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Questions 3 and Looking Back at ‘War of Nytefall: Lost’

Posted on July 9, 2024 by Charles Yallowitz

War of Nytefall: Lost is the second volume of the series.  It introduces a character that people on the blog seemed to enjoy.  Come to think of it, everyone seems to like my whacky, crazy, random characters.  Not much love for … Continue reading →

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Questions 3 and Looking Back at ‘Nytefall: Loyalty’

Posted on July 2, 2024 by Charles Yallowitz

Here we are at the start of the War of Nytefall recollections.  Not sure what else to call it and my brain isn’t braining as well as it should.  Loyalty is what started the series that depicts the vampire civil war of Windemere … 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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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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Questions 3 and Looking Back at ‘Quest of the Brokenhearted’

Posted on June 4, 2024 by Charles Yallowitz

The inspiration for Quest of the Brokenhearted was ‘Castlevania’.  I loved the games where you played as a Belmont or Alucard to get through a castle full of monsters.  Your goal was to defeat Count Dracula.  For a long time, … Continue reading →

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What Are Primordial Forces?

Posted on June 3, 2024 by Charles Yallowitz

In fantasy, you may come across the term ‘primordial forces’.  It shows up in other genres too, but it tends to pertain to ancient powers.  Some may think of ‘primordial soup’, which was basically the goo that started off life … Continue reading →

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Questions 3 and Looking Back at ‘Warlord of the Forgotten Age’

Posted on May 28, 2024 by Charles Yallowitz

When I reached Warlord of the Forgotten Age, I felt both happy and sad.  I’d spent nearly 15 years working with these characters.  Now, it was time for me to give them their final adventure.  The temptation to find a way … Continue reading →

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Questions 3 and Looking Back at ‘Path of the Traitors’

Posted on May 21, 2024 by Charles Yallowitz

How to explain Path of the Traitors?  This entry into Legends of Windemere is the third of the added trio.  The other two helped me with Yola Biggs the Chaos Goddess and Delvin Cunningham.  This one is where Trinity the Chaos Elf Queen … Continue reading →

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Questions 3 and Looking Back at ‘Ritual of the Lost Lamb’

Posted on May 14, 2024 by Charles Yallowitz

This book had so many title changes that it was ridiculous.  I don’t even know how I ended up on Ritual of the Lost Lamb.  The strangest part is that there wasn’t a ritual until after I wrote the title.  It … Continue reading →

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