Tag Archives: fantasy

Welcome to the Weekend! Why Are You Awake So Early?

Posted on May 23, 2020 by Charles Yallowitz

Man, what a week . . . Such a . . . There was the . . . Uh . . . Line! This might be a shorter post that I realized because I’m not remember much of what happened … Continue reading →

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Pet Tales from the Olden Days (D&D Games)

Posted on May 22, 2020 by Charles Yallowitz

So, one of the reasons I came up with this week’s topic is because I remembered a few stories of when I played Dungeons and Dragons.  These are the earlier days of high school where we were goofing off and … Continue reading →

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7 Tips to Giving Your Heroes and Villains Exotic Pets

Posted on May 20, 2020 by Charles Yallowitz

Let’s keep the subject going because maybe there’s more to this than we realize.  After all, a character can be defined by their friends and that includes pets.  Yet, you can’t just toss anything in on a whim.  Not unless … Continue reading →

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Teaser Tuesday: Beyond the Fog #fantasy #adventure

Posted on May 19, 2020 by Charles Yallowitz

I had lot of fun writing Charms of the Feykin.  I didn’t give the continent of Ralian a lot of jungle regions, so this was a chance to explore a new region.  Just being able to describe the southern jungles was … Continue reading →

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Exotic Pets in Fantasy: Raise Your Hand If You Just Imagined a Dragon

Posted on May 18, 2020 by Charles Yallowitz

Something that comes up from time to time in fantasy is heroes or villains having unique pets.  These can be real animals or monsters, but it really comes down to it being something you don’t normally see.  For example, Lost’s … Continue reading →

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Teaser Tuesday: Beauty of the Snow Tiger #fantasy #adventure

Posted on May 12, 2020 by Charles Yallowitz

Here is a part from Tribe of the Snow Tiger.  I cut it off rather abruptly because it reveals something that I don’t show on the blog.  Yes, there are secrets within the books that can only be found by … Continue reading →

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The Titles of Charles E. Yallowitz: Very Few Survived the First Round

Posted on May 8, 2020 by Charles Yallowitz

I can’t think of many titles in my series that made it through to the end.  Even when it comes to the series titles, things got changed along the way.  Legends of Windemere, War of Nytefall, Ichabod Brooks, Quest of the Brokenhearted, and . … Continue reading →

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Teaser Tuesday: The Rage of Stephen Kernaghan #fantasy #adventure

Posted on May 5, 2020 by Charles Yallowitz

Taking a full chunk of The Mercenary Prince‘s prologue here.  Gives a hint of what will come and hopefully it gets people curious about the book.  Really isn’t much else to do to set this up.  Except that it involves Stephen … Continue reading →

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Grabbing from the Notebooks: Phi Beta . . . Files?

Posted on May 3, 2020 by Charles Yallowitz

Figure I can use Sundays to present future ideas that I haven’t fully fleshed out.  Helps to write stuff out, especially those that I carried from other worlds to Windemere.  This one is like that, which you can tell from … Continue reading →

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Teaser Tuesday: Creative License? #fantasy #adventure

Posted on April 28, 2020 by Charles Yallowitz

  Continuing through the series, we have an excerpt from Legends of Windemere: The Merchant of Nevra Coil.  It does contain a spoiler in that you will see what the titular Merchant has made to give the champions a headache.  … Continue reading →

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