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Poetry Day: Last Time Through These Doors

Posted on June 27, 2024 by Charles Yallowitz

(Full transparency: I skipped a poem.  Thought it was about DnD and posted it without reading.  It was actually about how I met my ex-wife during a DnD game and it must have been a present to her because it … Continue reading →

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Questions 3 and Looking Back at ‘The Life & Times of Ichabod Brooks’

Posted on June 25, 2024 by Charles Yallowitz

The Life & Times of Ichabod Brooks . . . Where to even begin? This is a short story collection staring Ichabod Brooks.  He is an experienced adventurer with a wife and kid back home.  The jobs put food on the … Continue reading →

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Poetry Day: Island of the Bleeding Blade

Posted on June 20, 2024 by Charles Yallowitz

(This poem is a fictional set up type of thing.  Just wrote it randomly and thought it could be a good premise for a future story.  I believe it was matched up with another poem or story about a magic … Continue reading →

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7 Tips to Predator vs Prey Stories

Posted on June 19, 2024 by Charles Yallowitz

While the predator vs prey conflict is classic and easily understood, it isn’t always the easiest to write.  We take the simplicity for granted at times, which means we can make mistakes that mess up the dynamic.  Here are some … Continue reading →

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Poetry Day: Ira

Posted on June 13, 2024 by Charles Yallowitz

(Ira is the Latin word for ‘Wrath’.  So, it worked for the title of a poem about anger.) The pit of your heart is where I fester I am all-consuming   Violence and hate are my bastard children I am … Continue reading →

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Dumplings Across the Planet?

Posted on June 12, 2024 by Charles Yallowitz

I promise to connect this to writing during this post.  First, I’m going to talk about something I mentioned on Monday.  It appears that nearly every culture has some form of dumpling.  Here I thought multiple cultures coming up with … Continue reading →

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Questions 3 and Looking Back at ‘Crossing Bedlam’

Posted on June 11, 2024 by Charles Yallowitz

This was my first big foray into a non-fantasy genre.  I’d dabbled in a few others, but this was the one I published.  Crossing Bedlam was originally going to be a one-shot until I came up with other ideas that could work … Continue reading →

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Questions 3: Primordial Forces

Posted on June 7, 2024 by Charles Yallowitz

I think the comic sums up me trying to write these posts, but I felt I had already dedicated enough brain cells to it to keep going.  Now, I’ll just hand off the end of the week to everyone else. … Continue reading →

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Poetry Day: Invention of the Tie

Posted on June 6, 2024 by Charles Yallowitz

(I hate ties.  Used to be okay when they were clip-ons.  After that, I didn’t like the sensation of something being tightly wrapped around my neck.  Can’t get used to that feeling at all.  Also, I don’t really care about … Continue reading →

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Primordial Forces in Fiction

Posted on June 5, 2024 by Charles Yallowitz

This topic is pretty tough to research since I kept coming across different lists of primordial forces and systems.  Maybe one can’t really stand up and say here is the definitive list.  Doesn’t help that primordial gets used a lot.  … Continue reading →

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