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Post Revisited: What Do You Want in Female Characters?

Posted on December 7, 2015 by Charles Yallowitz

This post went live on July 18th, 2013.  It created a fun conversation.  Hope to have another, but let’s be civil.  Also I’m not sure what the original pictures were.  They seem to have disappeared from the original. One of … Continue reading →

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Questions 3: Let’s Go Sci-Fi!

Posted on December 3, 2015 by Charles Yallowitz

I’ve been watching ‘Eureka’ in my downtime, which is whenever the kid isn’t home.  It’s a fun show and had me thinking about Science Fiction.  For some reason, this is the genre that fantasy gets put either alongside or under … Continue reading →

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Teaser Tuesday: Running Through Visindor

Posted on December 1, 2015 by Charles Yallowitz

While I don’t know when The Mercenary Prince will debut, I can pull a few small excerpts.  This is part of the intro and shouldn’t reveal more than Delvin’s mindset.  He has a ‘Nyx’ moment.

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Post Revisited: So You Want to Write Fantasy (A Pessimistic Approach?)

Posted on November 30, 2015 by Charles Yallowitz

This is a post that originally went live on July 22nd, 2013.  I’m putting it here because I’m tired and want to save other ideas for December.  Might make it a whole week of Retros to recover from the weekend.  … Continue reading →

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Growing a Character? Add water, sunlight, & the nearest sugary confection

Posted on November 27, 2015 by Charles Yallowitz

I have to be honest about this post.  I’m not sure what I originally meant by ‘Growing a Character’ when I saw it on the list of topics.  Somebody probably suggested it and I thought the note would be enough.  … Continue reading →

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What Are You Thankful For? Windemere Edition!

Posted on November 25, 2015 by Charles Yallowitz

Well, I was asked to make a post where my various characters say what they’re thankful for.  Let’s get right into it!  Also feel free to ask for anyone I forgot in the comments. Luke Callindor-  Patient friends and healing … Continue reading →

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Teaser Tuesday: Whipping It with Cassidy & Lloyd

Posted on November 24, 2015 by Charles Yallowitz

Decided to take part of a fight from Crossing Bedlam and share.  It’s lengthy, but I couldn’t resist putting a lot of the jokes in here.  Mostly Lloyd at the end and the announcer.  Now for the appropriate music:

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The Slow, Oblivious, or ‘Idiot’ Hero: They Try and Usually Succeed

Posted on November 23, 2015 by Charles Yallowitz

Not the best description for this hero type, but I’m not sure what to call them.  This isn’t even to be insulting.  What I mean are characters who are trying to do good, but seem to lack the mental abilities … Continue reading →

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Point-Counterpoint with C.S. Boyack: Series vs Standalone #writing

Posted on November 16, 2015 by Charles Yallowitz

(This is an experimental guest post style suggested by C.S. Boyack. We pick a topic, take a side, and do a back and forth over email.  Let’s see how it works.  FYI- We don’t know where the referee came from. … Continue reading →

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Relating to a Married Hero When You’re a Kid

Posted on November 13, 2015 by Charles Yallowitz

FYI-  This may turn into a rant.  Somebody wanted me to talk about this and I said I would. In 1987, Peter Parker and Mary Jane Watson got married.  Spider-Man was no longer a bachelor and a new type of … Continue reading →

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