Tag Archives: fiction

A Career Built Off One World

Posted on February 2, 2015 by Charles Yallowitz

I don’t know if the number is right, but I think Discworld by Terry Prachett is 45 Books long.  Xanth by Piers Anthony is in the 30’s.  Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan is 15 Books.  Legends of Windemere by … Continue reading →

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Writing in a Winter Wonder . . . Damn Snow!

Posted on January 31, 2015 by Charles Yallowitz

That ‘blizzard’ threw a monkey wrench into the week.  It also led to a very odd reminder that people love to bitch on the Internet.  The media erupted about 3 feet of snow, which some areas on Long Island got.  … Continue reading →

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Nameless Finale and A Fresh Book

Posted on January 30, 2015 by Charles Yallowitz

So I’m staring at these empty pages in the first notebook.  Though I guess you can’t call it first since I have at least 10 others that range from 2 years old to high school days.  This is the first … Continue reading →

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Putting People in Your Books

Posted on January 28, 2015 by Charles Yallowitz

This is a popular quote among authors and there seems to be a grand tradition of putting people in a book as ‘revenge’.  Yet there are times where someone is put into a book as an honor.  I tend to … Continue reading →

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Why Do You Do It? (Character Question)

Posted on January 23, 2015 by Charles Yallowitz

Fizzle– No understand question.  Why do what? Luke Callindor–  I think they want to know why we’re heroes instead of villains or settling into a simple life.  I’m trying to be a hero because it runs in the family, I … Continue reading →

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Return of Boromir, We Hardly Knew Ye

Posted on January 19, 2015 by Charles Yallowitz

Way back on January 30th, 2103, I wrote a posted entitled ‘Boromir, We Hardley Knew Ye‘.  This was two months after I started blogging so I got no comments and very few likes on it.  It was about killing characters … Continue reading →

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Book Launch Tour! DOG BONE SOUP by Bette A. Stevens

Posted on January 17, 2015 by Charles Yallowitz

. . . . . . . DOG BONE SOUP is not only the title of Bette A. Stevens’s debut novel; it ranks high among the paltry meals that the book’s protagonist, Shawn Daniels, wants to forget. Plodding through mounting … Continue reading →

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The Personality Plaza: For the Character Depth You Know You Want

Posted on January 16, 2015 by Charles Yallowitz

Welcome to the Personality Plaza!  This is the best place you can go to purchase some depth for your characters.  We have plenty of packages that range from the broken hero to the deluded villain and then some unique ones.  … Continue reading →

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Truth Behind the Characters

Posted on January 14, 2015 by Charles Yallowitz

While thinking about how much I reveal about myself, I began thinking the same toward my characters.  There’s an odd balance between what they show to the audience and what is kept under the surface.  The trick is to know … Continue reading →

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The Infamous Time Jump

Posted on January 7, 2015 by Charles Yallowitz

Well, I believe I survived my first day without a blog post.  I’m writing this on December 12th 2014, so who knows.  Anyway, I’m going to cover a writing tool that gets used in series and I’m just learning how … Continue reading →

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