afraid of you forgetting about him.

I’m not the kind to wait around to see if Craig has a signal. I’m posting anyway. I can always flutter my eyes and say Oops later.

That means, I can post anything I want, and I want to appeal to the fictional characters out there. You know how it is. You lose friends, your get your heart broken, and when everything fails you actually save the Galaxy. Maybe you finally get the girl. Maybe some of you get…

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7 Activities for a Waiting Author

Posted on August 19, 2016 by Charles Yallowitz
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Yahoo Image Search

  1. Outline, plan, or write another book.  Bet you thought I’d put the obvious one at the end, huh?
  2. Become one with your inner squirrel and spend the days climbing trees in the local park.  Find nourishment on acorns and make a home out of leaves, which will inevitably collapse in the first strong breeze.  On the plus side, the outdoors may get rid of that author pallor.
  3. Avoid all forms of social media and the Internet in general.  Sure, you kept wandering to Twitter and Facebook when you were writing.  Not to mention all the research you did that led to an hour on Wikipedia.  Let’s not even talk about your once a week disappearance into YouTube.  How did you get a chapter done much less an entire first draft?
  4. You know those people who send you messages on your birthday?  Some of them even turn up at the door or inside your home because they have a key.  I believe they are called family and friends.  Well, it’s a good idea to meet with them and figure out the extent of your relationships.
  5. Revisit a sport you loved or try one that always interested you.  Perhaps there’s a club you can join to avoid buying equipment.  Just working up a sweat and . . . are muscles supposed to go pop?
  6. Take up a hobby.  Anything to make the hours go by.  Unless you have a job and then you might want to put some time into that.
  7. Perfect the art of napping.
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Posted on August 19, 2016 by Charles Yallowitz

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4Wills Publishing

I am pleased to have P.H. Solomon author of The Bow of Destiny visit Fiction Favorites as part of his “The Lost Bow” blog tour by 4WillsPublishing

Haunted by his past. Hunted in the present. Uncertain what is real.

Athson has seen things that aren’t there and suffered fits since being tragically orphaned as a child at the hands of trolls and Corgren the wizard. When a strange will mentioning a mysterious bow comes into his possession, he’s not sure it’s real. But the trolls that soon pursue him are all too real and dangerous. And what’s worse, these raiders serve Corgren and his master, the hidden dragon, Magdronu, who are responsible for the destruction of his childhood home. Athson is drawn into a quest for the concealed Bow of Hart by the mystic Withling, Hastra, but Athson isn’t always sure what’s real and who his enemies are. With Corgren…

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Wings of Mayhem, on Lisa Burton Radio

Posted on August 18, 2016 by Charles Yallowitz

coldhandboyack's avatarEntertaining Stories

Welcome to another addition of Lisa Burton Radio, the show where I interview the characters from the stories you love. I’m your host, Lisa the robot girl.

In the studio with me today is Shawnee Daniels, a Computer Forensics Specialist at the Revere Police Department. “Welcome to the show, Shawnee.”

“Hey, Lisa. Whassup?”

“I think anything having to do with computers is awesome. What kind of evidence do you collect? Is it financial, private messages, or what?”

“Anything to do with cyber crimes…pictures for the metadata, bank records, all social media information, including private messages, phone numbers, IP addresses, pretty much anything that relates to the crime we’re investigating. We work a lot of fraud cases in my unit.”

“I think that’s fascinating, but our listeners might be more interested in your nightlife. Why don’t you tell us about your secret double life.”

“I can’t stand to see rich…

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The Patient Scribbler

Posted on August 17, 2016 by Charles Yallowitz
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Spongebob Squarepants

I sit and stare
The page unmarred
Pristine and white
Waiting for my muse

Pencil touches paper
Gently gliding
As an idea flows
Only to be erased

Minutes pass
Though it may be hours
Nothing seems to stick
Except eraser crumbs

Impatience looming
My hands tremble
Something has to give
For progress to be made

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20 Questions with Elmer Seward

Posted on August 17, 2016 by Charles Yallowitz

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Today we sit down with Virginia author Elmer Seward. Elmer is going to tell us about his interesting work, his inspiration and share a bit about himself as we sample his writing.

Please enjoy this edition of 20 Questions.

Elmer SewardQ1) When did you first realize you wanted to be a writer?

It’s funny; I never aspired to be a writer.  It began mostly out of boredom during exercise four years ago.  I began fashioning a plot and characters and then found myself compelled to put it on paper.

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

This question is a bit difficult to answer because I have written my three novels in overlapping timeframes.  As I am completing one novel, I am beginning the next.  Moving back and forth between novels makes the process longer, but I would say twelve to eighteen months is the average.

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Book promotion, Amazon, Kindle Countdown, Menowhat? A Memoir, Menopause, Humor, D.G. Kaye

Posted on August 17, 2016 by Charles Yallowitz

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Just a heads up peeps, my book Menowhat? A Memoir will be on Kindle Countdown promotion starting tomorrow Thursday August 18th until the 25th. It’s unfortunate that Amazon is still keeping with it’s pre-historic policy to only allow readers from the U.S. and the U.K. to purchase books on sale with the countdown. So if you’re American or British, you can take advantage of the .99 cent promo for a few days, and after the 3rd day it will rise to $1.99 before the promo ends.

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Teaser Tuesday: Arrival in Caurea

Posted on August 16, 2016 by Charles Yallowitz

Here we have another Charms of the Feykin excerpt and it focuses on Timoran.  He is out to rescue someone, but I cut it off before the reveal.  That and I removed the references to who is in danger.  Let’s just say things aren’t going well for the champions at this point in the story.

Timoran Wrath by Jason Pedersen

Timoran Wrath by Jason Pedersen

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Rave Reviews Book Club Book & Blog Party #RRBC

Posted on August 16, 2016 by Charles Yallowitz

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Block Party

Welcome to my post which is coming to you from Post Aransas Texas and is only one of the 65+ posts on this year’s Rave Reviews Book Club Book & Blog Party. You can go here to see the complete lineup.

Today if you will leave a comment on this post you will be eligible to win:

A Ten Dollar Gift Card from Amazon

There will be one gift card given away, but you need to comment to be entered in the drawing. The winner will be announced tomorrow.

I would like to give you a little information about my Books.

The first book in the John J. Cannon Trilogy is My GRL

My GRL

Blurb: John J. Cannon successful San Francisco lawyer takes a leave of absence from the firm and buys a boat he names My GRL. He is unaware that his newly purchased boat had already been targeted by…

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Part of Being an Author is Waiting

Posted on August 15, 2016 by Charles Yallowitz
Vizzini from Princess Bride

Vizzini from Princess Bride

One thing I never expected when I set out to become an author was that there would be a lot of waiting.  After a decade of designing characters and stories whenever the urge came to me, I didn’t realize how much patience was needed.  Here’s a quick list of things an author could wait for:

  • Inspiration
  • Time to write
  • Beta Readers
  • Editing
  • Cover Art
  • Reviews
  • Sales
  • Pizza (food is important)
  • Internet to return

Patience is definitely important here because you don’t want to rush any of these things, with the possible exception of the Internet.  Sloppy editing, forced writing, half-baked ideas, and barely cooked pizza are all disastrous.  It isn’t only that you can make a mistake, but you can cause other people to do so and only have yourself to blame.  As the author of the book, you set the pace and call the shots.  Yet, you also need to adjust for the people you’re working with because they are people.  Robots can be reprogrammed to move faster.  Try doing that to your beta readers and see how quickly you get tarred and feathered with your own manuscript.

I’m joking around while trying to be serious, but it’s a rather simple piece of the author mosaic.  The truth is that this is different for everyone.  All of us have our own levels of patience and opinions on this one.  So, I’ll open the floor to stories and thoughts on how important patience is to you.

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