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Work in Progress: Footsteps . . . Maybe

Posted on January 18, 2014 by Charles Yallowitz

One difficult thing with writing series is that it’s really hard to let characters go.  I dread the end of Legends of Windemere because I’ll feel a little lost without Luke, Nyx, and the others.  They’ll be done and usable … Continue reading →

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Fritz Warrenberg: The Womanizing, Highly Intelligent Gnome (Possible Spoilers)

Posted on January 17, 2014 by Charles Yallowitz

Fritz Warrenberg is a fun character to write and I wish I could boost him higher up the character food chain.  The truth is that he is strongest as a supporting character and shines in this role.  He is the … Continue reading →

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Mazes, Traps, and Dungeons

Posted on January 15, 2014 by Charles Yallowitz

One of the big standards of fantasy adventure books are traps and mazes.  The latter isn’t as common as the former and I can already hear some people groaning about the topic because they think these are terrible concepts.  Dungeon … Continue reading →

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Nimby: The Torn One (Threat of Spoilers)

Posted on January 14, 2014 by Charles Yallowitz

PRODIGY OF RAINBOW TOWER SPOILERS!

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The Lich: Loyal and Deep?

Posted on January 10, 2014 by Charles Yallowitz

The Lich is an interesting character because he evolved more than I expected.  A lot of the villains did, but he pulled the biggest trick.  He was never meant to be the main villain and it’s revealed that he has … Continue reading →

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Recurring Minor Characters: Why?

Posted on January 9, 2014 by Charles Yallowitz

People talk a lot about protagonist, antagonist, secondary characters, and sidekicks when it comes to writing.  When writing a series, you can have a big cast of characters that fall into these characters.  You can also have a small group … Continue reading →

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Curse of the Dark Wind Excerpt: The Woman (Potential Spoilers)

Posted on January 9, 2014 by Charles Yallowitz

I know it’s an issue to post excerpts of future books and this one won’t be getting published until December since it’s book 6.  Still, I’m very proud of this scene even in its raw form.

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Love Life of Luke (Possible Spoilers)

Posted on January 8, 2014 by Charles Yallowitz

First, it’s really hard to find a picture depicting a love triangle that isn’t a picture of Twilight.  I was lucky to stumble onto this one, which is more of a square. For those that don’t know it’s Spider-Man who … Continue reading →

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Luke Callindor: Luckless, Courageous Hero

Posted on January 7, 2014 by Charles Yallowitz

Best that I start this blog post series with the first hero of Legends of Windemere.  First, I’d like to point out that I said first hero and not main hero.  This series is really an ensemble cast with the … Continue reading →

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Serial Killer Protagonists

Posted on January 6, 2014 by Charles Yallowitz

Mohamed at Dawn of Thoughts mentioned something a while back that got me thinking. He brought up how serial killers are being shown as protagonists, which can glorify their actions in some ways.  Dexter is a big one where the … Continue reading →

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