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7 Tips to Ruins: Vines, Sand, Snakes, & More Vines

Posted on January 3, 2018 by Charles Yallowitz

You can’t have a fantasy world without some ruins, but there’s always the question of how to create them.  Okay, so many authors might come off as simply cobbling together a bunch of broken buildings and wastelands.  Yet, there’s much … Continue reading →

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7 Tips to Writing Villain Friendships

Posted on September 20, 2017 by Charles Yallowitz

Let’s be honest.  Bad guys can have friends too.  You don’t see it very often though.  We like to believe that villains are incapable of having a positive relationship.  They always have to backstab, betray, and connive against those that … Continue reading →

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7 Tips to Earning Redemption: Success Not 100% Guaranteed

Posted on September 6, 2017 by Charles Yallowitz

So, you’ve done a lot of bad things, but now you have a chance at getting redemption. It’s something that a lot of villains don’t get. To make sure you don’t ruin this once in a lifetime opportunity, here is … Continue reading →

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7 Tips to Maintaining a Happy Marriage in a World of Magic & Monsters

Posted on July 14, 2017 by Charles Yallowitz

Marriages are rare in adventure stories, but only because it’s hard to swashbuckle and disarm traps while cleaning the oven.  That and authors seem to love killing off a spouse to get the survivor riled up.  Tradition, thy name is … Continue reading →

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7 Tips to Making a Fictional Sport: Mouth Guard Not Included

Posted on June 21, 2017 by Charles Yallowitz

Last year, I made a post about various sports and activities that can be done around Windemere.  From what I can tell, I never went into any advice or tips or comedy about how to design fictional sports.  One reason … Continue reading →

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7 Tips to Putting Social Media in Fiction

Posted on June 7, 2017 by Charles Yallowitz

Being a fantasy author, this really isn’t my area of expertise.  Closest thing to social media in my world are telepaths and that’s a little bit too invasive.  Okay, maybe they’re not as invasive as Facebook, but we’ll see where … Continue reading →

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7 Tips to Traversing the Fantasy Countryside

Posted on March 17, 2017 by Charles Yallowitz

You can’t have an adventure without traveling and the landscape can get pretty funky out there.  Floating islands, horse-eating grass, Starbucks on every corner, oceans of clouds and other distractions that you need to be alert for.  So, what are … Continue reading →

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7 Tips to Maintaining Your Break: Like I Should Talk?

Posted on March 8, 2017 by Charles Yallowitz

One of the toughest things about getting a break is that you don’t always know what to do with it.  I’m not talking a vacation where everything is planned out.  Those have a schedule and act like a reward at … Continue reading →

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Cassidy’s 7 Tips to Surviving the Shattered States

Posted on February 1, 2017 by Charles Yallowitz

Apparently, I need to have a turn at this or Lloyd will keep pestering me.  Since I don’t want to go through the hassle of wasting a bullet and finding a new partner, I’ll give some advice if you find … Continue reading →

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